We're back after a hiatus. I meet with a local Elder, Ashley Saltner, Pete and I unpack the grim history of Blackbirding, and I've felt a small hand touch me in the night.

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What lies (literally) beneath the streets of our town? Who is the ghostly figure at the old hospital? I chat again with Agnes Wotton Jnr, a Kuku Yalanji and Yidinji woman living on Palm Island, who gives me some advice which runs counter to my usual impatient nature.

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Do spirits remain after a hospital closes? I sit down with Tina, a senior medical practitioner, who worked in the hospital that once housed a psychiatric unit - the infamous 'Ward 10b'. CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses suicide and drug use which may be confronting and disturbing for some listeners. If you require support and you reside in Australia, the following services are available 24 hours a day - or reach out to services in your area:

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In this episode I refer to the 'COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF PATIENTS IN THE PSYCHIATRIC UNIT OF THE TOWNSVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL BETWEEN 2nd MARCH, 1975 and 20th FEBRUARY, 1988 REPORT', https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/qld/QldBCPubInq/1991/2.pdf