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Nightmare on the Night Train – Part One
Season 8 Episode 10
It's just after dawn on 2 April 1936 at Brisbane's Central Railway Station and as a porter enters a sleeping car on the overnight train from Bundaber…
1 year, 11 months ago
Your Stories: ‘My Great-Great Grandfather was a Serial Killer!’
Season 8 Episode 9
In Victoria in September 1883, moments before he was hanged for murder, Robert Burns made a startling confession, claiming he’d killed not one but ei…
2 years ago
The Human Glove Mystery – Part Two
Season 8 Episode 8
With ‘The Human Glove’ murder trial just about over, gunshot rings out in Wagga Wagga and another person falls dead. This victim? A witness.
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2 years ago
The Human Glove Mystery – Part One
Season 8 Episode 7
On release for the first time since 2021, this classic true crime tale is up there with the Shark Arm and Pyjama Girl cases as a Depression-era shock…
2 years ago
Murder in the Treasury Gardens – Part Four: The Gallows of Gay Hate
Season 8 Episode 6
With the survivor of the tragedy tried for murder, the only hope is an insanity defence and mercy from Melbourne’s most powerful men.
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2 years, 1 month ago
Murder in the Treasury Gardens – Part Three: Posing With Pistols
Season 8 Episode 5
After having their photos taken holding hands and pointing pistols at each other, Ned and Charlie head for the Treasury Gardens. Only one will emerge…
2 years, 1 month ago
Murder in the Treasury Gardens – Part Two: Romeo & Romeo
Season 8 Episode 4
In 1871-1872, Ned Feeney and Charlie Marks were more than friends in a Melbourne where acting on homosexual desire might get you hanged. Using their …
2 years, 1 month ago
Murder in the Treasury Gardens – Part One: We Die Together
Season 8 Episode 3
In 1872, Australia was shocked by a shooting in Melbourne’s Treasury Gardens. One man lay dead, the other lay nearby smoking a cigar. What had led th…
2 years, 1 month ago
The City Bank Axe Murders – Part Two
Season 8 Episode 2
With the survivors of the bank massacre identifying the axe-wielding maniac, a frantic search is undertaken in western NSW. But if he’s caught, will …
2 years, 2 months ago
The City Bank Axe Murders – Part One
Season 8 Episode 1
In this first episode of the new season devoted to Crimes That Shocked Australia, we look at the 1893 horror that became known across the colonies as…
2 years, 2 months ago