79: The Bodies in the Barrels: The Snowtown Murders

Red Thread

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🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 140 minutes

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15% off Soul Syrup: go to https://www.soulsyrup.com.au and use code REDTHREAD Get a 7 day free trial to ad free, early access to Red Thread: https://www.official.men Welcome to The Red Thread, a podcast series where two friends (Jordan and Jackson) investigate the peculiar space just beyond reality. Cryptids, Conspiracies, Cults and more are on the investigation board and nothing is off limits. What will they discover? There's only one way to find out... --- Check out FriendlyJordies: https://www.youtube.com/@friendlyjordies Check out Jordan Shanks: https://www.youtube.com/@jordanshanksselfhelp Check out Jordan on tour in Australia:https://www.friendlyjordies.com/ Support the show, leave a rating and remember to subscribe: Listen on Audio ➡️ https://linktr.ee/redthreadshow Listen to other Our Other Shows ➡️ https://linktr.ee/theofficialnetwork Support us on Patreon ➡️ https://www.patreon.com/theofficialpodcast This is Episode #79, where we discuss the Snowtown Murders. Originally recorded 29/08/25. Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_Lf5M5z160vklSTQGwTuIkzp6UStEZkKXjdFDOwQW8s/edit?usp=sharing Hosts: Jackson - https://www.twitter.com/zealotonpc Jordan - https://www.twitter.com/friendlyjordies Writer/Producer: Jackson Clarke Music/Editing by: https://linktr.ee/zayaLT Thumbnail: https://www.instagram.com/nook_eilyk/ Designer: http://www.jr-design-co.com/ Produced under The Official Podcast Network Contact (business only): theofficialpodcastyt@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The May 20th, 1999.
0:32.9	On a quiet ordinary day in Snowtown South Australia, a discovery was made that would forever
0:38.3	etch this peaceful farming community into Australian true crime history. Inside the vault of an old
0:45.2	disused bank, police officers pride opened thick metal doors. Inside, they found not old bank ledges
0:51.9	or unused currency, but instead they found barrels, six of them
0:56.3	filled with acid and human remains. Eight victims in total, dissolved and dismembered,
1:02.6	stuffed into these innocuous barrels in this forgotten bank. The discovery shocked the nation
1:07.8	and exposed a dark and insidious level of depravity hiding underneath
1:12.2	society to many. From the seemingly tranquil streets of Adelaide's northern suburbs to the desolate
1:18.3	windswept field surrounding Snowtown, a chilling set of discoveries would be made and a story of
1:24.0	control, violence and systematic murder would unfold.
1:28.6	This is the story of the bodies in the barrels, the Snowtown murders.
1:33.3	And this is Red Thread.
1:36.6	Welcome back to Red Thread, everyone.
1:39.3	Thank you very much for joining us again this week.
1:42.2	We've heard the pleas from the audience, the many
1:44.9	people crying out, please, no more ferries, no more wild internet stories. Let's get back to
1:50.8	what Red Thread is all about. And that is the creepy stuff happening in real life outside of our
1:56.4	computer screens. And that is why this week, we're bringing a story that many people across the world
2:02.3	probably don't know about. Many people in Australia have probably forgotten about this story
2:07.3	as well as since it was quite a while ago, 20 years ago at the moment. And that is the
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