Brisbane Is Weird

This is the story of Brisbane's lion safari parks.

Somehow, nearly 70 years on, the case remains unsolved, a $50,000 reward still on offer from police. 

Want to read more of the story? Check out the book written by the first reporter on scene, including his heartbreaking theory on who killed Betty Shanks - https://amzn.to/3kWvvff

A gruesome, psychopathic murder and robbery is committed at Kangaroo Point, a man is hung for the murder. 17 years later another man confesses. If true University of Queensland to the Royal Brisbane Hospital have blood money in their foundations...

Music from fesliyanstudios.com & Antti Luode

Links:

• The Mayne Inheritance - Kindle eBook — The incredible novel that became my main reference point for this story
• The location of The Bush Inn - where the murder likely occurred
• A Historical Walk with the Maynes 1848-1940 — A post script for The Mayne Inheritance book, featuring a current day description of some of the remaining references to the family around Brisbane.
• Ashgrove Historical Society - The Great Fire of Brisbane — Details on the year of disasters that hit Brisbane in it's first five years of being a capital city - while Patrick Mayne was on the council.

What were a group of people doing hanging under coloured lights in Wishart bushland at 2.30am on a cold May morning? From public sex to medieval religion and everything else we could find we try and work out what on earth this group was doing.

Music thanks to Antti Luode

Special Guest: Dom Fay.

Links:

• The location we saw the lights and gathering
• The original Reddit thread asking if anyone knew what was going on