Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous

Crime Investigation Australia: Most Infamous

Crime Investigation Australia shines new light on some of Australia's most notorious crimes.

CrimeDocumentary

Seasons

Blood Sport - The Bondi Gay Murders

1. Blood Sport - The Bondi Gay Murders

Air Date: 2018-05-09

In the 1980s and 90s, on a cliff-top walk near Bondi Beach, gangs of thugs staged bloody attacks on anyone they perceived to be gay and then hurled them to their deaths into the ocean below.

Headless Body - The Kim Barry Murder

2. Headless Body - The Kim Barry Murder

Air Date: 2018-05-16

A look at the brutal murder of Wollongong teen Kim Barry, and her murderer Graham Potter, who went to prison for the killing but was released after 15 years, going back to a life of organized crime.

3. Michael Kanaan - Shoot to Kill

Air Date: 2018-05-23

A look at the crime kingpin, Michael Kanaan, who had a volatile temper fed by deep insecurity. In a wild crime spree in the 1990s, Kanaan murdered three people and conducted a war with police.

No Mercy - The Killing of Virginia Morse

4. No Mercy - The Killing of Virginia Morse

Air Date: 2018-05-30

The horrific rape and murder of Virginia Morse and the random killing of a farm hand in 1973, led to a dramatic police chase and shootout in the NSW Hunter Valley.

5. No More Grannies

Air Date: 2018-06-06

The compelling story surrounding the hunt for the mysterious 'Granny Killer' and how a few minor and seemingly unrelated incidents were eventually drawn together by detectives to identify him.

Tears for Daniel & Murder of Innocence - Sian Kingi

6. Tears for Daniel & Murder of Innocence - Sian Kingi

Air Date: 2018-06-13

A look at the disappearance of Queensland teen Daniel Morcombe, as well as the rape and murder of Sian Kingi, a 12-year-old school girl.

The Backpacker Murders

7. The Backpacker Murders

Air Date: 2018-06-20

The torture, rape, and murder of young backpacker tourists in the Belango forest, southwest of Sydney, has entered Australian criminal folklore.

The Family Murders

8. The Family Murders

Air Date: 2018-06-27

The torture, mutilation and murder of six young men in South Australia led to speculation about a group of depraved killers dubbed 'The Family'. Only one man has ever been convicted in the case.

9. The Gonzales Family Murders

Air Date: 2018-07-04

Failing in his studies and dreaming of living a celebrity life, Sef Gonzales devised a plan to get his hands on his family's money, by murdering his mother, father, and sister, to claim an inheritance.

10. The Killing Fields of Truro

Air Date: 2018-07-11

Seven young women were raped and murdered in South Australia in the 1970s. The police hunt for the killers came to a bizarre end when one of them died in a car accident.

The Donald Mackay Disappearance

1. The Donald Mackay Disappearance

Air Date: 2019-08-30

Donald Bruce Mackay was an Australian businessman. He was also a prominent substance abuse campaigner who came to media attention and fame in 1977. Then he was murdered.

The Anita Cobby Murder

2. The Anita Cobby Murder

Air Date: 2019-09-06

In February 1986, nurse Anita Cobby is savagely raped and murdered by five young men, beginning one of Australia's most notorious criminal cases.

3. Death in a Heartbeat

Air Date: 2019-09-13

Dr. Victor Chang was a famous surgeon on the brink of implanting the world's first artificial heart. In a failed extortion attempt he was fatally shot dead in the street.

4. The Greenough Family Massacre

Air Date: 2019-09-20

In 1993, Karen MacKenzie and her three small children were violently murdered at their isolated house. It will forever be associated as one of the most horrific murders in Australian criminal history.

5. Night of Terror - The Bega School Girls

Air Date: 2019-09-27

In 1997, Bega High School students and best friends Lauren Barry and Nichole Collins had their young lives tragically cut short after being held captive for 12 horrendous hours.

Snowtown - Bodies in the Barrels

6. Snowtown - Bodies in the Barrels

Air Date: 2019-10-04

Eight bodies are found in six barrels filled with acid in a former bank vault in rural Snowtown, 50 kilometers north of Adelaide. The investigation then lead police to discover 4 more bodies.

7. The Mornington Monster / The Will of Death

Air Date: 2019-10-11

A look at the Mornington Monster, a man who killed his wife, infant daughter and unborn child. Also, the suspicious death of a wealthy nightclub entrepreneur.

8. The Girls Who Knew Too Much - Sallie-Anne Huckstepp & Juanita Nielson

Air Date: 2019-10-25

In the 70s and 80s, Sallie-Anne Huckstepp and Juanita Nielsen drove King's Cross' scene. But challenging the status quo only led to their mysterious and violent deaths.

9. Thrill Kill - The Janine Balding Murder

Air Date: 2019-11-01

An investigation into the story of David and Catherine Birnie, Australia's most sadistic husband and wife killing team who tortured, raped and murdered four women in 1986.

10. Mystery of the Homestead Murders

Air Date: 2019-11-08

When a little girl tells the telephone operator that her sleeping mummy is turning black, he knows something is very wrong at the sheep shearer's house.

1. The Kimberley Killer

Air Date: 2021-04-04

A German tourist randomly shoots dead five people in a series of mysterious attacks across the Top End of the Northern Territory and the vast Kimberley region of Western Australia.

2. A Killer Amongst Us - The Norfolk Island Murder

Air Date: 2021-04-11

A young Sydney woman dies a violent death on a remote Norfolk Island in the South Pacific. Everyone expects police to quickly solve the case. But it takes four years and involves new DNA technology.

3. Buried Alive

Air Date: 2021-04-18

Abducted by two Satan-worshippers, two Queensland schoolboys are bound, tortured slowly with knives, sexually assaulted, and savagely beaten.

Date with a Serial Killer - Rodney Francis Cameron

4. Date with a Serial Killer - Rodney Francis Cameron

Air Date: 2021-05-02

On a Melbourne ‘lonely hearts’ talkback radio show, a trap is laid by a psychopathic murderer recently released from jail and hunting for his next victim.

The Predator - Leonard John Fraser

5. The Predator - Leonard John Fraser

Air Date: 2021-05-09

A 9 year-old girl in Queensland is raped and murdered in a crime that horrifies the people of the tropical city of Rockhampton.

6. The Assassination of John Newman

Air Date: 2021-05-16

In Australia’s only assassination of a serving politician, New South Wales MP John Newman is gunned down outside his Sydney home. A tip off leads police to a political rival, Vietnamese club owner Phuong Ngo.

7. The Night Caller - Eric Edgar Cooke

Air Date: 2021-07-04

Terror grips the city of Perth as police search for a crazed killer who's conducted a 4-year-long series of bizarre murders. The massive investigation involves fingerprinting more than 30,000 men.

8. John Ernest Cribb - The Devil Inside

Air Date: 2021-07-11

A psychotic killer abducts and rapes a young Sydney mother before killing her and two of her children. He even makes a cruel phone call to tell her husband she has run off with him.

9. The Moorhouse Horrors

Air Date: 2021-07-18

Serial killers David and Catherine Birnie abduct five women in Perth. Four are murdered and buried in a forest but the fifth manages a miraculous escape and leads police to the House of Horrors.

The Killer Punch & Contract to Kill

10. The Killer Punch & Contract to Kill

Air Date: 2021-08-29

Australian boxing’s ‘Royal Family’ is torn apart in 1988 when one of its sons is driven by his brutal father to commit a murder.

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Rating

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Release Date

2018-05-09

Episodes

30 (3 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Production Companies

Seven Network

Seven Network