Where is Jodie Larcombe?
Although no body was ever found, Daryl Francis Suckling was found guilty of the murder of Melbourne woman Jodie Maree Larcombe and sentenced to life in prison.
Is Derek Percy the Wanda Beach Killer?
There is little doubt that 19-year-old Derek Percy murdered four children. He was convicted of one and sent to an insane asylum for the rest of his life. Percy was also in the vicinity at the time of the Wanda Beach Murders.
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Charles ‘Lucky’ Luciano, the Founder of the Modern Mafia
Luciano set up a criminal organisation that became the biggest business in the USA. In doing so Luciano became one of Time Magazine’s ‘100 Most Important People of the 20th Century’.
The Murders of Bruce Burrell
Burrell was convicted of murdering two women on separate occasions. No trace of either body has ever been found.
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The Sef Gonzales Family Murders
Twenty-one-year-old Sef Gonzales (front) lay in wait for his parents and sister to arrive home separately and then murdered them and attempted to make the killings look like a home invasion gone horribly wrong.
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The Mysterious Disappearance of Samantha Knight
The face of the beautiful girl in the urchin’s cap became familiar on posters around Sydney’s Bondi Beach soon after Samantha Knight went missing.
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The John Christie Murders of Notting Hill
John Christie looked harmless but he murdered six women and a baby and hid them in his house. An innocent man went to the gallows for one of Christie’s crimes.
The Wales-King Murders
For their kindness Mathew King repaid his mother, Margaret Wales-King and her new husband Paul King, by bashing them both to death to get his hands on his inheritance. All he got was a prison cell.
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The Murder of MP John Newman: Australia’s First Political Murder
It was no secret that John Newman’s political rival, Phuong Ngo, was out to get rid of him. But would the evidence lead to Ngo’s involvement?
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HIH: The Cash Cow for Corporate Crooks
Rodney Adler, the heartless corporate crook who bled HIH Insurance dry for his own greed and left thousands of decent hard-working Australians on the breadline while he lived the good life.
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The Love-struck Jailer: How Heather Parker Helped Peter Gibb Escape
When they told prison guard Heather Parker to keep a close eye on the bank robber they didn’t mean to give him a good- morning kiss and help him escape.
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The Final Indignity for Darryl Beamish
After serving 15 years for a murder he didn’t commit, deaf mute Darryl Raymond Beamish was finally awarded compensation 51 years later. But it was nothing like he expected.
The Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre
Seven men lay dead in a Chicago garage. All were gunned down in cold blood by Al Capone’s assassins on Saint Valentine’s Day, 1929.
The Real-life Psycho: Ed Gein
The mild-mannered Wisconsin farmer turned serial killer who liked digging up bodies from the nearby cemetery, was the real life inspiration for the movies Psycho and The Silence of the Lambs.
Mr Froggy and His Ill-gotten Millions: The Ponzi Frauds of Karl Suleman
Karl Suleman sucked his investors in by offering outrageously high returns to his friends in the Assyrian community. Instead he spent the millions he collected on himself.
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Who Poisoned Bobby Lulham?
Bobby Lulham, the handsome and super-fit Balmain and international footballer was being poisoned. But by whom? And why?
The Injustice of Colin Campbell Ross: A Century Too Late
Colin Campbell Ross was charged with the murder of 12-year-old Alma Tirtschke in 1922. He was hanged but widely believed to be innocent. Efforts were made to clear his name and finally, in 2008, he was pardoned by the Governor of Victoria. Alma Tirtschke is pictured (left) with her grandmother and sister in about 1916. Gun Alley, below, off Melbourne’s Little Collins Street, is where her body was found in 1921.
The BTK Serial Killer
When local dog catcher and serial killer, Dennis Rader, failed to get a nickname for his murders he anonymously wrote to the local papers and complained suggesting they name him ‘The BTK Killer’ which stood for his method of murder: Bind, Torture, Kill.
The William Moxley Murders
Petty criminal Moxley uncharacteristically committed two terrible murders and then eluded police by riding his bicycle around right under their noses.
The Canberra Cop Killer: The Murder of Colin Winchester
For apparently no less than a grudge, David Harold Eastman lay in wait for Australian Federal Police Assistant Commissioner Colin Winchester and gunned him down as he left his car. This earned Eastman the privilege of becoming the only ‘never to be released’ prisoner in the ACT.
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Little Has Changed in 100 Years
Some of the nine young men who were found guilty of the Mount Rennie Rape Case. Four of them – all under the age of 20 – went to the gallows.
Murder Inc.: The Mafia’s Private Death Squad
Left: The Wanted Poster for Murder Inc.’s number one assassin, Louis ‘Lepke’ Buchalter, who was directly responsible for the murders of as many as 400 people.
Right: Albert Anastasia ran the business of murdering people the same way anyone would run a normal business.
Above left: The Two Lives of Al Grassby
A colourful Labour politician who was really an associate of the Mafia, Grassby lost all credibility when he blamed murdered anti-drug campaigner Donald Mackay’s wife for the disappearance of her husband. From then on he was despised.
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The Shootout at Dangar Place: When Detective Roger Rogerson Met Warren Lanfranchi
Warren Lanfranchi lies in the gutter after being shot dead by Roger Rogerson (far right) after he allegedly pulled a gun on Rogerson and the detective defended himself.
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Not a Good Time to be Named Jodie: The Crimes of Jodie Harris
Con-woman Jodie Harris (middle) had so many aliases beginning with Jodie that anyone unfortunate enough to have the same first name was suspected of being her. One poor innocent Jodie was dragged from an aeroplane!
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Final Justice for Mersina Halvagis: Serial Killer Peter Dupas Gets His Just Desserts
At long last signature serial killer Peter Dupas has been convicted of the 1997 murder of Mersina Halvagis. Dupas was already serving double life, never to be released, for two other murders. Police believe he has done at least three more.
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Where is Peter Falconio?
Although Peter Falconio’s body has never been found there is absolutely no doubt that Bradley John Murdoch murdered him given that DNA from the murder scene proved to be 150 quadrillion times more likely to be Murdoch’s than anyone else’s.
Left: A reward poster for the whereabouts of Peter Falconio.
Right: Joanne Lees, who was almost also murdered by Murdoch.
The Yorkshire Ripper
Peter Sutcliffe on his wedding day. He went on to murder 13 women and almost kill another 7 more. Psychiatrists believe he is safe to be released.
Three Strikes and Gone for Good: Justice at Last for John Leslie Coombes
How is it possible for someone to commit murder and be released, commit another murder and be released again to commit a third murder? But it happened and this time they got it right. John Leslie Coombes won’t ever be released to kill again.
Newspix/Mike Keating
Death on Bondi Beach: The Bizarre Death of Roni Levi
A re-enactment of the shooting death of Roni Levi. Surrounded by police with weapons drawn and aimed at him, the obviously deranged Roni Levi waved his knife at police and was shot dead in front of bystanders. The police had a lot to answer for.
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Peter Foster: Australia’s Dumbest Conman
Looking like he could use a 44-gallon drum of his famous Bai Lin slimming tea, conman Peter Foster seems to be contemplating what might have been as he is taken away by the police yet again. He says he is writing a book of his life. But who cares?
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Dr Death
The crimes of Dr Jayant Patel were that he harmed and killed people under the guise of being a competent medical practitioner. Despite complaint after complaint, his employers let it go on until a nurse chose to blow the whistle and pay the consequences.
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Son of Sam
By day David Berkowitz was a New York postal worker. By night he was one of the most infamous serial killers the world has known, murdering couples with his Bulldog .44 handgun as they sat in their cars. When captured, Berkowitz said that it was his neighbour’s dog who told him to kill.
London’s Notorious Kray Twins
Ronnie and Reggie Kray, the most notorious gangsters in London’s history, still managed to control their empire for many years from prison.
The Jury’s Still Out on Sir Joh
Without any doubt Joh Bjelke-Petersen was Queensland’s most controversial premier. But was he a crook? Many things would indicate he was, but if so each time the finger was pointed in his direction he managed to wriggle away. You judge for yourself.
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The Adventures of Captain Moonlite
Our most flamboyant bushranger of them all, Captain Moonlite surrounded himself with young men. His dying wish was that he be buried near his great friend Jim Nesbit, but that didn’t happen until more than a century later.
Who Framed the Mickelbergs? The Story Behind Western Australia’s Biggest Gold Heist
It was the most brazen heist with a huge amount of gold bullion stolen from the Perth mint and not a shot fired or an angry word spoken. The Mickelberg brothers (Ray left, Peter right in white shirt) went to jail for a crime they didn’t commit.
Newspix/Ian Cugley
The Devil Made Me Do It
Multiple rapist and sex murderer Darren Osborne, is led from the court to spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of just some of his crimes.
America’s Worst Serial Killer Ever: Pogo the Killer Clown
There was nothing funny about the other side of Pogo the clown. While the kids thought he was beaut at parties, at night he lured young men into his home and killed more victims than any other serial killer in America’s history.