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The Donald Mackay Disappearance

Episode number: 1

Overview: Donald Bruce Mackay was an Australian businessman. He was also a prominent substance abuse campaigner who came to media attention and fame in 1977. Then he was murdered.

The Anita Cobby Murder

Episode number: 2

Overview: In February 1986, nurse Anita Cobby is savagely raped and murdered by five young men, beginning one of Australia's most notorious criminal cases.

Death in a Heartbeat

Episode number: 3

Overview: Dr. Victor Chang was a famous surgeon on the brink of implanting the world's first artificial heart. In a failed extortion attempt he was fatally shot dead in the street.

The Greenough Family Massacre

Episode number: 4

Overview: In 1993, Karen MacKenzie and her three small children were violently murdered at their isolated house. It will forever be associated as one of the most horrific murders in Australian criminal history.

Night of Terror - The Bega School Girls

Episode number: 5

Overview: In 1997, Bega High School students and best friends Lauren Barry and Nichole Collins had their young lives tragically cut short after being held captive for 12 horrendous hours.

Snowtown - Bodies in the Barrels

Episode number: 6

Overview: Eight bodies are found in six barrels filled with acid in a former bank vault in rural Snowtown, 50 kilometers north of Adelaide. The investigation then lead police to discover 4 more bodies.

The Mornington Monster / The Will of Death

Episode number: 7

Overview: A look at the Mornington Monster, a man who killed his wife, infant daughter and unborn child. Also, the suspicious death of a wealthy nightclub entrepreneur.

The Girls Who Knew Too Much - Sallie-Anne Huckstepp & Juanita Nielson

Episode number: 8

Overview: In the 70s and 80s, Sallie-Anne Huckstepp and Juanita Nielsen drove King's Cross' scene. But challenging the status quo only led to their mysterious and violent deaths.

Thrill Kill - The Janine Balding Murder

Episode number: 9

Overview: An investigation into 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.

Mystery of the Homestead Murders

Episode number: 10

Overview: When a little girl tells the telephone operator that her sleeping mummy is turning black, he knows something is very wrong at the sheep shearer's house.