2019-11-25 23:29
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2016-10-20 11:33
Today Gable Tostee was found not guilty after almost a week of jury deliberations. The audio recording of the incident, recorded on Tostee's phone revealed a drunken argument betw… Read More
2015-05-18 09:07
The media in Australia is currently highlighting the significant amount of domestic violence within our society. Domestic violence has always been present, but a number of high profile… Read More
2015-02-26 05:28
After releasing pictures of a distinctive devil tattoo, and the discovery of more body parts, police have been able to establish the identity of the victim. The victim is believed to b… Read More
2015-02-26 05:28
The body parts discovered in the Maribyrnong River have been identified as belonging to Brendan Bernard. 32 year old Brendan was last seen on January 27th. His body parts started showi… Read More
2015-02-05 23:03
Yesterday afternoon a passer-by found an arm floating in Melbourne's Maribyrnong River. Police later found another limb and a bag of what appears to be flesh. Police have deemed… Read More
2015-02-04 05:00
Henry Keogh at his arraignment yesterday.Henry Keogh has just been charged with murder. Again. He was first charged in 1994 after the death of his fiancée Anna-Jane Cheney… Read More
2015-02-04 02:33
Gable Tostee, aka Eric ThomasNamed after Clark Gable, Gable Tostee has now moved away from his distinctive name, changing his name by deed poll to the more mundane Eric Thomas.This is probab… Read More
2015-02-02 04:38
The murder of Anita Cobby has haunted Australia for 29 years. Anita was a registered nurse, and a former beauty pageant winner. She was a strikingly beautiful girl, who could hav… Read More
2015-02-02 03:33
Ivan MilatBelangaloStateForest is like many forests around Australia– large and dense with long walking tracks used for mountain biking, orienteering and bushwalking. However Bel… Read More
2015-01-31 08:51
This crime has the distinction of being the first crime to give me nightmares.There were two things which disturbed me about this crime - the crime scene as the cops found it must have been… Read More
2015-01-27 09:22
You know that evil stranger that your mum always warned you about? The one who comes to your house in response to a “flatmate wanted” ad and kills you. The balaclava… Read More
2015-01-23 05:32
Not many Australians have heard of Katherine Knight. Yet Knight is one of the most gruesome murderers in Australian history. So why haven’t we heard about her? Becaus… Read More
2015-01-22 00:15
Rachel BarberRachel Barber was a beautiful 15 year old girl. A talented dancer, she had the whole world in front of her. Unfortunately for Rachel this made her the target of a de… Read More
2015-01-21 04:26
The silicon chip inside her head,Gets switched to overload.Brenda Spencer lived with her father after her parents divorced. It would be a massive understatement to say it was not a nor… Read More
2015-01-19 23:26
At 6:30am on December 1st 1948 Adelaide police were called. A local resident had found a man sitting on Somerton Beach, leaning back onto the seawall. His feet were crossed… Read More
2012-08-22 05:42
I remember April 28th 1996 vividly for a number of reasons. I went to a concert that night – Alanis Morrisette at the Palais Theatre in St. Kilda, Melbourne. My first time at that venu… Read More
2010-12-29 09:19
One of my main areas of interest in all this crime stuff is unsolved crimes, and The Zodiac is a beauty: serial killer who has killed at least 7 people - 7 are definitely linked to him, but… Read More
2010-08-09 00:13
It has emerged in the media (and here) this morning that Keisha had an older brother, Aiden, who died from SIDS in 2002. Police will now be investigating Aiden's death. &hell…Read More
2010-08-07 06:29
Keisha AbrahamsSix year old Keisha Abrahams was reported missing from her Sydney home last Sunday morning, August 1st, after her mother discovered her missing from her bed and the front door… Read More
2010-07-06 01:06
While I do not contest the existence of SIDS and other horrible genetic thingys which take the lives of little humans, I fail to see how four children, aged between a few weeks and three and… Read More
2010-06-21 04:11
Canadian Parliament has just passed legislation to prevent Karla Homolka from receiving a pardon, as was previously the law in Canada.The families of her victims must be so relieved.Thanks t… Read More
2010-06-21 03:55
John Myles SharpeJohn Myles Sharpe is one of the most callous killers Melbourne has ever seen. The community at large could not help but wonder - how can a man who looks so "normal" not… Read More
2010-06-15 05:20
The traditional gift for a fifth anniversary is wood. Joran Van der Sloot celebrated the fifth anniversary of Natalee Holloway's disappearance by killing Stephany Flores Ramirez. Van der Slo… Read More
2010-06-13 11:50
Teen angst is not a new issue - ask Romeo and Juliet. I have been fascinated with teen killers since I saw the film Heavenly Creatures. Here is the tale of this classic teen homicide with… Read More
2010-06-08 06:22
Paul DenyerThere is something so much worse about crimes which happen in close proximity to where you live. The sense of closeness to the crime scene and the victims is so much more acute. T… Read More
2010-06-06 09:36
Earlier this week Melbourne was horrified by a public display of domestic violence. A woman who was stabbed and set on fire at Bayswater in Melbourne's south-east on Tuesday morning ha… Read More
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