Racecourse Road, Flemington, on Friday the 25th of January 2002; Armaguard cash in transit security officers Mohammed Tabiaat and Rebecca Mitchell pulled up in their armoured van just before 10AM. The pair were restocking 2 ATM’s with cash, but the bank branch itself was no longer operational - no staff inside. They just had to enter the premises and refill the machines from the rear. Mohammed took up his spot on the street, scanning the surrounding area as Rebecca made the cash transfer. And ri...
Mar 02, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 39
After seeing a movie and grabbing a bite to eat, Kim Barry and Donna Holland were up for a drink and dance. The local disco at Crown Gardens was the perfect spot and the vibes were good when the girls arrived. Donna left a short time later, feeling unwell, and Kim spotted an acquaintance she knew from dance classes; a local coal miner named Graham Potter. The pair had a quick chat at the bar, then went to a quiet spot for a drink of wine. Sadly, this would be the last drink of wine Kim would eve...
Feb 17, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 38
"The rose is red, the violet's blue, The honey's sweet, and so are you. Thou art my love and I am thine; I drew thee to my Valentine: The lot was cast and then I drew, And Fortune said it should be you." On Monday 14th February 1994, Valentines Day, in Gladesville NSW, this poem and any other romantic notion were nowhere to be seen or heard when the Metro Fire services were called out to number 4 Flagstaff Street at approximately quarter to 8 in the evening… Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss ...
Feb 10, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Karen Redmile was working near the intersection of Brunswick and Harcourt Streets; another night in the Valley dealing with client’s requests and negotiating. She was speaking with a man, and this guy had a noticeably deep voice. But the conversation didn’t remain amicable; it became violent. Those nearby heard glass smashing, and loud thumping noises thereafter. But they didn’t see anything. A short time later, Karen was found on the footpath outside 99 Harcourt St, unconscious and with severe ...
Feb 03, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 36
21st of October 2002. Monash University, Clayton, Victoria. After the class of 12 had filed in and taken their seats, lecturer Lee Gordon-Brown handed back an assignment that students had recently completed, and began the class with a discussion, writing a question on the whiteboard for everyone to ponder. Around 20 minutes into the class at 11:25AM, things took a sudden and horrific turn inside room E659 of the Menzies Building. Allen, seated at the rear of the classroom, jumped up with both of...
Dec 15, 2019•51 min•Season 1Ep. 35
9th of November 1983. Bayan Lepas International Airport, Penang, Malaysia There was the usual bustle of activity inside and outside the airport, with a seemingly innumerable fleet of taxis dropping people off and picking up fares. The relentless cluster of passengers travelling to and from domestic and international flights flooded the airport lounges and check-in counters. Amongst all of the airport activity, two young Australian men aged in their mid-20's alighted from one of the many taxis an...
Dec 08, 2019•46 min•Season 1Ep. 34
11 July 1990. Kananook Train Station, Seaford, Victoria. At 10:20PM Maria Babacala got off the train and made her way off the platform, crossing the overpass to head out of the station. As the clacking of the train departing for Frankston echoed in the night sky, things again fell silent and she shuffled towards her destination. But that silence was soon disturbed by the sound of a firm female voice in the distance; ‘give my car keys back and stop fooling around’, the woman said. Maria looked ou...
Dec 01, 2019•40 min•Season 1Ep. 33
18, July 1998. The Green Papaya Restaurant, Surrey Hills, Victoria. A dozen staff were closing up for the night in the safe suburban upper class neighbourhood in Melbourne’s East. Just as the restaurant owner, Leon Dong, had his staff clear the last plate of devoured lemon chicken from the tables, a pair of masked armed robbers stormed into the venue. The older of the two bandits, wearing a Richard Nixon mask, bellowed orders while waving a Smith and Wesson revolver around. The younger bandit, w...
Nov 17, 2019•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 32
19 September 1994. Hallam, Victoria Constable Jason Bryant and Sergeant Allan Beckwith were patrolling north along Hallam Road, when they spotted a stolen Nissan Bluebird with stolen registration plates backing out of Bowens Timber and Hardware. Neither of the officers knew the car or plates were stolen at that moment, but the driver was hasty to be on their way, so the police pulled over and let them pass, before putting on their lights and pulling the vehicle over. This was night time so the o...
Nov 10, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 31
He said he didn’t want to hurt her, but she saw the 10 inch butcher’s knife in his hand. Mrs G was too scared to say anything and worried about her daughter in the room nearby. The intruder said, ‘I just want to make love to you.’ Then he kissed her on the neck and added, ‘I’ve been watching you. Have you been seeing me?’ She said no. Then he pulled her shirt down and told her to undress, reassuring her that he wasn’t going to hurt her. Mrs G, still frightened but no longer paralysed with fear, ...
Nov 03, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 30
6th of December, 1980, around 2pm. Graeme Brenchley and Tom Looby were enjoying a day of fox hunting near an old sand quarry. This area was in Tynong North, around Brew Road. The men had permission to hunt there. For Graeme and Tom to be able to hunt any foxes, they first had to be lured out from safety, and into the area where they were. To do this, the men dumped lamb offal in the nearby scrubland. They were walking along a secluded bush track near the quarry when Graeme changed course so he c...
Oct 27, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 29
On Thursday 2 June 2011, 13 year old Siriyakorn Siriboon, or Bung as she’s commonly known, had breakfast with her Mum, Vannida, and her older sister, Pang, before she left her home in Boronia, Victoria, to walk to school, as she did every weekday. Bung was wearing her blue and white checked school uniform and her dark blue zip-front school jacket and carrying a backpack. She was seen by a neighbour a short time later in Elsie Street, walking towards Albert Avenue. Bung didn’t arrive at school th...
Oct 13, 2019•48 min•Season 1Ep. 28
On April 24, 2018, as many of us remember well, Joseph DeAngelo the alleged Golden State Killer/East Area Rapist/Original Night Stalker was apprehended for a spate of brutal rapes and murders committed throughout California in the mid 1970’s to mid 1980’s. While the sheer number of victims this offender amassed has never and hopefully will never have an Australian parallel, the unnerving similarities the offender or offenders in this case presents the very real possibility that we might have if ...
Sep 29, 2019•54 min•Season 1Ep. 27
14th March 2003, Port of Yantai, China Crew members loaded 5000 tonnes of sand onto the Pong Su. All 30 of the Korean crew members then set sail for Jae Mae Do, North Korea, where they arrived the following day. Here, more parcels were loaded onto the ocean freighter by two additional crew members who would join the ship’s voyage thereafter. One of these men was named Ta Song Wong... Join Shaun and Chloe to discuss this high seas criminal tale that spans from the Port of Yantai in China to Geelo...
Sep 22, 2019•58 min•Season 1Ep. 26
On the 19th of March 2015, Raymond and Jennie Kehlet left their home in Beverley and headed towards the remote outback town of Sandstone WA, around 730 kilometres northeast of Perth. The couple planned to prospect for gold amongst the many abandoned mine shafts peppering the Australian outback in these parts. But the trio weren’t alone; along for the trip was their friend named Graham Milne. Over the next couple of days, the trio conducted prospecting activities in the area, hoping to strike it ...
Sep 15, 2019•56 min•Season 1Ep. 25
6th of November 1984 Melbourne Cup Day They say it’s ‘the race that stops a nation’. Australia’s most famous horse race, it’s also a world-class one that’s among the top sporting events in the world - sitting alongside other famous races like the Kentucky Derby in the USA and The Royal Ascot in England. But in 1984 Melbourne Cup Day wasn’t a day to be celebrated by Kylie Maybury and her family. Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss this heart-wrenching murder of an innocent young girl who was tak...
Sep 08, 2019•47 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Senior Constable Robert Richardson arrived with his tracking dog named Zuma. Zuma was given the scent and quickly began tracking down Dath St towards Vernon Terrace and around to an underground car park beneath a commercial brick building. Within this dark underground carpark were a number of commercial-sized dumpsters. Zuma indicated strongly towards one of the bins. Police swooped in swiftly and quietly, surrounding the bin, guns drawn... Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss this unnerving cas...
Sep 01, 2019•52 min•Season 1Ep. 23
20th of January 2017 Windsor, Melbourne, Victoria. At around 8am, a channel 9 news team were covering a story about a man who had been viciously stabbed by his own brother, outside their mother’s apartment. The victim was fighting for his life in hospital. The channel 9 reporter discussing the crime was interrupted by a maroon Holden Commodore, which pulled up slowly behind her. The driver leaned out the window, smiling, and looked directly at the camera. ‘That’s me they’re looking for” he yelle...
Aug 25, 2019•54 min•Season 1Ep. 22
The house was dark and every door to the place was locked. Constable Macarty eventually found a bedroom window that was ajar, and managed to pry it open and slide into the dark house. He went to the front door and let Detective Wild in, before the pair turned the lights on and had a wander around. They walked back down the hallway and into the bedroom where Macarty had gained access - and it was here the pair noticed both single bed mattresses in the room were soaked with blood, with spatter fla...
Aug 18, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 21
*This episode was originally released on our Patreon feed back in June this year. We wanted to give you all a complete example, not just a preview, of the type of content we produce on Patreon. Our premium Blue Label episodes are delivered monthly, alongside many other benefits such as ad-free regular episodes, blooper reels, polls, Q&A’s and discounts in our merch store* The Honolulu Strangler is an unidentified - and Hawaii's first known - serial killer, who was responsible for the murders...
Aug 11, 2019•54 min•Season 1Ep. 20
In the digital age, a world where we are all so connected it seems like we all know so much about other people. No one could simply vanish, could they? Someone would know something, someone would post something online, someone would say something. That wasn't the case for Tej Chitnis. He left for university like any other day 3 years ago and he was never seen again... Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss this disturbing and sad local disappearance. They also discuss some show updates to finish s...
Aug 04, 2019•30 min•Season 1Ep. 20
9th of May 1999, Snowtown, South Australia Jamie and David made the trip to Snowtown, where Jamie had organised for them to check out a cheap computer a mate of his was selling. $200 - a deal that was too good to pass up. They arrived in around an hour, parked out the front of the old bank building and wandered inside. David saw the computer and then he saw John Bunting, who he knew. 'This is the computer,’ Bunting said, and a second later, his offsider Wagner had David by the throat, and they h...
Jul 28, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Tuesday 16th of August, 1994, Lower Light, 50 kilometres north of Adelaide, South Australia. No wind and no rain - the perfect conditions for brothers Jack and Ron Finch to conduct weed spraying on their 4000 acre farm. The brothers worked tirelessly all morning. After lunch, they returned to their arduous work, spotting what appeared to be a fox burrow up ahead. Ron pointed it out and Jack manoeuvred the car around the obstacle, before they happened upon a bone. They both took it for a sheep bo...
Jul 21, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 20
On 25 April 1978, Bill and Valda Thomas were mushrooming in remote bushland alongside Swamp Road near the South Australian town of Truro, when they stumbled upon what they thought was the bone from the leg of a cow. When they couldn't shake the image from their minds, they returned to the area two days later for another look. Upon closer inspection, they saw that the bone had a shoe attached; inside the shoe was human skin and painted toenails... Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss this slow-bu...
Jul 14, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 19
The bodies of five young men were discovered in the broader area of Adelaide between the years 1979 and 1983. All of the bodies displayed signs of brutal sexual torture, leading to their deaths. Some were mutilated and dismembered. A doctor was tried and acquitted for one of the murders, and an accountant was imprisoned for life for committing another. But four of the murders remain technically unsolved. The popular theory is that many more people were involved than just this solitary accountant...
Jul 07, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Arthur Stanley Brown was charged in 1998 for the August 26, 1970 rape and murder of Judith and Susan Mackay in Townsville, Queensland. The jury failed to reach a verdict and a new trial was blocked on the grounds that Brown was mentally incapable of understanding the charges against him. Brown's arrest attracted wide publicity, leading to a witness to the abduction of Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Gordon from the Adelaide Oval in 1973 identifying him as the man she had seen. Brown was subsequently...
Jun 30, 2019•56 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Joanne Ratcliffe (11) and Kirste Gordon (4) were abducted while attending an Australian rules football match at the Adelaide Oval on 25 August 1973. Despite the case making national headlines at the time, the presumed abduction and murder is often linked and overshadowed by the disappearance of the Beaumont children in 1966. The case is also referred to as the Adelaide Oval Abductions. Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the girls and their families, the details of the abductions, sightings of ...
Jun 23, 2019•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 16
Jane, Arnna, and Grant Beaumont were three siblings who disappeared from Glenelg Beach near Adelaide, South Australia on a blistering hot Australia Day, 26 January, 1966. They were aged 9, 7, and 4 years respectively. They have never been seen again. The case is widely credited with changing Australian lifestyles; parents could no longer assume their children were safe when unsupervised in public. Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss this infamous and heart wrenching suspected abduction and murd...
Jun 16, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Derek Ernest Percy was a child killer who was linked to the unsolved deaths and disappearances of nine children in the 1960s. Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss Percy's known history, interspersed with the crimes he's been linked with as a potential suspect. Warning: this episode contains graphic accounts of pedophilia and paraphilia. Please exercise self-care if you choose to listen to this episode. Support the show on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/truebluecrime Website - www.truebluecrim...
Jun 09, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 14
On Monday the 11th of January 1965, Marianne Schmidt and Christine Sharrock took four of Schmidt's younger siblings to Wanda Beach for a day trip. The blustery weather forced the group to seek refuge amongst the sand dunes. Marianne and Christine left the four youngsters to go and fetch their bags, telling the children they'd return shortly, then they'd all head home. The girls never returned... Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss this infamous unsolved double murder. They discuss the group's t...
May 26, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 13
