Case 31
The Killer Couple
*** Content Warning: child victims, sexual assault ***
Over a five-week period in 1986, four young women went missing from around Perth in Western Australia. 22-year-old Mary Neilson, 15-year-old Susannah Candy, 31-year-old Noelene Patterson and 21-year-old Denise Brown all disappeared without a trace, but police were sceptical that some were runaways and no links were drawn between the missing women.
That was until November 10 1986, when a man standing outside a vacuum cleaner store was suddenly approached by a hysterical, barefoot young woman.
CREDITS
EPISODE:
Research & writing – Anonymous Host and Victoria Dieffenbacher
Narration – Anonymous Host
MUSIC:
‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro – www.dl-sounds.com
Audio production – Mike Migas
Scoring – Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn
OTHER:
Logo and website design – Paulina Szymanska
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RESOURCES
VIDEOS:
Australian Families of Crime: David and Catherine Birnie
BOOKS:
“Don’t Ever Call Me Helpless” – by Ruth Wykes
“The Evil Within” – by Trevor Marriott
“Human Monsters Volume 5: 30 Terrifying Serial Killers” – by Robert Keller
ARTICLES:
Victim of Birnie serial killers says: “Don’t let her free” – Perth Now