Rock College, Mark Derby on Mount Eden Prison
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English - August 10, 2020 23:30 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Historian Mark Derby's latest book Rock College - an unofficial history of Mount Eden Prison. Known as 'The Rock' the imposing Victorian fortress-style building incarcerated those found guilty for more than 150 years, the site of 36 executions, including New Zealand's last hanging in 1957. Old fashioned and out-dated long before it finally closed in 2011, it's survived by stories, myths and legends. Mark discusses tells some of them to Kathryn Ryan.