Crimes That Shook Australia

Crimes That Shook Australia is an Australian true crime documentary television series that premiered on Crime + Investigation on 16 April 2014.[1] Stan Grant presented the first two series; Matt Doran was announced as the new presenter in February 2017.[2]

Crimes That Shook Australia
Genre
Presented by
Composer(s)Chaz DaBat Kkoshi
Country of originAustralia
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes24
Production
Producer(s)Amelia Hunter
Release
Original networkCrime + Investigation
Original release16 April 2014 (2014-04-16) 
present
External links
Official website

Production

As with similar true crime documentaries, Crimes That Shook Australia explores some of Australia's most famous crimes, and details "the events leading up to the crime, the crime itself and its enduring effect on the national consciousness" through interviews, reconstructions and archival footage.[3]

Episodes

Series 1

The first series of six episodes premiered in April 2014.[1]

Episode Title[4] Air-date[5] Notes
1 Ebony Simpson 16 April 2014
2 The Port Arthur Tragedy 23 April 2014
3 Peter Norris Dupas 30 April 2014
4 Jason Alexander Downie 7 May 2014
5 Katherine Mary Knight 14 May 2014
6 Derek Ernest Percy 21 May 2014

Series 2

A second series began airing in May 2016.[6]

Episode Title Air-date[5] Notes
1 Robert Farquharson 29 May 2016
2 Peter Falconio 5 June 2016
3 The Strathfield Massacre 12 June 2016
4 Darcey Freeman 19 June 2016
5 The Russell Street Bombing 26 June 2016
6 The Murder of Raechel Betts 3 July 2016
7 Hoddle Street Massacre 10 July 2016
8 Gerard Baden Clay 17 July 2016

Series 3

The third series premiered in mid-February 2018.[7]

Episode Title Air-date[4][7] Notes
1 Snowtown: The Bodies In the Barrels Murders 18 February 2018
2 The Bega Schoolgirl Murders 25 February 2018
3 The Queen Street Massacre 4 March 2018
4 Matthew Milat 11 March 2018
5 Anu Singh 18 March 2018
6 Morgan Huxley 25 March 2018
7 Raymond Edmunds 1 April 2018
8 Patricia Byers 8 April 2018
9 The Walsh Street Massacre 15 April 2018
10 Jill Meagher 22 April 2018
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gollark: What is a "true picture"? Cameras don't work exactly like human eyes do. They have to do a bunch of postprocessing.
gollark: I see.
gollark: It's apparently possible to see what people are seeing by reading their brain activity in an MRI scanner now, but those are hardly conducive to sleep and dreams probably don't use the same hardware.

References

  1. Humphries, Glen (17 April 2014). "Mother recounts Ebony Simpson tragedy in new crime series". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  2. Knox, David (6 February 2017). "Matt Doran signs with Foxtel". TV Tonight. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  3. "Crimes That Shook Australia: Stan Grant on Australia's dark history". Foxtel. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  4. "Crimes That Shook Australia | Crime + Investigation on Foxtel". Crime + Investigation. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  5. Crimes That Shook Australia (TV Series 2013–2016), retrieved 6 February 2018
  6. Knox, David (4 May 2016). "Returning: Crimes That Shook Australia". TV Tonight. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  7. "What's coming in Crimes That Shook Australia season 3". Foxtel. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
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