North Shore is a picturesque area on the coast of Sydney in Australia. It is dotted with intimate villages and is worlds away from the hustle and bustle of city life. In 2013, a well-known and well-liked man from North Shore was the victim of a vicious attack. In trying to uncover what had happened to him, a media frenzy focused on his private life, posting lurid story after lurid story about the most intimate aspects of his life for the whole world to see.
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Audio Sources:
“Crimes That Shook Australia S03E06 Morgan Huxley”
“Daily Mail – Daniel Kelsall Sentenced to Jail”
Sources:
The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 September, 2013 – “Police Investigate Man’s Stabbing Death After Night Out With Friends”
The Daily Telegraph, 12 September, 2013 – “Spurned Lover a Murder Suspect”
The Canberra Times, 13 September, 2013 – “Savage Stabbing Death”
The Daily Telegraph, 13 September, 2013 – “Stab Victim’s Fairytale Life”
The Daily Telegraph, 14 September, 2013 – “Love in Fear of a Killer on the Loose”
The Sun Herald, 15 September, 2013 – “Police Close in Ladies Man’s Killer”
The Daily Telegraph, 17 September, 2013 – “The Short Trip Home Ended in Bloodbath”
The Daily Telegraph, 17 September, 2013 – “House Mate’s Death Trauma”
The Daily Telegraph, 17 September, 2013 – “Open Door to Horror”
The Australian, 18 September, 2013 – “Crime of Passion Has Mourners Mystified”
The Daily Telegraph, 18 September, 2013 – “Tears for Morgan”
The Daily Telegraph, 18 September, 2013 – “Police Team Watches Mourners for Sign of Huxley’s Killer”
The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 September, 2013 – “Still no Prime Suspect in North Shore Stabbing Death”
The Daily Telegraph, 20 September, 2013 – “A Tangled Web of Women”
The Daily Telegraph, 20 September, 2013 – “Police Return to Scene in Hunt for Evidence”
The Daily Telegraph, 21 September, 2013 – “Lady Killer”
The Courier Mails, 22 September, 2013 – “Man May Have Been Killed on a Booty Call”
The Daily Telegraph, 24 September, 2013 – “Bedroom DNA Murder Clue”
The Daily Telegraph, 26 September, 2013 – “Killer Caught on Camera?”
The Advertiser, 9 October, 2013 – “Stabbing Victim Followed from Pub”
The Australian, 9 October, 2013 – “Murder Accused Went With Huxley for Sex”
The Canberra Times, 9 October, 2013 – “Chef Linked to Huxley Stabbing”
The Courier Mail, 10 October, 2013 – “No Bail for Alleged Killer”
The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 October, 2013 – “Accused’s Father Tells of Grief for Victim”
The Sun Herald, 13 October, 2013 – “Huxley’s Alleged Killer Contacted Police”
The Canberra Times, 15 October, 2013 – “Kill Suspect Scared to Walk Home”
Inner West Courier, 17 December, 2013 – “Morgan will be Honoured for Positive Spirit”
The Australian, 12 March, 2014 – “Your State”
The Daily Telegraph, 16 May, 2014 – “Huxley Murder Accused on Indecent Assault Charges”
The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 August, 2014 – “Admissions Made in Murder Case”
The Advocate, 5 March, 2015 – “Huxley Stabbed 28 Times”
The Daily Telegraph, 5 March, 2015 – “Fatal Fantasy’s Bloody End”
The Daily Telegraph, 6 March, 2015 – “Cops Found Knives in Bedroom”
The Sydney Morning Herald, 6 March, 2015 – “Murder Trial Told of Bloody Scene at Man’s Flat”
The Daily Telegraph, 7 March, 2015 – “I Didn’t Mean to Follow Him”
The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 March, 2015 – “Kelsall Caring Son, Says Mother”
The Daily Telegraph, 10 March, 2015 – “My Son’s Fear After Huxley Murder”
The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 March, 2015 – “Accused Murderer Timid, Shy, Court Hears”
The Daily Telegraph, 11 March, 2015 – “Huxley Blood Found on Bag”
The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 March, 2015 – “Stabbing Victim Dealing with Psycho Ex”
The Daily Telegraph, 12 March, 2015 – “Huxley Had three Girls on the go Before His Death”
The Daily Telegraph, 13 March, 2015 – “Intrusive Urge to Kill”
The Daily Telegraph, 14 March, 2015 – “Haunted by a Killer Fantasy”
The Canberra Times, 17 March, 2015 – “Murder Accused Tells Jury His Story”
The Courier Mail, 17 March, 2015 – “I Lied to Police out of Fear”
The Advertiser, 19 March, 2015 – “Serial Killer Stopped in his Tracks”
Illawarra Mercury, 29 April, 2015 – “Baby Faced Killer Jailed for 30 Years”
The Daily Telegraph, 30 April, 2015 – “This Living, Breathing Monster Stole Our Son”
The Sun Herald, 3 May, 2015 – “We Feel Let Down by the System”
