Geelong’s most heinous unsolved murders
Geelong’s past is full of stories of high-profile suspicious deaths. Here’s some of the most infamous mysteries that remain unsolved to this day.
Cold Cases
Is Beaumont killer one of these four men?
In 1966 times were changing — but some things hadn’t, which meant an anonymous monster was able to steal away three children from a beach without trace. NEW PODCAST
‘I felt she’d never be coming home’
Mother-of-three Veronica Green vanished from her Ardeer home 44 years ago. Some family members hold out hope she is still alive after leaving to carve out a new life. Others are sure she was murdered and now police are reviewing the mystery.
Former person of interest’s latest claim to fame
A former police officer once a person of interest in the death of a teenager in far north Queensland has resurfaced in an online ad.
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Justice delayed for murder victims
The reopening of a 55-year-old cold case raises questions over other Queensland murders, and whether they were investigated as thoroughly as they should have been, writes Matthew Condon.
George Webel: ‘My wife’s murder will never be solved’
He was acquitted of murdering his wife Eva 34 years ago but George Webel has never before spoken publicly about it — until now. The 76-year-old pensioner spoke for the first time to The Sunday Telegraph’s Yoni Bashan about his wife’s unsolved murder and its impact on his life. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
How amateur sleuths caught a killer Nazi
Convicted killer Robert James Wagner loved Hitler. This is the story of two men who befriended the Queensland man in order to elicit his confession to the grisly murder of his uncle.
Did Angel of Death make police witness disappear?
Vincent Allen was last seen alive around Warwick in April 1964. In 1980, a coroner declared his disappearance a murder, despite extensive police investigations failing to find a body. Now the State Government has taken another step in the search for answers.
Conviction that changed the rules on cold cases
A 55-year murder mystery is once again in the spotlight — and it’s another triple murder conviction that breathed new life into the investigation, writes Matthew Condon.
The conversation that could solve cold case murder
A witness claims a triple murderer dubbed the Angel of Death once declared a missing man “wouldn’t be talking to anybody any more” after he vanished – and police say one conversation in a footy dressing room could be key to putting the killer away.
Alleged killer was living quiet life in Bundaberg
Rex Keen’s alleged killer loved opera, rubbed shoulders with high profile politicians and donated to the local hospital.
Man charged over 1976 Brisbane CBD murder
Detectives may have cracked a 43-year-old cold case with a man arrested and charged over the 1976 Lennon’s Plaza murder of Rex Kable Keen.
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