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It was the 17th of April, 1999, and in Adelaide, South Australia, two rookie police officers were coming to the end of their shift.

As the two young officers returned to their vehicle, they noticed a handwritten note on their windscreen, wedged under the wipers.

It read: ‘There’s a dead girl's body in the shrubs of the grounds near the main road of the Payneham Police Station. This is no joke.’

Join Shaun as he tells the tale of two seemingly unconnected murders which occurred two years apart, and the phone calls which led them to the perpetrator who’d committed both crimes.

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1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q49kGB9hRgM - Forensic Investigators  S1 • E5 
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ihfrbn9KuE - Inside the mind of a serial killer, episode 5
3. City of Evil, by Sean Fewster
4. https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/mark-errin-rust-who-murdered-megumi-suzuki-and-maya-jackic-will-ask-sa-supreme-court-to-grant-him-a-nonparole-period/news-story/11c3a817ac3e7d903779338786ef3bf3
5. https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/rust-mark-errin.htm
6. Inside The Sick Mind Of A Double Murderer, Sean Fewster - Adelaide Advertiser May 1, 2004
7. Court Hears How Killer Left Mothers In Torment, Sean Fewster - Adelaide Advertiser, 28-11-2003

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As the car drew closer, Daniel turned on the kitchen light and headed out front to see who was arriving at 3AM. The family dogs were barking out the back, attuned to the strange hour the person was visiting.

Daniel walked down the driveway to see the driver, who got out of the car. But he’d left the headlights on, so it was too bright for Daniel to clearly see who it was...

Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the callous murders of the young MacKenzie family - the details of which were ordered to be sealed - and the police investigation and groundbreaking scientific work which exposed the perpetrator.

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1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXZgmwhaX3E - Crime Investigation Australia Documentary
2. https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/a-familys-desperate-bid-to-keep-wa-murderer-behind-bars-as-parole-bid-looms-20161005-grvtar.html
3. https://www.news.com.au/national/courts-law/axe-murderer-william-patrick-mitchell-wiped-out-a-quarter-of-my-family-tree/news-story/24a1ba92e51ac50a10291e4b0c12851c 
4. https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/court-justice/parole-ban-for-catherine-birnie-william-patrick-mitchell-peter-maloney-ng-b881051281z 
5. https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/greenough-murders-evalyn-clow-has-vowed-to-keep-william-patrick-mitchell-locked-up-ng-9e11fbe1f0a938e709042750001345ce
6. https://podcasts.apple.com/bz/podcast/greenough-murders-fighting-to-keep-a-killer-in-jail-119/id1217681421?i=1000446906709 - Interview with Evalyn on Australian True Crime
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenough,_Western_Australia 

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This was a guy who’d worked a number of different jobs in his time - aside from the Navy, he’d been a sheet metal fabricator, a commercial diver, air system technician, a welder and even a postie. He’d also lived in pretty much every Australian State, and even ventured to New Zealand at one stage between May and August of 2006.

If Sara Lee Davey and Rachael Campbell were indeed two of his victims, who is the third victim?

Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the disappearance of Sara Lee Davey, the murder of Rachael Campbell, and the suicide note of a serial killer, who admitted to killing three people during his life.

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1. https://www.coronerscourt.wa.gov.au/_files/Davey%20(Sara-Lee).pdf - Coronial Inquest 
2. https://www.theage.com.au/national/sara-lee-davey-killer-remains-a-mystery-20061209-ge3rb1.html 
3. https://www.news.com.au/national/crime/has-rachael-campbells-killer-finally-be-unmasked/news-story/b0a8224f7cbdb4eeaa944fc3f906a6b0
4. https://www.yourlocalexaminer.com.au/richard-dorrough-serial-killer/ 
5. https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/three-kills-may-not-include-broome-woman-coroner-ng-ya-117635 
6. https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/inside-the-dark-twisted-mind-of-a-serial-killer-ng-ya-130971 
7. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-06/police-believe-sailor-richard-dorrough-behind-broome-womans-disa/7304038 
8. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/murderer-spent-time-in-new-zealand/LMVXBHERNCG5HJ3OEUQ6PU5HFE/ 
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24th of November 1989, Fremantle Prison, Western Australia

The trio removed the bar and slipped out of the workshop window and gained access to the roof of the print shop. From there, they went along the guard’s walkway, jumped from roof to roof, until they hit the edge of the prison grounds. 

One of them missed the last jump, fell and injured his leg. The other two vaulted over the outer wall to freedom. The Postcard Bandit was free once again, and the hunt for him was on…

Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the life and times of Brenden Abbott.

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1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160725220134/http://www.abc.net.au:80/austory/content/2003/s978408.htm - The Usual Suspect - Australian Story Transcript
2. Australian Outlaw – The True Story of Postcard Bandit Brenden Abbott, by Derek Pedley. ISBN 978-0-9775440-1-1
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenden_Abbott 
4. https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/born-to-run-20030526-gdgtr6.html
5. https://www.news.com.au/national/crime/how-the-postcard-bandit-brenden-abbott-managed-to-become-australias-favourite-fugitive/news-story/fb011c5cc43580f79d582ad48b3fe2d6 
6. https://www.examiner.com.au/story/4403256/trevors-family-holds-on-to-hope/
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremantle_Prison_riot

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Not long after sunrise Peter Leutenegger was flying his chopper across the Jubilee Downs Station, singing along to a few of his favourite Slim Dusty songs. He was mustering horses in preparation for the upcoming Fitzroy Crossing Rodeo; a popular annual event that saw many people travel to the area, when he noticed something unusual on the ground below.

It appeared to be a vehicle, but it was well covered by some form of camouflage. The power of his chopper blades slightly blew the green covering off the vehicle, and Peter thought he’d seen a man lying down inside, a man with no shirt on, camouflage pants, and a bandanna wrapped around his head...

Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the series of brutal spree murders throughout the Kimberley region in 1987, the unlikely helicopter pilot who located the killer, and the tactical police response that brought him down.

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This episode was produced by True Blue Media using the open source materials referenced below: 

1. Crime Investigation Australia: The Kimberley Killer
2. https://sites.google.com/site/ntpmhsociety/home/our-rich-history/timeline-and-events/major-crimes-and-investigations/kimberley-killer -by John Horswell, Australian Police Journal
3. The Kimberley killer, The Sunday Times March 05, 2007
4. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7101131/How-German-tourist-shot-dead-five-campers-Australias-End-kept-killing.html
5. https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/josef-schwab-murder-spree-30-years-on-on-the-trail-of-a-killer-in-was-remote-north-ng-b88502609z 
6. The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) 17 Jun 1987, Wed Page 1
7. The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) 21 Jun 1987, Sun Page 2 & 3
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Anzac Day Friday, 25 April 2014

John Pearson said it was a bleak irony that his brother Martin was killed on a day that was all about mateship and courage.

“This is an act of supreme cowardice and I can’t believe somebody’s conscience hasn’t got the better of them and they won’t be struck by an act of guilt,” 

“I can’t believe the extreme irony of someone leaving a vet by the side of the road. Being left for dead on Anzac Day, a day we remember mateship and self-sacrifice, and he was left as roadkill.”

Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the tragic hit and run death of a well-respected vet and family man, and the police investigation that uncovered the culprit, and another strange death he was connected with from six years earlier.

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This episode was produced by True Blue Media using the open source materials referenced below: 

1. https://www.abc.net.au/austory/the-only-witness---part-2/11981550
2. https://www.abc.net.au/austory/the-only-witness---pt-1/11951088
3. https://metrocount.com/traffic-counter-convicts-driver-of-manslaughter/
4. https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/95278/cif-sleba-lm-20110624.pdf - Coronial Findings
5. https://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/cyclist-killed-collision/2240501/ 
6. https://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/story/2246138/vet-killed-in-hit-run-tragedy/ 
7. https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/tests-prove-wife-gun-close-toowoomba-court-death/858691/
8. https://www.qt.com.au/news/theres-recognition-that-martins-life-was-valued/3331495/
9. Coroner wants woman’s death reinvestigated, by Kate Kyriacou, The Chronicle, 21 September 2019
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On the 26th of May 1990 a number of calls came in to 3AW’s late night lonely hearts program called Matchmakers. One seemingly eligible bachelor received several interested parties and potential matches: 

“G’Day. I’m Rodney from Castlemaine. I’m 35, a Gemini, and a Marine Biologist. I enjoy basketball and squash. I’m a non-smoker and not a big drinker. I’m just looking for someone to share in my happiness and a quiet life. I like to keep things clean, but otherwise, I have no major hang ups…”

Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the man dubbed The Lonely Hearts Killer, and the monumental failure of the justice system that saw him prematurely released to go on and kill again.

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This episode was produced by True Blue Media using the open source materials referenced below: 

1. I Have Killed Eight by Steve Warnock, Sun Herald, Nov 9, 1997
2. Crime Investigation Australia: Date with a Serial Killer
3. Murder Down Under: Notorious Australian Serial Killers, By Anthony Ferguson
4. The Age (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) 16 Aug 1992, Sun
5. The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) 8 Oct 1997, Tue
6. The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) 15 Aug 1992, Sat
7. The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) 09 Nov 1997, Sun
8. https://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/blue-mountains/katoomba-area
9. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/news/unsolved-melbourne-murders-you-may-never-have-heard-about/news-story/009fbf589c7cafa2d657c396db285a33

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On the 14th of June of 2018, the day after the murder of Melbourne comedian, Eurydice Dixon, police comments in the media drew the ire of the public, with the drawn inference that that women needed to exercise greater care in potentially compromising situations, like walking home alone through a park at night.

Kon Karapanagiotidis, a lawyer and social worker, tweeted the following after police comments to the media:

“I can only imagine the rage and fear women feel to see women die doing everyday mundane things like walking home, like they do too, only to then be told it’s their fault and that they need to be more careful,” 

“Stop blaming women. Make men the issue.”

Hundreds of people shared the tweet, including a young 24 year old woman named Toyah Cordingley...

Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the senseless murder of a bright and caring young woman, and the pending extradition of a person of interest.

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1. Murder in Paradise - 60 minutes
2. https://www.newsport.com.au/2018/november/video-toyahs-mother-pleads-for-help-to-find-her-daughters-killer/ 
3. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/queensland-police-widen-hunt-for-beach-killer
4. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/oct/23/cairns-investigation-police-widen-hunt-for-killer-after-body-found-on-beach
5. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/toyah-cordingley-queensland-mayor-s-plea-over-disgusting-horrific-beach-murder
6. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-19/toyah-cordingley-murder-india-extradition-request/100018114 
7. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8492851/Dark-history-Wangetti-Beach-Toyah-Cordingley-murdered.html 
8. https://www.qt.com.au/news/huge-response-in-quest-for-clues-over-murder-of-to/3559134/
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With Purana still gathering evidence to support their case, Federal Police, led by Agent Jarrod Ragg, who’d been relentlessly pursuing Tony for some time, made the request to have Tony’s bail revoked.

But without the evidence to support their reasoning, Justice Gillard did not revoke bail just yet.

Instead, Tony was free to go after his day in court on Friday March the 17th, 2006. 

Outside court, he gave Purana Detective Jim Coghlan from the Asset Location Squad, a new mobile number he was using. Tony smiled at Jim as he scrawled the number on his palm.

On Monday the 20th of March, 2006, Tony didn’t report for bail at South Melbourne Police station, and his legal team led by Con Helitois, were forced to withdraw from the case. Tony had fled, where exactly, was anyone’s guess…

Join Shaun and Chloe for the final instalment of the Melbourne Gangland Killings, as they discuss the international manhunt for Australia’s most wanted man, Tony Mokbel, and the fate of his imprisoned friend and Gangland War instigator, Carl Williams. 

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This episode was produced by True Blue Media using the open source materials referenced below: 

1. Underbelly: The Gangland War, by John Silvester and Andrew Rule
2. Mokbelly, by John Silvester and Andrew Rule
3. Big Shots by Adam Shand
4. Carl Williams by Adam Shand
5. Fat Tony & Co, Nine Network
6. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/how-mokbels-greek-drama-played-out-20130614-2o9g9.html
7. https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/rise-and-fall-of-a-drug-czar/news-story/b4dcb63f3662f81455858063946e9313
8. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-13/cctv-of-tony-mokbels-prison-attack-shown-to-court/11798052
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Mokbel
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Williams_(criminal)

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Join Shaun for this interlude minisode between parts 4 and 5 of the Melbourne Gangland Killings.

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