The Unsolved Disappearance of Paddy Moriarty from Larrimah - Part 1 of 2
One evening in December 2017, a man and his dog rode home from the pub in a tiny town on the Stuart Highway, a few hundred metres up the road, and were never seen again.
Paddy Moriarty was a seventy-year-old Irish-born ringer, a larrikin and a creature of habit, who lived alone with his young red kelpie, Kellie, in a fading outback settlement of barely a dozen people. When he vanished, he left a half-made dinner on the table, both his hats by the door, and a town full of neighbours who weren't saying much at all.
Part one of two. This week on Strewth: the man, the dog, the dying town, and the last ordinary day in Larrimah.
Podcast — Lost in Larrimah, Caroline Graham and Kylie Stevenson (The Australian / News Corp, 2018). Winner, 2018 Walkley Award for Radio/Audio Feature.
Radio — A Dog Act: Homicide on the Highway, ABC Radio National (2018).
Documentary — Last Stop Larrimah, directed by Thomas Tancred, executive produced by Mark and Jay Duplass (HBO, 2023; also distributed internationally).
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