Who Killed Canberra Grandmother Irma Palasics?
Australian True Crime
Bravecasting
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2021
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Episode 236:
On November 6, 1999, Canberra grandmother Irma Palasics was on the floor of her home.
Irma’s grandson John Mikita feels that the case is tantalisingly close to being solved but frustratingly, despite a few breakthroughs on the case and a $500,000 reward, no one has been arrested. Police believe that members of the Hungarian community in Melbourne can provide the vital clue to the identity of the people who killed Irma.
John Mikita runs and maintains a website https://www.whokilledirma.com.au/ that has lots of information and videos.
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| 0:00.0 | We're bringing Australian True Crime live to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this July, |
| 0:04.3 | and I have to tell you that Brisbane sold out already. |
| 0:07.4 | Good for you, Brisbane, so we've quickly added a second show. |
| 0:10.3 | Now we can't keep adding more shows, so please make sure you get your tickets. Our special guests, |
| 0:15.2 | our forensic criminologist Santee Mallet in Brisbane and Sydney and the one and only Charlie Bazzina in |
| 0:19.9 | Melbourne. There'll be a Q&A of course so you can ask your own burning questions on the night but you have to book quickly. The producers of this podcast recognize the traditional owners of the land on which it's recorded. |
| 0:40.0 | They pay respect to the Aboriginal elders past, present and those emerging. |
| 0:49.0 | The following podcast contains content of a graphic violent nature and is not suitable for children. |
| 0:55.0 | I could hear the police officers talk to my parents and they basically just said that |
| 1:07.0 | they have come just to let us know that unfortunately there's been a break in at my |
| 1:15.0 | Grandparents house. Sorry just give me a minute. |
| 1:30.0 | And they just, they regretted to inform us that my grandmother had passed away on the sea. And my grandfather was in hospital, and he'd been severely beaten. On November 6, 1999, |
| 1:47.2 | 6, 1999, |
| 1:49.7 | Camber Grandmother Irma Palassix |
| 1:51.5 | lay on the floor of her home, dying, her face gaffa-taped, drowning in her |
| 1:56.3 | own blood from a broken nose, as her killers ransacked the home, looking for money and valuables. |
| 2:08.0 | Her husband Gregor was seriously assaulted and unconscious and when he came to, he made the call to emergency services to report his wife's murder. |
| 2:14.0 | Ermer's grandson John McKita feels that the case is tantalizingly close to being solved, |
| 2:19.7 | even after 22 years, but frustratingly, despite a few breakthroughs on the case and a $500,000 |
| 2:26.7 | reward, no one has been arrested. |
| 2:30.1 | Police believe that members of the Hungarian community in Australia can provide some vital clues to the identity of the people who killed Irma. |
| 2:38.0 | This was a brutal crime and as we've seen with some cold cases in recent years it can take just one call |
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