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S1 E4 Ivan Milat: The Backpacker Murders

Crime

12+

1 hour 21 minutes

3 May 2006

The backpacker murder case in the Belanglo State Forest, south west of Sydney, has entered Australian criminal folklore.Featuring: Steve Liebmann Vo

Season 1, 16 Episodes

Crime Investigation Australia - No More Grannies / The Granny Killer

No More Grannies / The Granny Killer,

We delve into the twisted mind of one of Australia's most prolific serial murderers. John Wayne Glover - The Granny Killer, was truly an evil man.

Crime Investigation Australia - Kid for Ransom / Tears for Daniel

Kid for Ransom / Tears for Daniel,

We examine two notorious abduction cases. The first case is the Graeme Thorne ransom kidnapping at Bondi in 1960. Thorne, aged eight, was the son of winners of the Sydney Opera House Lottery.

Crime Investigation Australia - Death in a Heartbeat / The Body in the Bag

Death in a Heartbeat / The Body in the Bag,

CI examines the Dr. Victor Chang extortion murder as well as the horrific Jane Doe Case where a girl is found lying on the side of the road of an inner Sydney suburb wrapped in two plastic garbage bags.

Crime Investigation Australia - Ivan Milat: The Backpacker Murders

Ivan Milat: The Backpacker Murders,

The backpacker murder case in the Belanglo State Forest, south west of Sydney, has entered Australian criminal folklore.

Crime Investigation Australia - Contract to Kill / The Mornington Monster

Contract to Kill / The Mornington Monster,

Crime Investigation Australia has conducted a major investigation which reveals the inside story of the Megan Kalajzich murder and the extraordinary police investigation which will rock the Harbour City's elite to the core.

Crime Investigation Australia - The Moorhouse Horrors / The Call Girl Killing

The Moorhouse Horrors / The Call Girl Killing,

We investigate the story of David and Catherine Birnie, Australia's most sadistic husband and wife killing team, who tortured, raped and murdered four women in 1986.

Crime Investigation Australia - The Killer Punch / The Will of Death

The Killer Punch / The Will of Death,

Sometime on the evening of 19 October 1990, the flamboyantly gay Sydney socialite Ludwig Gertsch was strangled with an elastic strap in the bedroom of his lover, Mr. Vincent Esposito.

Crime Investigation Australia - The Anita Cobby Murder

The Anita Cobby Murder,

In February 1986, nurse Anita Cobby, a former entrant in the Miss Australia quest, is walking home from Blacktown station in Sydney's outer-western suburbs. A Holden sedan pulls up and Anita is dragged into the vehicle.

Crime Investigation Australia - Snowtown: Bodies in the Barrels

Snowtown: Bodies in the Barrels,

In 1999, eight bodies are found in six barrels filled with acid in a former bank vault in rural Snowtown, 50 kilometres north of Adelaide.

Crime Investigation Australia - The Kimberley Killer

The Kimberley Killer,

Seven years after the disappearance of baby Azaria Chamberlain at Ayers rock, long before the murder of Peter Falconio on a remote stretch of highway in the Australian outback and two years before Ivan Milat begins his reign of backpacker murders.

Crime Investigation Australia - The Wanda Beach Murders / The Beaumont Children Mystery

The Wanda Beach Murders / The Beaumont Children Mystery,

In 1965, when Australian teenage culture was centred on sun, sand, and surf, the nation was shocked by the brutal bashing, rape and murder of two 15-year-old girls in the sand hills at Sydney's Wanda Beach.

Crime Investigation Australia - The Greenough Family Massacre

The Greenough Family Massacre,

The small hamlet of Greenough, near Geraldton in Western Australia, some 400 kilometres north of Perth, will forever be associated with one the most horrific murders in Australian criminal history.

Crime Investigation Australia - The Disappearance of Donald Mackay

The Disappearance of Donald Mackay,

A small group of local criminals with mafia connections were making vast fortunes in the famous NSW Riverina irrigation district from marijuana plantations.

Crime Investigation Australia - The Body in the Sports Bag

The Body in the Sports Bag,

A young Sydney man was found guilty of strangling his ex-girlfriend and stuffing the teenager's body in a cricket bag.

Crime Investigation Australia - The Assassination of John Newman

The Assassination of John Newman,

John Paul Newman was a member of the New South Wales state parliament and a member of the seat of Cabramatta.

Crime Investigation Australia - The Butchered Boys

The Butchered Boys,

This episode revisits Adelaide's notorious Adelaide Family Murders case, where six young Adelaide men were murdered during the 1970s and '80s. The victims were found in random locations throughout the state, their bodies neatly cut into pieces.

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Crime Investigation Australia

Crime

12+

3 Seasons

1 hour 20 minutes

Crime Investigation Australia takes you deep into the most horrific crimes Australia has ever seen.

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