Sydney’s forgotten ‘Cocaine Queen’
A witness to one of Sydney’s oldest cold cases, madam May Smith, was later arrested by our first female detective. She was jailed and then disappeared from public records — and from memory.
Cold Cases
Commodore key to solving petrol bomb killing of teen
A white Commodore could be the missing piece in the tragic puzzle of a 13-year-old’s firebombing death, which has left devastated mum Julie Szabo still waiting for justice 24 years later.
Details of footballer’s cold case execution revealed
Police are one step closer to solving the 1984 murder of a casanova footy player, but are still on the hunt for another suspect.
Untangling fact from fiction in Mafia’s brutal past
Al Capone didn’t wake up one day with a machine gun and barrels full of prohibition whisky. So where does the story of the Mafia begin?
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It didn’t click with me that it was a gun
Teens Thomas Cooper and his girlfriend were sitting in a car at a lovers’ lane in Melbourne when a gunman in a cowboy hat appeared from nowhere. What happened next is the stuff of nightmares.
New DNA program may solve SA’s lost girls mystery
On the 47th anniversary of the abduction of girls Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Gordon from Adelaide Oval, a new DNA-matching program may hold the answer for their long-suffering families.
How police got accused killer to crack
More than 45 years after he killed his wife and buried her in their backyard, Geoffrey Adams finally confessed after cops cleverly trapped him.
Husband not guilty of 1973 cold case murder
Nearly 47 years after he killed his wife and buried her body in the backyard of their Maitland home, a jury has found Geoffrey Adams not guilty of her murder.
Brothel madam’s murder stays a mystery
An inquest into the death of Perth brothel madam Shirley Finn in 1975 has failed to solve the mystery.
Shotgun killer’s nine-year prison term to stand
He shot a man, went on the run for 20 years, was caught due only to DNA and received a nine-year prison term. Prosecutors said that was “manifestly inadequate” – today, a court disagreed.
Desperate parents’ cry for help in 25yo cold case
The parents of Shari Davison have penned a heartfelt letter, 25 years after the Melbourne mum’s disappearance. A $1 million reward has been posted for information on the dancer, who has links to black widow killer stripper Robyn Jane Lindholm.
How Golden State Killer could ‘cheat death’
US prosecutors are reportedly making a plea deal with the alleged Golden State Killer – the serial killer who carried out at least 13 murders and 50 sexual assaults in the 1970s and 1980s – and it could see him avoid the death penalty.
Australia’s oldest cold case to make waves in Hollywood
The man who confessed to abducting and murdering a three-year-old girl in Wollongong 50 years ago walked free from court on a technicality. Now, a Hollywood film might achieve what police could not — solve the Cheryl Grimmer cold case.
Sex drug clue found in double death mystery
A spur of the moment decision by a respected forensic toxicologist may have solved one of Australia’s biggest mysteries, shining fresh light on illicit sexual desires, open marriages and drug taking.
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