Mysteries of the mail is a fascinating series of talks that unlock the intriguing and often funny untold tales of the mail.
The series brings to life the unique mysteries of the mail from
the Persian Empire to Silicon Valley, Europe to America, England to
Australia and the South Pacific Islands.
Emperors, presidents, royalty, outlaws, highwaymen and the swashbuckling role of pirates and buried treasure have all impacted on the development of mail services through the ages.
The series discusses blackmail, fanmail, junkmail, postcards, scandals and scams, spying, the impact on the music and entertainment industry and the weird and unbelievable items that have been posted through the mail.
All this and more comes vividly together in this series of entertaining talks.
Check out the following examples of some talks from the series of Mysteries
And the Highwayman kept riding
Come for an exciting ride on the Royal Mail carriage down the Portsmouth Road and encounter highwaymen, lions, and damsels in distress on a route where red ribbons become red lights, Dick Turpin ends up on a packet of weaties,
Ronald Biggs shimmies and shakes in Brazil while Mendelson blows the horn; better hide your valuables
Convicts, felons and flashers
Journey from the prison hulks in England to the American colonies and a land down under where the worlds oldest indigenous culture roamed freely until three letters resulted in a ramshackle bunch of convicts and vagabonds forging a nation from felons,
fraudsters and pot smoking flashers; what was the sinister secret behind convict transportation
Adventures of a Postman 
Like adventures in pulp magazines postmen reveal their secrets and experiences; from Cleopatras temptations to medieval maidens galore. Swashbuckling highwaymen, outlaws and bushrangers bring to life challenges for postmen and challenge the pony express. A postie loses his cool when chased by turkeys; Dobermans get a pat from Magnum; a camel wins a beauty contest while Eastwood joins the circuit riders and woos the girl from Ipanema
Got to get a message to you
From the grunts and groans of Neanderthals to the sound of clapping sticks and messages tattooed on heads we explore the funny ways of delivering messages. White eagle chases Snowflower, posties deliver mail on stilts and the Australian army goes to war with a bird and loses. Harry the camel wins a beauty contest . While Australia’s Tom Cruise tackles the worlds harshest mail run. Come for a ride
It’s in the mail.
Children and Viagra are sent through the mail; a slave posts himself in a box to escape slavery and dirty Berty (Edward VIII) woos his women on a special chair sent through the mail to his bolt house; Presley becomes a secret agent and memorial diamonds replace pickled heads while a blue diamond casts a terrible curse. Rudolph chases Mr Bean who’s looking for pearls lost in the mail.
My baby wrote me a letter
A queen writes a letter to Zorba while the king of rock and roll gets a return to sender, Santa does a soft shoe shuffle, Clapton woos his Layla, Willie chases White Eagle and Taylor gets a swifty. Henry sings for his supper, actors pop up on stamps as profilers study a presidents signature. Cadbury signs a chocolate bar as constanza gives Sienfeld a jinxed envelope.
It started with a kiss
Welcome to the golden days of Hollywood a time of decadence and debauchery where anything goes: films push boundaries and thousands of letters demand censorship; stars break behavioural codes as fixers intercept their mail to sanitise their imag. Monroe leaves Camelot, Sinatra joins the tratpack, cary chases Sophia and AI gives us false hope as Donald does a dance
Postcards, blackmail and budgy smugglers.
A pharaoh builds a high rise and an emperor writes to his harem on bamboo sticks; cows get involved with blackmail while Ringo sends out postcards to mail order brides;; Santa delivers a budgy smuggler while Saint Valentine woos his Julia and shock jocks are sold via mail order catalogues. John Wayne chases the Pony Express as Presley spits the dummy.
Naughty Ned and the Boys from the Bush.
Bolder than Billy the Kid and more romantic than a Highwayman; Take the stagecoach to Glenrowan and bump into the bawdiest bunch of bushrangers Down Under From Ned Kelly to Captain Thunderbolt and the Undertaker and Australias most notorious cattle duffing female bushranger
– they’re all there; so hop aboard and help Holterman find his nugget.
Poppies, pot and Port Arthur.
From Denisovans to whaling and pot for a prime minister enter the world of Australia’s’ harshest penal colony. A governor takes a mistress while thwarting the French and convicts escape
and walk to China while taking Tasmanian opioids to ease their pain.
Say G’Day Australia
Welcome to a land down under where the worlds oldest indigenous culture roamed freely until three letters led to a ramshackle bunch of pommie convicts and vagabonds sailing from the prison hulks of England to forge a nation from felons, fraudsters and pot smoking flashers; What was the sinister secret behind the smokescreen of convict transportation?. Only down under!
Secrets, Spies & James Bonds Kilt
From George Washington to thwarting a Spanish invasion of Australia we explore how subterfuge and spying on mail has changed the course of history from the Italian City States to social media. While Henry VIII chases his birds and a Queen chases bottles we check out Bletchley Park while James Bond considers his kilt.
Tahitian beauties & Captain Blighs’ curse
Sail with greenfingers Captain Bligh and encounter French explorers, breadfruit, coconuts and mutinies galore while the crew are having some enchanted evenings with Tahitian beauties.
Check out the shenanigans at Pitcairn Island as the mutineers flee to escape Pandoras box.
Wiley Wyatt and the Wild Wild West
Join the high plains drifter to Tombstone and meet the wildest dudes in the west, where saloon sallies greet gunslingers, gamblers and rustlers while Wyatt Earp ties a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree for Jane Russell;
an Aussie convict seeks sanctuary in San Francisco while quick draw McGraw, Billy the Kid, outlaws and wranglers steal the mail and call in to Bi-Lo to stock up with bully beans.
To get on board and have a Mystery delivered you can book Rod on (+61)0419204320 or email rod@mysteriesofthemail.com.au