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Manhunt: the Simmonds escape and arrest, 1959

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:August 29, 2020
Post Category:History

When Kevin John Simmonds and prison cellmate Leslie Alan Newcombe escaped from Sydney’s Long Bay jail on October 9, 1959, the manhunt that followed was the biggest in Australian history.…

Charlie and the detective: a vintage Australian true crime epic

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:July 5, 2020
Post Category:Greg Ray's Writing / History / Miscellaneous / Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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I am obliged to my friend Elaine Sheehan, the daughter of Charlie Thompson (who, coincidentally, once lived next-door to my mother), for access to many of the documents relied on…

Police at the scene of the murder at East Maitland, 1960

Maitland’s “double-headless” murders of 1960.

Post Author:Greg Ray
Post published:July 8, 2019
Post Category:History / Miscellaneous / Newcastle, NSW, Australia / Vintage Photographs and Photography

On Saturday, April 23, 1960, Maitland reeled in shock when news broke of a gruesome double murder in a small isolated hut off Turton Road, not far from the East…