Over the years we’ve welcomed the likes of granny serial killer John Wayne Glover, brutal gangster Nik ‘The Russian’ Radev and the monster who killed little Sheree Beasley. Australia really is a sucker for importing bad guys, writes Andrew Rule.
EVERYONE’S heard of Lindy Chamberlain, but what about the two men jailed over deaths a notorious serial killer had confessed to, or another hanged on faulty forensic evidence? When Australian courts mess up it can take years to right the wrong.
When the Moran brothers met up with an up-and-coming drug dealer in a Gladstone Park reserve to talk “business”, they made a mistake that would cost both of them — and many others — their lives.
The former boyfriend of a rock star’s murdered nanny hopes a new $1 million reward will help police solve the cold case — and insists he was not involved in her death.
WHEN Australia found itself at war, thousands of people were deemed security threats. They soon found themselves dwelling under brutal conditions in the swamp that was Torrens Island.
CARROTS rather than sticks was the mantra for rehabilitation inside SA prisons in the early 1970s — but many not only ate the carrot, they stole the stick and broke out of the cage. Here is how social upheaval sparked tensions inside our jails between guards and inmates with a rise in escapes and violence.
IT’S nearly 100 years since 13-year-old Chrissie Venn was raped, murdered and dumped half-naked in a tree stump, but events even more mysterious than her shocking death ensure she is never forgotten.
HE was dubbed ‘The Satanic Slayer’. A Gold Coast man who thought he would achieve immortality by shooting people and following Satan. This is how Rodney Dale turned a sleepy Saturday afternoon in Burleigh Heads into 15 minutes of terror.
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.
CONVICTED murderer and corrupt cop Roger Rogerson has written from behind bars to deny any wrongdoing after assisting Queensland police in the reinvestigation of the 1973 Whiskey Au Go Go firebombing.
SHE’D snared a rich husband, then claimed she was terrified of him despite flaunting an affair. The lure of his money would help persuade her lover and another man to kill.
THE battle of Enfield saw bullets flying, two out of the four jail escapees killed, and the 38 police officers awarded for bravery. Andrew Dowdell recounts the July 1930 firefight, which was unlike anything Adelaide has seen before or since.
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