Criminology Files

THE GHOST OF WAKEHURST PARKWAY The Lady Who Vanished on Sydney’s Haunted Road There are roads we drive every day without ever thinking about the stories attached to them. But after dark, Wakehurst Parkway becomes the...

For decades, people in Sydney's west have shared the story of Sarah Simpson—a mysterious young woman whose name has become synonymous with one of Australia's best-known urban legends. But who was Sarah Simpson? Was she...

For decades, people in Sydney's west have shared the story of Sarah Simpson—a mysterious young woman whose name has become synonymous with one of Australia's best-known urban legends. But who was Sarah Simpson? Was she...

On a warm spring evening in 1995, a young woman walked into one of Norway's most prestigious hotels and checked into Room 2805. She called herself Jennifer Fairgate. Three days later, she was dead. The name she'd signed...

Podcast Description On a warm summer day in January 1965, two fifteen-year-old best friends, Marianne Schmidt and Christine Sharrock , disappeared after walking across the sand dunes of Wanda Beach in Sydney's south...

The Man Who Never Existed: Peter Bergmann 2009, a man using the name Peter Bergmann arrived in the coastal town of Sligo, Ireland. He checked into a hotel, paid in cash, and gave false details for every piece of...

In one of Australia's strangest unsolved mysteries, a tiger shark caught off Sydney's coast vomited a human arm onto the deck of an aquarium exhibition. What initially seemed like a bizarre marine curiosity quickly...

In 1970, the burned body of an unidentified woman was found in Norway's remote Isdalen Valley. She carried multiple aliases, travelled across Europe, and left behind a trail of mystery that remains unsolved more than...

On the morning of December 1, 1948, an unidentified man was found dead on Somerton Beach in Adelaide, South Australia. He carried no identification. Every label had been removed from his clothing. Hidden in a secret...

On New Year's Day 1963, the bodies of two respected Sydney scientists, Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Margaret Chandler, were discovered on the banks of the Lane Cove River. Neither appeared to have suffered any obvious...

After nearly ten years of dead ends, police finally announce a breakthrough in Australia's most famous unidentified murder case. The Pyjama Girl has a name. Linda Agostini. And her husband, Antonio Agostini, has...

In September 1934, a gruesome discovery beside a lonely road near Albury would spark one of Australia's most infamous criminal mysteries. A young woman is found partially burned, shot in the neck, and dressed in...