This 1959 recording of ‘She’s My Baby’ by Johnny O’Keefe was recorded in Los Angeles, as part of an attempt to crack the US market.

Ronald Ryan was the last man hanged in Australia, on 3 February 1967.

On the night of Christmas Day 1965, Peter Walker killed Arthur Henderson (later claiming it was self-defence); Henderson had met and recognised prison escapees Walker and Ronald Ryan whilst th

This clip contains interviews with two eyewitnesses who came face-to-face with Ronald Ryan and Peter Walker in December 1965.

This excerpt features part of a press conference with Mrs Ryan, Ronald’s mother, who was being cared for by nuns.

When Ronald Ryan was sentenced to death in 1966, it sparked debate across the community with politicians and religious authorities making statements for and against capital punishment.

During Ronald Ryan and Peter Walker's escape from Pentridge Prison in December 1965, warder George Hodson was shot dead.

Denise Drysdale appears in episode 117 of Go!! in 1966 singing 'Rescue Me'. 

Denise Drysdale appears in episode 117 of Go!! in 1966 singing 'Dancing in the Street.'