Crimes That Shook Australia
Hosted by Matt Doran (Season 3) and Stan Grant (Seasons 1&2), this series investigates Australian crimes that upset and stunned the nation. Using gripping interviews with people at the heart of the tragedies, drama reconstructions and archival footage, it details the events leading up to the crime, the crime itself and the aftermath of the biggest crimes ever committed in Australia.
- 2013-2018
- 3 seasons
- Documentary, Suspense
Hosted by Matt Doran (Season 3) and Stan Grant (Seasons 1&2), this series investigates Australian crimes that upset and stunned the nation. Using gripping interviews with people at the heart of the tragedies, drama reconstructions and archival footage, it details the events leading up to the crime, the crime itself and the aftermath of the biggest crimes ever committed in Australia.
Season 3 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2018
Episode 1
Snowtown: The Bodies in the Barrels Murders
43 mins
On reopening several missing person's cases police found they were all connected to two men. The trail of missing people led them to a bank vault in Snowtown. Inside the vault, they found a number of barrels - all containing body parts.
Episode 2
The Bega Schoolgirl Murders
In 1997 two teenage girls were abducted whilst camping. They were driven across the state of Victoria and subjected to 9 hours of rape and torture before being stabbed to death.
Episode 3
The Queen Street Massacre
45 mins
On the 8th of December 1987 Frank Vitkovic entered the Queen St HQ of Auspost at 191 Queen Street, Melbourne and opened fire with a military grade rifle firing 40 rounds and killing eight people.
Episode 4
Matthew Milat
43 mins
Matthew Milat In November 2010, in the quiet Belanglo State Forest, Matthew Milat fulfilled his desire to follow in his infamous uncle's footsteps when he brutally murdered his school friend in cold blood.
Episode 5
Anu Singh
43 mins
In October 1997, Law student Anu Singh held two dinner parties to say goodbye to her friends after she had allegedly divulged to them that she and her boyfriend Joe Cinque were to die in a suicide pact.
Episode 6
Daniel Kelsall
Episode 7
Raymond Edmunds
43 mins
This plot summary is totally unrelated to the documentary about Raymond Edmunds, who was an Australia murderer not an American one.
Episode 8
Patricia Byers
44 mins
This week's Crimes That Shook Australia explores the theme of greed and tells the story of a woman, dubbed by the media as The Black Widow, who methodically set out to murder two men in three years. For their money.
Episode 9
The Walsh Street Massacre
43 mins
The investigation into the execution of two young Victorian Police Officers by criminal elements in revenge For the shooting of a suspect by the armed Robbery squad .
Episode 10
Jill Meagher
44 mins