1629: The Batavia Massacre: First European Executions on Australian Soil
When the Dutch East India Company ship Batavia wrecked on a reef off Western Australia in 1629, disgraced merchant Jeronimus Cornelisz seized control of the survivors stranded on the barren Houtman Abrolhos islands. Read more →
1863: The Mob Wanted to Lynch Him on the Spot: A Bushranger Hanged at Maitland for Murdering a Brave Drover
On Warland’s Range near Murrurundi in April 1863, a masked rider named Henry Wilson held up a party of drovers and stripped young Peter Clarke of his watch and chain. Read more →
1866: The Sussex Street Mystery: Sydney’s Inquest Returns a Verdict of Wilful Murder
In September 1866 a boy’s dog began scratching at a rubbish heap near Sussex Street in Sydney, and uncovered a charred, half-roasted human head. Read more →
1974: Vanished in Utah: the Teenager Ted Bundy Later Confessed to Killing
Sixteen-year-old Nancy Wilcox vanished from Holladay, Utah in 1974, one of a string of young women who disappeared across the state that year without a trace. Read more →
1975: The Woman Who Escaped Ted Bundy Fought Back and Identified Him in a Lineup
Carol DaRonch had already escaped once. Read more →
