‘30 theories’: FBI reveals why man ‘betrayed’ Anne Frank
The prime suspect in Anne Frank’s betrayal may have been driven by one tragic reason, a new book reveals. READ EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT
Cold Cases
The story behind Patricia Galea’s grotesquely brutal murder
Like the police file on her LA murder, Patricia Galea’s memory was wiped clean from her husband’s funeral in Queensland last week, but the former escort was done away with long before that.
Were druggie thugs trying to hide their murders?
Hundreds of fatal drug overdoses in Adelaide are being reviewed by detectives to check if they were actually murders by drug dealers over unpaid debts.
Do you know this man?: 142 unidentified Vic bodies a mystery
Victoria has 142 unidentified human remains. One of them is an infant. They are just some of the bodies and bones piling up at police, mortuary and forensic facilities.
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How police built case against Hells Angels
Police investigating the murder of Jason De Ieso trawled through hundreds of hours of CCTV footage to build a case against the Hells Angels charged last Friday over the 2012 killing.
Olympics contender among group charged with murder
A contender for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is among six people charged over the 2012 murder of a Pooraka panel beater, whose only mistake, police say, was maintaining a childhood friendship.
UFO sightings on outback highway as man disappears
A road worker is seemingly plucked off his steam roller in an isolated spot known for strange lights in the sky. The engine is still running. There are no tracks in the red dust. Forty years to the day, can this mystery finally be solved?
Did Mr Cruel keep on killing?
Mr Cruel terrorised Melbourne, progressing from frightening child abductions to murder. Then he disappeared without a trace. Could a calculating killer like this really just stop?
Vile ‘Mr Stinky’ rapist confesses to more horror offences
The notorious Raymond ‘Mr Stinky’ Edmunds has admitted to a string of horrific attacks on women across Melbourne, from Greensborough to Clayton.
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 …
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.
Mum, boyfriend charged over toddler’s Echuca death
A mother and her boyfriend at the time have been charged with child homicide over the 2008 death of toddler Angela Bannister in a cold case breakthrough for Homicide Squad detectives.
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