In preparation for the re-release of 'WHO KILLED BETTY SHANKS' Jack looks back at the mysteries and marvels that made this horrific crime so notorious.
"There are no longer spring flowers for Betty Thomson Shanks; the pink-mauve bauhinias that bloomed in Thomas Street, in the Brisbane suburb of Wilston, have long gone from the scene where she died... in twenty-four hours from the night of 19 September 1952, the city was changed from a place of unlocked doors and open windows where women walked the night streets without a care to a place of shutters and bolts where they did not dare venture out unescorted."
Source: 'Who Killed Betty Shanks? Brisbane's Greatest Murder-Mystery' by Ken Blanch
These school holidays The Workshops Rail Museum comes to life with the story of a 72 year old mystery- The Great Train Robbery.
"On the evening of 31 August 1938, a daring robbery took place on board a mixed goods train travelling from Cloncurry to Duchess. It is believed that two men on horseback stole two small mail bags full of miners' wages."
Source: Gueensland Govermnet. The Workshops Rail Museum- The Great Train Robbery. Promotional Flyer (2010).
This week Jack will delve into the clues, suspects and evidence that have left authorities baffled for almost three-quarters of a century.
