The Backpacker Murders Pt. 2

Serial Killers

Spotify Studios

True Crime, History, Education

4.6 • 30.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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By the end of 1993, seven decomposed bodies had been pulled from Australia's Belanglo State Forest. The nation was terrified, and the police force was put on notice: There was a serial killer on the loose. This episode became a Parcast Instant Classic when it initially aired in November, 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi listeners, welcome back to the conclusion of the backpacker murders, a shocking killing
0:05.7	spree that left seven people dead and Australia's Belangelo State Forest.
0:10.3	Enjoy Part 2 today and join us next week for all new episodes of serial killers.
0:17.8	Due to the graphic nature of this episode, listener discretion is advised.
0:22.2	This episode contains discussions of murder, domestic abuse, and sexual assault that some
0:27.7	listeners may find disturbing.
0:30.3	Extreme caution is advised for listeners under 13.
0:41.5	Sometime in 1977, 18-year-old friends Marion Terese chatted amicably to the kind stranger
0:48.0	who just picked them up.
0:50.0	The pair were traveling home to Canberra from Sydney's outer suburbs and figured hitchhiking
0:54.9	was the cheapest way to get there.
0:57.4	Their driver was older than them, they guessed probably in his early 30s and had straggly
1:02.6	black hair.
1:04.1	He was friendly enough, and the drive south was largely uneventful for the first 45 minutes
1:09.4	or so.
1:10.5	Out the windows, the teenagers watched the picturesque scenery slide by.
1:16.2	Just outside the town of Midagong, the man turned off the Hume Highway, the main thoroughfare
1:20.8	to Canberra.
1:22.1	He winked at Mary and Terese, telling them it was a shortcut.
1:26.8	But the new road brought them closer to dense vegetation that pressed in on either side.
1:35.1	Just moments later, he turned onto a small dirt road and slowed to a stop.
1:41.2	Undoing his seat belt, he got out of the car, muttering something about needing to relieve
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