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== Media == The story was retold in [[Hugh Edwards (journalist)|Hugh Edwards]]' ''[[Islands of Angry Ghosts]]''{{Sfn|Edwards|2000}} which described the wreck and aftermath and then followed with the story of the discovery and recovery.{{Sfn|Kirkus|1966}} In 1973, [[Bruce Beresford]] produced a film about the ship called ''The Wreck of the Batavia''.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Wreck of the Batavia (TV Movie 1973) – IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1791649/|language=en|access-date=2020-03-01}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=The Wreck Of The Batavia (1973)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HHfn3eg4_E |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/-HHfn3eg4_E| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2020-03-01}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Another documentary film, ''The Batavia – Wreck, Mutiny and Murder'', was aired on the [[Nine Network]] in 1995.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Batavia: Wreck, Mutiny and Murder (1995) – IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765525/|language=en|access-date=2020-03-01}}</ref> In 2001 the Welsh author [[Mike Dash]] published his book, ''[[Batavia's Graveyard|Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny]]'', a historiographic account of the events and people aboard the ''Batavia''. [[Arabella Edge]]'s debut novel, ''[[The Company: The Story of a Murderer]]'' (2000) provided a fictionalised account of the wreck of the ship, and the aftermath. In 2011 [[Peter FitzSimons|Peter Fitzsimons]] released a book called ''Batavia'' discussing the events in detail and in 2017, a ''[[60 Minutes (Australian TV program)|60 Minutes]]'' report detailed the archaeological recovery of the skeletal remains of some of the victims.<ref>{{Citation|title=A mutiny, psychopath and mass murder – investigating 388-year-old cold case {{!}} 60 Minutes Australia|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG2MYRX2PHI|language=en|access-date=2020-03-01}}</ref> The voyage, shipwreck and subsequent events are the subject of [[David Mark (novelist)|David Mark]]'s 2022 novel ''Anatomy of a Heretic'' as well as Jess Kidd's 2022 novel ''The Night Ship''.{{Sfn|Tivendale|2022}} Several podcasts have covered the incident including: ''[[The Dollop]]'' in September 2015, ''[[Casefile True Crime Podcast]]'' in February 2020, as did ''Omnibus'', [[Ken Jennings]] and [[John Roderick (musician)|John Roderick's]] podcast in 2022<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roderick |first=Ken Jennings and John |title=The Batavia (Entry 103.AC2741) |url=https://www.omnibusproject.com/508 |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=Omnibus}}</ref> and [[Last Podcast on the Left]] in 2025. The Dutch music ensemble [[Flairck]] processed the unfortunate voyage of the Batavia on their 1996 album ''De Gouden Eeuw'' and on a subsequent tour with stage performances. The extreme metal band [[Deströyer 666]] wrote a song about the mutiny, "Batavia's Graveyard", which is featured on their album ''Never Surrender''. In a 2023 interview, the developer of [[Reality television|reality TV]] show [[The Traitors]], Jasper Hoogendoorn, stated that the original concept of the show was strongly influenced by the story of the ''Batavia.''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Waterson |first=Jim|date=2023-08-22 |title=Reality show The Traitors inspired by murderous 17th-century mutiny |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/aug/22/reality-show-traitors-inspired-by-murderous-17th-century-mutiny |access-date=2025-01-06 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
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