Previously published as: Australian ripping yarns, 2004. This unique anthology of the stories our history teachers didn't tell us includes: The fugitive whose favourite food was takeaway - his fellow escapers; The Granny who giggled while her victims died in agony; The coral island awash with blood-a lifetime's nightmares in one gory day-for 105 successive days, The oaf who almost conned England’s most richest family from its fortune.