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Set against the backdrop of the 1930’s Great Depression, the grey Melbourne streets were stalked by a serial killer the press dubbed The Schoolgirl Strangler. This predator, a few beers down each attack, blended in amongst the everyday downtrodden bloke walking the streets during this time. And that made him all the more dangerous…Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the shocking murder of 4 young girls in Melbourne in the early to mid 1930’s, and the investigation that caught the man responsible.Join our Patreon community for access to exclusive extra content:Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/truebluecrimeLink to one-off Supporter donations at the bottom of show notesWebsite - www.truebluecrimepodcast.com - includes our merch storeFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/380493356066315/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/truebluecrime/Email - truebluecrime@gmail.comThis episode was produced by True Blue Media using the open source materials referenced below: Archived contemporaneous articles obtain

Friday 23rd November 1978, Murwillimbah, NSWInside the branch of the Bank of NSW, the crew of thieves worked quickly and quietly.They bypassed the combination lock of the vault and made their way inside. Shrouded in darkness, one of the bandits drilled into the safe, just above the lock, to expose the tumblers. From here, he could manipulate them and gain access.Another thief cut a hole into the second floor of the building as backup escape plan. But they wouldn’t need it.Stuffing the paper notes into cardboard boxes, the gang split, jamming the vault door in their wake, over 1.7 million dollars richer than when they entered.Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the infamous Magnetic Drill Gang.Join our Patreon community for access to exclusive content:Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/truebluecrimeLink to one-off Supporter donations at the bottom of show notesWebsite - www.truebluecrimepodcast.com - includes our merch storeFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/380493356066315/Instagram - https://www.inst

Join Shaun and Chloe to discuss the tragic case of 6 year old Kiesha Weippeart, which happened around the Mount Druitt region of Sydney NSW in July of 2010.There’s many aspects to this case which prompted a lot of discussion at the time, not only about those involved and the broader socio economic aspects, but the possible systemic failures of our community services.Support the show on:Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/truebluecrimeLink to one-off Supporter donations at the bottom of show notesWebsite - www.truebluecrimepodcast.com - includes our merch storeFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/380493356066315/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/truebluecrime/Email - truebluecrime@gmail.comThis episode was produced by True Blue Media using the open source materials referenced below:https://www.smh.com.au/national/duty-of-care-what-happened-to-kiesha-20130826-2skl1.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/18/kristi-abrahams-jailed-murder-kieshaKristi Abrahams called 'putrid dog' and told to 'rot i

Mr Cruel was a child abductor, sexual predator, and presumed murderer, active in suburban Melbourne during the late eighties to early nineties. He has been quite accurately described as the bogeyman for children who grew up in the area at this time.The crimes attributable to this unidentified offender are some of the most calculated, meticulous, and sickening we’ve ever seen here in Australia. But it’s what we don’t know, which is a lot, that makes this tale equal parts mysterious and downright frightening...Join Shaun and Chloe in part 2 of this episode to discuss questions, theories, persons of interest and suspects.Support the show on:Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/truebluecrimeLink to one-off Supporter donations at the bottom of show notesWebsite - www.truebluecrimepodcast.com - includes our merch storeFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/380493356066315/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/truebluecrime/Email - truebluecrime@gmail.comThis episode was produced by True Blue Media using the open s

Mr Cruel was a child abductor, sexual predator, and presumed murderer, active in suburban Melbourne during the late eighties to early nineties. He has been quite accurately described as the bogeyman for children who grew up in the area at this time.The crimes attributable to this unidentified offender are some of the most calculated, meticulous, and sickening we’ve ever seen here in Australia. But it’s what we don’t know, which is a lot, that makes this tale equal parts mysterious and downright frightening...Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the details of Mr Cruel's confirmed attacks, and the fear and panic that was instilled in families across Melbourne during the late eighties and early nineties.Support the show on:Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/truebluecrimeLink to one-off Supporter donations at the bottom of show notesWebsite - www.truebluecrimepodcast.com - includes our merch storeFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/380493356066315/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/truebluecrime/Email -

Andy Kingston arrived at 125 South St in the middle of the day, overcome by insatiable lust.Bernadette and Mario in unit 2 invited him inside, expecting a visit from the guy they’d spoken to over the phone a number of times now. He was alone, Jenny, his wife, wasn’t with him.Andy explained that she couldn’t be there this time, but next time, she would. He’d told her about them and she was excited.He looked nice to both Bernadette and Mario; well dressed, in good shape, a friendly guy. Mario was happy to get things underway, to watch this time around, and Andy and Bernadette had sex in the loungeroom.Andy notioned for Mario to become involved, but Mario would just watch this time. He’d get his when Jenny came the next time they met…Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the dark tale of millionaire property mogul, Herman Rockefeller.This episode was produced by True Blue Media using the open source materials referenced below.Resources:Murder Calls documentary, Herman Rockefeller https://www.dailymotion.com/video

At around 7:15pm mother of three, Trang Nguyen, answered a knock at the door of her home in Nordlingen Drive. The voices called out ‘it’s the police’. Trang opened the door, and was immediately confronted by two men brandishing large kitchen knives…Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the case of the lesser-known strangler of Wagga Wagga, Matthew Harris.Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/truebluecrimeWebsite - www.truebluecrimepodcast.com - includes our merch storeFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/380493356066315/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/truebluecrime/Email - truebluecrime@gmail.comThis episode was produced by True Blue Media using the open source materials referenced below: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_James_Harrishttps://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/harris-matthew-james.htm R v Matthew James Harris [2000] NSWSC 285 (7 April 2000), Supreme Court (NSW, Australia)."Strangler jailed". The Daily Advertiser. 8 April 2000.R v Harris [2000] NSWCCA 469 (20 December 2000), Court of

August 1986, Melbourne, and the National Gallery of Victoria has just had their most recently acquired prized work of art stolen, and received a ransom letter detailing the demands…Join Shaun as he tells the story of the stolen Picasso 'Weeping Woman' from the National Gallery of Victoria.Support the show on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/truebluecrimeWebsite - www.truebluecrimepodcast.com - includes our merch storeFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/380493356066315/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/truebluecrime/Email - truebluecrime@gmail.comThis episode was produced by True Blue Media using the open source materials referenced below:https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-14/retrofocus-picasso-weeping-woman-famous-unsolved-art-heist/11498936https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theft_of_The_Weeping_Woman_from_the_National_Gallery_of_Victoriahttps://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/picassos-weeping-woman-could-mystery-of-1986-ngv-art-heist-be-solved-20160721-gqae1t.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/w

In 1986, Perth and the whole of Western in Australia was flying high, booming at this time, with the likes of Iron Ore magnate Lang Hancock and the occasionally corrupt Alan Bond flexing their business muscles.Yachts were docked aplenty in Fremantle post Australia’s 1983 America’s Cup win, which Alan Bond actually bankrolled.In the news, the number of disappearances of local Perth women were starting to raise many eyebrows, and then, news of the bodies hit the headlines…Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the infamous Moorhouse Murders, and the twisted tale of serial killer couple, David and Catherine Birnie.Support the show on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/truebluecrimeWebsite - www.truebluecrimepodcast.com - includes our merch storeFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/380493356066315/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/truebluecrime/Email - truebluecrime@gmail.comThis episode was produced by True Blue Media using the open source materials referenced below: Australian Families of Crime: Dav

This tale is about the Tromp family from the little eastern Melbourne suburb of Silvan and the interesting road trip the family of 5 went on back in 2016.On August the 30th 2016, police arrived at the family's 18 acre redcurrant farm to find, well, nothing. 51 year old Mark Tromp, his wife 53 year old Jacoba or Coby, and their 3 adult children - 29 yo Riana, 25 yo Mitchell, and 22 year old Ella, had simply vanished, with no clue as to why or where they might’ve gone.And as time went on, the police’s search for the family would yield even stranger results, results with questions which still remain unanswered to this day…Jon Shaun and Chloe as they discuss this bizarre road trip and the many swirling theories on the potential reasons behind it.Support the show on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/truebluecrimeWebsite - www.truebluecrimepodcast.com - includes our merch storeFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/380493356066315/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/truebluecrime/Email - truebluecrime@gmail.c

3 August 1999His hand trembled as he wrote, his sweaty fingers wrangling the pen as the words poured from his mind and became scrawl on the paper.‘I tried every legal way possible to find justice for being wronged, this is a warning to employers, politicians, and corrupt men of authority. The little guy is getting tired of being used and shit upon with no avenue for fair play.'‘Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war...’Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the case of the La Trobe University Shooting, resulting in the tragic death of Eagle Bar Manager, Leon Capraro, at the hands of Jonathan Brett Horrocks.Support the show on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/truebluecrimeWebsite - www.truebluecrimepodcast.com - includes our merch storeFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/380493356066315/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/truebluecrime/Email - truebluecrime@gmail.comThis episode was produced by True Blue Media using the open source materials referenced below: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic

Almost halfway between Adelaide in SA and Melbourne in VIC is a small seaside town called Portland. It's a quaint coastal haven, steeped in history, normally a calm and picturesque place. But in May of 1991, Portland was rocked by the gruesome double murder of two women in a hair salon. The crime would leave citizens scared and wondering if the killer was one of their own...Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the twisting, unsolved case of the Portland Hair Salon Murders.Support the show on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/truebluecrimeWebsite - www.truebluecrimepodcast.com - includes our merch storeFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/380493356066315/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/truebluecrime/Email - truebluecrime@gmail.comThis episode was produced by True Blue Media using the open source materials referenced below: https://www.standard.net.au/story/3006715/husband-robert-penny-charged-over-cold-case-murders-at-portland-hair-salon/60 Minutes story - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpTJC

Mr Whippy would spearhead our country's foray in the world of ice cream vans. The brand established in Australia in 1962 and became ingrained in our culture as a popular presence during our hot summers, cruising the neighbourhoods with a whimsical melody playing over a crackly speaker.But unlike the upbeat suggestive music we hear when the brightly coloured van rolls into town, it’s not always good times and double headers for those in the ice cream business...Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss 3 seperate cases, all with the common theme of ice cream.Support the show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/truebluecrimeWebsite - www.truebluecrimepodcast.com - includes our merch storeFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/380493356066315/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/truebluecrime/Email - truebluecrime@gmail.comThis episode was produced by True Blue Media using the open source materials referenced below:https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/gangland-lawyer-seen-assaulting-the-man-later-charged-w

On the 7th of August, 2014, 26 year old, Warriena Wright, met the burly Surfers Paradise local, 28 year old Gable Tostee, at the Cavill Mall around 8:45PM.What would start out like any other Tinder date would ultimately end in tragedy…Join Shaun and Chloe in part 2 of this tragic tale as they discuss the events after the death of Warriena Wright, and listen to more of the chilling audio captured on Gable Tostee’s mobile phone.Support the show on Patreon for additional episodes:https://www.patreon.com/truebluecrimeGet in touch:Website - www.truebluecrimepodcast.com - includes our MERCH storeFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/380493356066315/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/truebluecrime/Email - truebluecrime@gmail.comThis episode was produced by True Blue Media using the open source materials referenced below:https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-20/the-story-of-gable-tostee-and-warriena-wrights-tragic-date/7941720 - Kristian Silvahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivdbsvjuW2Q - audio from phonehttps:/

On the 7th of August, 26 year old Warriena Wright met the burly Surfers Paradise local, 28 year old Gable Tostee, at the Cavill Mall around 8:45PM. What would start out like any other Tinder date would ultimately end in tragedy…Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the events leading up to the tragic death of Warriena Wright, and listen to the chilling audio captured on Gable Tostee’s mobile phone.This episode contains a promo for one of our favourite podcasts, Unresolved. Please check out Micheal's in depth coverage of unfinished crime stories that spare none of the details, but remain incredibly respectful of victims and their families: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/unresolved/id1047332516Support the show on Patreon for additional episodes:https://www.patreon.com/truebluecrimeGet in touch:Website - www.truebluecrimepodcast.com - includes our MERCH storeFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/380493356066315/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/truebluecrime/Email - truebluecrime@gmail.comThi

The brutal murder of 12 year old Leanne Holland; the accused served nearly 15 years for the crime and his conviction now quashed. Controversial and highly debated, this new podcast seeks to answer the question: Who Killed Leanne Holland? Jamie Pultz, co-host of the podcast Beenham Valley Road, teams up with former Queensland Police detective Graeme Crowley, who wrote the book Who Killed Leanne Holland? Don’t miss this one.https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/who-killed-leanne-holland/id1504774944?mt=2&app=podcasthttps://www.six10mediagroup.com/ Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/true-blue-crime.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

3rd November, 1982, Rosslea, QLD20 year old Tony Jones called his family back home in Perth from a phone booth in Bower road. He spoke to his Mum and his brother Mark, who joked with Tony that when he decided to come home, he’d have to find another room because Mark had moved into his.The brothers laughed and Tony told Mark he’d had a couple of nights on the beach, and it’d been harder in recent times to get a ride. But he was hopeful this evening. Tony ended the call with his family, and left that phone booth in Bower Rd, Rosslea, never to be seen or heard from again…Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the baffling disappearance of Tony Jones, a sad case with a potential end in sight.Support the show on Patreon for additional episodes:https://www.patreon.com/truebluecrimeWebsite - www.truebluecrimepodcast.com - includes our MERCH storeFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/380493356066315/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/truebluecrime/Email - truebluecrime@gmail.comThis episode was produced by True

Detective Sergeant Les Chapman and his partner Detective Sergeant Dennis Hart arrived at the Lameroo Lodge in Darwin in the morning of Saturday the 25th of November 1983. Adjacent to the lodge in a flower bed lay the deceased body of who appeared to be a young indigenous woman.A pathologist couldn’t identify one single injury that killed her, it was a cumulative mix of the entire assault, but he noted 28 external injuries, and notably, no defensive injuries. Pretty quickly the Detectives stumbled across a solid lead. And this was in a bin nearby, when they found a blood soaked cowboy shirt...Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the sadistic, thrill-seeking murderer of the Top End, Andy Albury.Support the show on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/truebluecrimeWebsite - www.truebluecrimepodcast.com - includes our merch storeFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/380493356066315/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/truebluecrime/Email - truebluecrime@gmail.comThis episode was produced by True Blue Media usi

Detectives Joe Cassar and Russell Oxford inspected the scene. The house was immaculate, not an item out of place, not a dirty dish left out. Bloodstains lined the hallway leading in to the bedroom where the victim lay. there was a smear of blood on the doorjamb, and in another room nearby, a footprint on the bedspread facing an open window; the like point of escape.The victim lay slouched over the bed, battered and mutilated, the blood spattering on the walls and bed abundant. The throat had been cut and there was noticeable slashes around the buttocks. Shocking as the crime scene was, however, the most likely perpetrator was safely locked away behind bars… or was he?Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss part 2 of the infamous and gruesome Wollongong Murders.Support the show on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/truebluecrimeWebsite - www.truebluecrimepodcast.com - includes our merch storeFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/380493356066315/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/truebluecrime/Email - trueb

The windows of the house at 1 Reserve Street had all been smashed with rocks. Firecrackers had been hurled into the yard and scorched the once lush green grass, and graffiti plastered across the front fence read ‘you’re a wanker’.Upon his return home, around 3PM, Frank made his bed and changed into a white singlet and green tracksuit pants. He looked up at his glass sliding door, and saw young John standing in his doorway. It would be the last thing Frank Arkell would ever see...Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss part 1 of the infamous and gruesome Wollongong murders.Support the show on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/truebluecrimeWebsite - www.truebluecrimepodcast.com - includes our merch storeFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/380493356066315/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/truebluecrime/Email - truebluecrime@gmail.comThis episode was produced by True Blue Media using the open source materials referenced below: Forensic Investigators - Mark Valera Part 1Bound By Blood - John Suter LintonR