Episodes
- S1 E1 - No More Grannies - The Granny KillerJuly 31, 20051 h 20 minCI delves into the twisted mind of one of Australia's most prolific serial murderers. John Wayne Glover, The Granny Killer, was truly an evil man. Glover's terrifying random attacks, targeting defenseless elderly women on Sydney's lower North Shore, would leave an indelible stain on the city.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E2 - Kid for Ransom/Tears for DanielAugust 4, 20051 h 18 minCI examines two notorious abduction cases. The first case is the Graeme Thorne ransom kidnapping at Bondi in 1960. Thorne, aged eight was the son of winners of the Sydney Opera House Lottery. The second case is the recent Daniel Morecombe Queensland case that still remains unsolved. Both of these infamous cases that stunned the nation have exclusive interviews secured by Crime scene Australia.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E3 - Death in a Heartbeat/The Body in the BagAugust 8, 20051 h 18 minCI examines the Dr. Victor Chang extortion murder as well as the horrific Jane Doe's case where a girl is found lying on the side of the road of an inner Sydney suburb, wrapped in two plastic garbage bags.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E4 - The Backpacker Murders, Ivan MilatAugust 12, 20051 h 21 minThe backpacker murder case in the Belanglo State Forest, southwest of Sydney, has entered Australian criminal folklore. The brutal murders of seven young people, most of them overseas tourists hitchhiking around Australia, attracted international media attention. The arrest and conviction of Ivan Milat would catapult him to Australia's worst individual serial killer.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E5 - Contract to Kill/The Mornington MonsterAugust 16, 200555minThis episode reveals the inside story of the Megan Kalajzich murder and the extraordinary police investigation which will rock the Harbour City's elite to the core. We also detail the true horror of one of Australia's most ghastly crimes, the heartbreak, and anguish faced by investigators, and interviews with several of the last people to ever see Anna Kemp and her daughter Gracie alive.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E6 - The Moorhouse Horrors/The Call Girl KillingAugust 20, 200553minWe investigate the story of David and Catherine Birnie, Australia's most sadistic husband and wife killing team who tortured, raped and murdered four women in 1986. We also look into the murder of Call Girl Roslyn Watson which had remained unsolved for more than 15 years and would have stayed that way if it wasn't for the tenacious efforts of a bright young Western Australian Police Detective.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E7 - The Killer Punch/The Will of DeathJuly 31, 200555minOn the evening of October 19, 1990, the flamboyantly gay Sydney socialite Ludwig Gertsch was strangled with an elastic strap in the bedroom of his lover, Mr. Vincent Esposito. His body was found, wrapped in a doona, in the Blue Mountains scrub on November 11, 1990. In September 1994 a Sydney Coroner found that Ludwig Gertsch was strangled "by a person or persons unknown".This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E8 - The Anita Cobby MurderAugust 4, 200555minIn February 1986, nurse Anita Cobby, a former entrant in the Miss Australia quest, is walking home from Blacktown station in Sydney's outer western suburbs. A Holden sedan pulls up and Anita is dragged into the vehicle. She is taken to a lonely spot where five young men take turns to bash and rape her. Finally, her throat is cut, almost severing her head, and her body is left in a paddock.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E9 - Snowtown: Bodies in the BarrelsAugust 8, 200546minIn 1999, eight bodies are found in six barrels filled with acid in a former bank vault in rural Snowtown, 50 kilometers north of Adelaide. Their investigation was to lead police to discover another four victims, in and around Adelaide. Four men were charged with murder and other offenses. Eventually, it was proven that 11 were murdered and another woman severely dismembered.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E10 - The Kimberley KillerAugust 12, 200550minFor the first time, the complete story of one of Australia's most horrific serial murderers is finally revealed. Almost twenty years ago in June 1987, a crazed gunman begins a journey which will take him thousands of kilometers across the vast Australian outback. The killer's journey will result in the murders of five innocent tourists, spark one of the biggest manhunts in Australian history.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E11 - The Wanda Beach Murders/Beaumont Children MysteryAugust 15, 200557minTwo of the most infamous unsolved mysteries in Australian criminal history are examined in The Wanda Beach Murders and The Beaumont Children Mystery. In 1965, when Australian teenage culture was centered on sun, sand, and surf, the nation was shocked by the brutal bashing, rape, and murder of two 15-year-old girls in the sand hills at Sydney's Wanda Beach.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E12 - The Greenough Family MassacreAugust 23, 200554minSome 400 kilometers north of Perth, will forever be associated with one of the most horrific murders in Australian criminal history. In 1993, Karen MacKenzie and her three small children were violently murdered at their isolated house. The brutal and random nature of the attack was eerily similar to "In Cold Blood", Truman Capote's world-famous study of a family murder.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E13 - The Disappearance of Donald MackayAugust 24, 200555minA small group of local criminals, with mafia connections, were making vast fortunes in the famous NSW Riverina irrigation district from marijuana plantations. Corrupt police and a vast bribery network had kept the drug barons immune from prosecution until Donald Mackay's campaign finally led to raids by the State drug squad and several local marijuana growers were arrested and fined.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E14 - The Body in the Sports BagAugust 27, 200557minHosted by Steve Liebmann, The Body In The Sports Bag explores the disappearance and brutal murder of Sydney teenager, Lyndsay Van Blanken. This chilling episode features detailed re-enactments, interviews with key homicide detectives and heartbreaking accounts from Lyndsay's family and friends. The gripping special features an exclusive interview with Brandon Leonard, Lyndsay's American fiancé.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E15 - The Assassination of John NewmanAugust 31, 200548minJohn Paul Newman was a member of the New South Wales state parliament and Member of the seat of Cabramatta. He was the first politician to be assassinated in Australia. For many years, Newman had been waging a campaign to break up the Asian crime gangs and corruption that had plagued the area. He had been the target of numerous death threats from such gangs but did not seek police protection.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E16 - The Butchered BoysSeptember 3, 200552minThis episode revisits Adelaide's notorious Adelaide Family Murders case, where six young Adelaide men were murdered during the 1970s and '80s. The victims were found in random locations throughout the state, their bodies neatly cut into pieces. Although each attack and mutilation appeared different, police investigators soon began to link the horrific murders to one another.This video is currently unavailable
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