EP40: Murphys Creek

Crimes and Consequences

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In 1974, two Australian nursing students, Lorraine Wilson, and Wendy Evans decided to take some time off from their work and studies to travel around Australia. Unfortunately for the young women, Lorraine’s car broke down in the middle of their vacation and the repair shop said would take over a week to fix it. Undeterred, the two decided to hitchhike to Brisbane to spend a week with Lorraine’s sister. As the days passed Lorraine began to grow more concerned that her car wouldn’t be fixed in time for both women to return to work on October 10, 1974. On October 6, Lorraine and Wendy couldn’t wait any longer for Lorraine’s car to be done so the two set off on foot, hoping to hitchhike their way back home. They never made it. Lorraine’s aunt reported them missing on October 12, 1974, but it would take almost 40 years to discover the truth of what happened to these women. Although there were at least a dozen bystanders that witnessed the crime and over 10 men who participated in the brutal rapes of the women, fear coupled with mistakes made by authorities, allowed the perpetrators to get away with murder and escape justice.

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Sources:Ricochet of Echoes by Eric Wilson

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0:00.0	This episode may contain content of a graphic nature, including descriptions of physical and sexual violence against adults, children, and animals.
0:09.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:13.0	Hi everyone, I'm Tia and I'm Tanya.
0:16.0	And together we are T&T Crimes and Consequences, a true crime podcast. Hey everybody. Hi Tanya. Hi Tanya. Hi Tlia. Hi everyone. You seem like you're in a good mood. I am in a good mood. I am too.
0:44.0	Well, this one's a pisser. Of course. They're all pissers.
0:48.0	They are. And you keep acting like you don't love them, but you do.
0:51.0	I want to take one second and ask everybody to hit the
0:54.7	subscribe or follow button if you haven't already.
0:58.3	Are you ready?
0:59.3	Absolutely.
1:00.3	Let's do it.
1:01.7	This one is for all of our Australian fans and there are a lot of them. I love
1:06.5	Australia. Let's begin. On the night of October 6th in 1974, police officer Ian Hamilton and his partner received a call
1:18.8	from the caretakers of, I'm going to slaughter this, Yukarana-Bale Youth Camp.
1:25.0	It's a camp for kids located off of the Tumumba Range Road in Tawumba, Queensland, Australia.
1:35.0	The caretakers reported that they'd been hearing the screams of a woman
1:40.7	for about 20 to 30 minutes near the camp, but they couldn't make out where the sounds were coming from.
1:48.0	Officer Hamilton and his partner arrived at the camp around 9 p.m.
1:53.0	When they first got there they didn't hear anything
1:56.4	but after walking about 80 meters away from the camp
2:00.8	into the woods they began hearing screams too.
2:06.1	Officer Hamilton described the screams
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