Horrorwood: True Crime in Tinseltown
True Crime
It's another haunted theatre, misfits! Let's face it, ALL theatres are haunted, and the Princess Theatre in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia is no exception. Melbourne was boomin' in the 1880s. Thanks to the Victorian gold rush people had more money than they knew what to do with, and what better way to spend it than on a fancy night at the theatre? Frederick Federici was a fixture on the Princess stage - as part of the company there he acted in numerous shows. But it was his performance in "Faust" that would be his most memorable, though not for the reasons anyone could have imagined...
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Episode Sources:
"In Black & White" podcast, hosted by Jen Kelly
"The Ghost of the Princess Theatre" - Youtube video
Newspaper article announcing Federici's death
Only Melbourne
Federici's Ghost - State Library Victoria
Princess Theatre website
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