In 1929 crime author Arthur Upfield struggles to find the perfect murder plot for his next novel. When the book is finally released, three men go missing in the outback and police suspect more truth than fiction to Upfield’s novel.
A shooting in Melbourne’s Treasury Gardens in 1872 leaves one man dead and another wounded in what appears to have been a duel. A closer investigation, however, reveals an astonishing tale of love, murder and suicide.
In 2015, Noela Rukundo takes a trip to Burundi and is kidnapped with an attempt at her life. The search for answers leads to motives much closer to home, culminating in a confrontation at her own wake.
In 2003, Zoe Zou’s baby is found abandoned near a Sydney hospital. A police investigation uncovers a startling case of a woman caught up in a love-triangle involving the underworld, with dire consequences.
Two bodies are found on the banks of the Lane Cove River in Sydney in January 1963. The deaths of Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler spark conspiracies that span more than 40 years, until a researcher unearths clues that were under the detectives’ noses all along.
When Ned Kelly was hanged in November 1880, his place was confirmed into Australian folklore. The intrigue continued however, when his remains were found to be missing his skull, which seemed to have gone on an interesting journey of its own.
In 1921, schoolgirl Alma Tirtschke is found brutally murdered in Gun Alley, Melbourne. With evidence pointing to nearby saloon owner, Colin Campbell Ross, he is sentenced to hang. Eighty years later, evidence emerges that turns the case on its head.
A woman goes missing in 1917 after revealing her husband, Harry Crawford, was hiding a secret. Harry Crawford is arrested in Sydney but the search for evidence uncovers far more than a motive for murder — Harry was not who he said he was.
In 1935 at the Coogee Beach pools, a shark gives onlookers more than they expected, revealing startling evidence that leads police to a remarkable case of fraud and murder linked to Sydney’s underworld.
September 1934, the badly burnt body of a woman is found near Albury, New South Wales. Ten years later the body is finally identified, but the resolution seems a little too ‘convenient’ for some.
One of the most bizarre sporting scandals of the 1930s. Race horse trainer, Charlie Prince, goes against all odds and wins with an underperforming horse named Redlock. When a suspicious journalist digs deeper, he makes a startling discovery just beneath the winning surface.
September 1945, James O’Connor’s family is notified of his brutal murder in Paddington, Sydney. When his sister arrives to make funeral arrangements, she makes a shocking discovery and uncovers a life linked to the underworld.
In 1960, Dr James Yeates, a leading surgeon, was found dead in his Sydney home, stabbed through the chest with a hypodermic needle. What was believed to be a tragic accident, on deeper investigation, is revealed to be a sinister case that shakes Sydney’s high society.
In 1855, the English Baron Sir Roger Tichborne was declared dead when his ship vanished at sea. Ten years later a butcher from Wagga Wagga reveals himself to be the runaway Baron, setting the scene for a decades-long saga with an ending as strange as his life’s journey.
A 1986 murder in Sydney's beachside suburb of Manly was linked to the affairs of millionaire-businessman, Andrew Kalajzich. As police investigate further, they discover a twisted tale of love, deceit, and murder entwined with the underworld.