101. Welcome to Season 3: "Have you heard of Shirley Finn?"

It's So Hard

English - April 10, 2023 11:19 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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Tess gives an overview of Shirley Finn’s story. We discuss Shirley’s pressures and motivations, including but not limited to sex work.

It was beyond the scope of this episode to track Shirley’s interactions with individual detectives and politicians. However, it is worth exploring. See links below.

Contains explicit violent descriptions.

Mentions - Decrim QLD
Hosts - Jenn and Tess Louise®
Website - itssohard.info

S3:E101

00:04:20 – 00:07:57: Perth society, especially in late 1800’s and early 1900’s. See The Petticoat Parade by Leigh Straw, Fremantle Press.

00:07:57 – 00:08:34: Police containment. See Scarlet Alliance.

00:10:22 – 00:14:30: Shirley’s life. See documentary Getting Away With Murder by Australian Story.

00:14:30 – 0015:55: A later police commissioner discussing police containment. See documentary about Dorrie Flatman by Whicker’s World.

00:15:55 – 00:22:34: Shirley’s life. See documentary Getting Away With Murder by Australian Story.

00:22:34 - 00:25:15: Former police officer Mr Colynn Rowe, lost evidence, suspects. Article.

00:26:08 – 00:27:05: Suspects. Article.

00:27:18 – 00:29:26: Coroner Barry King’s report. Article.

Also see Juliet Wills's book, Dirty Girl. It was written with help from Shirley’s daughter, Bridget Shewring, and the witnesses who had come forward at the time of writing.