Case 90
Hoddle Street
19-year-old Julian Knight was obsessed with war and combat from a young age. He enrolled in the Royal Military Academy of Duntroon with dreams of one day defending his country, but there was one problem – he didn’t like authority.
After being discharged from the military, Knight spent the afternoon of Sunday, August 9, 1987, drinking away his disappointment at the local pubs around Melbourne’s inner-city suburb of Clifton Hill. He then returned to his family home, loaded three guns over his shoulder and ran towards the busy thoroughfare of Hoddle Street.
CREDITS
EPISODE:
Research & writing – Elsha McGill
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
RESOURCES
BOOKS:
Hoddle Street: The Ambush and the Tragedy – Peter Haddow
VIDEOS:
Hoddle Street – Documentary Australia
Police re-enactment with Hoddle St killer Julian Knight – ABC News
COURT DOCUMENTS:
REPORTS:
Hazing in the ADF: A Culture of Denial?
ARTICLES:
The list of Hoddle Street victims shot dead by Julian Knight in 1987 killing spree – Herald Sun
Dark trail of brutality that led to Hoddle St – Herald Sun
Inside the mind of Hoddle Street killer Julian Knight – The Age
Confrontation with a killer – The Sydney Morning Herald
Memories of Hoddle St: 30 years on – Victoria Police Journal
Hoddle Street killer won’t be forgotten – ABC News
Steve Wight recalls the Hoddle Street slaughter and how Julian Knight fired shots at him – Herald Sun
Hoddle Street Massacre: 30 years on, victims still haunted by ‘horrific’ attack – ABC News
Mass murderer Julian Knight pens open letter from prison demanding parole – Herald Sun
Mass murderer outrages victims with ranting letter in prison – 9 News
Victims reject Julian Knight’s apology as self-serving – Herald Sun
Hoddle Street killer Julian Knight’s school cartoons show his deadly fantasies – The Sydney Morning Herald
Meet the vexatious litigants – The Sydney Morning Herald
Hoddle Street killer Julian Knight declared vexatious litigant for life – ABC News
Nurse says she watched military abandon Hoddle Street killer before massacre – The Canberra Times
Hoddle Street killer to sue Duntroon over military abuse – The Canberra Times
Paying the Piper: the ADF must finally face its culture of abuse – The Conversation
The ADF and Julian Knight: a lesson on defence’s culture reform – The Conversation
Hoddle Street killer loses bid to pursue case against Commonwealth over alleged Duntroon abuse – ABC News
‘AMBUSH NOW!’: Inside Hoddle St killer’s chilling handwritten murder manifesto – 7 News
ADDITIONAL SOURCES:
Royal Military College Duntroon
Hoddle Street Massacre – Victoria Police Radio