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NARRATION:

Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host

EPISODE:

Researched and written by Milly Raso

Creative director: Milly Raso

MUSIC:

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All other music and audio clean up performed by Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn

OTHER:

Logo design by Paulina Szymanska

RESOURCES

ROYAL COMMISSION DOCUMENTS:

The Churchill Fire – Chapter 9

The Churchill Fire – Chapter 17

BOOKS:

The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire – by Chloe Hopper

ARTICLES:

‘Worst day in history’: Brumby warns of fire danger – The Age

Flight from fire led to tragedy – The Sydney Morning Herald

Husband tells of death in a rain of ‘red bullets’ – The Sydney Morning Herald

Rudd angrily denounces ‘mass murder’ arsonists – ABC News

Australian web vigilantes call for alleged arsonist Brendan Sokaluk to be ‘burned at the stake’ – The Telegraph

Accused Black Saturday arsonist an ‘easy target’ – ABC

Father of accused arsonist describes son as ‘slow’ – ABC

Guilty verdict for Black Saturday arsonist Brendan Sokaluk – The Australian

Former CFA trainee guilty of Black Saturday arson deaths – Herald Sun

Black Saturday arsonist jailed for almost 18 years – ABC

Appeal against Black Saturday arsonist Brendan James Sokaluk’s sentence dismissed – Herald Sun

Gippsland remembers lives lost on Black Saturday – ABC

Gippsland marks fires anniversary – ABC News

Inside the mind of an arsonist – ABC

On the arsonist’s trail: inside Australia’s worst bushfire catastrophe – The Guardian

Chloe Hopper: Investigating the culpability and motive of an arsonist – The Sydney Morning Herald

Is Black Saturday arsonist Brendan Sokaluk a misfit or monster? – Herald Sun

Half a decade after Black Saturday, towns are still rebuilding – Herald Sun

Deadly arson attack: inside the Black Saturday fires – Who

Tribute vandalised – Latrobe Valley Express

Arson legacy: ‘I weep in the deepest places in my soul’ – The Age

COURT DOCUMENTS:

R v Brendan James Sokaluk – Supreme Court of Victoria

DPP v Brendan James Sokaluk – Court of Appeal

DOCUMENTARIES:

The burning question – Australian Story

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

The Firesetting Intervention Programme for Mentally Disordered Offenders – University of Kent

2009 Churchill Fires – Community Bushfire Connection

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