Murder in the Land of Oz
by That's Not Canon Productions
Who said nothing ever happens in Brisbane? Join hosts Jessica Kate and Ellen Rose as they dig up the skeletons buried in our own back yard and take you on a macabre tour around Australia’s third largest city - home to the Stefan Needle, the Brown Snake, the crushing feeling that you’re trapped in a dead-end town that you can never leave, and some of the most brutal murders in Australian history.
Episodes
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Lynette Daley
Trigger warnings: murder, sexual violence, assault. Lynette Daley was a 31-year-old Aboriginal woman who lived in the Clarence Valley, northern NSW. She was a mother of seven and a beloved daughter who had fallen on hard times and was experiencing homelessness. In 2011, on Australia Day, two…
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Invasion Day
As the final installment of our First Nation's themed season, we are talking about January 26th.
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Its Been A Minute
We are back after a (what turned into a much bigger than intended) break!
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The Fellowship of Truth
Whoops we covered another cult. Coming for ya, Jo Thornely. Chantelle McDougall, her six-year-old daughter Leela, her partner Simon Kadwill, and their housemate Tony Popic went missing in July of 2007. Simon was the leader of an internet-based doomsday cult, who believed that through death, a...
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The Murder of Deedee Blancharde
Okay, yes, every show and their dog (or podcast cat) have covered this case. But we just had to jump on the bandwagon. You may be familiar with the murder of Dee Dee Blanchard from the documentary Mommy Dead and Dearest, or the hit TV show now on Hulu The Act, or just generally from having an...
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Fred and Rosemary West
Fred and Rosemary West were coooooooked, mates. This episode was a request from our beloved patron Lily and let me tell ya, we don’t trust her any more! Massive listener warnings for murder, torture, rape, sexual assault, and child abuse. We could barely get through telling this story, we...
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Tanya Day
Aunty Tanya Day was a 55 year old Yorta Yorta woman who died while in police custody after being arrested for public intoxication while on a train. Tanya was drunk and asleep on a VLine train headed to Melbourne when a ticket inspector decided she was unruly and called the police. Tanya was taken...
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The Bathurst War
Over three hundred Frontier Wars were fought in Australia as the Indigenous people of this land tried valiantly to resist the invasion of British Colonialists. The Bathurst War was one such war, fought by the Wiradjuri nation in what is now known as Bathurst, led by the Aboriginal resistance…
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The Death of John Pat, Part 2
This episode discusses Aboriginal people who have died. In this episode, we discuss the police’s attempt to cover up the finding of John Pat’s body, the subsequent investigation, trial, and the eventual Royal Commission into John Pat’s death. EPISODE NOTES: Much to the despair of John Pat’s…
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The Death of John Pat
WARNING: This episode discusses Aboriginal people who have died. In 1983, a sixteen-year-old Yindjibarndi boy named John Pat died in police custody after sustaining injuries in the course of a fistfight with the police. His death was one of several Indigenous deaths in custody that caused an…
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The Murder of Leanne Holland
WARNING: This episode discusses violence against children. 12-year-old Leanne Holland went missing in September of 1991. When her horribly mutilated body was found in bushland three days later, suspicions immediately turned to one of the last people to see her alive: her older sister's boyfriend,...
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The Sundown Murders
Cattle stations. The vast nothingness of the Central Australian bush. The past. A potential wrong conviction. Police corruption. This case TRULY has all the trappings of an #EllenEpisode. In 1958, Thyra Bowman, Wendy Bowman, and Thomas Whelan were murdered after they stopped to camp at the…
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Frankston-Tynong North Serial Killings
Between May 1980 and November 1981, the bodies of six women were found hidden in dense scrubland in south-east Melbourne. The murders mystified police – the circumstances of their disappearances were similar, but not exactly the same. Their ages were quite different. There wasn’t a strong…
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Nancy Grundwalt and Victoria Cafasso
A 26-year-old German tourist named Nancy Grundwalt disappeared from Scamander, Tasmania in 1993, while cycling down the Tasman Highway. No trace of her has ever been found. Two years later, a 20-year-old Italian tourist named Victoria Cafasso was violently murdered on Beaumaris Beach, only a few...
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Scott Johnson
When the body of Scott Johnson was found at the bottom of a cliff in North Head, Sydney, with his clothes folded neatly at the top of the cliff with a pen resting on top, the police easily ruled it a suicide. That was the direction in which the evidence was pointing, and there was no need to...
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Rod Ansell
Aussie mania swept the globe in the late 80s after a little film called Crocodile Dundee showed the world the magic of Australia’s last frontier. Audiences were charmed by the rugged bushman Mick Dundee, and laughed as the outback larrikin tried to make his way around NYC. The film was inspired…
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Claremont
Claremont, like Snowtown, is one of those places that you only know the name of because of a heinous crime. In the mid 90s, three young women went missing after spending nights out on the town. The body of Sarah Spiers was never found, but the bodies of Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon would...
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MITLOO Minis: Murder in the Land of Antarctica
Rodney Marks was an astrophysicist who tragically died while overwintering in Antarctica in 2000. His cause of death was unknown, and his body stayed in Antarctica for five months after his death, as the below-freezing temperatures prevented his body from being flown back to be examined. When an...
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MITLOO Minis: The Olivia Benson Power Hour
If you haven't watched Law & Order SVU now is your MOMENT huns. We rate the characters from a level of Olivia Benson to DUN DUN. For reference on our stand out episodes please review Authority: season 9 episode 17 Stranger: season 10 episode 11 Zebras: season 10 episode 22 and all the other ones…
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The Disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain, Part Two
In this episode, we discuss the many trials and tribulations of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain, as they were accused of murdering their daughter Azaria. We go through the inquests, the trials, the evidence, the fuck-ups, the acquittal, the inquests again, that took place over the thirty plus years...
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The Death of Azaria Chamberlain, Part One
Look, folks, they can’t all be bangers. This episode we discuss the lead-up to the most famous Australian case of all time – the death of Azaria Chamberlain. You’ve heard “dingoes ate my baby” a thousand times in pop culture, and today we discuss what actually happened the day that dingoes did...
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The Murder of Phuongsri Kroksamrang and Somjai Insamram
Phuongsri Kroksamrang and Somjai Insamnan were sex workers who were murdered by teenagers Phu Ngoc Tring and Ben McLean in March of 2004. They were bound, strangled, and tossed in the river by the boys, who hoped that crocodiles would get rid of the victim’s remains. Their bodies resurfaced,...
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The Coniston Massacre
The Coniston Massacre is the name given to the officially-sanctioned murder of hundreds of Indigenous people of the Warlpiri, Anmatyerre, and Kaytetye tribes, committed by Northern Territory police and landowners in 1928. The massacre was motivated, ostensibly, by the murder of Fred Brooks, a…
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The Kimberley Killer
Australia had a bit of a tourism boom in the late ‘80s, with people travelling from all over the world to experience a bit of the Crocodile Dundee life for themselves. Inns, roadhouses, and campgrounds were full of tourists braving the brutal heat, the isolated highways, and the third degree...
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The Murder of Peter Falconio
CU in the NT, motherfuckers! Our first foray into the Top End covers the murder of Peter Falconio, a British tourist who was murdered while on holiday with his girlfriend, Joanne Lees, on a road trip from Sydney to Darwin. Bradley John Murdoch played the role of concerned fellow motorist when he...
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Merry Crime-mas: A MITLOO Gift Guide
Merry Crisis! Yes, that magical time of year is upon us where we give gifts, wear ugly Christmas sweaters despite the 35 degree heat, and suppress emotional breakdowns for the benefit of our loved ones. Some of you may be struggling with what to get the morbidly-inclined person in your life. But...
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Eric Edgar Cooke Part 2
Welcome to our final episode in Western Australia, for real this time. In Part Two of our discussion of Eric Edgar Cooke, we discuss Cooke’s final crimes, his trial and subsequent execution, and two of the many destroyed lives that Cooke left in his wake – John Button and Darryl Beamish, the two...
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Eric Edgar Cooke Part 1
Eric Edgar Cooke terrorised the people of Perth for years, but they didn’t know it. The people didn’t know that the nighttime prowler breaking into people’s homes and stealing money from purses while they slept, the peeping Tom who watched women getting changed and young couples getting busy, the...
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Ghosts in the Land of Oz 2
The ghosts keep comin’ and they don’t stop comin’ in the second Halloween special from your favourite amateur paranormal investigators. Turn on your head-mounted GoPro, loosen the top of your flashlight and get ready to record some EVPs, because it’s time to go ghostbusting, Aussie style. Who…
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The Murder of Aaron Pajich-Sweetman
Aaron Pajich had dreams he wanted to fulfil. He worked hard, he wanted to get a good job, and he wanted to live in Japan. Aaron was autistic, loved video games and computers, and by all accounts, he was as friendly and good-natured as they came. Jemma Lilley’s dream in life was to be a killer.…
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Bedford Family Murders
This episode discusses domestic violence and the murder of children. Anthony Harvey was obsessed with serial killers, and in order to cope with life, he created a fantasy world in which he was a serial killer. He decided to make this fantasy a reality, and begin “hunting”, but in order to do so…
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David and Catherine Birnie
LISTEN TO WOMEN, FOLKS. Phew, now we’ve got that out of the way. This is the story of Catherine and David Birnie, sure, but more importantly, it’s the story about a survivor, Kate Moir, and how her ingenuity, bravery, and commitment to the truth led to the arrest of two serial murderers and...
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Apologies
No episode today friends! But we have a quick message for you about why and what is happening in the MITLOO world! If you like what we do please consider supporting us on PATREON Subscribe to the podcast on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY or your podcatcher of choice. Find us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER,...
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The Case of Martha Rendell
Welcome to our first episode of our Western Australia season! Fair warning, this episode discusses the death of children. Remember when we said we weren’t gonna cover child murder cases? We’re massive liars. Life’s tough out there for a kid in 1907. You have to write on a literal rock at school,...
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BONUS Missing Persons Week
Throughout our South Australia season, we’ve unintentionally covered a number of cases that have involved missing persons. Approximately 38,000 people are reported missing in Australia each year, and 99.5% of those that are reported missing are located. There are currently 1600 long-term missing...
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The Murder of Carly Ryan
Oof, you guys. This hit home. Carly Ryan was a bright, loving young girl who had a solid relationship with her mum, Sonia. Carly was a typical teenage girl in 2006 – she loved emo music, alternative fashion, and she was heavily invested, like we all were back in the glory days, in her MySpace...
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Snowtown, Part Two
Listener warning: this episode will discuss paedophilia, sexual abuse, murder, torture, dismemberment, and other gross things we’ve managed to repress from our psyches. If you want your psyche to remain intact, consider not listening to this episode. It’s fine, we understand. This week, we look...
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Snowtown, Part One
Be warned, this episode covers some seriously fucked up shit. This episode will discuss paedophila, sexual abuse, assault, torture, murder, dismemberment, and many other horrific things. Listener discretion isn’t just advised, it’s mandatory. We explicitly stated at the start of this season that…
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Maya Jakic and Megumi Suzuki
It’s kind of a Criminal Minds-style cliché to have a murderer be motivated by his sexual inadequacies, but truth is sadly often much worse than fiction. Mark Errin Rust was a sexual predator, rapist, arsonist, and murderer who was convicted of the sexual assault and murder of two women…
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The Somerton Man
This bad boy has been the big kahuna of Australian mysteries for a long time, and it’s time for your girls to take a swipe at the Somerton Man, the mystery man whose body was found lying on Somerton Beach in Adelaide in 1948. The man had no identification, no money, no labels on his clothes, and…
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The Truro Murders
South Australia, we’ve been waiting to get inside you for a long, long time. To start our journey around Australia's most messed-up state, we have the Truro murders, the name given to the truly traumatic series of serial murders committed by Christopher Worrell and James Miller. From 1978 to…
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The Disappearance of Brenda Hean
Conspiracy time! Environmental activist and political leader Brenda Hean went missing in 1972 after her plane mysteriously vanished while she was on her way to the nation’s capital to protest the government-sponsored flooding of Lake Pedder. Brenda had been fighting the government and the...
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The Pacemaker Murderer
Tassie has a reputation of being an inbred backwater twenty years behind the rest of Australia, and to a certain extent that’s true (less so with regards to the inbreeding perhaps). But sometimes, Tassie is ahead of the times. That was the case when the murder of David Crawford caused a...
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JonBenet Ramsey Thoughts/Feelings/Opinions
In this bonus episode, we discuss the infamous murder of JonBenet Ramsey, and have a surprisingly civil debate about the possible perpetrators of this horrible crime. EPISODE NOTES: Six year old JonBenet Ramsey was murdered on Christmas Eve of 1996. The crime has never been solved, and ever since...
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The Killer Cannibal of Van Diemen's Land
Warning: this episode contains brief mention of sexual assault, and not at all brief mentions of cannibalism. All of Australia has some pretty messed up history from the convict days, but that shit reaaally got concentrated in Tassie. The convicts of Van Diemen’s Land, as it was known back in the...
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Technical Difficulties in the Land of Oz
Interstate communications have broken down! And your hosts will be getting back to you as soon as they can! (Which will be Friday) If you like what we do please consider supporting us on PATREON Subscribe to the podcast on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY or your podcatcher of choice. Find us on…
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The Port Arthur Massacre
For our second Tassie episode, we cover one of the worst mass shooting in Australian history. The shooter was Martin Bryant, a 25 year old man with the IQ of an eleven-year-old. Having the mind of a child didn’t stop him from getting his hands on a bunch of semi-automatic weaponry and murdering…
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The Fisherman
Please note, this episode discusses crimes against children. Was a man convicted of the murder of a nine year old boy in Tasmania in 1975 responsible for some of Australia’s most well known unsolved crimes? Investigation by retired detective Gordon Davie uncovered that wherever James O’Neill…
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Ned Kelly Part Two
Welcome to Ned Kelly Part Two! We left our heroes (?) in Stringybark Creek, just after murdering a small handful of policeman. Ned’s fame would absolutely skyrocket from this act, and then, as now, public opinion was divided – did Ned act in self-defence? Or was he nothing more than a…
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Ned Kelly Part One
Ned Kelly: outback legend, or cowardly criminal? You decide! In this kind-of-a-bonus-but-not-really episode, we tackle an Aussie icon, none other than Edward Kelly, better known as Ned, and his gang of rambunctious friends. Some people (Ellen) believe that Ned was a hero, a legend, and a man of…
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Who said nothing ever happens in Brisbane? Join hosts Jessica Kate and Ellen Rose as they dig up the skeletons buried in our own back yard and take you on a macabre tour around Australia’s third largest city - home to the Stefan Needle, the Brown Snake, the crushing feeling that you’re trapped in a dead-end town that you can never leave, and some of the most brutal murders in Australian history.
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