Australian True Crime & Unsolved Mysteries
Australian True Crime & Unsolved Mysteries is a website devoted to gathering information and evidence on current mysterious cold cases for amateur detectives to look over and potentially solve. *WARNING* this site contains crime scene photos and evidence that may be distressing to some viewers.
Back in 2011 Queensland’s cold case unit revealed that they were reviewing the 1993 disappearance of Leslie Ralph Ball from Townsville after new information was passed on from interstate. It has now been 25 years since the disappearance, there have been no charges, and almost no information has been made public. Interestingly, due to massive […]
Anthony ‘Tony’ Jones was a 20-year-old Perth man that was on a 6 month backpacking trip around Australia in 1982. On 3 November, Jones phoned his family and girlfriend from a phone-box in Rosslea, Townsville where he had told them of his plan to hitchhike down to Mount Isa – where he was going to […]
Where: Ahern Road, Pakenham Photo: Shows the location of Michael’s Pakenham home. Michael Griffey: Michael Griffey was a 45-year-old wealthy business man who, at the time of his death, was living in a lavish $500,000 Pakenham home complete with tennis courts and swimming pool with his treasured Monaro parked in the garage. By friends he […]
11 May 2006, Ross Schumacher was found dead in his home as a result of a gunshot wound to the back of the head. The weapon was found at the scene of the crime so the death was quickly ruled a suicide and authorities, for numerous reasons, did not seem to entertain the possibility of […]
Where? Half a mile east of the mouth of Cowan Waters on Hawkesbury River, Sydney. Photo: View of Hawkesbury River, where the remains were found. Finding ‘Rack Man’ August 11, 1994 Mark Peterson was out fishing when he felt a sharp, heavy tug. Suspecting that he had caught a giant squid he starting dragging in […]