Where our worst crims are buried
Australia’s cemeteries hold the remains of the infamous as well as the famous. Here’s where some of our most notorious criminals ended up.
Our Criminal History
Decade of trials that rocked Queensland
From audacious frauds to horrendous murders we look back at some of the shocking trials that made headlines in the Sunshine State over the past decade.
‘I couldn’t believe it was happening’: Cadell kidnapping, 50 years on
She was enjoying a cold beer with her family when three prisoners walked through the kitchen door and violently abducted her. Five decades on, the Sunday Mail revisits Monica Smith’s incredible tale of survival and its extraordinary intersection with one Adelaide photographer.
Australia’s murder houses — Are they near you?
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
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The bushranger who came back from the dead
It was always believed bushranger Dan Kelly died in the 1880 police shootout at Glenrowan. That was until an ageing bushman turned up in Brisbane 53 years later with an incredible story.
Bikie breaks silence over infamous Port Gawler gang war
Two warring bikie gangs set just two rules before they set out to settle their scores – no guns and no knives. Now for the first time one combatant has revealed how the shooting started anyway.
The moment Mr Death’s mum decided to kill him
The horrific torture and brutal killings committed by Richmond’s Mr Death had to stop, so his mum decided to put an end to the violence her own way. But things didn’t go to plan.
The party boy who became Victoria’s police chief
His party boy lifestyle and taste for gambling, grog and brothels didn’t stop Charles Standish becoming one of the most powerful men in Victoria as chief of police and head of the Freemasons.
Goldfields killer so crazy he berated own hangman
A stranger with a dead eye sent a shudder through anyone his glare fell upon as he swept through Victoria’s goldfields in the 1850s. So when he became fixated with a young widow, tragedy was in the offing.
Big Squizzy’s colourful life of crime
Older sibling to underworld king Leslie “Squizzy” Taylor, Claude “Big Squizzy” Taylor lived a colourful life of crime, was shot in the groin by his estranged wife and helped kick off a razor gang war. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.
Australia’s most feared criminal in 1916
Long Harry Slater was a gang leader, standover man, cop-shooter, house bomber, suspected murderer and gang war adversary to Squizzy Taylor, making him Australia’s most feared criminal until the early 1920s.
A who’s who of Aussie bushrangers
Ned Kelly might have had his armour, but he didn’t have a catchy nickname. Meet some of the other scoundrels who took up the bushranger life, from Mad Dog Morgan to Captain Moonlite.
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