Christopher Wilder is the Australian serial killer responsible for the biggest man hunt in US history. Wilder lured his victims by posing as a talent agent and model scout and beauty pageants across America. His modus operandi of kidnapping, torture, sexual assault and ultimately murder, spoke so deeply of his utter hatred of women.

In recent years it’s been speculated that Wilder is also responsible for one of the biggest cold cases in NSW criminal history; the Wanda Beach murders.

Author Andrew Byrne has researched and documented the crimes of Wilder in his latest book The Pretty Girl Killer. He joins host Jessie Stephens to explore the pure evil that was Christopher Wilder

You can buy Andrew Byrne’s book The Pretty Girl Killer online and at all good book stores.

CREDITS

GUEST: Andrew Byrne

HOST: Jessie Stephens

SENIOR PRODUCER/EDITOR: Elise Cooper

Research

The Pretty Girl Killer by Andrew Byrne https://bit.ly/2OW7vLh 

Serial Killers; Christopher Wilder, The Beauty Queen Killer

FBI: The Untold Stories - The Kidnapping of Tina Risico

Mystery and a Spree Killer. Law and Ordnance. July 22, 2009

New York Daily News “Beauty Queen Killer” 1984

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Roger Rogerson is one of the only Australian killers with a badge. A fraudster, drug dealer, and killer, he was finally stopped in a murder plot now known as one of the most recorded murder cases in Australian history. How did a celebrated detective not check where CCTV cameras were before murdering Jamie Gao? Why did those who stood in his way start to “disappear”?

Duncan McNab is a former police person turned author and journalist who quite literally wrote the book on Roger Rogerson. He joins Jessie for this episode to take us through the life and crimes of Rogerson, and why McNab believes Rogerson to be a truly evil man.

You can buy Duncan McNab’s book Roger Rogerson; From Decorated Policeman to Convicted Criminal at all good bookstores and online.

CREDITS

GUEST: Duncan McNab

HOST: Jessie Stephens

SENIOR PRODUCER/EDITOR: Elise Cooper

Research

Roger Rogerson; From Decorated Policeman To Convicted Criminal by Duncan McNab

NSW Police Force Press Conference

Channel 10 Eyewitness News

Police escort Roger Rogerson from Sydney home

2011 The Life and Times of Roger Rogerson: Beyond Blue Murder

60 Minutes Australia: Bad Cop Good Cop

1986 National Channel 9 News

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When two-year old Khandalyce Pearce went missing police couldn’t understand why her mother wasn’t looking for her. But Khandalyce’s mother Karlie would never know her daughter was missing; Karlie's body was found in Belanglo State Forest eight years before her daughter’s name made national headlines.

Author Ava Benny Morrison joins Jessie to step through the case of Karlie and Khandalyce and explain how law enforcement agencies around the country managed to solve the case of The Lost Girls.

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CREDITS
GUEST: Ava Benny Morrison
HOST: Jessie Stephens
SENIOR PRODUCER/EDITOR: Elise Cooper

RESEARCH

• The Lost Girls by Ava Benny Morrison https://bit.ly/2V5K68F 
• Sentencing remarks from Supreme Court NSW
• South Australia Police Youtube Channel https://bit.ly/2YscRRZ 
• 9 News Adelaide Karlie and Khandalyce Laid To Rest https://bit.ly/2SRhC29 

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Danny Rolling would become one of the most violent serial killers in modern America’s history. His crimes, spree-like in nature, inspired the 1996 horror film Scream. Rolling’s hatred of women, violent and abusive upbringing, and idolatry of Ted Bundy were all just elements that would contribute to his horrific crimes.

Author and pop-culture journalist Maria Lewis takes us through the case of Danny Rolling - who would be dubbed The Gainesville Ripper - and just how truly violent and despicable his crimes were.

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CREDITS

GUEST: Maria Lewis https://www.marialewis.com.au/ 

HOST: Jessie Stephens

PRODUCER: Elise Cooper

ADDITIONAL RESEARCH: Madeleine Boucherie

RESEARCH

• Oxygen “The Twisted Tale Of 'Gainesville Ripper' Killer Danny Rolling, Who Murdered And Mutilated College Kids” https://oxygen.tv/2JMXlI1 
• Office of the Clark County Prosecuting Attorney https://bit.ly/2Z5rZBS 
• Forensic Factor: Killing Spree https://imdb.to/2M9HzJ6 
• Discovery HD - The Gainesville Ripper: Danny Rolling 

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How did Marion Barter’s overseas holiday in 1997 become her last? Reporter Bryan Seymour, host of The Lady Vanishes podcast, takes Jessie through the case of missing person, Marion Barter.

A beloved teacher and mum, Marion was living a happy and fulfilling life before she disappeared.  So why did she sell her house and change her name before travelling overseas? And why did she return three weeks later only to drain her bank account of all savings? Or did she?

Marion’s daughter Sally hasn’t heard from their mother since she left the country the first time.  So what happened? Did she meet with foul play? Or did she choose to vanish and start a new life without the family she loved so much.

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CREDITS

GUEST: Bryan Seymour
HOST: Jessie Stephens
PRODUCER: Elise Cooper

If you have information about the disappearance of Marion Barter you can email [email protected] alternatively you can leave an anonymous tip at theladyvanishes.org

RESEARCH

• The Lady Vanishes podcast https://apple.co/32vNT3e 
• 2GB The Chris Smith Show “Possible Breakthrough in the case of Missing Qld Teacher” https://bit.ly/2JB4TNV 
• 7 News Sydney “Missing mum Marion Barter linked to northern NSW cult” https://bit.ly/2LrSmyC 
• 7 News Sydney “The Lady Vanishes Trip To Luxembourg” https://bit.ly/2YX8N9d 
• Le Courier Australian personal advertisement https://bit.ly/2SjsLbI 

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners should be advised that this episode contains the naming of deceased people, and the recounting of the circumstances leading to their deaths.

Colleen Walker, Evelyn Greenup and Clinton Speedy-Duroux. These are the names of three children from the town of Bowraville who were murdered over five months across 1990 and 1991. There has only ever been one suspect in their murders but to this day they’ve never stood trial for those crimes. Author Dan Box covered the case and he joins us to explore what could have happened to these three kids. And why Australia still doesn’t care enough about the lives of these Indigenous children to bring justice to the families and the Bowraville community.

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CREDITS

GUEST: Dan Box

HOST: Jessie Stephens

PRODUCER: Elise Cooper

RESEARCH

• ‘Bowraville’ by Dan Box - https://bit.ly/2LczKCK 
• ABC News ‘Unsolved Bowraville Murders to be Reconsidered’ - https://bit.ly/2XDgPaM 
• NITV ‘Justice, Just Us’ Bowraville Special Forum https://bit.ly/2Xzc8i0 
• NSW Aboriginal Land Rights Council Bowraville protest  https://bit.ly/2G4VbBj 
• NITV News ‘Failed By The System: The Bowraville Children’s Murders’ https://bit.ly/2SeSfHr 

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Dulcie Markham, better known as The Angel Of Death, has been called Australia’s most beautiful bad woman. A key figure in the underworld gangs of Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, Dulcie used her Hollywood good looks, rosy pink lips and whip smart mind to manipulate the most evil of mobsters. Author and historian Leigh Straw joins Jessie for this episode where she takes us through the life of Dulcie; how the 15-year-old started out in sex work in 1920s Wooloomooloo, rose to become one of the most influential female crime figures in Australia’s history only to wind up disappearing into suburban obscurity in her old age.

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CREDITS
GUEST: Leigh Straw https://bit.ly/2LxjQCn 

HOST: Jessie Stephens
SENIOR PRODUCER/EDITOR: Elise Cooper

RESEARCH

• Angel of Death: Dulcie Markham, Australia’s Most Beautiful Bad Woman - Leigh Straw https://bit.ly/2LxjQCn 
• The March of Time, Time Inc
• Cecil “Scotty” McCormack Fatal Stabbing notice in The Canberra Times

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• Guido Calletti - https://bit.ly/2KGNNQs 

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On Monday 9th February 2004 Maura Murray vanished. She had crashed her car on a winding stretch of road in Woodsville New Hampshire USA.

A local man named Butch Atwood witnessed the crash and called out to Maura asking if she needed him to call the police. She told him she’d already called car towing services and not to worry about it.

But the problem was there was no phone service. Maura hadn’t called for help. Instead, in the 19 minutes it took for law enforcement to arrive, Maura’s car was locked, and she was nowhere to be seen.

James Renner is an author who has spent his professional life wrapped up in this mystery, desperate to find out just what happened to Maura Murray.

Was she murdered? Kidnapped? Or did Maura want to vanish and start another life?

James explores all these options, the people of interest, what happened in the days leading up to her disappearance, and whether he thinks we’ll ever know what really happened to Maura Murray.

You can see a map of Maura’s proposed drive from UMASS to Bethlehem here http://tiny.cc/50iv8y 

The UMASS outing club and cabin listing can be found on the university website https://www.umass.edu/umoc/cabin/

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CREDITS

GUEST: James Renner

HOST: Jessie Stephens

SENIOR PRODUCER/EDITOR: Elise Cooper

RESEARCH

• True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself In The Case Of Maura Murray by James Renner - http://tiny.cc/v2iv8y
• 107 Degrees podcast episode with Fred Murray
• Disappeared: 'Miles To Nowhere'
• WBZ TV CBS Boston ‘No New Evidence Found In Maura Murray Case’
• WMUR NEWS 'Search Suspended for Maura Murray'
• WMUR NEWS 'Local Missing Woman Maura Murray'

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When 24-year-old Belgian backpacker Davine Arckens reached out to a man on Gumtree about working on his farm she was excited.  The 88 days of labour would mean she could stay in Australia on a tourist visa for an extra year. She couldn’t wait to spend more time in a country she thought was safe and full of nice people.

When Davine met the man it didn’t take long for her to realise she’d made a terrible mistake.

Driven to what felt like the middle of nowhere, Davine was convinced she was hours from the nearest town.  What followed was two harrowing days where she was held against her will and an escape that made national headlines.

Walkley award winning journalist Richard Guilliatt reported on the story and he joins Jessie Stephens to walk us through it.

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CREDITS

GUEST: Richard Guilliatt
HOST: Jessie Stephens
SENIOR PRODUCER/EDITOR: Elise Cooper

RESEARCH

Richard Guilliatt for The Weekend Australian "I’ve Been Kidnapped. No Joke"

Sentencing remarks from South Australian District Court

9 News Adelaide Nightly News

7 News Adelaide Farmer who chained and raped backpacker in Meningie pig shed sentenced

60 minutes Backpacker kidnapped and shackled in abandoned pig shed by madman

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True Crime Conversations is coming soon to Mamamia.

Each week, host Jessie Stephens will sit down to talk to an expert about crimes that have captivated, confused and kept us guessing.

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