Australian Crime Stories

Million Dollar Mystery. In 1994 twenty-two-year-old dancer and model, Revelle Balmain vanished. What really happened that night remains a mystery. We re-trace Revelle’s final steps.

Derek Percy: The Face of Evil. He’s been described as Australia’s Hannibal Lector, an opportunist killer, with unspeakable obsessions. Is this Australia’s worst child killer?

Deadly Deception. Renae Marsden died by suicide on the day her relationship ended. Her family reveal the inside story and the tragic twist, where Renae’s tormenter is yet to be brought to justice.

The disappearance of Juanita Nielsen is one of Australia’s most infamous murder mysteries. ACS examines the three main suspects and answers a crucial question, who killed Juanita?

The 2011 the disappearance of Prison boss David Prideaux is a mystery that bristles with possibilities. The story that began as a missing person case is now clouded with accusations of betrayal, adultery, conspiracies and murder.

Con artist Jody Harris had a thing for cops, bluffing her way into police stations and charming her way into their beds. The young grifter swindled many wary men and women, as she hustled her way up and down Australia’s eastern seaboard.

Jonathan Dick was one of Australia’s most wanted men for more than two years after killing his brother with a sword in a Melbourne shopping centre. The terrorised family tell ACS exclusively about living on Jono’s kill list.

In 1988, thieves broke into a bank in Chinatown, Sydney, from a neighbouring building and escaped with gold bars, rare coins, jewellery, and bundles of cash. In a world exclusive, we name the mastermind who got away with the loot.

Constable Angela Taylor was killed and 22 other’s injured when a car bomb exploded outside the Victoria Police headquarters in Melbourne’s CBD in 1986.

He was South Australia’s top forensic pathologist for 27 years, but Dr Colin Manock didn’t always get it right. From questionable methodology to performing a public autopsy, ACS reveals the high-level cover-ups.