It was the murder that stunned Melbourne, and has had police stumped for 21 years. The investigation into the death of John Furlan in a large-scale car-bomb explosion still remains unsolved, despite the severity of the explosion.
Ivan Milat took to his grave the true number of people he killed with two top former detectives — retired chief superintendent Wayne Gordon and retired Assistant Commissioner Clive Small — estimating the toll to be at least 13, and likely far higher.
Three decades since one of Australia’s worst road accidents – the Cowper bus crash – a new podcast series will unearth brutal details of the horror tragedy which killed 21 people. “It was pineapple, diesel and fear,” witnesses recount of the smell from the horrendous scene.
A knife-wielding rapist who attacked an Adelaide Hills woman as she slept has finally been found and convicted of the crime more than a decade after he fled into the night.
THE Ascot Vale shed where they locked Prue Bird before they killed her is gone. The 13-year-old was no runaway — but her case went unsolved for years. NEW PODCAST — LISTEN NOW.
TONY Jones was hitchhiking around Australia when he vanished. Despite a creepy tip-off, the case remains unsolved.
DAYS after police finally discovered Colleen Adams’s body, ending a 45-year quest for justice, SA’s top homicide detective has warned more than 100 fugitive killers they are also in his sights.
HE HAD a mild intellectual impairment and was easily taken advantage of. Then, a year after moving interstate, he vanished. Now, two decades on, there is renewed hope of finding Gregory Armstrong.
MAJOR crime detectives and forensic officers have started excavating a property on Yorke Peninsula, searching for the remains of missing mother Colleen Adams, who vanished 45 years ago.
A PERSON of interest in the Marilyn Wallman investigation has responded to questions after being asked what he knew about the harrowing cold case.
THE shocking disappearance and death of Australian backpacker Britt Lapthorne stunned the world. A decade later, the mystery of her last steps remains infamous in a seaside tourist town.
EVERY suspect, including an innocent Home and Away actress, has been ruled out in the mystery death of lingerie widow Jeanette Moss. So who killed the glamorous Middle Park grandmother?
POLICE have revealed for the first time a “local man” is in the frame for one of Queensland’s most enduring cold case mysteries – the 1972 murder of schoolgirl Marilyn Wallman.
SHE was a belle of Melbourne society, held some of the best parties, travelled the world and was even invited to Buckingham Palace. But its still a mystery how stinking rich ‘Swamp Lady’ socialite Margaret Clement died.
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