Cover image of Grave Tales Australia: the series

Grave Tales Australia: the series

Meet the people who were willing or unwilling participants in the events that made headlines. In cemeteries, gravestones hint at our history – tales of unsolved murders, love lost, mystery, tragedy, h... Read more

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The Brownout Strangler: the soldier who wanted women's voices

The Brownout Strangler: the soldier who wanted women's voices

Overpaid, oversexed and over here – US soldiers during World War II. This is the story of one GI who killed innocent Aus... Read more

3 Jun 2019

17mins

Ranked #2

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The Pyjama Girl

The Pyjama Girl

Who really lies in a humble grave marked with a white cross in a Melbourne cemetery? Is it the woman they call the ‘Pyja... Read more

3 Sep 2019

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Death by sister or a mister? The Schippan Sisters

Death by sister or a mister? The Schippan Sisters

The newspaper declared ‘startling disclosures’ would be revealed at the trial of Martha, 24, charged with killing her si... Read more

19 Aug 2019

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Ranked #4

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The ute that went to church

The ute that went to church

A farmer’s wife inspired the design of the Australian ute, and its designer, Lewis Bandt, would take his last breath in ... Read more

6 Aug 2019

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Serial killer confesses to the hangman

Serial killer confesses to the hangman

Was Robert Francis Burns our first serial killer? Using the solitude of the bush, Burns hid his victims’ bodies, but whe... Read more

11 May 2019

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Tea and sympathy: poisoner, Martha Needle

Tea and sympathy: poisoner, Martha Needle

The inexplicable story of a mother who murdered her husband, her three young girls and her new fiancé’s brother with poi... Read more

1 Apr 2019

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Bohemian Bea - from the asylum to the streets

Bohemian Bea - from the asylum to the streets

What’s the real story of the bohemian who broke out of an asylum and was known for her ability to quote any passage from... Read more

31 Mar 2020

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The noose and the hands that shaped it

The noose and the hands that shaped it

It was school holidays, December 1921 and 12-year-old Alma Tirtschke left home to run an errand in the heart of Melbourn... Read more

31 Jan 2020

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The Land of Lost Children

The Land of Lost Children

The drowning of two little girls who were attracted by water lilies in a pond at Walloon, near Ipswich, inspired Henry L... Read more

26 Nov 2019

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The Stretcher Bearer's Bluff

The Stretcher Bearer's Bluff

How did an unarmed stretcher bearer manage to capture 18 armed German soliders in the trenches of France in World War On... Read more

12 Nov 2019

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The Great Bookie Robbery and the carnage that followed

The Great Bookie Robbery and the carnage that followed

A $15 million prize was hijacked in what was the nation’s most brazen and probably biggest cash robbery ever. And despit... Read more

29 Oct 2019

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The Ladies' Man: murderer Frederick Deeming

The Ladies' Man: murderer Frederick Deeming

The woman who escaped him was called the ‘uncemented bride’. But those who loved him called him the gentlest of lovers. ... Read more

14 Oct 2019

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Mr Eternity - the man, his chalk, his message

Mr Eternity - the man, his chalk, his message

This is the story of the down-and-outer from a rough childhood who found redemption and why he spent his life writing th... Read more

2 Oct 2019

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Lost to the sea - Jack and the wreck of La Bella

Lost to the sea - Jack and the wreck of La Bella

It was only his second sea journey, and a sailor's life is meant to be an exciting one on the ocean’s waves – adventure,... Read more

17 Sep 2019

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Death comes to Gracie's store

Death comes to Gracie's store

The three ladies, Grace, Rose and Meta, retired for the night on 22 March 1964 in the residence at the back of their lit... Read more

7 Dec 2018

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