The man who hunted humans
IN scenes eerily reminiscent of the movie Wolf Creek, German tourist Josef Schwab roamed the Kimberley, executing five strangers in cold blood before dying in a firefight with cops.
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The grandmother who just vanished
PODCAST: A loving grandmother went for a walk to the shops and was never seen again. The only sign of her, a handbag found in the bush. Her family said she fell in with ‘undesirables’ but haven’t given up hope after 15 years. Listen to Lost in Sydney podcast episode IV.
The mystery of Bradford Pholi’s disappearance
IT IS Boxing Day, 1982, a young indigenous boy jumps the back fence of his Dundas Valley home to scurry off to Eastwood station — he is on a mission to borrow money for his mother — minutes later his brother goes after him, but Bradford Pholi is never seen again.
Animal welfare concern over Sydney Zoo business model
A NEWS Corp investigation can reveal fresh concerns about the new Sydney Zoo’s industry impacts, and lift the lid on experts’ fears around its animal welfare preparations.
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The real people living as vampires
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When the Easter Bunny’s out to get you
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Enjoy Easter. It could be your last
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Sick and twisted taunts made to flood victim
THE death of his partner and child in a flood was shattering. But the deluge of sick and twisted taunts that followed defied belief.
Goodbye Dullsville
THE time is now. That much is clear to anyone. But it especially weighs on the mind of Colin Barnett. The state’s 29th Premier doesn’t want to waste what he calls one of the “three great periods” in our history.
Place nobody could hear her scream
“IT MUST have been terrifying. In a foreign land, in a small windowless vault, subjected to serious violence by a stranger … and no way anyone could help her.”
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