4.7 • 723 Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2023
⏱️ 8 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
0:00.0 | There were two more murders 15 miles away. |
0:02.6 | When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines. |
0:06.0 | We have a weird homicide. |
0:08.8 | A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird... |
0:12.9 | A cop of murder. |
0:14.8 | Grief and sadness can sometimes bring out the worst in people. |
0:18.8 | On August 17, 1991, a man without any warning began a massacre |
0:24.7 | that would end up costing seven strangers their lives. People who had nothing to do with his grief, |
0:31.4 | but if theories are correct, became his targets anyway. So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and |
0:38.9 | start your day with a morning cup of murder. On August 17, 1991, a man named Wade Frankum |
0:47.1 | stood in the North Stratfield Station in Sydney, Australia, ready to begin a deadly mission. |
0:52.9 | With an army surplus duffel bag in his hand, |
0:55.8 | the 33-year-old walked over to the ticket booth to get what he needed and ominously told the |
1:00.9 | man behind the desk, you better go home. Hopping on the train to Strathfield, Wade would |
1:06.6 | arrive and head straight for the local shopping mall, where he sat at a coffee shop for a few |
1:11.0 | hours and downing a few cups, seemed to simply sit peacefully and people watch. Then at 3.30 p.m., |
1:19.5 | Wade suddenly pulled out a larger knife that he had concealed in his bag and lunged at the bodies |
1:24.4 | of two teenage girls sitting behind him. |
1:33.9 | After killing one of the girls, 15-year-old Roberta Armstrong, and leaving the knife in her back, |
1:39.8 | he then pulled out a self-loading assault rifle, shot it in the air, and then turned it on the rest of the customers inside of the cafe. |
1:42.9 | Shot twice was 61-year-old Joyce Nixon, |
1:46.3 | followed quickly by bullets that went through the back |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Morning Cup of Murder, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Morning Cup of Murder and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.