Lorne rapist threatened by other prisoners
A Bannockburn man found guilty of a cold case rape in Lorne had to be moved to a protection unit in jail after a group of four men confronted and threatened him in his cell, a court has heard.
Cold Cases
Room 40: ‘People went in and came out psycho’
An innocuous-looking, clean and comfortable motel room in Brisbane’s inner suburbs has developed a reputation for dark scenes that played out during the city’s era of infamy.
Cabbie reveals brothel madam’s last ride
The disappearance of a Brisbane brothel madam has been shrouded in mystery for over four decades. Now a taxi driver has filled in the blanks.
Did Mr Cruel keep on killing?
Mr Cruel terrorised Melbourne, progressing from frightening child abductions to murder. Then he disappeared without a trace. Could a calculating killer like this really just stop?
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Getting away with murder: Who killed Eric Lynch?
DRUG trafficker Eric Lynch was executed 14 years ago and despite Major Crime detectives building an overwhelming case against his suspected killers, they remain free.
Pay phone call may be key to cold case enigma
MISSING Brunswick man Nick Falos — whose torched Porsche was found in the Yarra Ranges 15 years ago — may have been alive for two days after receiving a mystery call from a pay phone as police launch a fresh push to find his killers.
How female cop busted murderous bush bandits
THEY embarked on a crime spree committing desperate offences that included robbery, arson, assaults and even murder. This is how a female constable “kicked the hornet’s nest”.
Little John Landos lost, but not forgotten
JOHN Landos was just 13 when he went missing during a family holiday in Lorne in 1973. It wasn’t until the death of another boy a year later at the hands of a notorious paedophile, that police started to believe John might have suffered a similarly horrendous fate. NEW PODCAST – LISTEN NOW.
Slain model ‘buried in killing fields’
ON one side was a “wannabe gangster” lawyer and his associate the infamous Neddy Smith. On the other a loved up male model trying to reclaim his cash. The lawyer’s main concern? Not to get blood on his wife’s carpet.
Spookiest moment in missing girl search
A FATHER searches for his daughter. A daughter searches for her sister. When they separately consult different psychics on opposite sides of the world the result is extraordinary — and devastating.
The hitman and the housewife
FOR years they said a burglar had killed young mum Angie. But it was an ice-cold execution, hardly the work of a bumbling thief. Now Andrew Rule uncovers the shocking secret that has haunted someone for decades. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.
Inside kingpin Raphael Joseph’s brutal murder
THE cops know how big time drug dealer Raphael Joseph spent his last day on Earth and which rival syndicate killed him to avoid paying him. They just need someone to help complete the jigsaw puzzle and claim the $1 million reward.
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