1857: Two Men Hanged at Melbourne Gaol for the Brutal Murder of a Brothel Madam
On a wet, cloudy night in 1857, Chong Sigh and Hing Tzan entered the brothel of Sophia Lewis on Exhibition Street, in Melbourne, intending to rob and murder her. Chong Sigh cut the sleeping woman’s throat, but the first wound was not fatal. Read more →
1885: Charles Bushby Hanged at Ballarat for Shooting a Detective on the Gong Gong Road
In December 1884, plain-clothes Detective Sergeant Hyland was pursuing a suspect wanted as an accomplice in a wool-stealing robbery at Kyneton. Read more →
1928: Clifford Hulme Hanged at Perth for the Wubin Murder
In June 1928, Clifford Hulme shot and killed Harold Eaton Smith at Wubin, a remote farming district north of Perth. Read more →
1981: Andrei Chikatilo Resumes Killing After a Three-Year Pause
Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo had committed his first murder in 1978, preying on young victims lured from rail stations and bus depots around Rostov-na-Donu. Read more →
2009: Millionaire Michael McGurk Shot Dead Outside His Cremorne Home
On the evening of 3 September 2009, millionaire businessman Michael McGurk was shot dead in the driveway of his home in Cremorne, Sydney. Read more →
