251: The Wanda Beach Murders | Australia

About this episode

The episode discusses the unsolved Wanda Beach murders of two teenage girls in 1965 and the ongoing mystery surrounding the case.

On a windy January day in 1965, two fifteen-year-old best friends walked into the sand dunes at Wanda Beach near Sydney. They never came home. What followed was one of the largest investigations in Australian history, yet the killer vanished without a trace. Sixty years later, three suspects have emerged, but no one has ever been charged. Was it a teenage surfer, a serial killer, or someone far more sinister? Books: Read collections of The Evidence Locker Files , available in print and digital editions. Follow us on: YouTube , Facebook , Instagram , X , TikTok For more information, visit: Evidence Locker Website Listen ad-free: Visit our page at Patreon 50% of Evidence Locker Patreon proceeds are donated to support the Doe Network , solving international cold cases. To learn more, visit: https://www.doenetwork.org/ Resources Books Alan J. Whiticker - "WANDA: The Untold Story of the Wanda Beach Murders" (New Holland Publishers, 2003) Documentaries Crime Investigation Australia - "The Wanda Beach Murders" Christopher Wilder: The Beauty Queen Killer Web Wikipedia - Wanda Beach Murders Wikipedia - Derek Percy Wikipedia - Christopher Wilder National Film and Sound Archive - Nine News…

People in this episode

Host: Evidence Locker True Crime

Topics covered

• true crime
• unsolved murders
• Australian history
• investigation
• missing persons
• cold cases

Keywords

• Wanda Beach
• murders
• Sydney
• 1965
• investigation
• cold case
• true crime
• missing persons
• Christopher Wilder
• Alan J. Whiticker

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Evidence Locker Files, Doe Network, Crime Investigation Australia, Wikipedia, National Film and Sound Archive, Australian Missing Persons Register

Books & works: WANDA: The Untold Story of the Wanda Beach Murders

Places: Wanda Beach, Sydney

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