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Morning Cup of Murder

Who Killed Betty Shanks - September 19 2023

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

September 19th: Bodies of Backpacker Murders Found (1992) Up until the mid-1990s hitchhiking was viewed as a safe and adventurous way to see the world. That was, until the bodies of missing hitchhikers started turning up murdered on September 19th 1992 in New South Wales, Australia. Wikipedia, The Guardian, allthatsinteresting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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.

0:14.6

Cold cases often come with many a theory.

0:18.2

On September 19, 19, 1952, a young woman was brutally killed not far from home,

0:23.3

in a case that, though it remains unsolved, had more than a handful of theories that may or may not

0:30.4

point to who her killer is. So if you like your coffee hot, but your bones chilled, sit back and

0:36.7

start your day with a morning

0:38.1

cup of murder.

0:40.1

On the night of September 19th, 1952, 22-year-old Betty Shanks, in the company of two other

0:46.3

students from her night class at Brisbane Commercial High School, began the journey back

0:50.8

to her parents' home in Grange, Australia.

0:54.1

Just under a five-mile

0:55.6

journey between the two points, the three students were driven part of the way by their lecturer,

1:00.8

Edward Milliken, and Betty, left near Tram Stop 19 in Windsor, boarded the tram car for the second

1:07.5

half of the journey. She exited at 9.32 p.m. and made her way towards Thomas Street.

1:14.7

This was the last time anyone saw Betty Shanks alive and well. By 1.30 a.m., her father, who was up

1:22.6

waiting for her return, decided to report Betty missing. Unfortunately, the search wouldn't have to last for long

1:29.5

when just before 6 a.m. the following morning, a neighbor walking outside to grab the paper,

1:35.2

found Betty lying dead in another neighbor's yard. He immediately called the police. An investigation

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