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Fisher's Ghost

One night in Campbelltown, a farmer encounters a familiar figure sitting on a wooden rail. Frederick Fisher has been missing for months, but now he is here, bloodied and beckoning towards the darkness beyond the creek. The story brecomes one of Australia’s most enduring ghost tales.
Oct 28

The Brisbane Vampire

Black clothes, cemetery picnics and blood exchanged between lovers. In late-eighties Brisbane, three women enter the orbit of someone whose needs become increasingly difficult to satisfy. Soon, a murder beside the Brisbane River blurs the line between vampire fiction and real-life horror.
Oct 15

Fred the Ripper

Three years after Jack the Ripper terrorises London, a mysterious stranger begins a new life in a quiet English village. He has expensive tastes, remarkable stories and a past that never quite adds up. His journey will carry him from Victorian England to Melbourne, where his secrets begin to unravel.
Sep 21

Seventeen Traces

When Rosa Simper is murdered inside her Cheltenham home in December 1977, police are left trying to reconstruct what happened during the final hours of her life. There is no obvious suspect, and the usual lines of inquiry produce little. Slowly, the investigation begins to turn on a collection of tiny traces scattered through the house.
Oct 7

Call Me Mr Brown

In May 1971 Qantas Flight 755 takes off from Sydney carrying 116 passengers and 12 crew. Soon after a man calling himself "Mr Brown" tells Qantas there is an altitude sensitive bomb on board the aircraft. With the plane unable to safely return to the ground, those onboard get caught in one of Australia's most extraordinary aviation emergencies.
Aug 3

Gonzales Family Murders

On the 10th of July 2001, police enter a North Ryde home and find three members of the Gonzales family murdered. Teddy, Loiva and their eighteen-year-old daughter Clodine appear to have been brutally attacked one by one throughout the house. Signs of robbery and racial hatred point investigators in several directions.
Oct 3

Seventeen Traces: Unearthed

Go deeper into the case behind the story of 'Seventeen Traces'.
Sep 14

A Matter of Cattle

Up near Bogie in North Queensland, the Schwarz and Tighe family take on Sutherland Station, a massive cattle property out in the bush. At first, things are pretty good with their neighbour, Darryl Young, and the two sides even help each other rebuild the fence between their properties. But once cattle start wandering across the boundary, a fairly ordinary problem between neighbours begins to turn into something much more serious.
Sep 7

The House in Aberdeen

In the Upper Hunter town of Aberdeen, John Price has built a secure life around his children, his work and the brick house he calls home. When Katherine Knight moves in, affection gradually gives way to jealousy, violence and a struggle over their future. By 2000, number 84 St Andrews Street becomes the setting for one of Australia’s most gruesome crimes.
Aug 18

Murder on the Banshee

On the night of the 23rd of December 1909, yacht club employee Frank Passmore wakes to find an older woman sitting outside the Royal Perth Yacht Club. Soon after, the young caretaker of the yacht Banshee, appears and tells Frank the woman is his granny. Frank can tell they have both been drinking. Before long, the pair climb into a dinghy and row out across Perth Water, disappearing into the darkness,

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