Brisbane Is Weird

Scotty McDonald

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We investigate the weird stories and mysteries that Brisbane is built on - from a murder that built Queen Street to weird moments in suburban parks and everything in between. Got a weird story happening in your area or something you've heard whispers of? We'd love to follow it - message us on the contact page at brisbaneisweird.com

10/07/2021

Brisbane's Drive Through Lion Park

Did you hear that lion roar? Of course, there aren't lions living near you... right? In the 70s and 80s people living in parts of southern Brisbane and Logan regularly heard lions roar, monkeys call and woke up to an elephant rummaging through their bins. This is the story of Brisbane's lion safari parks.

10 min
09/30/2021

Brisbane's Oldest Cold Case

It was the crime that stole Brisbane town's innocence. 22-year-old Betty Shanks' body found dumped under trees on a residential street barely 400 metres from her family home. Somehow, nearly 70 years on, the case remains unsolved, a $50,000 reward still on offer from police. Want to read more of the story? Check out the book written by the first reporter on scene, including his heartbreaking theory on who killed Betty Shanks - https://amzn.to/3kWvvff

14 min
03/11/2018

When War Started On The Streets Of Brisbane

In the Valley on any Saturday night you'll see Aussie blokes battling it out for "their girl" - in 1942 this male need to fight for our women led to a fight so massive that packs of Australian men in their HUNDREDS roamed the streets of Brisbane beating up their enemy. Their enemy, was actually their ally. This horrific tale is about a time where Brisbane started looking like US city and our ally in World War became our enemy on the streets of Brisbane City!

16 min
02/11/2018

Brisbane's Most Haunted School

Every school has legends of hauntings, ghost sightings and past teachers or students spirits that refuse to leave, but this Brisbane boarding house has a history that just waiting for ghosts to come hang out. Could the decades of stories, backed up by students and staff alike actually have a really sweet explanation?

21 min
01/28/2018

The Murder that built Brisbane

A gruesome, psychopathic murder and robbery is committed at Kangaroo Point, a man is hung for the murder. 17 years later another man confesses. If the words of the confessor are true the University of Queensland to the Royal Brisbane Hospital have blood money in their foundations... Music from fesliyanstudios.com & Antti Luode

19 min
01/14/2018

Lights in the Wishart Bush

What were a group of people doing hanging under coloured lights in Wishart bushland at 2.30am on a cold May morning? From public sex to medieval religion and everything else we could find we try and work out what on earth this group was doing. Music thanks to Antti Luode

18 min

6 Episodes

We investigate the weird stories and mysteries that Brisbane is built on - from a murder that built Queen Street to weird moments in suburban parks and everything in between. Got a weird story happening in your area or something you've heard whispers of? We'd love to follow it - message us on the contact page at brisbaneisweird.com

Creator

Scotty McDonald
Years Active

2017 - 2021
Episodes

6
Rating

Clean
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Brisbane Is Weird

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Brisbane's Drive Through Lion Park

Brisbane's Oldest Cold Case

When War Started On The Streets Of Brisbane

Brisbane's Most Haunted School

The Murder that built Brisbane

Lights in the Wishart Bush

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