They’re the suburban homes you’d drive past without looking twice at. But behind these average facades lies a darker story. From violent deaths to dismembered bodies, these are the crimes that shocked our neighbourhoods. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
From country cottages to suburban bungalows, these are the homes where the great Australian dream turned into the grisliest sort of nightmare. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
They’re the unassuming homes that harbour the same dark secret. From shootings and bashings, to frenzied stabbings, these are the crimes that have happened in our neighbourhoods. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
On the eve of the release of the Fitzgerald Inquiry report, the state’s corruption busters were forced to operate under a veil of secrecy and conduct clandestine meetings – not even Premier Ahern was privy to an advance copy. But one did mysteriously appear.
THE crowds had gathered for the thrill of a close-up view of the aquarium’s new tiger shark. Instead they witnessed a horrifying event that triggered a murder probe.
THE closer the hangman got to the crowds on the riverbank, the more enormous and repulsive he seemed. Women gasped and children screamed, the ‘thrill of horror creeping through their veins’.
‘AHHH!’ screamed Senior Constable Moran, the third shot tearing into his testicle. ‘Jesus save me! My balls — he hit me in the bloody balls!’ It was 1862 and buckshot was flying in Australia’s biggest-ever gold heist.
LONG before Sweden’s crown jewels were stolen in a dramatic 007-style heist a gang took just 11 minutes to raid a Melbourne bookies and took off with millions. Four decades on we still don’t know the full story.
FOR the past year, The Courier-Mail has tracked down witnesses, statements and documents relating to the death of young scientist Jeffrey Brooks. These are the pictures that tell the story.
WHEN a Queensland schoolgirl stopped to help a mother-of-six look for her missing dog, it would lead to the unimaginable – especially given the woman’s involvement in the horror her husband had planned. WARNING: GRAPHIC DETAILS
PABLO Picasso’s Weeping Woman was the most expensive painting ever bought by an Australian art gallery. Then it was stolen, sparking a frenzied search. The thieves were never caught.
HE was only 19 but John Dunn became one of Australia’s first declared outlaws after he gunned down a policeman in broad daylight on a busy street.
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