Surf Coast the destination for North Korean drug ship
The story of the Pong Su could be a Hollywood movie, but the attempt to smuggle 150kg of heroin ashore from a North Korean freighter was all to real — and it happened on the Surf Coast.
Our Criminal History
Secret past of murdered woman
Her neighbours knew her as Sarah Willoughby, but the woman they found brutally beaten to death in Geelong in 1852 had a secret past none could have imagined.
Life and crimes of Jockey Smith
For a time, James Edward ‘Jockey’ Smith was one of Australia’s most wanted criminals. How did a boy from Colac reach such a level of infamy?
The Suicide Bride
Three desperate children run to a neighbour with horrific news: “Mammy and Daddy are dead.” It’s 1904 and an all-too-common case of murder-suicide, but there’s a wider family story, raising stark questions about criminality and the notion of nature versus nurture. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
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