True Crime Island

Episode 71 – Ned Kelly Bushranger

It’s 1878, Stringy Bark Creek Victoria. Four most unscrupulous ruffians are at large in the colony after the murder of two constables. These aren’t just any ruffians, this is the Kelly Gang.

Episode 70 - An Art Heist and NZ Shooting

It’s the 18th March 1990. Security guards at a Boston art gallery let in police responding to a disturbance call. Problem is there’s no disturbance call and the cops are fake. This is the story of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Theft. I will also talk about the NZ shooting.

Episode 69 – A Stalker Is Dead and Preethi

A stalker is shot dead by police after trying to kill his victim and a girl is dead after a meetup with her stalking ex.

Episode 68 - The Opera House Lottery Murder

It’s 1960, Sydney Australia. The winners of No. 10 Opera House Lottery went from jubilation to heartbreak when their son is kidnapped and held for ransom. However, little Graeme Thorne would never come home.

Episode 67 - The Killing of Samantha Knight

Episode 67 – The Killing of Samantha Knight It’s the afternoon of the 19th of August 1986. A 9-year-old girl is abducted leaving school and is never seen again. Nearly 15 years later there is an arrest and subsequent conviction. Tonight, I tell you about the killing of Samantha Knight.

Episode 66 - Meth and the Murder of Mengmei

When you are in your home, you hope that it is a safe place. This isn’t always the case. Tonight, I bring you a case involving, drugs, stalking, sexual deviancy and death. This is the murder of Mengmei Leng

Episode 65 - A Dingo's Got My Baby

Episode 65 – A Dingo’s Got My Baby It’s the night of August 17 1980. At a campsite near Uluru, a scream is heard. "Michael, Michael, the dingo's got my baby!". This is the story of the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain.

Episode 64 - Stalking and The Toxic Relationship

Two guys walk into a bar. One dodged a bullet and the other guy’s life would be changed forever. This is a story from one of our islanders about a toxic relationship, plus a stalker in Melbourne is sentenced and a podcaster friend is being stalked.

Episode 63 - An Islanders Stalking Story

Episode 62 - Stalkers

Stalkers, we hear about them all the time and no doubt some of you listening may have been stalked or have even stalked another. Why do people do this? What can be done about it? Tonight, I will try to get some answers. www.truecrimeisland.com/epsiodes/

Episode 61 - The Murder of John Gasovski

It’s June 15 2014. A body is found in bushland off Jamberoo Mountain Rd Jamberoo about 90 minutes’ drive southwest of Sydney. It looks like a gangland execution. This is a story about John Gasovski, who got in too deep and paid the ultimate price. Vote for True Crime Island at australianpodcastawards.com

Episode 60 – Jealousy, Humiliation and Murder

It’s the 25th of June 2015. A deadly mixture of alcohol, jealousy and humiliation will end in murder. Not just one murder but three. This is the story of Allan Blackie O’Conner.

Bloody Murder on True Crime Island Xmas Edition

True Crime Island and Bloody Murder get together to bring you a Christmas special.

Episode 58 – Michelle Willard Cunning Stunt

It’s the 22nd February 2003. Hard working family man Michael Willard of Muswellbrook NSW, is asleep on the downstairs couch. He wouldn’t have known what hit him when he was shot through the head and killed instantly. This is the story of Michelle Willard, cunning stunt.

Episode 57 – The Murder of Karlie and Khandalyce

It’s the 29th of August 2010. Trail bike riders discover skeletal remains in the Belanglo State Forest in the Southern Highlands region of NSW. Almost 5 years later on the 15th of July 2015, at Wynarka South Australia, the remains of a child are found in a suitcase dumped on the side of a road. DNA would eventually identify these remains and a killer would be brought to justice.

Bloody Murder on True Crime Island

Michael Kanaan is an Australian triple murderer from Sydney. He was second in charge of the notorious gang DK’s Boys who controlled the cocaine trade in Kings Cross in the late 90’s and were involved in all manner of tomfoolery, their violent crimes included kneecapping, extortion and shooting cops.

Episode 56 - Garry Steven Davis Guilty or Not

It’s December 2016, Garry Steven Davis is found guilty for murdering two residents and attempting to murder a third at Wallsend’s SummitCare nursing home three years earlier. Now he is appealing his conviction.

Missing Murdered and Executed

Tonight I go over a few events that have happened recently. There are the Closs murders, the Toyah Cordingley murder an execution plus more.

Episode 55 - Kathleen Folbigg Guilty or Not

It’s May 2003, a mother is convicted of three counts of murder, one count of manslaughter and one count of maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm. She is sentenced to 40 years in prison. Subsequent appeals were dismissed. Now there is a new inquiry into her conviction. Was it murder or did her children die of natural causes.

Episode 54 - Happy 2nd Birthday and the Sydney Mutilator

It’s 1960, Parkview St Milton QLD. A man is found dead in his flat and his death is deemed to be from natural causes. Three years later, a man charged with 4 counts of murder would confess to his killing.

Episode 53 - The Lonely Hearts Killer Rodney Cameron

It’s January 31 1974 Katoomba NSW Australia. Nurse Florence Jackson 49 is attacked and dragged inside her house. She would be raped and strangled with a towel stuffed down her throat and her face covered by a blanket.

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Emus Kangaroos Turtles Penguins and other Animals

This week there is another lot of what is wrong with people as I talk about Emu and Kangaroo killings, Turtles and Penguins plus a horrific abduction and murder attempt in Sydney..

Episode 52 - There is a Bomb on the Plane

It’s May 26th 1971. QANTAS receives a phone call saying that there is a bomb on flight 755 bound for Hong Kong. The caller says that if the plane drops below 20000 feet that it will explode unless a ransom of $500,000 is paid.

Déjà vu - Family Murders Welshmen and Serial Killers

Tonight we have another family murder, Welshmen in trouble a leap year technicality and a serial killer is caught.

Episode 51 - Gregory Bluey Brazel

He was an armed robber, a killer and part of Chopper Read’s Overcoat Gang in Pentridge prison, he had a ginger goatie and while in prison for murdering two sex workers, he would confess to a 20-year-old cold case.

Bad Samaritans and Stalking David Bain

It was the 25th May 1997, Primadonna Resort and Casino in Primm, Nevada, there will be a shocking crime committed here today, but what is almost as shocking is that a witness to the crime could have prevented it. This is the story of the murder of 7-year-old Sherrice Iverson. Also a funny reader story at the end.

Episode 51 - John Walsh the Devil with the Breville

He killed his wife, grandchildren and nearly killed his daughter, convicted to life inside, he would go on to kill one more and become known as the Devil with the Breville. This is the story of John Walsh.

Axes Swords and Exit Mould

Tonight, we have axes, swords, dead rappers, exit mould and a host of other things that will get you wondering what the hell is going on in this world.

Episode 50 - The Murder of Rita Caleo

It took nearly 18 years to get justice for the murder of Rita Caleo, but justice has been done. But this story of a husband organising a hit on his wife, involved the murder of her brother as well.