1818: A Dream Diary Written in Kangaroo Blood: the Death of Bushranger Michael Howe
Michael Howe styled himself the Governor of the Ranges and spent years terrorising colonial Tasmania at the head of a bushranging gang, turning on his own allies whenever it suited his hold on command. Read more →
1841: The Scaffold Confession That Exposed a Wrongful Transportation by a Bushranger
Patrick Curran was a notorious bushranger who terrorised the colony's roads and outstations, once storming a property with a loaded gun levelled at the overseer before he was overpowered, wounding one of his captors with the stock of his musket in the struggle. Read more →
1965: The Moors Murders: John Kilbride Found on Saddleworth Moor, Identified Only by His Clothes
John Kilbride had vanished the previous November after leaving a Lancashire market, one of several victims to disappear from the Manchester area without explanation. Read more →
2014: Paralympic Star Oscar Pistorius Sentenced to Five Years for Killing Reeva Steenkamp
Oscar Pistorius, the South African Paralympic sprinter known as the Blade Runner, shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp four times through a locked bathroom door at his Pretoria home, insisting he believed an intruder was inside. Read more →
