true crime
Alleged Parliament House rapist scrubs internet presence
The alleged Parliament House rapist purportedly scrubbed his internet presence and disappeared from public view this week. His actions follow allegations of inappropriate behaviour, sexual assault and rape from four …
1750 deathbed confession includes tale of failed gay seduction
A British museum recently acquired a 1750 pamphlet detailing the deathbed confession of Thomas Mun, executed for various crimes in that year. Mun speaks candidly about various exploits including an …
Happy Birthday Ned Kelly, though we never knew you at all
Although a national icon, Ned Kelly remains something of an enigma. The most famous bushranger of them all stares out at the world through a slit in his armour plate …
Garry Wotherspoon on a great character from Sydney’s past.
In Through the Gay Looking Glass: The Many Lives of Clive Madigan, historian Garry Wotherspoon takes us on a joyous romp through post-World War II gay Sydney. “Giggles and squeals …
Joe Exotic: the shocking true story of Netflix’s Tiger King
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness brings to the small screen an unbelievable cast of real-life characters. The Netflix docu-series highlights Americans who conduct ‘big cat rescue’ operations. They then …
The true crime story behind POSE’s cadaver in the closet
Season Two of the magnificent POSE television series features the ‘cadaver in the closet’ episode. In the series, based on the 80s New York Ballroom scene, one of the stars …
Secret History of Fortitude Valley 2: In the evening
Destiny Rogers recalls a misspent youth in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley. In the mid-1970s, Fortitude Valley possessed two distinct identities – the day-time Valley and the night-time. Fortitude Valley by day …
Queensland man charged over 1976 murder
Police today charged a Bundaberg man with the 1976 murder of Rex Kable Keen in Brisbane. Hotel staff discovered his body in room 1205 at Lennon’s Plaza Hotel on the …
Revisiting Brisbane’s Whiskey Au Go Go Firebombing, Forty-Five Years On
In March 1973, the firebombing of Fortitude Valley’s Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub resulted in the deaths of fifteen people. Excluding the appalling colonial decimation of Aboriginal populations, the Whisky …
SENSATIONAL TRUE CRIME LIVE ON STAGE
Chicago murderers, Nathan Leopold Jr., aged 18, and Robert Loeb, aged 19 were young, handsome, wealthy and extremely intelligent. The pair believed famed philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s theory of supermen. They …
