Crime

The real-life horror story behind ‘Good American Family’ and ‘Orphan’

Content warning: this article discusses child abuse The 2009 film Orphan bears striking similarities to the real case of Natalia…

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Cartel insider: How a dog handler corrupted border security

The 'dirty dog handler' was a border control agent who sold his soul to the Mexican cartel. Former FBI agent…

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The police investigation that caught Anita Cobby’s killers

The name Anita Cobby means something to every Australian. A beauty queen, a nurse, a beloved daughter and wife -…

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Vampire Killers: A Brisbane murderer’s proclaimed ‘need to feed’

A council worker, a chance encounter, and a brutal murder that horrified Australia. In 1989, four women prowled Brisbane’s streets…

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Bertie Kidd: the untold story of Australia’s “criminal royalty”

Robber, safe-cracker, forger, and fixer - there aren’t many Australian cops who haven't heard of Bertie Kidd.  Although he’s scarcely…

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Cop’s groundbreaking initiative after horror jewellery store stabbing

After a Brisbane jewellery store stabbing left a man brutally injured, one Queensland cop decided to change the way police…

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Forensic expert unpacks the D.B Cooper hijacking mystery

On November 24th, 1971, a man calling himself Dan Cooper (aka D.B Cooper) bought a one-way ticket on Flight #305,…

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Belle Gibson court case explained: Why she isn’t behind bars

By now, you probably know the Belle Gibson story. But like us, you're probably thinking - why isn't she in jail?…

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The testimony that turned Susan Neill-Fraser’s murder conviction upside down

Susan Neill-Fraser was convicted of her partner’s murder on board their 53-foot yacht in 2009.  But the presence of a…

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Cop proved to her colleagues what a “female in charge” can do

Sandra Nicholson was Assistant Commissioner at Victoria Police for five years, but her journey through the ranks in the 1980s…

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