To most, Ruth Ridley was a bubbly, doting grandmother in a happy marriage. But for almost 40 years she was manipulated and abused by a man who refused to let her go. Now police are searching for her body.
French Police have arrested an Australian woman for questioning over the disappearance of her younger boyfriend three years ago following a hiking trip in Andorra.
A US gun manufacturer who faced 20 years jail for a sophisticated firearm export plan hatched with a Victorian man will spend just two years behind bars.
Former top cop Simon Overland has unravelled while being quizzed about the Lawyer X scandal and who bore responsibility for the chaos caused by Nicola Gobbo’s informing.
EPISODE two of the Dead Wrong true crime podcast delves into some of the most crucial aspects of Jeffrey Brooks’ death, including the time of the fatal shot and who heard it.
IN the hours before Jeffrey Brooks died from a shotgun wound, he made one final phone call. His words during that call have haunted a former colleague ever since.
AN EXPERIENCED shooter who was believed to have accidentally killed himself with a shotgun at work “flatly refused’’ to use the old firearm because it was so dangerous. Now, his parents are pushing for a new inquest. LISTEN TO PART 2 OF OUR PODCAST.
THE shotgun blast believed to have killed this man at a Queensland farm was heard by a neighbour 1km away — but not by a nearby co-worker who found his body. PODCAST
CARL Williams knew the power he held when he struck a deal to become a police informant, demanding money for his daughter and that his dad’s tax debt be waived. But when Carl died, the deal did too, leaving George Williams out in the cold with the taxman knocking.
THE sister of Bronson Ellery has spoken out for the first time since his and Shelsea Schilling’s grisly deaths – on the ‘lil bro’ she knew, his downward spiral, her confrontation with a witness and why her suffering family wants an inquest too.
THE story of the delusional world of Fiona and Mitchell Barbieri can now be told after the close of the inquest into the murder of Detective Inspector Bryson Anderson — knifed when he walked into their bizarre suburban stronghold.
THE truck hit the wall like a bomb going off; 25 tonnes of metal smashing into a pub at high speed. Five people would die, but the driver just smiled as he stepped over a survivor and ran into the night.
THE former boss of a man shot dead while working on a farm south of Brisbane wrote a letter pleading with authorities to look further into the case, which police determined was an accident.
GONE are the days of the handlebar moustache, ripped jeans and leather jackets and men who fought over the patch you wore on your vest. Now cash is king, loyalty is dead and business is conducted between historically bitter enemies. Welcome to our bikie scene in 2018.
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