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Murder in the Land of Oz - Coming Soon!

On April 20, 2012, Gerard Baden-Clay phoned the police. His wife hadn’t come home from her morning walk, you see, and it wasn’t like her to be late. She had a big day ahead, and he didn’t want to cause a fuss, but he was getting worried. When the police arrived at the Baden-Clay household in Brookfield in Brisbane’s west, Gerard greeted the officers, gesturing apologetically at his face. “Cut myself shaving,” he said. He needn’t have pointed it out. Officers immediately noticed the long, ragged scratches on the side of Gerard’s face.And they knew they weren’t from shaving.The investigation into Allison’s disappearance would become one of the largest in Brisbane’s history, in man hours and in media coverage. The people demanded to know what happened to Allison, a much-loved mother, friend, and member of the community. People who had never met her joined a crowd of hundreds at the Brookfield Showgrounds to volunteer their time to search for Allison. Her husband Gerard was not amongst them.When Allison’s body was found, days later, dumped in a creek under a bridge, miles from her home, there was one person the police and the public were sure was responsible.Sources:The bulk of the information for this episode was taken from David Murray’s outstandingly excellent book, The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay, a fantastic addition to anyone’s true crime library.The Courier-Mail archives have a huge range of articles written by David Murray and other journalists which can be accessed here http://www.couriermail.com.au/?s=allison+baden-clay if you have a Courier-Mail subscription.Allison’s autopsy report can be found at https://aussiecriminals.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/autopsy-report1.pdf.The judge’s summary for the jury at Gerard’s trial can be found here https://archive.sclqld.org.au/qjudgment/2014/QSC14-154.pdfFind us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM or EMAIL us on murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On April 20, 2012, Gerard Baden-Clay phoned the police. His wife hadn’t come home from her morning walk, you see, and it wasn’t like her to be late. She had a big day ahead, and he didn’t want to cause a fuss, but he was getting worried. When the police arrived at the Baden-Clay household in Brookfield in Brisbane’s west, Gerard greeted the officers, gesturing apologetically at his face. “Cut myself shaving,” he said. He needn’t have pointed it out. Officers immediately noticed the long, ragged scratches on the side of Gerard’s face.And they knew they weren’t from shaving.The investigation into Allison’s disappearance would become one of the largest in Brisbane’s history, in man hours and in media coverage. The people demanded to know what happened to Allison, a much-loved mother, friend, and member of the community. People who had never met her joined a crowd of hundreds at the Brookfield Showgrounds to volunteer their time to search for Allison. Her husband Gerard was not amongst them. When Allison’s body was found, days later, dumped in a creek under a bridge, miles from her home, there was one person the police and the public were sure was responsible.Sources:The bulk of the information for this episode was taken from David Murray’s outstandingly excellent book, The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay, a fantastic addition to anyone’s true crime library.The Courier-Mail archives have a huge range of articles written by David Murray and other journalists which can be accessed here <a href="http://www.couriermail.com.au/?s=allison+baden-clay" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.couriermail.com.au/?s=allison+baden-clay</a> if you have a Courier-Mail subscription.Allison’s autopsy report can be found at <a href="https://aussiecriminals.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/autopsy-report1.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://aussiecriminals.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/autopsy-report1.pdf</a>.The judge’s summary for the jury at Gerard’s trial can be found here <a href="https://archive.sclqld.org.au/qjudgment/2014/QSC14-154.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://archive.sclqld.org.au/qjudgment/2014/QSC14-154.pdf</a> Find us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mitloopodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FACEBOOK</a>,<a href="https://twitter.com/murderinoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> TWITTER</a>, <a href="http://www.instagram.com/murderinthelandofoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">INSTAGRAM</a> or EMAIL us on <a href="mailto:murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com">murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com</a> Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay Part One

In Part Two of our investigation into the murder of Allison Baden-Clay, ya girls discuss the absolute gall of a man who so obviously killed his wife to appeal that decision in the first place, the absolute legend that is Bevan Slattery, and we get a little serious to discuss domestic violence and the impact this case has had on Australia’s slow but steady change in the way we understand domestic and family violence.Gerard Baden-Clay was found guilty of Allison’s murder, but you know what they say: you can never keep a good Scout down. Or a very, very bad one.People were horrified when Gerard successfully appealed his murder conviction. Manslaughter didn’t seem to really apply to a guy who hid his wife’s body in a creek bed and then lied about it for two years. The people weren’t satisfied with the resolution, and they let their voiced be heard. Thousands gathered for a protest in Allison’s honour, a petition garnered tens of thousands of signatures, and the message went all the way up to future Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull who, in a move that should have been an indication of his tenure of PM, did absolutely nothing.This episode is dedicated to Allison Baden-Clay and all the victims of domestic violence who have had their lives taken away. We hope that by keeping the conversation going, we can educate and inform others so that what happened to Allison never happens again.Sources:The bulk of the information for this episode was taken from David Murray’s outstandingly excellent book, The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay, a fantastic addition into anyone’s true crime library.The Courier-Mail archives have a huge range of articles written by David Murray and other journalists which can be accessed here http://www.couriermail.com.au/?s=allison+baden-clay if you have a Courier-Mail subscription.The judgement from Gerard’s appeal can be found here https://www.sclqld.org.au/caselaw/QCA/2015/265You can donate to the Allison Baden-Clay Foundation here https://www.allisonbadenclayfoundation.org.au/donate/Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM or EMAIL us on murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Part Two of our investigation into the murder of Allison Baden-Clay, ya girls discuss the absolute gall of a man who so obviously killed his wife to appeal that decision in the first place, the absolute legend that is Bevan Slattery, and we get a little serious to discuss domestic violence and the impact this case has had on Australia’s slow but steady change in the way we understand domestic and family violence.Gerard Baden-Clay was found guilty of Allison’s murder, but you know what they say: you can never keep a good Scout down. Or a very, very bad one.People were horrified when Gerard successfully appealed his murder conviction. Manslaughter didn’t seem to really apply to a guy who hid his wife’s body in a creek bed and then lied about it for two years. The people weren’t satisfied with the resolution, and they let their voiced be heard. Thousands gathered for a protest in Allison’s honour, a petition garnered tens of thousands of signatures, and the message went all the way up to future Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull who, in a move that should have been an indication of his tenure of PM, did absolutely nothing.This episode is dedicated to Allison Baden-Clay and all the victims of domestic violence who have had their lives taken away. We hope that by keeping the conversation going, we can educate and inform others so that what happened to Allison never happens again.Sources:The bulk of the information for this episode was taken from David Murray’s outstandingly excellent book, The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay, a fantastic addition into anyone’s true crime library.The Courier-Mail archives have a huge range of articles written by David Murray and other journalists which can be accessed here <a href="http://www.couriermail.com.au/?s=allison+baden-clay" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.couriermail.com.au/?s=allison+baden-clay</a> if you have a Courier-Mail subscription.The judgement from Gerard’s appeal can be found here <a href="https://www.sclqld.org.au/caselaw/QCA/2015/265" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.sclqld.org.au/caselaw/QCA/2015/265</a>You can donate to the Allison Baden-Clay Foundation here <a href="https://www.allisonbadenclayfoundation.org.au/donate/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.allisonbadenclayfoundation.org.au/donate/</a>Find us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mitloopodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FACEBOOK</a>,<a href="https://twitter.com/murderinoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> TWITTER</a>, <a href="http://www.instagram.com/murderinthelandofoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">INSTAGRAM</a> or EMAIL us on <a href="mailto:murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com">murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com</a> Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay Part Two

A corrupt police force. A violent murder staged to look like a suicide. A wrongful conviction. And a suicide in custody. It’s not a Netflix series, it’s the new episode of Murder in the Land of Oz, and this week your girls are solving a mystery. Reg Brown was convicted for the 1947 murder of his typist, Bronia Armstrong. But was he really guilty, or were the notoriously corrupt Queensland Police feeling lazy that day and just decided to arrest the first bloke on the scene? For sixty years the conviction was unquestioned until Reg’s granddaughters decided to dig a little deeper and find out what really happened to the grandfather they never knew.In this episode, we blow a little dust off the photo album and take a look back into Brisbane’s past, from the post-war era right up to the seedy underbelly of the Fitzgerald Inquiry years. A lot has changed in this big country town, and an awful lot has stayed the same.Bronia Armstrong was nineteen years old when she was found murdered in Room 5 of the Brisbane Associated Friendly Society’s doctor’s surgery, in the Wallace Bishop arcade in Brisbane’s CBD. Police quickly zeroed in on her boss, Reg Brown, who had suspicious injuries on his hands. The police concocted an elaborate fantasy, wherein Reg was the older, sexually frustrated boss who controlled Bronia, and was driven mad with lust and forced to kill her. Brown was convicted for her murder and committed suicide in custody nine days later.There was no physical evidence. No forensics. No blood typing was done, despite blood from both the crime scene and the perpetrator being available. No one saw Brown and Bronia alone in the rooms together. There was no evidence that they had any relationship beyond fairly chummy boss and employee....but there’s also no evidence pointing to anyone else. Brown was allegedly attacked the night before, by two men and a woman, who bashed him and bit his fingers but didn’t rob him. There were no witnesses to this alleged attack, despite there being multiple people on the street at the time. So if the attack didn't occur... how did he get the injury on his hands?For sixty years, the conviction has gone untested, until Brown’s granddaughters wrote a book, Lingering Doubts, questioning their grandfather’s guilt. In the book, they uncover a wildly flawed police investigation, exacerbated by the key roles of police officers that would later be fingered by the Fitzgerald Inquiry played in the investigation.Sources:Our info this week was mostly taken from Lingering Doubts, by Deb Drummond and Jan Teunis, Reg Brown’s granddaughters. You can find the book here www.lingering-doubts.com/Articles from the time can be accessed from herehttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/186693649The Fitzgerald Inquiry can be read in full herehttp://www.ccc.qld.gov.au/about-the-ccc/the-fitzgerald-inquiryMatthew Condon’s books can be found in the true crime section of literally every bookshop in Queensland, they’re very popular.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM or EMAIL us on murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A corrupt police force. A violent murder staged to look like a suicide. A wrongful conviction. And a suicide in custody. It’s not a Netflix series, it’s the new episode of Murder in the Land of Oz, and this week your girls are solving a mystery. Reg Brown was convicted for the 1947 murder of his typist, Bronia Armstrong. But was he really guilty, or were the notoriously corrupt Queensland Police feeling lazy that day and just decided to arrest the first bloke on the scene? For sixty years the conviction was unquestioned until Reg’s granddaughters decided to dig a little deeper and find out what really happened to the grandfather they never knew.In this episode, we blow a little dust off the photo album and take a look back into Brisbane’s past, from the post-war era right up to the seedy underbelly of the Fitzgerald Inquiry years. A lot has changed in this big country town, and an awful lot has stayed the same.Bronia Armstrong was nineteen years old when she was found murdered in Room 5 of the Brisbane Associated Friendly Society’s doctor’s surgery, in the Wallace Bishop arcade in Brisbane’s CBD. Police quickly zeroed in on her boss, Reg Brown, who had suspicious injuries on his hands. The police concocted an elaborate fantasy, wherein Reg was the older, sexually frustrated boss who controlled Bronia, and was driven mad with lust and forced to kill her. Brown was convicted for her murder and committed suicide in custody nine days later.There was no physical evidence. No forensics. No blood typing was done, despite blood from both the crime scene and the perpetrator being available. No one saw Brown and Bronia alone in the rooms together. There was no evidence that they had any relationship beyond fairly chummy boss and employee....but there’s also no evidence pointing to anyone else. Brown was allegedly attacked the night before, by two men and a woman, who bashed him and bit his fingers but didn’t rob him. There were no witnesses to this alleged attack, despite there being multiple people on the street at the time. So if the attack didn't occur... how did he get the injury on his hands?For sixty years, the conviction has gone untested, until Brown’s granddaughters wrote a book, Lingering Doubts, questioning their grandfather’s guilt. In the book, they uncover a wildly flawed police investigation, exacerbated by the key roles of police officers that would later be fingered by the Fitzgerald Inquiry played in the investigation.Sources:Our info this week was mostly taken from Lingering Doubts, by Deb Drummond and Jan Teunis, Reg Brown’s granddaughters. You can find the book here <a href="http://www.lingering-doubts.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.lingering-doubts.com/</a>Articles from the time can be accessed from here<a href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/186693649" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/186693649</a>The Fitzgerald Inquiry can be read in full here<a href="http://www.ccc.qld.gov.au/about-the-ccc/the-fitzgerald-inquiry" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.ccc.qld.gov.au/about-the-ccc/the-fitzgerald-inquiry</a>Matthew Condon’s books can be found in the true crime section of literally every bookshop in Queensland, they’re very popular.Find us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mitloopodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FACEBOOK</a>,<a href="https://twitter.com/murderinoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> TWITTER</a>, <a href="http://www.instagram.com/murderinthelandofoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">INSTAGRAM</a> or EMAIL us on <a href="mailto:murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com">murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com</a> Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Murder of Bronia Armstrong

Eurydice Dixon

Something a little different this week, friends.Your girls do like to talk about murders, but we are not excited when they happen. Twenty-two year old aspiring comedian Eurydice Dixon was brutally raped and murdered by a stranger walking home from a comedy gig in Melbourne in June 2018. Her death has sparked outrage nationwide, particularly after police superintendent David Clayton advised women to "take responsibility" for their own safety.We are tired of hearing about the deaths of so many wonderful women and even more tired of women being blamed when a man decides to cut their life short.This week we share our thoughts, our sadness and our anger in a little bonus episode. We will release a full-length episode on the tragically short life of Eurydice Dixon after the trial.You can read about Eurydice’s impact here https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jun/19/eurydice-dixon-death-male-rage-australia-women-men-attitudesYou can learn more about Destroy the Joint’s Counting Dead Women project on their Facebook page www.facebook.com/DestroyTheJointFind us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM or EMAIL us on murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Something a little different this week, friends.Your girls do like to talk about murders, but we are not excited when they happen. Twenty-two year old aspiring comedian Eurydice Dixon was brutally raped and murdered by a stranger walking home from a comedy gig in Melbourne in June 2018. Her death has sparked outrage nationwide, particularly after police superintendent David Clayton advised women to "take responsibility" for their own safety.We are tired of hearing about the deaths of so many wonderful women and even more tired of women being blamed when a man decides to cut their life short.This week we share our thoughts, our sadness and our anger in a little bonus episode. We will release a full-length episode on the tragically short life of Eurydice Dixon after the trial.You can read about Eurydice’s impact here <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jun/19/eurydice-dixon-death-male-rage-australia-women-men-attitudes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jun/19/eurydice-dixon-death-male-rage-australia-women-men-attitudes</a>You can learn more about Destroy the Joint’s Counting Dead Women project on their Facebook page <a href="http://www.facebook.com/DestroyTheJoint" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/DestroyTheJoint</a>Find us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mitloopodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FACEBOOK</a>,<a href="https://twitter.com/murderinoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> TWITTER</a>, <a href="http://www.instagram.com/murderinthelandofoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">INSTAGRAM</a> or EMAIL us on <a href="mailto:murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com">murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com</a> Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Some towns become synonymous with the crimes that happen in them - Salem. Waco. Snowtown.In Queensland, we have Gatton. When the bodies of Michael, Ellen, and Norah Murphy were discovered in a field the day after Boxing Day, 1898, the little agricultural town would become forever linked to one of the most famous unsolved crimes in Australian history.For years the murders were considered by police to be a crime of opportunity - the act of a desperate man from out of town, wanting to rob the well-off siblings. Or perhaps some madman, killing for a thrill. But was the crime actually perpetrated by a member of the Murphy family? Or worse, was it committed by a conspiracy of townspeople, determined to get revenge upon the alleged seducer Michael Murphy?This week your hosts saddle up the horses and set out west to investigate this murder most foul. On this treacherous journey, we encounter suspicious swagmen, incompetent police work, the horrors of a 19th-century autopsy, and some good old-fashioned Catholic and Protestant religious tension.In 1898, in Gatton, west of Brisbane, the bodies of Michael, Ellen, and Norah Murphy, along with their horse, were discovered lying in a field. Michael had been shot through the head, while Ellen and Norah had been raped and bludgeoned to death. Suspects ranged from their brother in law William McNeil, to the butcher’s man Thomas Day, to a number of swagmen who were waltzing in and out of town.Due to the unfortunate state of telecommunications infrastructure in the late 19th century, no police officers from the CIB were sent out to investigate the crime until two days after the bodies were found. The chief inspector never even saw the bodies of the victims. And the investigation became hyperfocused on one particular suspect, who had an alibi for the time of the murder, leaving any number of potential suspects uninvestigated.The Gatton murders have captured the imaginations of Australians for the past hundred years. No one has ever been found guilty of the murders, although armchair sleuths in modern times come up with different suspects and different explanations for the crime every couple of years. In this episode, we consider each of the main suspects, as well as a new theory put forward by Stephanie Bennet in her book The Gatton Murders: A True Story of Lust, Revenge and Vile Retribution.Who do you think killed the Murphys? If you've got a theory or know of a suspect we didn’t mention, get in contact with us via our email, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter!Our main source this week was the aforementioned The Gatton Murders: A True Story of Lust, Revenge and Vile Retribution, which can be purchased here https://www.amazon.com.au/Gatton-Murders-Story-Vengeance-Retribution-ebook/dp/B00GMSZOX2You can get all up in some great information and also revel in some peak Internet 1.0 web design at http://www.gattonmurders.com/If you want to delve deep into the Oxley-Gatton connection, you can read Neil Bradford’s book The Oxley-Gatton Murders: Exposing the Conspiracy which is out of print but can be found in a few libraries around Brisbane.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM or EMAIL us on murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Some towns become synonymous with the crimes that happen in them - Salem. Waco. Snowtown.In Queensland, we have Gatton. When the bodies of Michael, Ellen, and Norah Murphy were discovered in a field the day after Boxing Day, 1898, the little agricultural town would become forever linked to one of the most famous unsolved crimes in Australian history.For years the murders were considered by police to be a crime of opportunity - the act of a desperate man from out of town, wanting to rob the well-off siblings. Or perhaps some madman, killing for a thrill. But was the crime actually perpetrated by a member of the Murphy family? Or worse, was it committed by a conspiracy of townspeople, determined to get revenge upon the alleged seducer Michael Murphy?This week your hosts saddle up the horses and set out west to investigate this murder most foul. On this treacherous journey, we encounter suspicious swagmen, incompetent police work, the horrors of a 19th-century autopsy, and some good old-fashioned Catholic and Protestant religious tension.In 1898, in Gatton, west of Brisbane, the bodies of Michael, Ellen, and Norah Murphy, along with their horse, were discovered lying in a field. Michael had been shot through the head, while Ellen and Norah had been raped and bludgeoned to death. Suspects ranged from their brother in law William McNeil, to the butcher’s man Thomas Day, to a number of swagmen who were waltzing in and out of town.Due to the unfortunate state of telecommunications infrastructure in the late 19th century, no police officers from the CIB were sent out to investigate the crime until two days after the bodies were found. The chief inspector never even saw the bodies of the victims. And the investigation became hyperfocused on one particular suspect, who had an alibi for the time of the murder, leaving any number of potential suspects uninvestigated.The Gatton murders have captured the imaginations of Australians for the past hundred years. No one has ever been found guilty of the murders, although armchair sleuths in modern times come up with different suspects and different explanations for the crime every couple of years. In this episode, we consider each of the main suspects, as well as a new theory put forward by Stephanie Bennet in her book The Gatton Murders: A True Story of Lust, Revenge and Vile Retribution.Who do you think killed the Murphys? If you've got a theory or know of a suspect we didn’t mention, get in contact with us via our email, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter!Our main source this week was the aforementioned The Gatton Murders: A True Story of Lust, Revenge and Vile Retribution, which can be purchased here <a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Gatton-Murders-Story-Vengeance-Retribution-ebook/dp/B00GMSZOX2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com.au/Gatton-Murders-Story-Vengeance-Retribution-ebook/dp/B00GMSZOX2</a>You can get all up in some great information and also revel in some peak Internet 1.0 web design at <a href="http://www.gattonmurders.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.gattonmurders.com/</a>If you want to delve deep into the Oxley-Gatton connection, you can read Neil Bradford’s book The Oxley-Gatton Murders: Exposing the Conspiracy which is out of print but can be found in a few libraries around Brisbane.Find us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mitloopodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FACEBOOK</a>,<a href="https://twitter.com/murderinoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> TWITTER</a>, <a href="http://www.instagram.com/murderinthelandofoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">INSTAGRAM</a> or EMAIL us on <a href="mailto:murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com">murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com</a> Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Gatton Murders

Betty Shanks

Betty Shanks was twenty-two years old and walking home from work when she was attacked, beaten and left for dead. Could be the first line of any article in the Courier Mail today, unfortunately, but this attack happened in 1952, and her killer was never found.This week your girls talk exhaustively about Jess’s childhood, just how dirty motorbikes are, and just how unbelievably shitty it is to be a woman sometimes, regardless of what decade we’re in.In 1952, a young woman named Betty Shanks was walking home from work when she was attacked, beaten, and left to die on the side of the road.I have now told you literally everything there is to know about this case.There are no suspects, really, despite the fact that every couple of years someone pops out of the woodwork claiming they know who did it.There isn’t much information to be found out there about this case, due to the age and the unsolved nature of the crime. No one was ever brought to trial or even charged with ending the life of Betty.Our main source this week was I Know Who Killed Betty Shanks, by Ted Duhs, which can be found here https://www.amazon.com.au/Know-Who-Killed-Betty-Shanks-ebook/dp/B0732NTR3K, although fair warning, there’s some graphic imagery and also, we didn’t love it as a read.If you want to read another book about the case, you can’t cause it’s out of print, but the title to search the library for is Who Killed Betty Shanks? By Ken BlanchFor some lighter reading, we have the following news articleshttps://www.qt.com.au/news/author-to-name-former-cop-as-betty-shanks-killer/3043045/https://www.qt.com.au/news/betty-shanks-murder-case-cracked-by-lyle/2863230/https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/the-1952-unsolved-murder-of-betty-shanks-in-brisbane-sparks-battle-between-publishers-of-rival-books/news-story/23e072af565c0398f05b04efe5f6cbddAnd ya primary sources, if you’re doing a school essay https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/101721302Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM or EMAIL us on murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Betty Shanks was twenty-two years old and walking home from work when she was attacked, beaten and left for dead. Could be the first line of any article in the Courier Mail today, unfortunately, but this attack happened in 1952, and her killer was never found.This week your girls talk exhaustively about Jess’s childhood, just how dirty motorbikes are, and just how unbelievably shitty it is to be a woman sometimes, regardless of what decade we’re in.In 1952, a young woman named Betty Shanks was walking home from work when she was attacked, beaten, and left to die on the side of the road.I have now told you literally everything there is to know about this case.There are no suspects, really, despite the fact that every couple of years someone pops out of the woodwork claiming they know who did it.There isn’t much information to be found out there about this case, due to the age and the unsolved nature of the crime. No one was ever brought to trial or even charged with ending the life of Betty.Our main source this week was I Know Who Killed Betty Shanks, by Ted Duhs, which can be found here <a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Know-Who-Killed-Betty-Shanks-ebook/dp/B0732NTR3K" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com.au/Know-Who-Killed-Betty-Shanks-ebook/dp/B0732NTR3K</a>, although fair warning, there’s some graphic imagery and also, we didn’t love it as a read.If you want to read another book about the case, you can’t cause it’s out of print, but the title to search the library for is Who Killed Betty Shanks? By Ken BlanchFor some lighter reading, we have the following news articles<a href="https://www.qt.com.au/news/author-to-name-former-cop-as-betty-shanks-killer/3043045/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.qt.com.au/news/author-to-name-former-cop-as-betty-shanks-killer/3043045/</a><a href="https://www.qt.com.au/news/betty-shanks-murder-case-cracked-by-lyle/2863230/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.qt.com.au/news/betty-shanks-murder-case-cracked-by-lyle/2863230/</a><a href="https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/the-1952-unsolved-murder-of-betty-shanks-in-brisbane-sparks-battle-between-publishers-of-rival-books/news-story/23e072af565c0398f05b04efe5f6cbdd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/the-1952-unsolved-murder-of-betty-shanks-in-brisbane-sparks-battle-between-publishers-of-rival-books/news-story/23e072af565c0398f05b04efe5f6cbdd</a>And ya primary sources, if you’re doing a school essay <a href="https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/101721302" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/101721302</a>Find us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mitloopodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FACEBOOK</a>,<a href="https://twitter.com/murderinoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> TWITTER</a>, <a href="http://www.instagram.com/murderinthelandofoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">INSTAGRAM</a> or EMAIL us on <a href="mailto:murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com">murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com</a> Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Murder of Betty Shanks

Anyone who has roots in Brissie could probably ask ten different people what they know about the Mayne family and they’d get ten different answers. They’ve been called the Mad Maynes and the Murderous Maynes – but are they really as black as they’re painted? Does the family who helped establish most of Brisbane have literal skeletons in their closet?This week your girls jump into the time machine for one last whirl as they try to tackle a question that has haunted Brisbane for over a hundred years – was Patrick Mayne really a murderer? Or was he just a weird rich guy?Patrick Mayne was a rich businessman and city alderman in Brisbane in the mid nineteenth century. On his deathbed, he allegedly confessed to murdering a man named Robert Cox twenty years prior, stealing a sum of £300 and using the money to purchase a butcher’s shop on Queen Street. From this shop, Mayne amassed a great fortune, high status in society, and a reputation that has followed him throughout the centuries. Did Patrick Mayne really kill Robert Cox? Or was it a game of Chinese whispers, a bit of good old-fashioned Aussie tall poppy syndrome? This week we’re talking about a murder, but we are also talking about how rumours get started, and how they can have an impact hundreds of years later.Our mayne source (see what we did there) this week was The Mayne Inheritance by Rosamund Siemon, available herehttps://www.amazon.com.au/Mayne-Inheritance-Rosamond-Siemon-ebook/dp/B00O70R71YOur other sources this week include this fantastic article which debunked a fair amount of what Siemon wrote in The Mayne Inheritance, available herehttp://www.hearsay.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=2006&amp;Itemid=48If you wanna learn more about Mayne the man, go herehttp://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mayne-patrick-13088For another interesting debunking of some Mayne myths and legends, this two-parter on Haunts of Brisbane is a crackerhttp://hauntsofbrisbane.blogspot.com/2012/01/murderous-maynes-patrick-did-um-didnt.htmlhttp://hauntsofbrisbane.blogspot.com/2012/01/murderous-maynes-patrick-surely-didor.htmlFind us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM or EMAIL us on murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anyone who has roots in Brissie could probably ask ten different people what they know about the Mayne family and they’d get ten different answers. They’ve been called the Mad Maynes and the Murderous Maynes – but are they really as black as they’re painted? Does the family who helped establish most of Brisbane have literal skeletons in their closet?This week your girls jump into the time machine for one last whirl as they try to tackle a question that has haunted Brisbane for over a hundred years – was Patrick Mayne really a murderer? Or was he just a weird rich guy?Patrick Mayne was a rich businessman and city alderman in Brisbane in the mid nineteenth century. On his deathbed, he allegedly confessed to murdering a man named Robert Cox twenty years prior, stealing a sum of £300 and using the money to purchase a butcher’s shop on Queen Street. From this shop, Mayne amassed a great fortune, high status in society, and a reputation that has followed him throughout the centuries. Did Patrick Mayne really kill Robert Cox? Or was it a game of Chinese whispers, a bit of good old-fashioned Aussie tall poppy syndrome? This week we’re talking about a murder, but we are also talking about how rumours get started, and how they can have an impact hundreds of years later.Our mayne source (see what we did there) this week was The Mayne Inheritance by Rosamund Siemon, available here<a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Mayne-Inheritance-Rosamond-Siemon-ebook/dp/B00O70R71Y" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com.au/Mayne-Inheritance-Rosamond-Siemon-ebook/dp/B00O70R71Y</a>Our other sources this week include this fantastic article which debunked a fair amount of what Siemon wrote in The Mayne Inheritance, available here<a href="http://www.hearsay.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=2006&amp;Itemid=48" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.hearsay.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=2006&amp;Itemid=48</a>If you wanna learn more about Mayne the man, go here<a href="http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mayne-patrick-13088" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mayne-patrick-13088</a>For another interesting debunking of some Mayne myths and legends, this two-parter on Haunts of Brisbane is a cracker<a href="http://hauntsofbrisbane.blogspot.com/2012/01/murderous-maynes-patrick-did-um-didnt.htmlhttp://hauntsofbrisbane.blogspot.com/2012/01/murderous-maynes-patrick-surely-didor.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://hauntsofbrisbane.blogspot.com/2012/01/murderous-maynes-patrick-did-um-didnt.htmlhttp://hauntsofbrisbane.blogspot.com/2012/01/murderous-maynes-patrick-surely-didor.html</a> Find us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mitloopodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FACEBOOK</a>,<a href="https://twitter.com/murderinoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> TWITTER</a>, <a href="http://www.instagram.com/murderinthelandofoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">INSTAGRAM</a> or EMAIL us on <a href="mailto:murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com">murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com</a> Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Mayne Family

Tracey Wigginton was convicted of murdering Edward Baldock and trying to drink his blood. Tracey wasn’t just a regular old murderer, you see. She was a vampire, a night stalker, one of the Devil’s children, who needed to feed on the sweet nectar of life to sustain herself.At least, that’s what her vampire coven believed. And they believed in her enough to help her take another human life.On this episode of Murder in the Land of Oz, your girls talk about mind control, why men don’t think women can murder, and of course, our shameful teenage vampire phases. We renounce Twilight, but Buffy is still cool.On October 20, 1989, Edward Baldock was violently murdered. It was a tragedy, but the media had an absolute field day when it was discovered that his killers were a coven of wannabe vampire lesbians. Readers couldn’t get enough of the Lesbian Vampire Killers, and the story made international news. Some people were titillated, others were terrified. Were cults of lesbian vampires coming for you?Tracey Wigginton and three others were arrested for the murder. Tracey’s three accomplices quickly turned on her, saying they were compelled by Tracey to commit the crime. While Tracey got life imprisonment with a minimum of 13 years, her accomplices got barely more than a slap on the wrists. So were these women really compelled by Tracey to help her murder an innocent man? Or did the accomplices take advantage of the burgeoning Satanic Panic to make Tracey take the fall?Our main source this week was Great Crimes and Trials: Lesbian Vampires Killers, which you can partake of herehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUvEzwFw4u0For more information, you can check out these news articleshttps://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/lesbian-vampire-killer-released-from-jail-20120111-1pvou.html​​​​​​​https://www.news.com.au/national/crime/new-book-reveals-six-personalities-of-vampire-lesbian-killer/news-story/d41b346be98738676f41b52717a3f721If you want to find out more, pro tip: turn on Safe Search before searching “Lesbian Vampire Killer”.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM or EMAIL us on murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tracey Wigginton was convicted of murdering Edward Baldock and trying to drink his blood. Tracey wasn’t just a regular old murderer, you see. She was a vampire, a night stalker, one of the Devil’s children, who needed to feed on the sweet nectar of life to sustain herself.At least, that’s what her vampire coven believed. And they believed in her enough to help her take another human life.On this episode of Murder in the Land of Oz, your girls talk about mind control, why men don’t think women can murder, and of course, our shameful teenage vampire phases. We renounce Twilight, but Buffy is still cool. On October 20, 1989, Edward Baldock was violently murdered. It was a tragedy, but the media had an absolute field day when it was discovered that his killers were a coven of wannabe vampire lesbians. Readers couldn’t get enough of the Lesbian Vampire Killers, and the story made international news. Some people were titillated, others were terrified. Were cults of lesbian vampires coming for you?Tracey Wigginton and three others were arrested for the murder. Tracey’s three accomplices quickly turned on her, saying they were compelled by Tracey to commit the crime. While Tracey got life imprisonment with a minimum of 13 years, her accomplices got barely more than a slap on the wrists. So were these women really compelled by Tracey to help her murder an innocent man? Or did the accomplices take advantage of the burgeoning Satanic Panic to make Tracey take the fall?Our main source this week was Great Crimes and Trials: Lesbian Vampires Killers, which you can partake of here<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUvEzwFw4u0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUvEzwFw4u0</a>For more information, you can check out these news articles<a href="https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/lesbian-vampire-killer-released-from-jail-20120111-1pvou.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/lesbian-vampire-killer-released-from-jail-20120111-1pvou.html</a>​​​​​​​<a href="https://www.news.com.au/national/crime/new-book-reveals-six-personalities-of-vampire-lesbian-killer/news-story/d41b346be98738676f41b52717a3f721" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.news.com.au/national/crime/new-book-reveals-six-personalities-of-vampire-lesbian-killer/news-story/d41b346be98738676f41b52717a3f721</a>If you want to find out more, pro tip: turn on Safe Search before searching “Lesbian Vampire Killer”.Find us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mitloopodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FACEBOOK</a>,<a href="https://twitter.com/murderinoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> TWITTER</a>, <a href="http://www.instagram.com/murderinthelandofoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">INSTAGRAM</a> or EMAIL us on <a href="mailto:murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com">murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com</a> Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Lesbian Vampire Killers

Seven backpackers disappeared hitchhiking off the Hume Highway in New South Wales from 1989 to 1992. For years, Australia was gripped by the mystery – was it the work of a serial killer, or just some more inexperienced tourists bested by the Australian outback?In the first episode of Season Two and our first case in New South Wales, your girls discuss the initial disappearances of the seven backpackers, Jess's fear of the outdoors, and how much Sydney sucks. Fuck you, Sydney.James Gibson, Deborah Everist, Joanne Walters, Caroline Clarke, Simone Schmidl, Gabor Neugebauer and Anja Habschied were the seven victims of the Backpacker Murderer. They were picked up by a mystery bloke, driven into the Belangalo State Forest, and viciously murdered. The police were baffled – what kind of a person would murder seven people so horrifically for their own sick pleasure?The Backpacker Murders are without a doubt the most famous serial killing case in Australian history. Even if you’ve never heard the true story, you’ve heard the fictional one – this case inspired the Wolf Creek movies. But, as cliché as it is to say, in this case, truth is definitely stranger than fiction.Our main source this week was the absolutely ripper Sins of the Brother, by Les Kennedy and Mark Whittaker. You can buy it for the very reasonable price of $22 here on Booktopia.com.au, or you can try before you buy and read an excerpt here https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/what-made-ivan-milat-a-serial-killer/news-story/3a54f7de7b63e494317ac98a99dcd8a5Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM or EMAIL us on murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seven backpackers disappeared hitchhiking off the Hume Highway in New South Wales from 1989 to 1992. For years, Australia was gripped by the mystery – was it the work of a serial killer, or just some more inexperienced tourists bested by the Australian outback?In the first episode of Season Two and our first case in New South Wales, your girls discuss the initial disappearances of the seven backpackers, Jess's fear of the outdoors, and how much Sydney sucks. Fuck you, Sydney.James Gibson, Deborah Everist, Joanne Walters, Caroline Clarke, Simone Schmidl, Gabor Neugebauer and Anja Habschied were the seven victims of the Backpacker Murderer. They were picked up by a mystery bloke, driven into the Belangalo State Forest, and viciously murdered. The police were baffled – what kind of a person would murder seven people so horrifically for their own sick pleasure?The Backpacker Murders are without a doubt the most famous serial killing case in Australian history. Even if you’ve never heard the true story, you’ve heard the fictional one – this case inspired the Wolf Creek movies. But, as cliché as it is to say, in this case, truth is definitely stranger than fiction.Our main source this week was the absolutely ripper Sins of the Brother, by Les Kennedy and Mark Whittaker. You can buy it for the very reasonable price of $22 here on <a href="http://Booktopia.com.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Booktopia.com.au</a>, or you can try before you buy and read an excerpt here <a href="https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/what-made-ivan-milat-a-serial-killer/news-story/3a54f7de7b63e494317ac98a99dcd8a5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/what-made-ivan-milat-a-serial-killer/news-story/3a54f7de7b63e494317ac98a99dcd8a5</a>Find us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mitloopodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FACEBOOK</a>,<a href="https://twitter.com/murderinoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> TWITTER</a>, <a href="http://www.instagram.com/murderinthelandofoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">INSTAGRAM</a> or EMAIL us on <a href="mailto:murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com">murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com</a> Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Backpacker Murders Part One

Who said nothing ever happens in Brisbane? Join hosts Jessica Kate and Ellen Rose as they dig up the skeletons buried in our own back yard and take you on a macabre tour around Australia’s third largest city - home to the Stefan Needle, the Brown Snake, the crushing feeling that you’re trapped in a dead-end town that you can never leave, and some of the most brutal murders in Australian history. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Love these girls and pace of stories

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Who said nothing ever happens in Brisbane? Join hosts Jessica Kate and Ellen Rose as they dig up the skeletons buried in our own back yard and take you on a macabre tour around Australia’s third largest city - home to the Stefan Needle, the Brown Snake, the crushing feeling that you’re trapped in a dead-end town that you can never leave, and some of the most brutal murders in Australian history. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Murder in the Land of Oz

Peter Falconio

CU in the NT, motherfuckers!Our first foray into the Top End covers the murder of Peter Falconio, a British tourist who was murdered while on holiday with his girlfriend, Joanne Lees, on a road trip from Sydney to Darwin. Bradley John Murdoch played the role of concerned fellow motorist when he signalled to Joanne and Pete to pull over, saying that sparks were coming out of the exhaust on their Kombi.Knowing that car trouble could lead to serious trouble if they were stranded on the Stuart Highway in the literal middle of nowhere in the remote Northern Territory Outback, Peter pulled over, checked the exhaust, and was then shot at point-blank range by Bradley Murdoch. Murdoch then handcuffed Joanne with homemade cuffs and pulled her into his car with the intention to do God-knows-what, but she managed to escape, hiding herself in the bush until Peter gave up and drove away.A massive (and somewhat flawed) police investigation followed. Locating the suspect took literal years, allegations of evidence contamination dogged the trial, and Joanne Lees was forced to physically demonstrate how she escaped from Murdoch before the jury before he was ultimately convicted of the crime.EPISODE NOTES:As we all know, most of Australia is essentially full of sweet fuck-all. For tourists, that’s part of the appeal – long stretches of road with nothing but blue skies and the wild Outback out the window. Joanne Lees and Peter Falconio had dreams of those blue skies when they came to Australia in 2001 on a working holiday visa. After working for a few months, they planned to drive from Sydney through to Adelaide and up to the Top End in an old orange Kombi van before heading to New Zealand and back home to the UK.Their dream Aussie holiday came to a tragic end when they happened upon Bradley John Murdoch on the Stuart Highway by Barrow Creek. The senseless murder of Peter Falconio (and Joanne Lee’s miracle escape) would make headlines across the world. The investigation into Peter’s murder would continue for years, and Joanne would fall prey to an unfriendly media who wouldn’t accept that her British stiff-upper-lip attitude after Peter’s murder was masking unmentionable pain.Bradley Murdoch, a drug runner and suspected rapist, would eventually be found guilty of Peter’s murder, but not before Joanne was found guilty in the court of public opinion. This case added to the atmosphere of fear generated by the Backpacker Murders that Australia was unsafe for tourists, and perhaps for good reason. The body of Peter Falconio has never been found. He is one of many people lost to the unforgiving Outback.You can watch the telemovie made about the case here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEMz1ACXF8g&amp;fbclid=IwAR3ve6qxPn6GK_TLTodKQ2emccGyfJ5s69A5twjoj3DXKiLqKQ5ibg0MQloand the episode of Real Crime Stories covering the case can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28eb8c6FYEM&amp;t=7s&amp;fbclid=IwAR1WGsDgsETr2Kx5KnIZb-pgQoh56qSOt8x_CXagsgy1QesypWVaQ6OLA5QTo read more about the drama about the interview with Andrew Fraser, go here https://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/channel-7-and-rahni-sadler-charged-over-bradley-john-murdoch-interview/news-story/90b3a9a4324e453fc7e161dfaadeb7fe?sv=f9980e182f0bb97134b47bcd07250b81&amp;fbclid=IwAR1kcTLfzwPXXg7udSdKT9rtvZfy4qu7902l4YQVEvmXBDbJIuMyEm0xy04Of course... Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CU in the NT, motherfuckers!Our first foray into the Top End covers the murder of Peter Falconio, a British tourist who was murdered while on holiday with his girlfriend, Joanne Lees, on a road trip from Sydney to Darwin. Bradley John Murdoch played the role of concerned fellow motorist when he signalled to Joanne and Pete to pull over, saying that sparks were coming out of the exhaust on their Kombi.Knowing that car trouble could lead to serious trouble if they were stranded on the Stuart Highway in the literal middle of nowhere in the remote Northern Territory Outback, Peter pulled over, checked the exhaust, and was then shot at point-blank range by Bradley Murdoch. Murdoch then handcuffed Joanne with homemade cuffs and pulled her into his car with the intention to do God-knows-what, but she managed to escape, hiding herself in the bush until Peter gave up and drove away.A massive (and somewhat flawed) police investigation followed. Locating the suspect took literal years, allegations of evidence contamination dogged the trial, and Joanne Lees was forced to physically demonstrate how she escaped from Murdoch before the jury before he was ultimately convicted of the crime.EPISODE NOTES:As we all know, most of Australia is essentially full of sweet fuck-all. For tourists, that’s part of the appeal – long stretches of road with nothing but blue skies and the wild Outback out the window. Joanne Lees and Peter Falconio had dreams of those blue skies when they came to Australia in 2001 on a working holiday visa. After working for a few months, they planned to drive from Sydney through to Adelaide and up to the Top End in an old orange Kombi van before heading to New Zealand and back home to the UK.Their dream Aussie holiday came to a tragic end when they happened upon Bradley John Murdoch on the Stuart Highway by Barrow Creek. The senseless murder of Peter Falconio (and Joanne Lee’s miracle escape) would make headlines across the world. The investigation into Peter’s murder would continue for years, and Joanne would fall prey to an unfriendly media who wouldn’t accept that her British stiff-upper-lip attitude after Peter’s murder was masking unmentionable pain.Bradley Murdoch, a drug runner and suspected rapist, would eventually be found guilty of Peter’s murder, but not before Joanne was found guilty in the court of public opinion. This case added to the atmosphere of fear generated by the Backpacker Murders that Australia was unsafe for tourists, and perhaps for good reason. The body of Peter Falconio has never been found. He is one of many people lost to the unforgiving Outback.You can watch the telemovie made about the case here <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEMz1ACXF8g&amp;fbclid=IwAR3ve6qxPn6GK_TLTodKQ2emccGyfJ5s69A5twjoj3DXKiLqKQ5ibg0MQlo" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEMz1ACXF8g&amp;fbclid=IwAR3ve6qxPn6GK_TLTodKQ2emccGyfJ5s69A5twjoj3DXKiLqKQ5ibg0MQlo</a>and the episode of Real Crime Stories covering the case can be found here <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28eb8c6FYEM&amp;t=7s&amp;fbclid=IwAR1WGsDgsETr2Kx5KnIZb-pgQoh56qSOt8x_CXagsgy1QesypWVaQ6OLA5Q" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28eb8c6FYEM&amp;t=7s&amp;fbclid=IwAR1WGsDgsETr2Kx5KnIZb-pgQoh56qSOt8x_CXagsgy1QesypWVaQ6OLA5Q</a>To read more about the drama about the interview with Andrew Fraser, go here <a href="https://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/channel-7-and-rahni-sadler-charged-over-bradley-john-murdoch-interview/news-story/90b3a9a4324e453fc7e161dfaadeb7fe?sv=f9980e182f0bb97134b47bcd07250b81&amp;fbclid=IwAR1kcTLfzwPXXg7udSdKT9rtvZfy4qu7902l4YQVEvmXBDbJIuMyEm0xy04" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/channel-7-and-rahni-sadler-charged-over-bradley-john-murdoch-interview/news-story/90b3a9a4324e453fc7e161dfaadeb7fe?sv=f9980e182f0bb97134b47bcd07250b81&amp;fbclid=IwAR1kcTLfzwPXXg7udSdKT9rtvZfy4qu7902l4YQVEvmXBDbJIuMyEm0xy04</a>Of course... Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Murder of Peter Falconio

This episode discusses domestic violence and the murder of children.Anthony Harvey was obsessed with serial killers, and in order to cope with life, he created a fantasy world in which he was a serial killer. He decided to make this fantasy a reality, and begin “hunting”, but in order to do so, he needed to eliminate those closest to him.In September 2018, Anthony Harvey murdered his wife, his three young daughters, and his mother-in-law, in a violent attack a judge deemed to be “so far beyond the bounds of acceptable human conduct that they instil horror and revulsion into even the most hardened of people”. Anthony Harvey became the first person in Western Australian history to be sentenced to life in prison with the order never to be released.EPISODE NOTES:Mara Lee Harvey, 41, Charlotte Kate Harvey, 3, Beatrix Mae Harvey and Alice Ester Harvey, both aged 2, and Beverley Ann Quinn, 73, were taken from this world by the person they should have been able to trust most.Anthony Harvey planned the murder for over a month, outlining specifically his “options” to exterminate his family and what he needed to do to get away with the crime – get cash, get some gear, go out bush. Once he killed his family, the plan was for “the real hunting” to begin, but thankfully, Harvey never got that far. After spending five days living in the house where the bodies of his family members lay, Harvey drove 1500 kilometres away, and confessed his crimes to his father before turning himself into police.The brutality of the crimes appalled the police, the prosecution and the defence, as well as Justice Hall, who determined that the severity of the murders was so extreme that Harvey should never be released from prison.These murders were the third domestic mass killing in Western Australia in 2018, following the Margaret River murder-suicide in May and the Ellenbrook murders in July. These murders are representative of the domestic violence crisis currently occurring in Australia, where an average of one woman a week is murdered by her partner.If you or anyone you know is currently experience domestic violence, please contact the police, or any of these confidential hotlines for counselling and support:1800 RESPECT: 1800 737 732Lifeline: 13 11 14Mensline Australia: 1300 789 978Kids Helpline: 1800 551 800Our main source this week was Justice Hall’s sentencing decision, which can be found here https://ecourts.justice.wa.gov.au/eCourtsPortal/Decisions/DownloadDecision/a1edc59b-743f-4cca-bcc5-c76b31379646?unredactedVersion=False&amp;AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 note, some of this episode was taken verbatim from the decision, because we aren’t lawyers and legal stuff is hard to interpret.To read more about the Harvey family murders, you can go here https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/nation/several-bodies-discovered-at-perth-home/news-story/0086fe2e78ace29cf44571b9f6214d2eTo read about the Margaret River murders, go here https://www.sbs.com.au/news/father-of-murdered-margaret-river-family-reveals-suicide-noteTo read about the Ellenbrook murders, go here Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode discusses domestic violence and the murder of children.Anthony Harvey was obsessed with serial killers, and in order to cope with life, he created a fantasy world in which he was a serial killer. He decided to make this fantasy a reality, and begin “hunting”, but in order to do so, he needed to eliminate those closest to him.In September 2018, Anthony Harvey murdered his wife, his three young daughters, and his mother-in-law, in a violent attack a judge deemed to be “so far beyond the bounds of acceptable human conduct that they instil horror and revulsion into even the most hardened of people”. Anthony Harvey became the first person in Western Australian history to be sentenced to life in prison with the order never to be released. EPISODE NOTES: Mara Lee Harvey, 41, Charlotte Kate Harvey, 3, Beatrix Mae Harvey and Alice Ester Harvey, both aged 2, and Beverley Ann Quinn, 73, were taken from this world by the person they should have been able to trust most. Anthony Harvey planned the murder for over a month, outlining specifically his “options” to exterminate his family and what he needed to do to get away with the crime – get cash, get some gear, go out bush. Once he killed his family, the plan was for “the real hunting” to begin, but thankfully, Harvey never got that far. After spending five days living in the house where the bodies of his family members lay, Harvey drove 1500 kilometres away, and confessed his crimes to his father before turning himself into police. The brutality of the crimes appalled the police, the prosecution and the defence, as well as Justice Hall, who determined that the severity of the murders was so extreme that Harvey should never be released from prison. These murders were the third domestic mass killing in Western Australia in 2018, following the Margaret River murder-suicide in May and the Ellenbrook murders in July. These murders are representative of the domestic violence crisis currently occurring in Australia, where an average of one woman a week is murdered by her partner. If you or anyone you know is currently experience domestic violence, please contact the police, or any of these confidential hotlines for counselling and support: 1800 RESPECT: 1800 737 732Lifeline: 13 11 14Mensline Australia: 1300 789 978Kids Helpline: 1800 551 800 Our main source this week was Justice Hall’s sentencing decision, which can be found here <a href="https://ecourts.justice.wa.gov.au/eCourtsPortal/Decisions/DownloadDecision/a1edc59b-743f-4cca-bcc5-c76b31379646?unredactedVersion=False&amp;AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ecourts.justice.wa.gov.au/eCourtsPortal/Decisions/DownloadDecision/a1edc59b-743f-4cca-bcc5-c76b31379646?unredactedVersion=False&amp;AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1</a> note, some of this episode was taken verbatim from the decision, because we aren’t lawyers and legal stuff is hard to interpret. To read more about the Harvey family murders, you can go here <a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/nation/several-bodies-discovered-at-perth-home/news-story/0086fe2e78ace29cf44571b9f6214d2e" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/nation/several-bodies-discovered-at-perth-home/news-story/0086fe2e78ace29cf44571b9f6214d2e</a> To read about the Margaret River murders, go here <a href="https://www.sbs.com.au/news/father-of-murdered-margaret-river-family-reveals-suicide-note" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.sbs.com.au/news/father-of-murdered-margaret-river-family-reveals-suicide-note</a> To read about the Ellenbrook murders, go here Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Bedford Family Murders

Martha Rendell

Welcome to our first episode of our Western Australia season! Fair warning, this episode discusses the death of children. Remember when we said we weren’t gonna cover child murder cases? We’re massive liars.Life’s tough out there for a kid in 1907. You have to write on a literal rock at school, the only thing you have to play with is a hoop and a stick, there are no video games yet, and you’re dodging the Grim Reaper at every turn. If the ol’ infant mortality rate doesn’t get you, or the common cold, maybe your own stepmother will.This episode, we discuss the Wicked Stepmother of East Perth, Martha Rendell, and we question whether or not this lady really did poison three of her stepchildren with hydrochloric acid, or if she actually committed a far more serious crime for the early 20th century – being an unattractive, unmarried woman who was living in sin.EPISODE NOTES:Annie, Olive and Arthur Morris died from what was believed at the time to be illnesses arising from complications with an earlier bout of diphtheria. But all the children had curious symptoms that were unable to be diagnosed by some of the best doctors in Australia at the time. They suffered from seizures, typhoid fever, and burning pains in the stomach that didn’t seem to have a clear cause. The children were buried, and the Morris family was considered to be terribly unlucky, until one day George Morris accused Martha Rendell, the family’s housekeeper and his father’s mistress, of poisoning his siblings with spirit of salts – the old-timey name for hydrochloric acid.Martha was put on trial, and the press had a field day when it was uncovered that she was not really the children’s mother, as she presented herself, but really just Thomas Morris’ mistress, a homewrecker who had been having an affair with Thomas for over ten years. The salacious supposed murder of the three children painted Martha as a wicked and uncaring stepmother who delighted in children’s suffering.She was sentenced to hanging in 1909, but in recent years there has been much discussion about whether Martha was really responsible for the deaths, or if she herself was a victim of the society in which she lived.I myself suffered from some kind of paresis of the brain nerves and thought it would be “fun” to reference this week’s sources in Harvard style, because I used a lot of journal articles and I’m a uni student and was like, this will be a fun gag, then halfway through I was like, what is wrong with me. Anyway, if you want to learn more about Martha Rendell and the social circumstances acting on her, please look here:Haebich, A 1998 'Murdering stepmothers: the trial and execution of Martha Rendell',Journal of Australian Studies vol. 22, no. 59, 66-81, accessed 31 August 2019, available &lt;https://doi.org/10.1080/14443059809387425&gt;Haebach, A 2010 'Revisiting the Trial of Matha Rendell', The New Critic, accessed August 31 2019, available &lt;http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/new-critic/thirteen/?a=1314992 &gt;For all the fun medical information, go here:Koschny, R et al 2013, 'Fatal Course of a Suicidal Intoxication with Hydrochloric Acid', Case Reports in Gastroenterology vol 7 no 1, 89-96, accessed 31 August 2019, available &lt;https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3618096/&gt;Paget, G E 1883, 'Case of Coexistence of Diphtheria and Typhoid Fever', The British Medical Journal vol 2, no 1176, 67-68, accessed 31 August 2019, available &lt;Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to our first episode of our Western Australia season! Fair warning, this episode discusses the death of children. Remember when we said we weren’t gonna cover child murder cases? We’re massive liars.Life’s tough out there for a kid in 1907. You have to write on a literal rock at school, the only thing you have to play with is a hoop and a stick, there are no video games yet, and you’re dodging the Grim Reaper at every turn. If the ol’ infant mortality rate doesn’t get you, or the common cold, maybe your own stepmother will.This episode, we discuss the Wicked Stepmother of East Perth, Martha Rendell, and we question whether or not this lady really did poison three of her stepchildren with hydrochloric acid, or if she actually committed a far more serious crime for the early 20th century – being an unattractive, unmarried woman who was living in sin. EPISODE NOTES:Annie, Olive and Arthur Morris died from what was believed at the time to be illnesses arising from complications with an earlier bout of diphtheria. But all the children had curious symptoms that were unable to be diagnosed by some of the best doctors in Australia at the time. They suffered from seizures, typhoid fever, and burning pains in the stomach that didn’t seem to have a clear cause. The children were buried, and the Morris family was considered to be terribly unlucky, until one day George Morris accused Martha Rendell, the family’s housekeeper and his father’s mistress, of poisoning his siblings with spirit of salts – the old-timey name for hydrochloric acid.Martha was put on trial, and the press had a field day when it was uncovered that she was not really the children’s mother, as she presented herself, but really just Thomas Morris’ mistress, a homewrecker who had been having an affair with Thomas for over ten years. The salacious supposed murder of the three children painted Martha as a wicked and uncaring stepmother who delighted in children’s suffering.She was sentenced to hanging in 1909, but in recent years there has been much discussion about whether Martha was really responsible for the deaths, or if she herself was a victim of the society in which she lived.I myself suffered from some kind of paresis of the brain nerves and thought it would be “fun” to reference this week’s sources in Harvard style, because I used a lot of journal articles and I’m a uni student and was like, this will be a fun gag, then halfway through I was like, what is wrong with me. Anyway, if you want to learn more about Martha Rendell and the social circumstances acting on her, please look here:Haebich, A 1998 'Murdering stepmothers: the trial and execution of Martha Rendell',Journal of Australian Studies vol. 22, no. 59, 66-81, accessed 31 August 2019, available &lt;<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/14443059809387425" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1080/14443059809387425</a>&gt;Haebach, A 2010 'Revisiting the Trial of Matha Rendell', The New Critic, accessed August 31 2019, available &lt;<a href="http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/new-critic/thirteen/?a=1314992" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/new-critic/thirteen/?a=1314992</a> &gt;For all the fun medical information, go here:Koschny, R et al 2013, 'Fatal Course of a Suicidal Intoxication with Hydrochloric Acid', Case Reports in Gastroenterology vol 7 no 1, 89-96, accessed 31 August 2019, available &lt;<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3618096/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3618096/</a>&gt;Paget, G E 1883, 'Case of Coexistence of Diphtheria and Typhoid Fever', The British Medical Journal vol 2, no 1176, 67-68, accessed 31 August 2019, available &lt;Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Case of Martha Rendell

This bad boy has been the big kahuna of Australian mysteries for a long time, and it’s time for your girls to take a swipe at the Somerton Man, the mystery man whose body was found lying on Somerton Beach in Adelaide in 1948. The man had no identification, no money, no labels on his clothes, and a mysterious clue in his pocket – a rolled up piece of paper bearing the words tamam shud, meaning ‘the end’ or ‘finished’.To solve the mystery of how he died, the police first had to establish who the hell he was – an answer that eludes investigators, both official and unofficial, to this day.EPISODE NOTES:The Somerton Man was found dead on 1 December 1948. There was nothing on his body to indicate who he was. A suitcase found at the Adelaide Train Station that was linked to the man revealed that all the labels had been taken off his clothes. He had nothing to show who he was or where he’d come from, or where the hell he bought his clothes. The only clue in his pocket came from the piece of paper in his pocket bearing the words tamam shud, that was linked to a book of 12th century Persian poetry found in the backseat of an unrelated man’s car, that contained a phone number of a woman who was lying about her identity and her marriage, and also a secret code that Australia’s best military codebreakers could not decipher. So nothing weird, then.It sounds a little too much like an Agatha Christie to be true, but the case of the Somerton Man has endured throughout the decades and across the world, as people both online and in real life dedicate hours of time to cracking the code and trying to piece together anything that will lead to finding out this unknown man’s identity.For a nice long read overview of the case, head herehttps://stories.californiasunday.com/2015-06-07/somerton-man/ or herehttps://www.cnet.com/news/solving-the-somerton-man-mystery-australias-most-baffling-cold-case/or herehttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-01/will-the-mystery-of-the-somerton-man-ever-be-solved/10420794 or honestly anywhere on the web, it’s a pretty famous case.A transcription of the 1949 inquest can be found here, thanks Derek Abbotthttps://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/personal/dabbott/wiki/index.php/The_Taman_Shud_Case_Coronial_InquestFor a really, REALLY long read of the case with every possible theory outlined and then discredited, go herehttps://somerandomstuff1.wordpress.com/2018/11/09/the-ultimate-guide-to-the-somerton-man-mystery/If you like what we do please consider supporting us on PATREONSubscribe to the podcast on ITUNES, STITCHER, Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This bad boy has been the big kahuna of Australian mysteries for a long time, and it’s time for your girls to take a swipe at the Somerton Man, the mystery man whose body was found lying on Somerton Beach in Adelaide in 1948. The man had no identification, no money, no labels on his clothes, and a mysterious clue in his pocket – a rolled up piece of paper bearing the words tamam shud, meaning ‘the end’ or ‘finished’.To solve the mystery of how he died, the police first had to establish who the hell he was – an answer that eludes investigators, both official and unofficial, to this day.EPISODE NOTES:The Somerton Man was found dead on 1 December 1948. There was nothing on his body to indicate who he was. A suitcase found at the Adelaide Train Station that was linked to the man revealed that all the labels had been taken off his clothes. He had nothing to show who he was or where he’d come from, or where the hell he bought his clothes. The only clue in his pocket came from the piece of paper in his pocket bearing the words tamam shud, that was linked to a book of 12th century Persian poetry found in the backseat of an unrelated man’s car, that contained a phone number of a woman who was lying about her identity and her marriage, and also a secret code that Australia’s best military codebreakers could not decipher. So nothing weird, then.It sounds a little too much like an Agatha Christie to be true, but the case of the Somerton Man has endured throughout the decades and across the world, as people both online and in real life dedicate hours of time to cracking the code and trying to piece together anything that will lead to finding out this unknown man’s identity.For a nice long read overview of the case, head here<a href="https://stories.californiasunday.com/2015-06-07/somerton-man/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://stories.californiasunday.com/2015-06-07/somerton-man/</a> or here<a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/solving-the-somerton-man-mystery-australias-most-baffling-cold-case/or" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cnet.com/news/solving-the-somerton-man-mystery-australias-most-baffling-cold-case/or</a> here<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-01/will-the-mystery-of-the-somerton-man-ever-be-solved/10420794" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-01/will-the-mystery-of-the-somerton-man-ever-be-solved/10420794</a> or honestly anywhere on the web, it’s a pretty famous case.A transcription of the 1949 inquest can be found here, thanks Derek Abbott<a href="https://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/personal/dabbott/wiki/index.php/The_Taman_Shud_Case_Coronial_Inquest" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/personal/dabbott/wiki/index.php/The_Taman_Shud_Case_Coronial_Inquest</a>For a really, REALLY long read of the case with every possible theory outlined and then discredited, go here<a href="https://somerandomstuff1.wordpress.com/2018/11/09/the-ultimate-guide-to-the-somerton-man-mystery/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://somerandomstuff1.wordpress.com/2018/11/09/the-ultimate-guide-to-the-somerton-man-mystery/</a><a href="https://www.patreon.com/murderinthelandofoz" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">If you like what we do please consider supporting us on </a><a href="https://www.patreon.com/murderinthelandofozhttps://www.patreon.com/murderinthelandofoz" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">PATREON</a>Subscribe to the podcast on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/murder-in-the-land-of-oz/id1390418886" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">ITUNES</a>, <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=189022&amp;refid=stpr" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">STITCHER</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4BtnlNBHVCNROmm1KefDRI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Support this show </a><a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Somerton Man

The Wanda Beach Murders are possibly Australia’s most well-known cold case. The 1965 murder of Marianne Schmidt and Christine Sharrock devastated the nation, and to this day police are still trying to piece together the circumstances of their deaths. In this episode, your girls discuss one of the most likely suspects, a serial killer who travelled across the US, luring girls to their deaths by posing as a photographer. In 1965 though, he was just another Aussie teenager… one who happened to match the description of the only other person seen at the beach when Marianne and Christine were murdered.On the 11 of January 1965, two fifteen year old girls, Marianne Schmidt and Christine Sharrock, went down to spend the day at Wanda Beach in Sydney, and were never seen alive again. Their bodies were found lying on a deserted section of beach, brutally stabbed. The perpetrator has never been caught, and it remains New South Wales' oldest unsolved homicide case.As one of Australia’s most notorious cold cases, many potential suspects have been put forth, both by the police and by armchair detectives. One possible candidate is the Beauty Queen Killer, Christopher Wilder, who killed eight women in a six week long crime spree across the United States.It’s possible we’ll never know who killed Marianne and Christine. But the people of Australia will not let these two girls be forgotten.To read more about Christopher Wilder and his connection to Wanda Beach, go here https://www.theleader.com.au/story/5458975/australian-serial-killer-linked-to-wanda-beach-murders/?fbclid=IwAR0T0Qa1RsXBqdEhGGjWZkSPSE8SaT_GTEEh80Ee4KbxVRPb8N5GPHnKvZ4For some surprisingly good crime journalism considering it's from Mama Mia, go here https://www.mamamia.com.au/wanda-beach-murders/?fbclid=IwAR2Gw3sAqsIWACPxGLz1IhKQwXa1rXPwYtgFak5egauV1amZ4JwfqWDQv9oCatch the episode of Sunday Night here https://au.news.yahoo.com/wanda-beach-murders-part-1-214802595.html?fbclid=IwAR1AbB0caFA5GOQVOZhGEBeOp3Z_Yo1U4LhJsPAtFb7esWECeJ2uRkcwVgMListen to the dulcet tones of Casey Casefile discussing Wanda Beach here https://casefilepodcast.com/case-1-the-wanda-beach-murders/?fbclid=IwAR1wdGF9dEO9b6Fr8ZB_XW6PxsZwaoZhWW1l35CBy9HdFkDR-XmmHJoDQvkFind us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM or EMAIL us on murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Wanda Beach Murders are possibly Australia’s most well-known cold case. The 1965 murder of Marianne Schmidt and Christine Sharrock devastated the nation, and to this day police are still trying to piece together the circumstances of their deaths. In this episode, your girls discuss one of the most likely suspects, a serial killer who travelled across the US, luring girls to their deaths by posing as a photographer. In 1965 though, he was just another Aussie teenager… one who happened to match the description of the only other person seen at the beach when Marianne and Christine were murdered.On the 11 of January 1965, two fifteen year old girls, Marianne Schmidt and Christine Sharrock, went down to spend the day at Wanda Beach in Sydney, and were never seen alive again. Their bodies were found lying on a deserted section of beach, brutally stabbed. The perpetrator has never been caught, and it remains New South Wales' oldest unsolved homicide case.As one of Australia’s most notorious cold cases, many potential suspects have been put forth, both by the police and by armchair detectives. One possible candidate is the Beauty Queen Killer, Christopher Wilder, who killed eight women in a six week long crime spree across the United States.It’s possible we’ll never know who killed Marianne and Christine. But the people of Australia will not let these two girls be forgotten.To read more about Christopher Wilder and his connection to Wanda Beach, go here <a href="https://www.theleader.com.au/story/5458975/australian-serial-killer-linked-to-wanda-beach-murders/?fbclid=IwAR0T0Qa1RsXBqdEhGGjWZkSPSE8SaT_GTEEh80Ee4KbxVRPb8N5GPHnKvZ4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theleader.com.au/story/5458975/australian-serial-killer-linked-to-wanda-beach-murders/?fbclid=IwAR0T0Qa1RsXBqdEhGGjWZkSPSE8SaT_GTEEh80Ee4KbxVRPb8N5GPHnKvZ4</a> For some surprisingly good crime journalism considering it's from Mama Mia, go here <a href="https://www.mamamia.com.au/wanda-beach-murders/?fbclid=IwAR2Gw3sAqsIWACPxGLz1IhKQwXa1rXPwYtgFak5egauV1amZ4JwfqWDQv9o" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.mamamia.com.au/wanda-beach-murders/?fbclid=IwAR2Gw3sAqsIWACPxGLz1IhKQwXa1rXPwYtgFak5egauV1amZ4JwfqWDQv9o</a>Catch the episode of Sunday Night here <a href="https://au.news.yahoo.com/wanda-beach-murders-part-1-214802595.html?fbclid=IwAR1AbB0caFA5GOQVOZhGEBeOp3Z_Yo1U4LhJsPAtFb7esWECeJ2uRkcwVgM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://au.news.yahoo.com/wanda-beach-murders-part-1-214802595.html?fbclid=IwAR1AbB0caFA5GOQVOZhGEBeOp3Z_Yo1U4LhJsPAtFb7esWECeJ2uRkcwVgM</a>Listen to the dulcet tones of Casey Casefile discussing Wanda Beach here <a href="https://casefilepodcast.com/case-1-the-wanda-beach-murders/?fbclid=IwAR1wdGF9dEO9b6Fr8ZB_XW6PxsZwaoZhWW1l35CBy9HdFkDR-XmmHJoDQvk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://casefilepodcast.com/case-1-the-wanda-beach-murders/?fbclid=IwAR1wdGF9dEO9b6Fr8ZB_XW6PxsZwaoZhWW1l35CBy9HdFkDR-XmmHJoDQvk</a>Find us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mitloopodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FACEBOOK</a>,<a href="https://twitter.com/murderinoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> TWITTER</a>, <a href="http://www.instagram.com/murderinthelandofoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">INSTAGRAM</a> or EMAIL us on <a href="mailto:murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com">murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com</a> Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Wanda Beach Murders

Be warned, this episode covers some seriously fucked up shit. This episode will discuss paedophila, sexual abuse, assault, torture, murder, dismemberment, and many other horrific things. Listener discretion isn’t just advised, it’s mandatory.We explicitly stated at the start of this season that we weren’t gonna cover Snowtown… and yet here we are.The Snowtown murders, or the Bodies in the Barrels murders, is the name given to a series of killings committed in the nineties in Adelaide, South Australia. Only one of the murders occurred in Snowtown itself.In a state known for its weird murders, Snowtown was something else. The bodies of eight people were found in barrels full of acid in a disused bank in the small country town, and four other murders would later be linked to the crime. The investigation would reveal that the crimes were the work of a man named John Bunting and his group of friends, motivated by Bunting’s twisted obsession with killing paedophiles. Only two of the twelve were paedophiles, though. The others were killed because they had knowledge of the murders, or to access their Centrelink payments, or simply because John Bunting didn’t like them.In this episode, we’ll discuss the police investigation that led to the discovery of the bodies in the barrels. In part two, we’ll go into detail about the murders and the subsequent trial.EPISODE NOTES:The small country town of Snowtown, north of Adelaide, will forever be entwined with the bodies that were found there in 1999. But all the murders bar one actually occurred in Adelaide’s poverty-stricken northern suburbs. Drug addiction, violence, and abuse were rife within the area.John Bunting, Robert Wagner, Mark Haydon, and Jamie Vlassakis were aided in their crimes by the fact that many of their victims were isolated, suffering from mental health or substance abuse issues, and reliant on government support.Clinton Trezise was one of these vulnerable people. Missing since 1992, it was only when his cold case file landed on the desk of Major Crimes Unit Detective Craig Patterson in 1997 that a connection was made between him and several people who were missing from the area. Slowly but surely, Detective Patterson would make connections between these cases, and the two names that kept cropping up in each – John Bunting and Robert Wagner.Eventually it would be uncovered that these people weren’t missing, but tortured, murdered, and dismembered, their bodies stored in barrels full of acid. John Bunting spoke openly of his desire to kill “dirties” - his term for homosexuals and paedophiles – but it became apparent that a ‘dirty’ was simply anyone John Bunting didn’t want to live any more. The victims ranged from actual paedophiles, to harmless mentally ill neighbours. He murdered his wife Elizabeth’s oldest son, as well as the wife of one of his best mates. He liked to look in the eyes of his victims as they were strangled to death, so he could see the moment the life left their eyes.The Snowtown murders are considered Australia’s most horrific crimes, and for good reason. The torture the victims were subjected to is literally too horrible to mention. We glossed over it as much as we could in the episode, but be warned – other sources aren’t so gentle.Our main source this week was Jeremy Pudney’s Snowtown: The Bodies in the Barrels Murders. It can be purchased here https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/snowtown-the-bodies-in-barrels-murders-by-jeremy-pudney-and-merriman-and-jeremy-pudney-9780732267162 or on other fine internet book dealers.A thorough though somewhat editorialised version of... Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Be warned, this episode covers some seriously fucked up shit. This episode will discuss paedophila, sexual abuse, assault, torture, murder, dismemberment, and many other horrific things. Listener discretion isn’t just advised, it’s mandatory.We explicitly stated at the start of this season that we weren’t gonna cover Snowtown… and yet here we are.The Snowtown murders, or the Bodies in the Barrels murders, is the name given to a series of killings committed in the nineties in Adelaide, South Australia. Only one of the murders occurred in Snowtown itself.In a state known for its weird murders, Snowtown was something else. The bodies of eight people were found in barrels full of acid in a disused bank in the small country town, and four other murders would later be linked to the crime. The investigation would reveal that the crimes were the work of a man named John Bunting and his group of friends, motivated by Bunting’s twisted obsession with killing paedophiles. Only two of the twelve were paedophiles, though. The others were killed because they had knowledge of the murders, or to access their Centrelink payments, or simply because John Bunting didn’t like them.In this episode, we’ll discuss the police investigation that led to the discovery of the bodies in the barrels. In part two, we’ll go into detail about the murders and the subsequent trial.EPISODE NOTES:The small country town of Snowtown, north of Adelaide, will forever be entwined with the bodies that were found there in 1999. But all the murders bar one actually occurred in Adelaide’s poverty-stricken northern suburbs. Drug addiction, violence, and abuse were rife within the area.John Bunting, Robert Wagner, Mark Haydon, and Jamie Vlassakis were aided in their crimes by the fact that many of their victims were isolated, suffering from mental health or substance abuse issues, and reliant on government support.Clinton Trezise was one of these vulnerable people. Missing since 1992, it was only when his cold case file landed on the desk of Major Crimes Unit Detective Craig Patterson in 1997 that a connection was made between him and several people who were missing from the area. Slowly but surely, Detective Patterson would make connections between these cases, and the two names that kept cropping up in each – John Bunting and Robert Wagner.Eventually it would be uncovered that these people weren’t missing, but tortured, murdered, and dismembered, their bodies stored in barrels full of acid. John Bunting spoke openly of his desire to kill “dirties” - his term for homosexuals and paedophiles – but it became apparent that a ‘dirty’ was simply anyone John Bunting didn’t want to live any more. The victims ranged from actual paedophiles, to harmless mentally ill neighbours. He murdered his wife Elizabeth’s oldest son, as well as the wife of one of his best mates. He liked to look in the eyes of his victims as they were strangled to death, so he could see the moment the life left their eyes.The Snowtown murders are considered Australia’s most horrific crimes, and for good reason. The torture the victims were subjected to is literally too horrible to mention. We glossed over it as much as we could in the episode, but be warned – other sources aren’t so gentle.Our main source this week was Jeremy Pudney’s Snowtown: The Bodies in the Barrels Murders. It can be purchased here <a href="https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/snowtown-the-bodies-in-barrels-murders-by-jeremy-pudney-and-merriman-and-jeremy-pudney-9780732267162" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/snowtown-the-bodies-in-barrels-murders-by-jeremy-pudney-and-merriman-and-jeremy-pudney-9780732267162</a> or on other fine internet book dealers.A thorough though somewhat editorialised version of... Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Snowtown, Part One

On March 23, 2004, John Sharpe shot a spear into his wife Anna’s head while she was sleeping. On March 27, he did the same to his nineteen month old daughter Gracie. He then concocted an elaborate ruse, pretending that Anna was still alive, and that she had left John for another man. Anna’s family and friends were immediately suspicious. They didn’t believe that a dedicated, loving mother like Anna would up and leave her husband and child for a flight of fancy. When the truth surrounding Anna and Gracie’s disappearances came out, John Sharpe became known as the Mornington Monster, and Australia was left to grapple with why a man would commit such a heinous crime against the people he was meant to protect.Much has been written about the Mornington Monster but there is comparatively little about his wife and daughter, the women he took out of this world, Anna and Gracie. In this episode we discuss John Sharpe and his crimes, but we also try and shed light on Anna Kemp’s life and personality. She was a vibrant, strong, loving person, and her daughter Gracie was the light of her life. John Sharpe is a monster for what he did, but he is also a person – a weak, inept person who was unable and unwilling to confront the problems in his life and marriage, and so took what he thought was the only way out. He tried to deceive Anna’s family, the police, and the general public, but in the end, his personality was his own undoing. When he made an appeal to the public for information about Anna’s disappearance, nobody in Australia believed his crocodile tears.The victims of crimes extend far beyond those who are murdered. Anna’s family and friends will forever live with the pain of having Anna and Gracie taken away from them. This episode, like all our episodes, is dedicated to the family of the victims.Our main source this week was the judge’s sentencing, which can be read here http://www6.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSC/2005/276.htmlAn excerpt of Why Did They Do It? can be read here https://books.google.com.au/books?id=nWVECQAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PT39&amp;lpg=PT39&amp;dq=john+sharpe+family+%22annihilator%22&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=v4TAxffaEB&amp;sig=6IQP8fV8Usj0rLEd2VW_ccqnTcQ&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwix4qig1Y7fAhVEPY8KHTTDAIkQ6AEwB3oECAQQAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=john%20sharpe&amp;f=falseA few choice news articles from the time – here https://www.theage.com.au/national/police-search-for-bodies-of-wife-daughter-20040624-gdy3wg.html and here https://www.theage.com.au/national/man-told-of-killing-wife-daughter-police-20040623-gdy3nl.htmlThe article regarding the sexual abuse claims against John can be found at the Herald Sun if you have a subscription or archived in a very early 2000s website here https://web.archive.org/web/20090914235945/http://www.mako.org.au/newsart275.htmlYou can find the episode of Crime Investigation Australia online but not, like, legally, so we’re not going to link it. Likewise the documentary Crocodile Tears is available on YouTube but it’s bad form for a podcast about crime and justice... Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On March 23, 2004, John Sharpe shot a spear into his wife Anna’s head while she was sleeping. On March 27, he did the same to his nineteen month old daughter Gracie. He then concocted an elaborate ruse, pretending that Anna was still alive, and that she had left John for another man. Anna’s family and friends were immediately suspicious. They didn’t believe that a dedicated, loving mother like Anna would up and leave her husband and child for a flight of fancy. When the truth surrounding Anna and Gracie’s disappearances came out, John Sharpe became known as the Mornington Monster, and Australia was left to grapple with why a man would commit such a heinous crime against the people he was meant to protect.Much has been written about the Mornington Monster but there is comparatively little about his wife and daughter, the women he took out of this world, Anna and Gracie. In this episode we discuss John Sharpe and his crimes, but we also try and shed light on Anna Kemp’s life and personality. She was a vibrant, strong, loving person, and her daughter Gracie was the light of her life. John Sharpe is a monster for what he did, but he is also a person – a weak, inept person who was unable and unwilling to confront the problems in his life and marriage, and so took what he thought was the only way out. He tried to deceive Anna’s family, the police, and the general public, but in the end, his personality was his own undoing. When he made an appeal to the public for information about Anna’s disappearance, nobody in Australia believed his crocodile tears.The victims of crimes extend far beyond those who are murdered. Anna’s family and friends will forever live with the pain of having Anna and Gracie taken away from them. This episode, like all our episodes, is dedicated to the family of the victims.Our main source this week was the judge’s sentencing, which can be read here <a href="http://www6.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSC/2005/276.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://www6.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/vic/VSC/2005/276.html</a>An excerpt of Why Did They Do It? can be read here <a href="https://books.google.com.au/books?id=nWVECQAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PT39&amp;lpg=PT39&amp;dq=john+sharpe+family+%22annihilator%22&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=v4TAxffaEB&amp;sig=6IQP8fV8Usj0rLEd2VW_ccqnTcQ&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwix4qig1Y7fAhVEPY8KHTTDAIkQ6AEwB3oECAQQAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=john%20sharpe&amp;f=false" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://books.google.com.au/books?id=nWVECQAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PT39&amp;lpg=PT39&amp;dq=john+sharpe+family+%22annihilator%22&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=v4TAxffaEB&amp;sig=6IQP8fV8Usj0rLEd2VW_ccqnTcQ&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwix4qig1Y7fAhVEPY8KHTTDAIkQ6AEwB3oECAQQAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=john%20sharpe&amp;f=false</a>A few choice news articles from the time – here <a href="https://www.theage.com.au/national/police-search-for-bodies-of-wife-daughter-20040624-gdy3wg.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theage.com.au/national/police-search-for-bodies-of-wife-daughter-20040624-gdy3wg.html</a> and here <a href="https://www.theage.com.au/national/man-told-of-killing-wife-daughter-police-20040623-gdy3nl.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theage.com.au/national/man-told-of-killing-wife-daughter-police-20040623-gdy3nl.html</a>The article regarding the sexual abuse claims against John can be found at the Herald Sun if you have a subscription or archived in a very early 2000s website here <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090914235945/http://www.mako.org.au/newsart275.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20090914235945/http://www.mako.org.au/newsart275.html</a>You can find the episode of Crime Investigation Australia online but not, like, legally, so we’re not going to link it. Likewise the documentary Crocodile Tears is available on YouTube but it’s bad form for a podcast about crime and justice... Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Sharpe Family Murders

Please note, this episode discusses crimes against children.Was a man convicted of the murder of a nine year old boy in Tasmania in 1975 responsible for some of Australia’s most well known unsolved crimes?Investigation by retired detective Gordon Davie uncovered that wherever James O’Neill went, children seemed to go missing. After years of investigation and interviews with O’Neill, Davie uncovered evidence linking O’Neill with crimes not only in Tasmania, but in Victoria, Western Australia, and South Australia – including the abduction of the Beaumont children and the Adelaide Oval abductions, as well as the murders of two Indigenous boys in the remote Kimberly region of WA.Is it possible that a serial killer got away with an unknown number of child murders for nearly ten years before being convicted? Or is it just a coincidence that O’Neill was in town when these kids went missing?EPISODE NOTES:Ricky Smith and Bruce Wilson were murdered in Tasmania in 1975 by a man by the name of James Ryan O’Neill. He was convicted for Ricky’s murder, and spent a fair chunk of his sentence in Hayes Prison Farm, where he was allowed to look after animals, do farm work, and occasionally go fishing completely unsupervised outside of the prison walls.A child murderer being allowed to go on a jaunty little fishing trip would probably grab anyone’s attention, but that wasn’t what fascinated retired detective Gordon Davie when he read an article about O’Neill in the newspaper. It was the fact that he had claimed to have a completely clean criminal record before murdering two boys in the mid 70s.By now it was 1998, and Davie had long since retired. But something about O’Neill didn’t sit right to him. He wrote to O’Neill, to ask to interview him, and what followed was four years of a kind of friendship, where Davie would record hundreds of hours of conversation between the two, where they would discuss fishing, their lives, and of course, the possibility that O’Neill was responsible for dozens of other child murders across Australia.This week, our main source was the absolutely stellar documentary The Fisherman, available on Youtube. This documentary includes interviews with James O’Neill, and also, Gordon Davie has the most ocker accent known to man, so it is definitely worth a watch.Have a squiz at the inquest into Jimmy Taylor’s death and see if you think the evidence stacks up against O’Neillhttps://www.coronerscourt.wa.gov.au/_files/Taylor%20(James)%20finding.pdfInformation about Jimmy Taylor, whose body has never been found, can be located here http://www.australianmissingpersonsregister.com/JamesTaylor.htmMurderpedia’s always good. http://murderpedia.org/male.O/o/oneill-james-ryan.htmIf you like what we do please consider supporting us on PATREONSubscribe to the podcast on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY or your podcatcher of... Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Please note, this episode discusses crimes against children.Was a man convicted of the murder of a nine year old boy in Tasmania in 1975 responsible for some of Australia’s most well known unsolved crimes?Investigation by retired detective Gordon Davie uncovered that wherever James O’Neill went, children seemed to go missing. After years of investigation and interviews with O’Neill, Davie uncovered evidence linking O’Neill with crimes not only in Tasmania, but in Victoria, Western Australia, and South Australia – including the abduction of the Beaumont children and the Adelaide Oval abductions, as well as the murders of two Indigenous boys in the remote Kimberly region of WA.Is it possible that a serial killer got away with an unknown number of child murders for nearly ten years before being convicted? Or is it just a coincidence that O’Neill was in town when these kids went missing?EPISODE NOTES:Ricky Smith and Bruce Wilson were murdered in Tasmania in 1975 by a man by the name of James Ryan O’Neill. He was convicted for Ricky’s murder, and spent a fair chunk of his sentence in Hayes Prison Farm, where he was allowed to look after animals, do farm work, and occasionally go fishing completely unsupervised outside of the prison walls.A child murderer being allowed to go on a jaunty little fishing trip would probably grab anyone’s attention, but that wasn’t what fascinated retired detective Gordon Davie when he read an article about O’Neill in the newspaper. It was the fact that he had claimed to have a completely clean criminal record before murdering two boys in the mid 70s.By now it was 1998, and Davie had long since retired. But something about O’Neill didn’t sit right to him. He wrote to O’Neill, to ask to interview him, and what followed was four years of a kind of friendship, where Davie would record hundreds of hours of conversation between the two, where they would discuss fishing, their lives, and of course, the possibility that O’Neill was responsible for dozens of other child murders across Australia. This week, our main source was the absolutely stellar documentary The Fisherman, available on Youtube. This documentary includes interviews with James O’Neill, and also, Gordon Davie has the most ocker accent known to man, so it is definitely worth a watch.Have a squiz at the inquest into Jimmy Taylor’s death and see if you think the evidence stacks up against O’Neill<a href="https://www.coronerscourt.wa.gov.au/_files/Taylor%20(James)%20finding.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.coronerscourt.wa.gov.au/_files/Taylor%20(James)%20finding.pdf</a> Information about Jimmy Taylor, whose body has never been found, can be located here <a href="http://www.australianmissingpersonsregister.com/JamesTaylor.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.australianmissingpersonsregister.com/JamesTaylor.htm</a>Murderpedia’s always good. <a href="http://murderpedia.org/male.O/o/oneill-james-ryan.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://murderpedia.org/male.O/o/oneill-james-ryan.htm</a><a href="https://www.patreon.com/murderinthelandofoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you like what we do please consider supporting us on </a><a href="https://www.patreon.com/murderinthelandofozhttps://www.patreon.com/murderinthelandofoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PATREON</a>Subscribe to the podcast on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/murder-in-the-land-of-oz/id1390418886" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ITUNES</a>, <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=189022&amp;refid=stpr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">STITCHER</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4BtnlNBHVCNROmm1KefDRI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SPOTIFY </a>or your <a href="http://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/murderinthelandofozpodcast?format=rss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcatcher of... </a><a href="http://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/murderinthelandofozpodcast?format=rss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Support this show </a><a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Fisherman

Jill Meagher

Jill Meagher was a 29 year old Irish woman living in Melbourne with her husband, Tom. She was a bright, funny, loving young woman, who worked for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. On the 21st of September 2012, Jill went to a bar on Sydney Road in Brunswick with some colleagues. She left around 1:30am, to walk the few blocks back to her home and her husband.She never made it home. When her husband awoke to find her missing, he immediately contacted the police.What followed was a fast and efficient investigation, helped along by the discovery of CCTV footage featuring Jill and a man in a blue sweatshirt on Sydney Road. The man in the blue sweatshirt was quickly identified as Adrian Ernest Bayley, a man who was on parole after serving time for a series of rapes.In this episode, we discuss Adrian Ernest Bayley’s shocking criminal history, the impact that Jill’s death has had on the Australian public, and also, Ellen cries. A lot.Jill Meagher was a young woman with her whole life ahead of her. The impact her violent and brutal murder had on her family and her husband Tom cannot be overstated. This case is one of the most well-known in Australia, and it inspired a wave of grief and anger in the Australian public. Thousands of people took to the streets to Reclaim the Night after Jill's murder. Jill's death demonstrated once again to Australian women that even if you do everything right, even if you're only a few blocks away from your house, even if you're talking to someone on the phone, you aren't safe. The community was enraged that someone with such a disturbing and violent criminal past could be released from prison, especially considering the miniscule sentence Bayley was served with for his past crimes.Jill’s husband Tom continues to speak out about violence against women and toxic masculinity. You can read his amazing article, The Danger of the Monster Myth, on the White Ribbon Ireland’s blog here https://whiteribbonblog.com/2014/04/17/the-danger-of-the-monster-myth/Youcan watch the documentary Conviction: The Jill Meagher Story on Netflix here https://www.netflix.com/title/80193756Read Tom Meagher’s letter to Jill here https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/i-carry-the-scars-of-jills-death-because-thats-how-i-remember-to-carry-her-light-inside-me/news-story/1dd1d132143a65a33a7387cbae153256The victim impact statements from the trial can be found here if you’re keen for a weep https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/jill-meagher-murder-the-victim-impact-statements-20130612-2o3ih.htmlTo read more about Adrian Ernest Bayley, go here https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/timeline-the-dark-past-of-adrian-bayley-20150320-1m3sda.htmlIf you like what we do please consider supporting us on PATREONSubscribe to the podcast on ITUNES, Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jill Meagher was a 29 year old Irish woman living in Melbourne with her husband, Tom. She was a bright, funny, loving young woman, who worked for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. On the 21st of September 2012, Jill went to a bar on Sydney Road in Brunswick with some colleagues. She left around 1:30am, to walk the few blocks back to her home and her husband.She never made it home. When her husband awoke to find her missing, he immediately contacted the police.What followed was a fast and efficient investigation, helped along by the discovery of CCTV footage featuring Jill and a man in a blue sweatshirt on Sydney Road. The man in the blue sweatshirt was quickly identified as Adrian Ernest Bayley, a man who was on parole after serving time for a series of rapes.In this episode, we discuss Adrian Ernest Bayley’s shocking criminal history, the impact that Jill’s death has had on the Australian public, and also, Ellen cries. A lot.Jill Meagher was a young woman with her whole life ahead of her. The impact her violent and brutal murder had on her family and her husband Tom cannot be overstated. This case is one of the most well-known in Australia, and it inspired a wave of grief and anger in the Australian public. Thousands of people took to the streets to Reclaim the Night after Jill's murder. Jill's death demonstrated once again to Australian women that even if you do everything right, even if you're only a few blocks away from your house, even if you're talking to someone on the phone, you aren't safe. The community was enraged that someone with such a disturbing and violent criminal past could be released from prison, especially considering the miniscule sentence Bayley was served with for his past crimes.Jill’s husband Tom continues to speak out about violence against women and toxic masculinity. You can read his amazing article, The Danger of the Monster Myth, on the White Ribbon Ireland’s blog here <a href="https://whiteribbonblog.com/2014/04/17/the-danger-of-the-monster-myth/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://whiteribbonblog.com/2014/04/17/the-danger-of-the-monster-myth/</a>Youcan watch the documentary Conviction: The Jill Meagher Story on Netflix here <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80193756" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.netflix.com/title/80193756</a>Read Tom Meagher’s letter to Jill here <a href="https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/i-carry-the-scars-of-jills-death-because-thats-how-i-remember-to-carry-her-light-inside-me/news-story/1dd1d132143a65a33a7387cbae153256" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/i-carry-the-scars-of-jills-death-because-thats-how-i-remember-to-carry-her-light-inside-me/news-story/1dd1d132143a65a33a7387cbae153256</a>The victim impact statements from the trial can be found here if you’re keen for a weep <a href="https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/jill-meagher-murder-the-victim-impact-statements-20130612-2o3ih.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/jill-meagher-murder-the-victim-impact-statements-20130612-2o3ih.html</a>To read more about Adrian Ernest Bayley, go here <a href="https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/timeline-the-dark-past-of-adrian-bayley-20150320-1m3sda.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/timeline-the-dark-past-of-adrian-bayley-20150320-1m3sda.html</a><a href="https://www.patreon.com/murderinthelandofoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you like what we do please consider supporting us on </a><a href="https://www.patreon.com/murderinthelandofozhttps://www.patreon.com/murderinthelandofoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PATREON</a>Subscribe to the podcast on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/murder-in-the-land-of-oz/id1390418886" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ITUNES</a>, <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=189022&amp;refid=stpr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Support this show </a><a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Peter Dupas

Peter Dupas is one of the most horrific and violent serial killers in Australian history. When Nicole Patterson’s brutally mutilated body was discovered on April 19, 1999, the police followed a trail of breadcrumbs that led them to Peter Dupas’ door. The sheer brutality of Nicole’s murdered indicated to police that she was not Dupas’ first victim, so they cracked open the cold case files and looked backwards to any cases that contained Dupas’ horrific signature – the removal of his victim’s breasts.Peter Dupas was convicted for the murders of Nicole Patterson, Margaret Maher, and Mersina Halvagis. He is a suspect in a further three murders. Peter Dupas was a violent offender with a long history of violent crimes against women spanning back to the 1970s.Margaret Maher and Mersina Halvagis were both murdered in 1997, a year after Peter Dupas had been released from prison following a charge of false imprisonment after he had violently attacked a woman and held her at knifepoint. Their cases were unsolved for nearly two years. He was convicted of both murders, appealed both, and was successfully granted a retrial for the case of Mersina Halvagis, which occurred in 2010 and resulted, again, with Dupas being found guilty. For nearly forty years Dupas was allowed to terrorise women in Victoria as he was released time and time again for rapes that eventually escalated into murder.Countless police officers and psychologists identified that Peter Dupas had a violent hatred of women and was pathologically unable to stop committing these crimes. Without question, three women would still be alive today if the system had kept Dupas behind bars.Some sources for your pleasure:Firstly, you can check out the solid Murderpedia entry here http://murderpedia.org/male.D/d/dupas-peter.htm?fbclid=IwAR2YwQeZkoORiu0TCH9HdJgbUvfQcFowcu7Y6w477enhs4hIwOKS4RsSbAsSome real serious journalism about the case can be found here – a long and thorough read https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/vicious-serial-killer-peter-dupas-is-the-beast-who-roamed-free-to-rape-and-kill/news-story/014c7a49bf30d3f5c6faed428e9ab594?sv=8ea58f1eec4dbaca64eecb832283c27f&amp;fbclid=IwAR1-Hd7i5WUBjHRgBzvK9OZa2Sp8HZlmDrXJszROyzGVPscYNG8dNGihLaYIf you prefer to watch your facts, you can’t go past a slightly dodgy rip of Crimes That Shocked Australia on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc3prjwa_Tc&amp;fbclid=IwAR2q4fcni4v7d1iDzp2oCWcH83PLnNCSwll-Thido7iIFL6GFyllUy-x0d8Do you think we should have a book club? Get in contact with us on the socials!If you like what we do please consider supporting us on PATREONSubscribe to the podcast on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY or your Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peter Dupas is one of the most horrific and violent serial killers in Australian history. When Nicole Patterson’s brutally mutilated body was discovered on April 19, 1999, the police followed a trail of breadcrumbs that led them to Peter Dupas’ door. The sheer brutality of Nicole’s murdered indicated to police that she was not Dupas’ first victim, so they cracked open the cold case files and looked backwards to any cases that contained Dupas’ horrific signature – the removal of his victim’s breasts. Peter Dupas was convicted for the murders of Nicole Patterson, Margaret Maher, and Mersina Halvagis. He is a suspect in a further three murders. Peter Dupas was a violent offender with a long history of violent crimes against women spanning back to the 1970s.Margaret Maher and Mersina Halvagis were both murdered in 1997, a year after Peter Dupas had been released from prison following a charge of false imprisonment after he had violently attacked a woman and held her at knifepoint. Their cases were unsolved for nearly two years. He was convicted of both murders, appealed both, and was successfully granted a retrial for the case of Mersina Halvagis, which occurred in 2010 and resulted, again, with Dupas being found guilty. For nearly forty years Dupas was allowed to terrorise women in Victoria as he was released time and time again for rapes that eventually escalated into murder.Countless police officers and psychologists identified that Peter Dupas had a violent hatred of women and was pathologically unable to stop committing these crimes. Without question, three women would still be alive today if the system had kept Dupas behind bars.Some sources for your pleasure:Firstly, you can check out the solid Murderpedia entry here <a href="http://murderpedia.org/male.D/d/dupas-peter.htm?fbclid=IwAR2YwQeZkoORiu0TCH9HdJgbUvfQcFowcu7Y6w477enhs4hIwOKS4RsSbAs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://murderpedia.org/male.D/d/dupas-peter.htm?fbclid=IwAR2YwQeZkoORiu0TCH9HdJgbUvfQcFowcu7Y6w477enhs4hIwOKS4RsSbAs</a>Some real serious journalism about the case can be found here – a long and thorough read <a href="https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/vicious-serial-killer-peter-dupas-is-the-beast-who-roamed-free-to-rape-and-kill/news-story/014c7a49bf30d3f5c6faed428e9ab594?sv=8ea58f1eec4dbaca64eecb832283c27f&amp;fbclid=IwAR1-Hd7i5WUBjHRgBzvK9OZa2Sp8HZlmDrXJszROyzGVPscYNG8dNGihLaY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/vicious-serial-killer-peter-dupas-is-the-beast-who-roamed-free-to-rape-and-kill/news-story/014c7a49bf30d3f5c6faed428e9ab594?sv=8ea58f1eec4dbaca64eecb832283c27f&amp;fbclid=IwAR1-Hd7i5WUBjHRgBzvK9OZa2Sp8HZlmDrXJszROyzGVPscYNG8dNGihLaY</a>If you prefer to watch your facts, you can’t go past a slightly dodgy rip of Crimes That Shocked Australia on Youtube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc3prjwa_Tc&amp;fbclid=IwAR2q4fcni4v7d1iDzp2oCWcH83PLnNCSwll-Thido7iIFL6GFyllUy-x0d8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc3prjwa_Tc&amp;fbclid=IwAR2q4fcni4v7d1iDzp2oCWcH83PLnNCSwll-Thido7iIFL6GFyllUy-x0d8</a>Do you think we should have a book club? Get in contact with us on the socials!<a href="https://www.patreon.com/murderinthelandofoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you like what we do please consider supporting us on </a><a href="https://www.patreon.com/murderinthelandofozhttps://www.patreon.com/murderinthelandofoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PATREON</a>Subscribe to the podcast on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/murder-in-the-land-of-oz/id1390418886" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ITUNES</a>, <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=189022&amp;refid=stpr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">STITCHER</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4BtnlNBHVCNROmm1KefDRI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SPOTIFY </a>or your <a href="http://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/murderinthelandofozpodcast?format=rss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Support this show </a><a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Anita Cobby

Take a drink every time we tell a story about a young women murdered while walking home. And then keep drinking to help dull the pain.This week we cover the murder of beauty pageant queen, nurse, and all-around angel Anita Cobby, who’s life was tragically cut short by a gang of absolute sickos who pulled her into a car when she was walking home one evening. This episode is low on banter and high on absolute tragedy, so if you’re in a rough mood… maybe save this one for later.On Feburary 4th, 1986, the body of former beauty queen Anita Cobby was found lying in a paddock in western Sydney. She had been savagely beaten, raped and murdered. The alarm was raised and in one of the most effective investigations in New South Wales police history, her killers were found within a few short weeks.The people of Australia were outraged to hear about the level of violence inflicted on Anita, and were disgusted by the cavalier attitudes shown by the men who committed the crime, even though four out of the five perpetrators tried to put the blame onto one man, John Travers, who was a uniquely sick individual with a history of violent crime. The parents of Anita Cobby founded the Australian Homicide Victims Support Group, which you can visit here http://www.hvsgnsw.org.au/Our main source this week was the lush Anita Cobby: The Crime that Shocked The Nation by Alan J. Whitaker which you can read about herehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27542821-anita-cobby-the-crime-that-shocked-a-nationIf you’d like to hear the content of this podcast presented by a real professional who knows what he’s on about, you can listen to the beloved Casey Casefile’s episode on Anita Cobby herehttps://casefilepodcast.com/case-56-anita-cobby/If you prefer to read casefiles rather than listen to Casefile, you can find the original material herehttp://guides.sl.nsw.gov.au/c.php?g=671792&amp;p=4729433And just to keep our sources diverse, you can watch a doco for free on YouTube herehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUdNQkcxYkgFind us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM or EMAIL us on murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Take a drink every time we tell a story about a young women murdered while walking home. And then keep drinking to help dull the pain.This week we cover the murder of beauty pageant queen, nurse, and all-around angel Anita Cobby, who’s life was tragically cut short by a gang of absolute sickos who pulled her into a car when she was walking home one evening. This episode is low on banter and high on absolute tragedy, so if you’re in a rough mood… maybe save this one for later.On Feburary 4th, 1986, the body of former beauty queen Anita Cobby was found lying in a paddock in western Sydney. She had been savagely beaten, raped and murdered. The alarm was raised and in one of the most effective investigations in New South Wales police history, her killers were found within a few short weeks. The people of Australia were outraged to hear about the level of violence inflicted on Anita, and were disgusted by the cavalier attitudes shown by the men who committed the crime, even though four out of the five perpetrators tried to put the blame onto one man, John Travers, who was a uniquely sick individual with a history of violent crime. The parents of Anita Cobby founded the Australian Homicide Victims Support Group, which you can visit here <a href="http://www.hvsgnsw.org.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.hvsgnsw.org.au/</a>Our main source this week was the lush Anita Cobby: The Crime that Shocked The Nation by Alan J. Whitaker which you can read about here<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27542821-anita-cobby-the-crime-that-shocked-a-nation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27542821-anita-cobby-the-crime-that-shocked-a-nation</a>If you’d like to hear the content of this podcast presented by a real professional who knows what he’s on about, you can listen to the beloved Casey Casefile’s episode on Anita Cobby here<a href="https://casefilepodcast.com/case-56-anita-cobby/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://casefilepodcast.com/case-56-anita-cobby/</a>If you prefer to read casefiles rather than listen to Casefile, you can find the original material here<a href="http://guides.sl.nsw.gov.au/c.php?g=671792&amp;p=4729433" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://guides.sl.nsw.gov.au/c.php?g=671792&amp;p=4729433</a>And just to keep our sources diverse, you can watch a doco for free on YouTube here<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUdNQkcxYkg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUdNQkcxYkg</a>Find us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mitloopodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FACEBOOK</a>,<a href="https://twitter.com/murderinoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> TWITTER</a>, <a href="http://www.instagram.com/murderinthelandofoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">INSTAGRAM</a> or EMAIL us on <a href="mailto:murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com">murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com</a> Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Murder of Anita Cobby

Megumi Suzuki

It’s kind of a Criminal Minds-style cliché to have a murderer be motivated by his sexual inadequacies, but truth is sadly often much worse than fiction. Mark Errin Rust was a sexual predator, rapist, arsonist, and murderer who was convicted of the sexual assault and murder of two women, 30-year-old Maya Jakic, and 18-year-old Megumi Suzuki.Maya Jakic had been murdered and left in the bushes outside the old Payneham police station in Adelaide, South Australia, in April of 1999. Calls were made to triple 000 by Rust to report the body, but the police could not locate it. Frustrated, Rust left a note on a police patrol car again stating that there was a body at the old station, and this time, police found Jakic. She had clearly been sexually assaulted. Her killer, however, could not be found.Megumi went missing in August of 2001, after she failed to return to her student accommodation for six whole days. As a part of the search effort, police put information about Suzuki and Maya Jakic on a website dedicated to finding missing persons. On that website was audio of the 000 call Rust placed about Maya Jakic’s body. Even in 2001, information travelled fast around the internet, and the audio was eventually heard by a man named Steve Rust, who now had to confront the fact that his brother, who he had known to have some prior criminal offences, was likely a sadistic murderer.EPISODE NOTES:Mark Errin Rust had a small dick.Okay, there’s more to it than that. He suffered from a disorder known as Klinefelter syndrome, which meant that he had an extra X chromosome, resulting in infertility and a shrivelled and deformed, um, package. Throughout his life, Rust took out his frustration with his inadequacies on women. He loved nothing more than to expose himself to unsuspecting women and got off on their horrified reactions. He followed women from the age of 13, and was arrested for gross indecency and arson, and eventually rape. He was in prison for the rape of a woman in 2001 when police showed up at his cell and re-arrested him for the murders of Maya Jakic and Megumi Suzuki.Maya Jakic had been found in April of 2001 dumped in the bushes outside the old Payneham police station. Rust had left a note on a police patrol car notifying them about the body, but the police were not able to uncover the identity of her killer at the time. Megumi Suzuki had gone missing in 2001, only 13 days before Rust would be arrested for the rape of a woman in an office building. In jail, Rust bragged to another inmate about the murder of Suzuki, saying he had dumped her in a skip, and that he had taken her personal CD player with him into prison.The inmate didn’t have much loyalty to Rust and fully ratted him out. The police were finally able to locate Megumi’s body, buried underneath 10,000 tons of trash, at a nearby dump in December of 2001. Rust showed little remorse for his crimes, and when asked why he killed Megumi, he responded, “because I did”. Luckily for humanity, he was sentenced to life in prison for the murders.Our main source this week was the classic Aussie criminal investigation show Forensic Investigators, season 1 episode 7, which can be found on Youtube.Read more about the case on the trusty Murderpedia here http://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/rust-mark-errin.htmNews articles about Rust’s (thankfully denied) application for a non-parole period can be found here Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s kind of a Criminal Minds-style cliché to have a murderer be motivated by his sexual inadequacies, but truth is sadly often much worse than fiction. Mark Errin Rust was a sexual predator, rapist, arsonist, and murderer who was convicted of the sexual assault and murder of two women, 30-year-old Maya Jakic, and 18-year-old Megumi Suzuki.Maya Jakic had been murdered and left in the bushes outside the old Payneham police station in Adelaide, South Australia, in April of 1999. Calls were made to triple 000 by Rust to report the body, but the police could not locate it. Frustrated, Rust left a note on a police patrol car again stating that there was a body at the old station, and this time, police found Jakic. She had clearly been sexually assaulted. Her killer, however, could not be found.Megumi went missing in August of 2001, after she failed to return to her student accommodation for six whole days. As a part of the search effort, police put information about Suzuki and Maya Jakic on a website dedicated to finding missing persons. On that website was audio of the 000 call Rust placed about Maya Jakic’s body. Even in 2001, information travelled fast around the internet, and the audio was eventually heard by a man named Steve Rust, who now had to confront the fact that his brother, who he had known to have some prior criminal offences, was likely a sadistic murderer. EPISODE NOTES:Mark Errin Rust had a small dick.Okay, there’s more to it than that. He suffered from a disorder known as Klinefelter syndrome, which meant that he had an extra X chromosome, resulting in infertility and a shrivelled and deformed, um, package. Throughout his life, Rust took out his frustration with his inadequacies on women. He loved nothing more than to expose himself to unsuspecting women and got off on their horrified reactions. He followed women from the age of 13, and was arrested for gross indecency and arson, and eventually rape. He was in prison for the rape of a woman in 2001 when police showed up at his cell and re-arrested him for the murders of Maya Jakic and Megumi Suzuki.Maya Jakic had been found in April of 2001 dumped in the bushes outside the old Payneham police station. Rust had left a note on a police patrol car notifying them about the body, but the police were not able to uncover the identity of her killer at the time. Megumi Suzuki had gone missing in 2001, only 13 days before Rust would be arrested for the rape of a woman in an office building. In jail, Rust bragged to another inmate about the murder of Suzuki, saying he had dumped her in a skip, and that he had taken her personal CD player with him into prison.The inmate didn’t have much loyalty to Rust and fully ratted him out. The police were finally able to locate Megumi’s body, buried underneath 10,000 tons of trash, at a nearby dump in December of 2001. Rust showed little remorse for his crimes, and when asked why he killed Megumi, he responded, “because I did”. Luckily for humanity, he was sentenced to life in prison for the murders.Our main source this week was the classic Aussie criminal investigation show Forensic Investigators, season 1 episode 7, which can be found on Youtube.Read more about the case on the trusty Murderpedia here <a href="http://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/rust-mark-errin.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/rust-mark-errin.htm</a>News articles about Rust’s (thankfully denied) application for a non-parole period can be found here <a href="https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/mark-errin-rust-who-murdered-megumi-suzuki-and-maya-jackic-will-ask-sa-supreme-court-to-grant-him-a-nonparole-period/news-story/11c3a817ac3e7d903779338786ef3bf3?fbclid=IwAR0lyhmIjHMtmUWWk_HR2iKwdCNxRLQM4L7jK2JX88aB-oQYoI3-WQPrm0o" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Support this show </a><a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Maya Jakic and Megumi Suzuki

For our second Tassie episode, we cover one of the worst mass shooting in Australian history.The shooter was Martin Bryant, a 25 year old man with the IQ of an eleven-year-old. Having the mind of a child didn’t stop him from getting his hands on a bunch of semi-automatic weaponry and murdering 35 people and wounding 23 more at Port Arthur Historic Site on April 28, 1996, though.The massacre lead to a massive overhaul of Australia’s gun control laws. The ability to purchase firearms were severely restricted, and the government initiated a buyback scheme that saw over 600,000 guns taken off the streets. See guys? Gun control is possible! You can do it too!EPISODE NOTES:Quite often, the Port Arthur massacre is used either as a reason for Australians to pat ourselves on the backs and say well done for gun control, or as an example of just where government intervention in Australia went mad.Wherever you lie on the debate, it’s important to remember that the massacre isn’t just a political beach ball. Whatever certain whackadoo politicians might think, the Port Arthur massacre was a very real, very tragic chapter in Australian history, and the victims and survivors deserved to be remembered with respect.The Murder with Friends episode on Port Arthur can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D-oB7p3nq4&amp;fbclid=IwAR06y1yPMdLVE9LId8AeKCp3S5TGIYBn_jvJYtPCnXFS7i0xmlvPRDWkzPITo read the full timeline of events as presented to police in trial, head to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Arthur_massacre_(Australia)?fbclid=IwAR3Hnem0Nd4HFimiYR16XpCfGXEE1bFt2JI-YZjJYAYVyvAqz09e1nWaG8kTo read about how Australian gun laws changed after Port Arthur, head here https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/port-arthur-massacreIf you like what we do please consider supporting us on PATREONSubscribe to the podcast on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM or EMAIL us on murderinthelandofoz@gmail.comwww.thatsnotcanonproductions.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For our second Tassie episode, we cover one of the worst mass shooting in Australian history.The shooter was Martin Bryant, a 25 year old man with the IQ of an eleven-year-old. Having the mind of a child didn’t stop him from getting his hands on a bunch of semi-automatic weaponry and murdering 35 people and wounding 23 more at Port Arthur Historic Site on April 28, 1996, though.The massacre lead to a massive overhaul of Australia’s gun control laws. The ability to purchase firearms were severely restricted, and the government initiated a buyback scheme that saw over 600,000 guns taken off the streets. See guys? Gun control is possible! You can do it too!EPISODE NOTES:Quite often, the Port Arthur massacre is used either as a reason for Australians to pat ourselves on the backs and say well done for gun control, or as an example of just where government intervention in Australia went mad.Wherever you lie on the debate, it’s important to remember that the massacre isn’t just a political beach ball. Whatever certain whackadoo politicians might think, the Port Arthur massacre was a very real, very tragic chapter in Australian history, and the victims and survivors deserved to be remembered with respect.The Murder with Friends episode on Port Arthur can be found here <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D-oB7p3nq4&amp;fbclid=IwAR06y1yPMdLVE9LId8AeKCp3S5TGIYBn_jvJYtPCnXFS7i0xmlvPRDWkzPI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D-oB7p3nq4&amp;fbclid=IwAR06y1yPMdLVE9LId8AeKCp3S5TGIYBn_jvJYtPCnXFS7i0xmlvPRDWkzPI</a>To read the full timeline of events as presented to police in trial, head to Wikipedia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Arthur_massacre_(Australia)?fbclid=IwAR3Hnem0Nd4HFimiYR16XpCfGXEE1bFt2JI-YZjJYAYVyvAqz09e1nWaG8k" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Arthur_massacre_(Australia)?fbclid=IwAR3Hnem0Nd4HFimiYR16XpCfGXEE1bFt2JI-YZjJYAYVyvAqz09e1nWaG8k</a>To read about how Australian gun laws changed after Port Arthur, head here <a href="https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/port-arthur-massacre" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/port-arthur-massacre</a><a href="https://www.patreon.com/murderinthelandofoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you like what we do please consider supporting us on </a><a href="https://www.patreon.com/murderinthelandofozhttps://www.patreon.com/murderinthelandofoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PATREON</a>Subscribe to the podcast on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/murder-in-the-land-of-oz/id1390418886" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ITUNES</a>, <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=189022&amp;refid=stpr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">STITCHER</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4BtnlNBHVCNROmm1KefDRI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SPOTIFY </a>or your <a href="http://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/murderinthelandofozpodcast?format=rss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcatcher of choice</a>.Find us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mitloopodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FACEBOOK</a>,<a href="https://twitter.com/murderinoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> TWITTER</a>, <a href="http://www.instagram.com/murderinthelandofoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">INSTAGRAM</a> or EMAIL us on <a href="mailto:murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com">murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com</a><a href="http://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com</a> Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Port Arthur Massacre

Catherine Birnie

LISTEN TO WOMEN, FOLKS.Phew, now we’ve got that out of the way.This is the story of Catherine and David Birnie, sure, but more importantly, it’s the story about a survivor, Kate Moir, and how her ingenuity, bravery, and commitment to the truth led to the arrest of two serial murderers and rapists.Kate survived an abduction, several rapes, imprisonment, and narrowly escaped being murdered, but when she went to the police, they tried to ‘stitch her up’ into giving a false report. But Laura Hancock, the only female police officer at the station, believed Kate’s story, and nagged her superior officers to pay attention. When Kate gave the name of one of her captors – David Birnie – the police finally released they had the missing piece in a month-long series of unsolved missing women.Listen to women.EPISODE NOTES:David and Catherine Birnie have been called ‘Australia’s Bonnie and Clyde’, due to the fact that 1) they were a couple and 2) they committed a boatload of crimes, but to compare them to like, whimsical old-timey bankrobbers completely diminishes the reality of these two sadistic killers.David and Catherine Birnie lured five women back to their home in Moorhouse Street to rape, torture and kill them. They murdered Mary Neilson, Susannah Candy, Noelene Patterson, Denise Brown over the course of a month in 1986, dumping their bodies in shallow graves in national parks. They did it all to satisfy David’s lust, with Catherine a willing enabler and participant.They tried to do the same to Kate Moir, but she managed to escape, get help, and tell the police her horrible story. Initially, the police were skeptical of her story, but Kate’s bravery and commitment to detail convinced them that she was indeed telling the truth, and David eventually led police to the bodies of the other four women.David committed suicide in 2005, but Catherine is still alive and well (maybe, we aren’t checking up on her) and imprisoned in Bandyup Women’s Prison. By order of the Attorney-General, she will remain imprisoned for life, with no possibility of parole.Hear all about the case from Kate herself here, if you’re in Australia and have access to 7plus (or if you have a VPN) https://7plus.com.au/murder-uncovered?fbclid=IwAR0YBqTUwwAAEp1Cz7-mBYo7sTC2peGTD3a46qW3miPeeQIwSyyEshfiV2kTo learn more about the controversy about the film Hounds of Love, go here https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/survivor-blasts-birnie-film-ng-ya-114131?fbclid=IwAR39RXFtVSZ-FysypCkVjoVcD_i7psZdFJV7aBsy_MjO68wUFl1YxBvDuDcFor everything else, there’s Murderpedia https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/birnie-david.htmIf you like what we do please consider supporting us on PATREONSubscribe to the podcast on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY or your Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

LISTEN TO WOMEN, FOLKS.Phew, now we’ve got that out of the way.This is the story of Catherine and David Birnie, sure, but more importantly, it’s the story about a survivor, Kate Moir, and how her ingenuity, bravery, and commitment to the truth led to the arrest of two serial murderers and rapists.Kate survived an abduction, several rapes, imprisonment, and narrowly escaped being murdered, but when she went to the police, they tried to ‘stitch her up’ into giving a false report. But Laura Hancock, the only female police officer at the station, believed Kate’s story, and nagged her superior officers to pay attention. When Kate gave the name of one of her captors – David Birnie – the police finally released they had the missing piece in a month-long series of unsolved missing women.Listen to women. EPISODE NOTES:David and Catherine Birnie have been called ‘Australia’s Bonnie and Clyde’, due to the fact that 1) they were a couple and 2) they committed a boatload of crimes, but to compare them to like, whimsical old-timey bankrobbers completely diminishes the reality of these two sadistic killers.David and Catherine Birnie lured five women back to their home in Moorhouse Street to rape, torture and kill them. They murdered Mary Neilson, Susannah Candy, Noelene Patterson, Denise Brown over the course of a month in 1986, dumping their bodies in shallow graves in national parks. They did it all to satisfy David’s lust, with Catherine a willing enabler and participant.They tried to do the same to Kate Moir, but she managed to escape, get help, and tell the police her horrible story. Initially, the police were skeptical of her story, but Kate’s bravery and commitment to detail convinced them that she was indeed telling the truth, and David eventually led police to the bodies of the other four women.David committed suicide in 2005, but Catherine is still alive and well (maybe, we aren’t checking up on her) and imprisoned in Bandyup Women’s Prison. By order of the Attorney-General, she will remain imprisoned for life, with no possibility of parole.Hear all about the case from Kate herself here, if you’re in Australia and have access to 7plus (or if you have a VPN) <a href="https://7plus.com.au/murder-uncovered?fbclid=IwAR0YBqTUwwAAEp1Cz7-mBYo7sTC2peGTD3a46qW3miPeeQIwSyyEshfiV2k" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://7plus.com.au/murder-uncovered?fbclid=IwAR0YBqTUwwAAEp1Cz7-mBYo7sTC2peGTD3a46qW3miPeeQIwSyyEshfiV2k</a>To learn more about the controversy about the film Hounds of Love, go here <a href="https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/survivor-blasts-birnie-film-ng-ya-114131?fbclid=IwAR39RXFtVSZ-FysypCkVjoVcD_i7psZdFJV7aBsy_MjO68wUFl1YxBvDuDc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/survivor-blasts-birnie-film-ng-ya-114131?fbclid=IwAR39RXFtVSZ-FysypCkVjoVcD_i7psZdFJV7aBsy_MjO68wUFl1YxBvDuDc</a>For everything else, there’s Murderpedia <a href="https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/birnie-david.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/birnie-david.htm</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/murderinthelandofoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If you like what we do please consider supporting us on </a><a href="https://www.patreon.com/murderinthelandofozhttps://www.patreon.com/murderinthelandofoz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PATREON</a>Subscribe to the podcast on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/murder-in-the-land-of-oz/id1390418886" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ITUNES</a>, <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=189022&amp;refid=stpr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">STITCHER</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4BtnlNBHVCNROmm1KefDRI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SPOTIFY </a>or your <a href="http://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/murderinthelandofozpodcast?format=rss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Support this show </a><a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

David and Catherine Birnie

JonBenet Ramsey

In this bonus episode, we discuss the infamous murder of JonBenet Ramsey, and have a surprisingly civil debate about the possible perpetrators of this horrible crime.EPISODE NOTES:Six year old JonBenet Ramsey was murdered on Christmas Eve of 1996. The crime has never been solved, and ever since then, literally thousands of people have been considered suspects or persons of interest in the case. But many people believe that the perpetrator was much closer to JonBenet - a member of her own family. John, Patsy, and Burke Ramsey have all been considered suspects at some point or another. This episode is just a brief rundown of the case before we get into who we believe killed JonBenet.If you like what we do please consider supporting us on PATREONSubscribe to the podcast on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM or EMAIL us on murderinthelandofoz@gmail.comwww.thatsnotcanonproductions.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this bonus episode, we discuss the infamous murder of JonBenet Ramsey, and have a surprisingly civil debate about the possible perpetrators of this horrible crime.EPISODE NOTES:Six year old JonBenet Ramsey was murdered on Christmas Eve of 1996. The crime has never been solved, and ever since then, literally thousands of people have been considered suspects or persons of interest in the case. But many people believe that the perpetrator was much closer to JonBenet - a member of her own family. John, Patsy, and Burke Ramsey have all been considered suspects at some point or another. This episode is just a brief rundown of the case before we get into who we believe killed JonBenet.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/murderinthelandofoz" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">If you like what we do please consider supporting us on </a><a href="https://www.patreon.com/murderinthelandofozhttps://www.patreon.com/murderinthelandofoz" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">PATREON</a>Subscribe to the podcast on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/murder-in-the-land-of-oz/id1390418886" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">ITUNES</a>, <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=189022&amp;refid=stpr" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">STITCHER</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4BtnlNBHVCNROmm1KefDRI" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">SPOTIFY </a>or your <a href="http://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/murderinthelandofozpodcast?format=rss" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">podcatcher of choice</a>.Find us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mitloopodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">FACEBOOK</a>,<a href="https://twitter.com/murderinoz" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> TWITTER</a>, <a href="http://www.instagram.com/murderinthelandofoz" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">INSTAGRAM</a> or EMAIL us on <a href="mailto:murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">murderinthelandofoz@gmail.com</a><a href="http://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com</a> Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/murder-in-the-land-of-oz</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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