Son probed over ‘hammer horror’ attack on wealthy couple
Was the murder motive a family quarrel, a forbidden romance, or a financial scandal that reached all the way up to the premier?
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A blood-soaked cocaine frenzy on the streets of Carlton
A World War I veteran turned addict committed a shocking murder in Lygon St, but once he sobered up had no memory of his crime.
Trailblazing squad who paved the way for the Matildas
Australia’s “first Matildas” ran car washes and appeared on a TV dating show to fulfil their dream of competing on the world stage.
Was this rich settler Australia’s greatest environmental idiot?
Thomas Austin built a mansion fit for royalty but he will forever be remembered for one of history’s biggest bungles: not keeping the rabbits out.
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Betrayed mother drowned her baby in the Yarra
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Girls’ horror in the heart of the city
Two young abuse victims got longer sentences than their attacker in a callous and shameful moment from Melbourne’s past.
The troubled Morse man of the Antarctic
Sidney Jeffryes was a brilliant wireless operator on Douglas Mawson’s famed Antarctica expedition, but the journey wrecked his mind.
The French tightrope king and his Aussie copycats
French tightrope walker Charles Blondin wowed Melbourne with his death-defying antics, but his Aussie imitators weren’t always so lucky.
Teen’s head put on show to solve gruesome murder
After the corpse of a teenage girl was found bobbing in a trunk on the Yarra police resorted to a desperate strategy to ID her.
The Count whose web of lies fooled Melbourne
The French aristocrat who hid the salacious secret of a young mistress, illegitimate children and falsified birth certificates from Melbourne’s elite.
How police saved the ‘Wild Man of Nunawading’
When a half-starved wanderer was found in Melbourne’s east, it took a stroke of luck and a touch of kindness to set him right.
Aussie Digger’s senseless murder on home soil
In 1944, a soldier was bashed to death in Townsville after returning from New Guinea. A new book uncovers what happened.
Old jailbirds crafted a handmade key for daring escape
Two ageing prisoners plotted an infamous escape from Geelong Gaol after using their blacksmith skills to fashion a spare cell key.
The socialite with a scandalous secret
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