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*** Special Edition *** Matthew Leveson Update Jun 01, 2017

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Special Edition Update on the Matthew Leveson case from Episode 4. Matthew went missing believed murdered in Sept 2007. His remains have now been found.

Episode 16 - John Martin Scripps Serial Killer May 28, 2017

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Have you ever been travelling and got talking with another fellow tourist and ended up hanging out with them? Well let me tell you a story about John Martin Scripps. Not the guy you want to meet on holiday, and certainly not someone to hang out with, although in the end it was he that would be hanging.

Episode 15 - The Janine Balding Murder May 15, 2017

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It’s the 8th September 1988, Sutherland Railway Station about 30km southwest of Sydney. Janine Balding has just left the train from work and was walking towards her car in the fading light around 6pm. Here she is confronted by a gang of youths and she is bundled into her car at knife point. Two days later, her body would be found hog tied floating in a dam at Minchinbury around 45 km west of Sydney.

Episode 14 - Juanita Nielsen Apr 30, 2017

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It’s the 4th July 1974. Kings Cross Sydney. Heiress Juanita Nielsen attends a meeting to discuss advertising for the Carousel Club in her newspaper called ‘NOW’. She is never seen again and her body is never found. Was it her opposition to development in the area or something else she was about to expose.

Episode 13 - The Milperra Massacre Apr 16, 2017

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It’s Father’s Day 2nd September 1984. A swap meet at the Viking Tavern Milperra Sydney, has been organized by the British Motorcycle Club. It was to be a family day where enthusiasts would meet, talk motorcycles, buy and sell parts, enjoy a few beers and a pig on a spit. At the end of the day there would be seven dead and twenty-eight wounded. The fight between the Comancheros and Bandido Motorcycle Clubs would be the worst Bikie on Bikie violence the world had seen. So how did this happen? This is the story of the Milperra Massacre.

Episode 12 - Murder in Paradise Apr 02, 2017

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Today I am going to tell you a story of greed, fraud, theft and murder. A small-time conman who evolves into a ruthless killer. From the suburbs of North Carolina to the secluded paradise of Bocas del Toro Panama. William Dathan Holbert or Wild Bill as he would become known, would target his victims by befriending them, then killing them for homes and businesses. This is a story of murder in paradise.

Episode 11 - The Bain Family Murders Mar 19, 2017

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It’s 7:09am, June 20 1994, Dunedin New Zealand. 22-Year-old David Bain calls emergency services 111. Clearly distressed he tells the operator ‘They’re all dead, they’re all dead’. Police and Ambulance arrive 20 minutes later to a grisly scene. David’s mother, father, two sisters and brother are all shot dead. Four days later, David would be charged with their murder. David says it was his father and that he didn’t do it. This case will split a nation. Did he do it, or didn’t he? Murder or murder suicide. Did police screw up the investigation?

Episode 10 - The Murder of Daniel Morcombe Mar 05, 2017

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It’s Sunday the 7th of December 2003. 13 year-old Daniel Morecombe waits at an unofficial Bus Stop under the Kiel Mountain Road overpass in the Woombye district of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. He is on his way to the Sunshine Plaza Shopping Centre for a haircut and to buy Christmas presents for his family. The bus he planned to catch breaks down and the replacement bus fails to stop. The driver radio’s the depot for another bus to pick him up, but by the time it arrives, Daniel is nowhere to be seen.

Episode 9 - The Quakers Hill Nursing Home Fire Feb 19, 2017

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It’s 5am the 18th November 2011. A fire breaks out at the Quakers Hill nursing home 40km west of Sydney NSW Australia. 14 of the 81 residents of the home would die in the fire or in the period soon after. Roger Kingsley Dean, a registered nurse employed at the home, would ultimately pleaded guilty to, and was convicted in respect of, eleven counts of murder by way of reckless indifference to human life. On this episode, we will find out what went wrong and how this horrific event could have been avoided.

Episode 8 - Sef Gonzales Feb 05, 2017

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It’s July 10, 2001, 000 emergency dispatchers receive a phone call from 20-year-old Sef Gonzales, a Phillipino/Australian, who tells them he has just arrived home, found his mother, father and sister murdered and that he had chased off the intruders. Police arrive and find the dead bodies of 46-Year-old Teddy Gonzales, 43-year-old Loiva Gonzales and his 18 year-old sister Clodine. They also see the words ‘F**K Off Asians KKK’ spray painted on the wall. Is this a heinous hate crime, or is there something more sinister going on?

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