True Aussie Murders. Caffeinated. Join your host, Belinda Brady, as she takes a deep dive into some of the most gruesome, brutal, and unbelievable Australian murders over a cup of coffee...or two. Some murders are well known and are etched into Australia’s crime history, others not so much, but each as brutal and real as they come. Coffee not mandatory to listen to this fortnightly true crime podcast, but it certainly helps!
Stolen for Money - The Kidnap and Murder of Graeme Thorne
Belinda explores the tragic kidnapping and murder of Graeme Thorne, a young boy whose case led to significant changes in Australia's safety measures for children and lottery winners.
5 Dec 2024
Stolen for Money - The Murder of Graeme Thorne
Belinda examines the tragic murder of Graeme Thorne, whose kidnapping and ransom demand sparked a nationwide safety crackdown for children and lottery winners.
21 Nov 2024
Deadly Tourist - The Kimberely Killer
Belinda examines the case of Joseph Schwab, aka The Kimberley Killer, and delves into the dark motives behind his brutal crimes in Northern Australia.
7 Nov 2024
I Never Intended to Kill Anyone Else But my Wife - The Hope Forrest Massacre
It's the day after Fathers Day, 1971 and Hope Forrest, a small town in South Australia, will wake up to the news that a horrific shooting has taken place in their beautiful country town, leaving 10 people from the same family dead, and earning the town the unenviable title of being the home of the worst familicide in Australia.
Join your host Belinda Brady over a cuppa or cocktail as she takes a deep dive into the horrific night a man made a decision to kill his wife - and take his entire family out with her. But it doesn't end there - because for this mass killer, his new life and beginnings were waiting for him on the other side of prison.
An absolute jaw dropping case and one that will leave you speechless.
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24 Oct 2024
The Brownout Strangler
It's May 1942, and Melbourne, Australia, just like the rest of the world, is in the grips of WW2. As a result, Melbourne is in 'brownout' a term used to describe the low lighting the city used to avoid enemy detection (think minimal streetlights, shops lights etc).A killer takes advantage of this low lighting and three women are found strangled, all within days of each other. As a new fear grips the area, particularly the women living in it, the last victim's death will be the one that brings...
10 Oct 2024
The Gun Alley Murder
It's early morning NYE 1921, in a quiet, yet seedy laneway known as Gun Alley in the heart of Melbourne, Victoria, and a keen bottle collector is up early to collect empty bottles from the night before, eager to beat the crowds and summer heat.What he finds instead is so horrific it sends him running for the police. There, in Gun Alley, was the body of 12 year old Alma Tirtscke, the very girl that had been reported missing the day before by her grandmother. But how did Alma end up in this see...
26 Sept 2024
Pyjama Girl
It's an early September morning, 1934, in Aulbury NSW, and Tom Griffith is taking his prized bull for a walk. Whilst walking he smells kerosine and upon investigating he discovers the body of a pyjama cald young woman, very dead and very burned and this discovery will spark a murder mystery that wont be resolved for years.Who is Pyjama girl? Who killed her? And how did this murder result in a dead body being put on public display in the hopes of identifying her?Join Belinda over a coffee - or...
12 Sept 2024
Who Killed Bertha Schippan?
It's New Years Eve, 1901, in the small German farming town of Towitta, South Australia and the Schippan children are settled in for the night. That is, until their 14 year old sister, Bertha, is brutally murdered by a 'bearded man' in a seemingly unprovoked attack. With no suspects to go on, police quickly arrest Mary, Bertha's older sister who was sharing a bed with Bertha that night. But did Mary really do it? Grab your beverage of choice and join Belinda as she discusses this still un...
29 Aug 2024
John and Sarah Makin - Baby Farmers
Join your host Belinda over a beverage or two as she discusses baby farmers John and Sarah Makin and yes, it is as bad as it sounds. In 1893, married couple John and Sarah Makin were trusted and paid for to care for infants by desperate, often destitute, parents, a practice known as baby farming, which was not uncommon in those times, but horrifically, they did anything but, with a blocked pipe in a backyard bringing their heinous crimes to light. *WARNING - This episode discusses ...
15 Aug 2024
Frederick Deeming - Australia's Jack the Ripper?
Join Belinda as she discusses the life and many crimes of one of Australia's first recorded serial killers, Frederick Deeming. From theft to bigamy to murder, nothing was off limits for this egotistical career conman turned serial killer, and horrifically, this included his own children.Frederick's trail of deception and destruction took place in both Australia and England between 1890 - 1891 and only ended when he was finally caught and hanged for murder in 1892. So, grab some caffeine ...
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