‘Indiana Jones’ MH370 hunter in fear for life
An American adventurer who has made it his personal mission to find debris from MH370 is taking extraordinary security measures after his work sparked “death threats and lies”.
Crime In Focus
Saudi princess ripped off in Bali
A Bali mother, daughter duo is accused of fleecing millions of dollars from a member of one of the richest royal families on earth.
Joyrides, drugs, bragging rights: Inside Northside Gang
Brisbane’s infamous juvenile gangs are brazenly splashing photos and videos of high-speed joyrides, wads of cash, illicit drugs and violence across social media – and their thousands of followers are lapping it up. SEE THE SHOCKING PHOTOS AND VIDEOS.
Max Sica: The making of a psychopath
By the time he was convicted for the triple murder of three Brisbane siblings, psychiatrists had already built up a disturbing profile of Massimo ‘Max’ Sica, describing him as ‘psychopath’.
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How could anyone do this to a baby?
A DRUG-addled burglar committed the “unthinkable” crime when he came across a sleeping baby while robbing a Bendigo home – then tried to pin the crime on his identical twin.
How a blue bucket caught a killer
POLICE only started investigating the disappearance of Brendon Roy Marriott after receiving a tip that he might have been the victim of foul play. They started with no body, no weapon and no suspects.
The hit that unravelled Carl Williams’ crime empire
UNDERWORLD boss Carl Williams must have thought it was a dream deal when kingpin Tony Mokbel offered him $300,000 to kill a man as revenge for a murder Williams himself had actually ordered. But the brazen hit would prove the beginning of the end for Williams.
Our most daring and deadly jail breaks
TODAY’s jails are nigh impossible to break out of. But there was a time when desperate crooks regularly risked bullets and braved barbed wire to bust out of our most secure prisons.
Deadly rise of fentanyl-laced coke
COCAINE laced with fentanyl could become a drug scourge here, if dealers target Australia with the killer combo which is claiming young lives in America.
Millennials chase ‘lo-cal’ coke high
COCAINE use rises among Millennials as youth view the drug as a cheaper, less calorie-laden option for a night out partying than drinking.
Scared for your life: What it’s really like to be stalked
“MY life revolves around it. If it’s really bad, I will be scared 24 hours a day,” says Helen as she details a persistent stalking campaign over three years that has changed her life forever. “It’s like this big sick game.”
Meet the new wave of bikies
FIVE years on from the infamous Broadbeach bikie brawl, Queensland faces a new and very frightening threat.
The Broadbeach bikie brawl: Where are they now?
IT’S been five years since a “lynch mob” of Bandido bikies stormed a busy Queensland dining strip, where they king-hit police, threatened to slit an onlooker’s throat and caused “fear and distress” to innocent women and children. This is what happened next.
Answers prove elusive in Underbelly graves mystery
POLICE trying to identify the remains of three people found in a suspected gangland graveyard at the site of Captain Cook’s first steps in Australia have hit a brick wall, despite DNA testing and expert analysis in the US.
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