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What if you were killed just metres from your own front door and no one ever found out who did it?That's exactly what ha...
04/06/2026

What if you were killed just metres from your own front door and no one ever found out who did it?

That's exactly what happened to Betty Shanks. In September 1952, the 22-year-old stepped off a tram in Brisbane's inner north and started walking the short distance home. She was found the following morning in a front garden; savagely beaten to death. No robbery. No clear suspect. No justice.

Despite multiple reinvestigations and cold case reviews, her murder has never been solved. Her family spent their lives trapped in grief without resolution, circling the same unanswered questions decade after decade.

This case is a stark reminder that not every crime gets its day of reckoning.

Do you think modern technology could still crack cases from the 1950s?

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Some criminals are driven by greed. Some by desperation. William Barton is driven by something stranger: he simply canno...
02/06/2026

Some criminals are driven by greed. Some by desperation. William Barton is driven by something stranger: he simply cannot stay still.

Abandoned by a father who absconded to Jamaica with a mistress, Barton grows up in his grandfather's eating-house. He is apprenticed. Comfortable. And utterly incapable of accepting it. He goes to sea. Then to war. Then to the highways.

What makes his story so compelling is the motive: the original text calls him 'uxorious'; so devoted to his wife that her needs drive him to rob stagecoaches. Love as the engine of crime. Nearly 300 years later, it still makes you stop and think.

This one comes from Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals. Listen to the full episode now.

Can too much love be as dangerous as too little?


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His body carries the evidence: musket balls extracted from his flesh, scars from close calls on the king's highways. The...
26/05/2026

His body carries the evidence: musket balls extracted from his flesh, scars from close calls on the king's highways. They call John Trippuck the Golden Tinman, and in 1720 he is already a grim legend across Georgian England.

But he is not alone in this chapter. Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals binds his fate to three other men: one barely twenty-two who robs a drunk stranger for a marriage licence, one drawn into housebreaking by bad company, and one who raids his own employer's counting-house to keep up appearances.

Four separate hungers. One shared end. A true crime story from nearly 300 years ago that reads like it was written yesterday.

Which pulls a man faster toward ruin: greed, desperation, or bad company?


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In Georgian England, a woman's corset was called her 'stays': rigid, b***d, laced tight. Everyday armour.When Jane Griff...
19/05/2026

In Georgian England, a woman's corset was called her 'stays': rigid, b***d, laced tight. Everyday armour.

When Jane Griffin turns a knife on her maid, the stays happen to be unfastened. The one barrier between blade and body is open at exactly the wrong moment.

Jane is no monster from the shadows. She is a well-bred innkeeper in Smithfield; charming, witty and genuinely kind when calm. But she carries a temper she cannot control, and in the cramped quarters of a Georgian inn, that temper finally finds its mark.

From Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals, a true crime book nearly 300 years old. The stories inside it belong to a world lit by candlelight. The darkness is the same as ours.

What detail from this story stays with you most?


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On 11 November 1880, Ned Kelly was hanged at the Old Melbourne Gaol. He was 25 years old. His reported last words: 'Such...
07/05/2026

On 11 November 1880, Ned Kelly was hanged at the Old Melbourne Gaol. He was 25 years old. His reported last words: 'Such is life.'

Just weeks earlier, he had been tried and sentenced to death at the Melbourne Supreme Court. Justice Redmond Barry told him to prepare for the afterlife. Kelly reportedly replied: 'I will see you there when I get there.' Barry died just twelve days later.

From the bush of northeast Victoria to the gallows in Melbourne, Kelly's story is one of blood, betrayal, and defiance. His armour still sits in the State Library of Victoria; one of the most visited artefacts in Australia.

Was Kelly a murderer, a freedom fighter, or something in between? Tell us what you think.


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Looking for a unique way to spend Easter? Dive into the past with Dark Stories True Crime Tours! Perfect for history buf...
29/03/2026

Looking for a unique way to spend Easter? Dive into the past with Dark Stories True Crime Tours! Perfect for history buffs and thrill seekers alike 🕵️✨.



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Easter just got more intriguing! 🐰 Join Dark Stories True Crime Tours and dive into captivating tales of the past. Reser...
29/03/2026

Easter just got more intriguing! 🐰 Join Dark Stories True Crime Tours and dive into captivating tales of the past. Reserve your spot today!



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Thinking outside the chocolate box this Valentine's Day? Opt for a dark story adventure and make it memorable with our t...
07/02/2026

Thinking outside the chocolate box this Valentine's Day? Opt for a dark story adventure and make it memorable with our true crime tours! Gift cards available now. 💀🌹



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This Friday 13th, embrace the mystery with our Dark Stories True Crime Tour. Are you ready to uncover the secrets of the...
07/02/2026

This Friday 13th, embrace the mystery with our Dark Stories True Crime Tour. Are you ready to uncover the secrets of the past? 👀



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