Snowtown Murders

Snowtown Murders

male
serial killer, 1999 crimes, Salisbury North, 1999 in Australia, Bodies in Barrels murder, Snowtown, South Australia…Crime in Adelaide, Salisbury, South Australia, South Australia Police, Adelaide, South Australia, MurderinAustralia
The Snowtown murders, or the Bodies in Barrels murders, refers to a series of gruesome murders perpetrated in Adelaide, South Australia in the...
Anita Cobby Murder

Anita Cobby Murder

female, deceased (1986)
Australian, murder victim, nursing degree, Crime in Sydney, MurderinAustralia, Blacktown, New South Wales…1986 in Australia
Anita Lorraine Lynch was born on 2 November, 1959. Anita met her future husband, John Cobby, while studying for her nursing degree. They married on...

Taman Shud Case

male
omar khayyam, MurderinAustralia, Unidentified murder victim, Mysterious, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Unsolved murder in Australia…1948 in Australia, Crime in Adelaide
The Taman Shud Case, (November 30, 1948), Adelaide, Australia, also known as the 'Mystery of the Somerton Man' revolved around an unidentified man...
Truro Murders

Truro Murders

male
serial killer, Mushroom hunting, 1970s in Australia, Truro, South Australia, William Thomas, MurderinAustralia
The Truro murders was the name given to the findings of the remains of seven young women in bushland near the town of Truro, South Australia in...

Newcastle Tragedy

female
Australian, murder victim, MurderinAustralia, The Newcastle Tragedy, 1927 in Australia
The Newcastle Tragedy was the murder of Mary Buckley at her Newcastle townhouse in 1927. Buckley's husband had stumbled into Newcastle Police...

Scott Street Tragedy

male
Australian, murder victim, MurderinAustralia, The Scott Street Tragedy, The Newcastle Tragedy, 1911 in Australia
The Scott Street Tragedy was the murder of Timothy Daly in Newcastle, Australia on 16 July, 1911. The 26-year-old boot maker was found dead with a...
Silk-Miller Police Murders

Silk-Miller Police Murders

male, deceased (1998)
death by firearm in Australia, Law enforcement in Australia, police officer, murdered, Crime in Melbourne, murder victim…MurderinAustralia, Moorabbin Police murder, Silk-Miller murder, 1998 in Australia
The Silk-Miller murders (also known as the Moorabbin Police murders) was the name given to the murders of Australian Victoria Police officers...
Notable Australian Mass Murders

Notable Australian Mass Murders

male
Australian, mass murderer, MurderinAustralia, lone wolf, Port Arthur Massacre
Several massacres occurred in Australia leading up to firearms licensing laws in 1996 after the Port Arthur massacre, one of the deadliest lone...
Graeme Thorne Kidnapping

Graeme Thorne Kidnapping

male
Australian, murder victim, Crime in Sydney, MurderinAustralia, 1960 in Australia
The Graeme Thorne kidnapping is the name given to the 1960 kidnapping and murder of Graeme Thorne for the money that his father, Basil Thorne, had...