Outback Murder Highway: Triple Murder At Spear Creek

About this episode

The episode explores the unsolved triple murder at Spear Creek in Queensland, featuring insights from investigative journalist Amelia Oberhardt.

In October 1978 three bodies are found at Spear Creek in remote outback Queensland - each has a single rifle shot to the head. Decades later a prime suspect is ruled out but did witnesses identify another man? In this special episode for Outback Murder Highway, Tim and Xanthe are joined again by investigative journalist Amelia Oberhardt to unpack the documentary investigation into the unsolved murders of Karen Edwards, Tim Thomson and Gordon Twaddle.  You can watch the Outback Murder Highway TV documentary series 8.30pm Wednesday on Channel 9  from April 22 to May 13. Or watch anytime here - on 9Now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Xanthe Mallett, Tim Watson-Munro

Guest: Amelia Oberhardt

Topics covered

• unsolved murders
• investigative journalism
• true crime
• outback Queensland
• documentary analysis

Keywords

• Spear Creek
• triple murder
• 1978
• investigation
• true crime
• Queensland
• Amelia Oberhardt
• documentary

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Outback Murder Highway TV documentary series

Places: Queensland

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