Racecourse Road, Flemington, on Friday the 25th of January 2002; Armaguard cash in transit security officers Mohammed Tabiaat and Rebecca Mitchell pulled up in their armoured van just before 10AM. The pair were restocking 2 ATM’s with cash, but the bank branch itself was no longer operational - no staff inside. They just had to enter the premises and refill the machines from the rear.

Mohammed took up his spot on the street, scanning the surrounding area as Rebecca made the cash transfer. And right around when Rebecca reached the front door of the building, Mohammed spotted two balaclava wearing men in dark clothes running towards them. Both of the men were armed; one with a rifle and a revolver, the other with a sawn-off shotgun...

Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the Flemington Armed Robbery and the investigation into catching the two perpetrators.

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• https://www.theage.com.au/national/bank-robbers-tight-lipped-about-cash-stash-20030906-gdwajn.html
• R v Brian Lindsay Gardner and Michael Albert Coates 2003 VSC 326
• Forensic Investigators s3E26
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flemington,_Victoria
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_Cup

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After seeing a movie and grabbing a bite to eat, Kim Barry and Donna Holland were up for a drink and dance. The local disco at Crown Gardens was the perfect spot and the vibes were good when the girls arrived.

Donna left a short time later, feeling unwell, and Kim spotted an acquaintance she knew from dance classes; a local coal miner named Graham Potter. The pair had a quick chat at the bar, then went to a quiet spot for a drink of wine.

Sadly, this would be the last drink of wine Kim would ever have…

Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the tragic murder of Kim Barry and the tale of current day fugitive - Australia's Most Wanted Man - Graham Gene Potter.

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1. Letters detail how murderer, accused would-be hitman lives on the run By Rachel Eddie
2. https://crimestopperssa.com.au/wanted-person/graham-gene-potter/
3. Letters detail how Corrimal murderer Graham Potter lives on the run by Rachel Eddie
4. https://7news.com.au/news/crime/police-release-clues-that-may-lead-to-head-and-fingers-killer-graham-potter-c-360908
5. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7272603/Graham-Gene-Potter-reveals-hes-evaded-police-nearly-DECADE.html
6. Graham Potter is Australia's most By John Silvester
7. Woman believed to be seeing Graham Gene Potter could be in danger, say police, By Amelia Harris, HeraldSun
8. The Keira Street Story, Chapter 3, Illawarra Mercury
9. Australia's most wanted 'head and fingers' killer is still at large by Amber Wemyss
10. http://supporter.acast.com/true-blue-crime.
    
    

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"The rose is red, the violet's blue,

The honey's sweet, and so are you.

Thou art my love and I am thine;

I drew thee to my Valentine:

The lot was cast and then I drew,

And Fortune said it should be you."

On Monday 14th February 1994, Valentines Day, in Gladesville NSW, this poem and any other romantic notion were nowhere to be seen or heard when the Metro Fire services were called out to number 4 Flagstaff Street at approximately quarter to 8 in the evening…

Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the sad case of the Valentine’s Day murders, and the unfurling story of one of our country’s most ruthless serial killers.

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1. Forensic Investigators. The Valentine’s Day Murders S03 E01
2. R v Lewis [2001] NSWCCA 448 (9 November 2001), Court of Criminal Appeal
3. The Fatalist by Campbell McConachie
4. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6073001/The-Sydney-property-serial-killer-slaughtered-two-people-sold-1-8million.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsey_Robert_Rose
6. R v Rose [1999] NSWCCA 327 (11 October 1999), Court of Criminal Appeal

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Karen Redmile was working near the intersection of Brunswick and Harcourt Streets; another night in the Valley dealing with client’s requests and negotiating. She was speaking with a man, and this guy had a noticeably deep voice. But the conversation didn’t remain amicable; it became violent.

Those nearby heard glass smashing, and loud thumping noises thereafter. But they didn’t see anything. A short time later, Karen was found on the footpath outside 99 Harcourt St, unconscious and with severe head injuries. Question was, would Karen ever regain consciousness and identify her attacker?

Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss this dark and twisted part solved, part unsolved case.

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1. https://murderpedia.org/male.F/f/fahey-francis-michael.htm
2. Francis John Fahey made his living as a paramedic before he was convicted of the murder of two Brisbane sex workers, David Murray, The Courier-Mail
3. Bizarre ‘branding iron’ clue in prostitute torture murder, by Candace Sutton, Gladstone Observer
4. Family ties in Valley, March 9, 2003, Sydney Morning Herald
5. QLD Police Rewards
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper
7. https://freesound.org/people/alphahog/sounds/47094/
8. Forensic Investigators (S03E11)

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21st of October 2002. Monash University, Clayton, Victoria.

After the class of 12 had filed in and taken their seats, lecturer Lee Gordon-Brown handed back an assignment that students had recently completed, and began the class with a discussion, writing a question on the whiteboard for everyone to ponder.

Around 20 minutes into the class at 11:25AM, things took a sudden and horrific turn inside room E659 of the Menzies Building.

Allen, seated at the rear of the classroom, jumped up with both of his arms outstretched and screamed at the top of his lungs ‘you never understand me...’

Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the tragic tale of the Monash University Shooting.

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Videos

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnHw3_p9_Xk
2. https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/696180291883
3. https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/hero-recounts-monash-horror/video/eaea6a2443cf363453ef99814c105384

Articles

1. https://www.smh.com.au/national/monash-university-shooter-found-not-guilty-20040617-gdj57o.html
2. https://www.academia.edu/3699493/Media_construction_of_a_school_shooting_as_a_social_problem_-_Journalism_5_6_
3. https://www.theage.com.au/national/reluctant-heroes-draw-positives-from-pain-20031021-gdwl03.html
4. https://www.smh.com.au/national/unis-reluctant-hero-tells-of-tackling-gunman-20021022-gdfqyw.html
5. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/monash-university-gunman-back-in-court-after-stabbing-secure-unit-worker-in-neck-20160915-grgz56.html
6. https://www.smh.com.au/national/killer-sent-to-psych-hospital-20040618-gdj5aj.html
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9th of November 1983. Bayan Lepas International Airport, Penang, Malaysia

There was the usual bustle of activity inside and outside the airport, with a seemingly innumerable fleet of taxis dropping people off and picking up fares. The relentless cluster of passengers travelling to and from domestic and international flights flooded the airport lounges and check-in counters.

Amongst all of the airport activity, two young Australian men aged in their mid-20's alighted from one of the many taxis and entered the airport. One man was carrying a maroon suitcase; he was named Kevin Barlow, and his acquaintance was Brian Chambers.

Barlow approached the check in desk, as Chambers paid the taxi fare, passed through the luggage scanning area, and joined him there. Barlow was sweating and shaking profusely, which drew unwanted attention to him and Chambers. As a consequence, the two were detained and searched by local authorities, where they discovered the maroon suitcase contained 141.9g of pure heroin.

How did these two men end up in this dire situation, almost 5000km from their homes in Perth, Australia? Especially with Malaysia's new highly advertised harsh drug laws at the time, which promised death for the crime they were committing...

Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the case of Kevin Barlow and Brian Chambers.

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1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang_International_Airport
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barlow_and_Chambers_execution
3. Dadah is Death TV Movie
4. This Little Piggy Stayed Home by David Williams
5. https://thewest.com.au/news/australia/violent-criminals-low-key-exit-ng-ya-220570
6. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/true-crime-scene/hangings-of-kevin-barlow-and-brian-geoffrey-chambers-in-malaysia-destroyed-families-lives/news-story/cbcd26256052e0d64370bd7ab1f40996
7. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11263204
8. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-15/malaysias-government-looks-to-decriminalise-drug-use/11511492
9. https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/07/world/malaysians-hang-two-australians.html
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11 July 1990. Kananook Train Station, Seaford, Victoria.

At 10:20PM Maria Babacala got off the train and made her way off the platform, crossing the overpass to head out of the station. As the clacking of the train departing for Frankston echoed in the night sky, things again fell silent and she shuffled towards her destination.

But that silence was soon disturbed by the sound of a firm female voice in the distance; ‘give my car keys back and stop fooling around’, the woman said. Maria looked out across the overpass bridge, but it was very dark, and her view of the car park below was obscured by bush. She continued on, hesitantly, wondering what might’ve happened in the darkness below...

Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the sad and disturbing disappearance of Sarah MacDiarmid.

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1. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-02/sarah-macdiarmid-remembered-with-special-plaque-kananook-station/8866454
2. https://unsolvedtruecrime.com/2018/09/02/sarah-macdiarmids-mysterious-disappearance/
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Sarah_MacDiarmid
4. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-07-10/million-dollars-on-offer-in-missing-persons-case/898950?section=justin
5. https://www.theage.com.au/national/the-never-ending-search-for-sarah-20040711-gdy8bu.html
6. https://www.smh.com.au/national/mystery-causes-heartbreak-for-family-20100710-104fk.html
7. "Sensing Murder: The Last Train Home".
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Denyer#Crimes
9. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/true-crime-scene/cold-case-vow-victoria-police-will-never-stop-hunting-sarah-macdiarmids-killer-says-top-cop/news-story/f7ef77323a7d9b19ae40c5b2d7b49705

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18, July 1998. The Green Papaya Restaurant, Surrey Hills, Victoria.

A dozen staff were closing up for the night in the safe suburban upper class neighbourhood in Melbourne’s East.

Just as the restaurant owner, Leon Dong, had his staff clear the last plate of devoured lemon chicken from the tables, a pair of masked armed robbers stormed into the venue. The older of the two bandits, wearing a Richard Nixon mask, bellowed orders while waving a Smith and Wesson revolver around. The younger bandit, wearing a Ronald Reagan mask, bound the staff in the middle of the restaurant with filament tape.

As Reagan scooped up their loot and wished the bound victims a nice day, the older Nixon, with his paunchy belly and white velcro tab runners turned back and said; ‘Tell the coppers Lucifer was here...'

Join Shaun and Chloe in the second of a two-part episode discussing the tragic Silk-Miller police murders.

Note: It's recommended listening to the previous episode on Bandali Debs before checking this one out.

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1. Eavesdropping on Evil, by Wayne Howell
2. One Down, One Missing, by Joe D’Alo and David Astle
3. DPP v Debs & Roberts [2003] VSC 30 (24 February 2003), Supreme Court (Vic)
4. Wikipedia - The Silk-Miller Police Murders
5. Complaint against Vic detective dismissed, The Leader
6. Serial Killer to Testify at accomplice’s appeal, The Age
7. Is Jason Roberts a Police Killer? You be the judge, The Age
8. Underbelly Files: Tell Them Lucifer Was Here

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19 September 1994. Hallam, Victoria

Constable Jason Bryant and Sergeant Allan Beckwith were patrolling north along Hallam Road, when they spotted a stolen Nissan Bluebird with stolen registration plates backing out of Bowens Timber and Hardware.

Neither of the officers knew the car or plates were stolen at that moment, but the driver was hasty to be on their way, so the police pulled over and let them pass, before putting on their lights and pulling the vehicle over. This was night time so the occupants of the Bluebird may not have known this was a police car, but they soon learnt.

As Sergeant Beckwith left his vehicle to approach the Bluebird, a middle aged husky looking man leapt out of the Nissan with a revolver pointed directly at the officer, then fired a shot...

Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the murders of Donna Hicks and Kristy Harty, the Pigout and Hamada Robberies, and a few other cases linked with Bandali Debs in this 2 part episode that culminates with the coverage of the tragic Silk-Miller Police murders on next week's episode.

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1. Eavesdropping on Evil, by Wayne Howell
2. One Down, One Missing, by Joe D’Alo and David Astle
3. 'Everyman' serial killer Bandali Debs pays price for murders of officers Gary Silk and Rodney Miller, sex workers Kristy Harty and Donna Hicks, by Paul Anderson, HeraldSun
4. Wikipedia - Narre Warren
5. Man charged over $2.4m Melbourne security van heist 22 years ago
6. DPP v Ghiller [2003] VSC 350; 151 A Crim R 148
7. R v Debs [2012] NSWSC 119
8. Rotten to the core, and now rotting in jail, John Silvester, The Age
9. R v Debs [2007] VSC 220 (22 June 2007)
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He said he didn’t want to hurt her, but she saw the 10 inch butcher’s knife in his hand. Mrs G was too scared to say anything and worried about her daughter in the room nearby. The intruder said, ‘I just want to make love to you.’ Then he kissed her on the neck and added, ‘I’ve been watching you. Have you been seeing me?’

She said no. Then he pulled her shirt down and told her to undress, reassuring her that he wasn’t going to hurt her. Mrs G, still frightened but no longer paralysed with fear, found her tongue. ‘Don’t you know any girls?’ The attacker with the stocking over his head nodded. ‘Yes, but I like you…’

Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the notorious and vile ‘Mr Stinky’, Raymond Edmunds.

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1. 'Cuckoo' by Andrew Rule
2. Crimes That Shook Australia, S3 E7
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Edmunds
4. Admit Your Evil Deeds, Geoff Wilkinson - Herald Sun, July 27, 1998
5. https://murderpedia.org/male.E/e/edmunds-raymond.htm
6. https://ffxfeatures.s3.amazonaws.com/bordermailbronwynnerichardson/index.html
7. https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/charges-dropped-against-colin-newey-over-the-alleged-murder-of-beauty-queen-bronwynne-richardson-20151103-gkpq2m.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Eloise_Worledge
9. https://www.theage.com.au/national/who-stole-eloise-20030705-gdvzpt.html
10. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2916262/Serial-rapist-killer-Mr-Stinky-prime-suspect-unsolved-vicious-slashing-murder-mother-left-two-young-girls-orphans.html
11. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/mr-stinky-still-a-suspect-35-years-later-in-murder-of-elaine-jones-at-murray-river-camping-spot-20150116-12rzm2.html
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