Geelong’s most heinous unsolved murders
Geelong’s past is full of stories of high-profile suspicious deaths. Here’s some of the most infamous mysteries that remain unsolved to this day.
Cold Cases
Is Beaumont killer one of these four men?
In 1966 times were changing — but some things hadn’t, which meant an anonymous monster was able to steal away three children from a beach without trace. NEW PODCAST
‘I felt she’d never be coming home’
Mother-of-three Veronica Green vanished from her Ardeer home 44 years ago. Some family members hold out hope she is still alive after leaving to carve out a new life. Others are sure she was murdered and now police are reviewing the mystery.
Former person of interest’s latest claim to fame
A former police officer once a person of interest in the death of a teenager in far north Queensland has resurfaced in an online ad.
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Two South Australians murdered for being gay
Although David Saint and Robert Woodland never knew each other, they were brutally murdered for exactly the same reason — they were both gay.
Outback murder: Time running out for cold-blooded killer
Queensland’s “Wolf Creek” killer had got sloppy. He’d executed his victims in isolated bushland and stripped them of anything that may have helped identify them. But he made one mistake …
Who was the mystery man who joined murdered trio?
They were on the second day of their outback adventure of a lifetime when the mystery man appeared. A day later, Karen Edwards, Tim Thomson and Gordon Twaddle were lured into the bush at Spear Creek, north of Mount Isa, and shot dead. LISTEN TO EPISODE ONE OF THE TRUE CRIME PODCAST
Man expected to face murder charge over cold case
Queensland police will seek to extradite a man from NSW to face a murder charge over the disappearance of Jay Brogden more than a decade ago. It comes as police said they have “multiple suspects”.
Profiler lifts lid on Betty Shanks’ murder
Was it a cop, soldier or bogeyman? For almost 70 years theories have haunted Brisbane as to who killed Betty Shanks. Now an ex-criminal profiler trained by the original FBI ‘mindhunters’ reveals his thoughts on Queensland’s coldest case.
Bike may be key to triple murder
Police believe a motorbike owned by one of the Spear Creek murder victims was ridden around Mount Isa for weeks after their deaths.
Four things police need to solve triple murder
Police reviewing Queensland’s Wolf Creek murders are confident it can be solved — but need the public’s help. Listen to the podcast
Outback murders: Cops almost died in crime scene crash
Two detectives injured in a helicopter crash while investigating the 1978 Spear Creek murders have spoken of the horrifying moment the aircraft plummeted to the ground. LISTEN TO EPISODE ONE OF THE PODCAST.
Triple murder suspect jailed for violent crimes
The prime suspect in three South Australian cold-case murders has been jailed in Victoria after being convicted of violence and theft offences — a similar modus operandi in each of the unsolved killings.
‘A killer is out there’: High Court won’t hear Bowraville case
Australia’s highest court will not hear a bid to have tried for murdering three Aboriginal Bowraville children nearly three decades ago, but their families won’t give up while the killer is still “on the loose”.
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