Let Down by Police: The Tragic Case of Tara Brown By Emily G. Thompson Domestic violence orders are a key facet of the legal protective measures that are available to all victims of familial and intimate partner violence in Queensland, Australia. However, in 2015, a case of domestic violence rocked the entire nation to its very core and showed the enforcement of such orders are severely lacking. Mar 23, 2023 • 14 min read
Abducted in Broad Daylight: Sheree Beasley By Emily G. Thompson It was a warm summer afternoon in Rosebud, an outer suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, on the 29th of June, 1991. This afternoon, 6-year-old Sheree Beasley was sent to the nearby milk bar by her mother to pick up some groceries. She hopped on her bicycle and made it safely to the milk bar and purchased the groceries. However, Sheree never made it home… Jan 27, 2023 • 19 min read
Bloodlust: The Tragic Case of Stacey Mitchell By Emily G. Thompson In 2006, 16-year-old Stacey Mitchell went to live with two young women she had recently just met. A couple of days later, Stacey inexplicably vanished... Dec 29, 2022 • 6 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 170: Michaela Dunn By Emily G. Thompson It was a pleasant summer afternoon in Sydney’s CBD on the 13th of August, 2019. The area was swarming with people, workers carrying out their daily duties and walking to and from meetings, and shoppers trying to find a good bargain. Just after lunchtime, however, the city was thrown into chaos as a man brandishing […] Sep 19, 2022 • 4 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 140: Bung Siriboon By Emily G. Thompson It’s estimated that around 35,000 Australians go missing each year. That’s a startling one every 15 minutes. More than half of those that go missing are under 18-years-old. While the majority turn up after hours, days, weeks or even months, there’s a handful that never turn up again, that vanish without a trace. In summer of 2011, a teenage girl vanished in Boronia, Australia, on the way to school. The subsequent search for the teenage girl would become one of the state’s most baffling cases and led to many in the nation questioning whether a dormant child predator had come... Feb 21, 2022 • 6 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 132: Jai, Tyler & Bailey Farquharson By Emily G. Thompson It was September of 2005 when a man came running up the dam beside the Princes Highway in Victoria, Australia. He was soaking wet and had the look of fear frozen on his face. The man managed to flag down a passing vehicle. He exclaimed that he had crashed his car into the dam and it had sunk to the bottom of the dark and icy waters. He then added that his three children were still inside the car… Dec 27, 2021 • 7 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 124: The Lin Family Murders By Emily G. Thompson North Epping is a quiet, family-oriented and leafy suburb located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It’s the kind of area that’s perfect for blossoming families who want to be a bit further away from city life. In 2009, however, residents awoke to the grim news that an extremely brutal crime had taken place overnight in their tight-knit community, a crime so heinous that the responding officers would need counselling in the aftermath. Nov 1, 2021 • 8 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 121: Karen Ristevski By Emily G. Thompson In 2012, a 19-year-old junior at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill was found brutally murdered in her own apartment after she returned from a local dance club. The murder would send shockwaves throughout the area and fear of an opportunistic killer quivered in the air. Over time, however, it soon became apparent that this may have not been a random attack and instead, a targeted one. This theory was further compounded when it was uncovered that the victim may have captured her murder on voicemail. Oct 11, 2021 • 6 min read
The Gonzales Family Massacre By Emily G. Thompson It was the 10th of July, 2001, when police in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, received a very panicked phone call from 20-year-old Sef Gonzales. He exclaimed that he had been returning home from a night out with a friend when he uncovered a particularly gruesome scene. As he entered the home, he saw the words: “Fuck off Asians KKK” painted on a wall. This was only an indication of the horrors that would be found inside. Sep 20, 2021 • 7 min read
The Greenough Family Massacre By Emily G. Thompson In 1993, Karen MacKenzie and her three children - ages 16, 7 and 5 - were brutally murdered in their remote home in Greenough, Western Australia. Details of the grisly murders were so horrific that much of Australia called for the death penalty to be reinstated. Aug 17, 2021 • 6 min read
