Criminal profiler delves into Australia’s murder mysteries
From Melbourne’s Mr Cruel to Queensland’s “highway of death”, renowned criminal profiler Mike King’s new podcast shines new light on some of Australia’s oldest murder mysteries.
Cold Cases
Living with a monster: ‘It’s our secret’
From the age of six, Kylie was molested by her stepfather. Only now has she been able to reveal the actions of the man many believe was behind one of Sydney’s most baffling cold cases, missing girl Trudie Adams, as this exclusive book extract reveals.
‘Like the Bermuda triangle’: Where people vanish without a trace
More people go missing in Northern NSW than any other area in the state – and police can’t explain why. In a bid to give names to more than 300 sets of unidentified human remains, police have launched a bold DNA collection program.
He never gave up hope — but died waiting for justice
For 27 years Martin Bradshaw hoped the killer of his daughter Anthea Bradshaw-Hall would be brought to justice. He died waiting.
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Somerton Man exhumation reaches critical point
The case for exhuming the mysterious Somerton Man — a case that has baffled the state for decades — is at a critical point, where leaving it too much longer risks losing crucial DNA.
‘Terror for cash’: Fall of Qld’s most notorious bank robbers
They were two of Queensland’s worst bank robbers. These brazen bandits got away with millions in violent armed holdups, until Ross Barnett took them on and cracked the case.
‘He needs to do his time’: Mum’s plea
The mother of murdered Geelong teen Ricky Balcombe wants Karl Hague to serve the rest of his 26-year sentence without appeal after he lost his bid to get his murder conviction overturned on Thursday.
Husband arrested 37 years after Roxlyn vanished
Detectives have made a breakthrough in the cold case murder of Roxlyn Bowie, arresting her husband in Queensland.
Lucille’s brother still digging for answers
John Butterworth has spent the past week getting his hands dirty as he continues his search for answers into the unsolved disappearance of his beauty queen sister.
‘I could hear Kirra screaming’: Neighbour’s haunting words
A new true crime podcast is shining a spotlight on the death of Queensland mother Kirra McLoughlin in 2014, with autopsy reports indicating 105 “signs of recent injury” on her body.
Skull found in Sydney bushland finally has a face
A human skull found by children playing in Sydney bushland in 2001 now has a face after NSW Police used digital reconstruction to try to identify the man who died nearly 40 years ago. WATCH THE AMAZING VIDEO
DNA technique reveals cold case family links
A new DNA testing method is shedding light on long dormant cases as far back as the 1993 murder of Suzanne Poll.
Swingers, sex and death: Sydney mystery inspires new drama
It is one of Sydney’s most puzzling unsolved mysteries — the deaths of a physicist and his lover in 1963. The mystery, which involves a swingers party and wild espionage conspiracy theories, is the inspiration behind a new audio drama from renowned Australian playwright Louis Nowra.
‘She didn’t deserve it’: Murder victim’s family speak
The family of murdered mother Suzanne Poll have revealed their relief and shock following the arrest of a man allegedly linked — through DNA — to her vicious killing 26 years ago.
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