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On 28 February 2000, John Price went to court. He wasn't there because a crime had already happened. He was there because he was frightened that one might.

On 1 March 1999, fifteen-year-old Rachel Elizabeth Barber disappeared after leaving dance class in Richmond, Victoria. Eleven days later, police located her body on a property near Kilmore after nineteen-year-old Caroline Reed Robertson confessed to her murder. The case shocked Australia because the offender was not a stranger. Caroline Robertson was known to Rachel and her family, having previously babysat Rachel. What initially appeared to be the disappearance of a teena

Forensic Challenges of the 1930s: The Pyjama Girl Case One aspect of the Pyjama Girl case that is often overlooked is just how different forensic investigations were in Australia during the 1930s. Today, investigators can compare DNA, search national databases, analyse digital records, and communicate almost instantly across jurisdictions. None of those tools existed when this investigation began.

Below, I have included a version of the article that is easier to read. They began with the weird killing of Albert Reginald Greenfield on 3 June 1960. Greenfield, who was also known as Albert Thomas, was a blacksmith. Aged forty-one, he lived in a room in East Sydney. His body was found in the picturesque and peaceful Sydney Domain, out in a spot that was an eyesore in the pleasant surroundings. It had been pushed under a rat-infested old shed alongside the Domain Baths. Alt

The Trial of William MacDonald That Shocked Australia

William MacDonald was born Allan Ginsberg in Liverpool, England, in 1924. He was the second of three children born into a well-off Jewish family and, on the surface, had a relatively comfortable upbringing.