Christmas is coming!

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 02:30:00 +0000

The holiday season is here, and what better gift to give than the magic of a great book?

Whether you're shopping for a loved one or treating yourself, we have created a few $ saving bundes to make Christmas extra special.

Classic Crimes with Jack Sim @ Bulimba Library

Thu, 13 Jul 2017 02:00:00 +0000

FREE EVENT
CALL 07 3407 8223 to reserve your spot Saturday 15th July 2017
10am - 11am
Bulimba Library
Brisbane's infamous "man in black", Jack Sim, walks the shadowy streets of town in search of stories and tales of horrible history. Since childhood, those long years ago, he has been fascinated not by blocks, bikes or cars, but by the stories of the past, especially crime stories, ghost tales and jail birds.
Jack has dedicated his life to p...

Jack Sim talks

Tue, 28 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000

https://www.facebook.com/DymocksBrisbane/ Join us in welcoming Brisbane's infamous "man in black", Jack Sim to Brisbane Dymocks this March. Jack will share his intimate knowledge of stories of Brisbanes past, especially crime stories, ghost tales and most unscrupulous jail birds. Jack Sim has dedicated his life to preserving the details of things and subjects that all of us find both macabre and thrilling. Since last century Jack Sim has become an iconic character in SouthernQu...

Lulu Shows off Logan Car Show

Thu, 23 Feb 2017 02:00:00 +0000

Coming up this Sunday 26th of February is the 10th Anniversary Logan Car Show and it's going to be a big one!

Jack Sim will be displaying his gorgeous 1939 Studebaker Car Lulu this year so come and say hello, buy one of his books or organise a ride in his hearse!https://www.facebook.com/events/147059985707585/

JOHNNY CASH PLAYED BOGGO 45 YEARS AGO...

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 02:00:00 +0000

JOHNNY CASH PLAYED "BOGGO"
45 YEARS AGO... TEX PERKINS - FAR FROM FOLSOM
BOGGO ROAD GAOL
Special Event - 17,18, 19 November 2016

Forty-five years ago, when Johnny Cash first came to Australia in March 1971, the "Man in Black" was at the high of his fame. John's passion to play live for his fans led him to come down under on the back of a relentless tour circuit that had criss-crossed the U.S.A.
A little known detail is that John want...

Halloween on Norfolk Island

Tue, 29 Sep 2015 02:00:00 +0000

Norfolk Island Ghost Tours
Get your ticket now! Regarded as a living hell for the convicts that were sent there, today Norfolk Island is the opposite. This small, green island, surrounded by deep ferocious seas is a paradise compared to what it once was. The first convict settlement was established soon after the arrival of the first fleet to Australia in 1788: Through the 19th century the two more attempts to make Norfolk into an island prison ended in abandonment. The stories w...

A NEW GHOST TOUR IN TOWN

Wed, 29 Apr 2015 06:00:00 +0000

April 26, 2015 Charters Towers Ghost Tours has been the talk of the town, with some great news articles being written up about the inaugural tour on the 24.05.2015. The first tour was taken by local history tour guide Erica Finlay and owner and creator of Ghost Tours pty Ltd Jack Sim . Painting of the Crime - CHARTERS TOWERS SMALL Jack Sim has always been fascinated by ghost towns ever since he read the book "Ghost towns of Australia" by George Farwell. Farwell's book e...

The Viscious Mr Brown

Wed, 11 Mar 2015 04:00:00 +0000

Charters Towers Mr Brown and Mr Haygarth 114 years ago, in the North Queensland town of Charters Towers, a terrible tragedy, born out of gold fever shattered the hard working community. At a board of directors meeting of the Charters Towers Pyrite Company. Mr Brown demanded to see the minutes of a previous meeting at which his weekly salary had been cut. The Chairman Mr Graham Haygarth refused, and within minutes was killed by Brown. While the story of this murder still haunts The To...

Jack Sim Book Signing at Dymocks Carindale

Mon, 22 Dec 2014 06:00:00 +0000

On Tuesday 23rd December 2014, Jack Sim will be greeting fans and signing his books at Dymocks Carindale for Christmas. Come and chat with Jack Sim and Jack will personally autograph any of your copies from the Murder Trails Series, Ghost Trails Series, Classic Crime or Boggo Road Gaol series from 5:30pm until late for the late night shopping this Christmas! Jack will be also be available to answer your questions about any of the notorious cases from his books, as well as other fam...

THE LAST BUSHRANGER IN QUEENSLAND : James Kenniff (1940)

Thu, 18 Dec 2014 05:00:00 +0000

Charters Towers, a beautiful outback town South West of Townsville was once a thriving Gold Rush town, the second largest city outside of Brisbane. As the gold dried up, mining became uneconomic, Charters Towers population slowly declined, but the stunning old buildings and ghosts remained. On the outskirts of Charters Towers sits what the locals call "the old cemetery", the Lynd Highway Cemetery was established in 1895. This bleak, barren and dead flat cemetery is bordered by a...

Fish in Prison

Thu, 04 Dec 2014 05:00:00 +0000

In the 1980s Boggo Road Gaol was constantly in the headlines. It became a place of riots, hunger strikes and rooftop protests. Many of the prisoners were prepared to starve themselves and even die to tell the world that Boggo Road Gaol needed to go. Within No.2 Division, cells had no toilets and running water, food was inadequate, and prisoners were often treated harshly. Compared to the rest of Australia, it was like going back a century. Over the years there were many riots and protests...

Ken Blanch Book Signing

Wed, 26 Nov 2014 06:00:00 +0000

On Sunday 7th December 2014 at 10am until 2pm, Ken Blanch will be greeting fans and signing books at Dymocks Carindale. Ken Blanch, author of "Who Killed Betty Shanks", "The Rampage of Killer Kast" and "Slim Halliday: The Taxi Driver Killer" will be available to talk about and sign any of his crime and murder mystery books. Ken will be also be available to answer your questions about any of the notorious cases from his books, as well as other famous Br...

DUPED BY A CON.WOMAN : Gladys Hardgrave (1935)

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 04:00:00 +0000

On the 24th of February 1935 The Truth Newspaper reported that Gladys Hardgrave was found guilty of astute confidence tricks, after a dramatic legal fight. This short, slim woman with tear brimmed sparkling blue eyes stood weeping as she was sentenced to 37 weeks imprisonment. As she was led to the watch house cells she murmured "to think it has come to this".
At large in Queensland for little over a month, Gladys Hardgrave posed as a gentlewoman, robbing businesses in Bri...

Did Ellen Thomson kill her husband, or was she unfairly executed?

Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:00:00 +0000

At 8 o’clock on Monday morning, 13 June 1887, Ellen Thomson was hanged at Her Majesty’s Brisbane Gaol for the murder of her husband. She is the only woman to be executed under Queensland law and on the gallows of Boggo Road Gaol. But did she receive a fair trial, and did she deserve the ultimate punishment? Author Vashti Farrer’s latest book reveals a tropical Queensland alive with goldrush excitement, and the hard lives of pioneering communities...

SBS Documentary "The End Of The Road"

Wed, 12 Nov 2014 08:00:00 +0000

Boggo Road Gaol Pty presents "The end of the Road" produced Andy Parke - the story of the rooftop protests and riots in 1988 in which 5 desperate prisoners managed to cause the closure of Boggo Road Gaol. The men's demands to close No.2 Division (today the only remaining portion) forced the Queensland government to hold an inquiry into the entire prison system. This documentary captures the tension and intense national interest at the time and includes interviews with some ...

Jack Sim Guest Speaking at Carindale Library

Wed, 12 Nov 2014 02:00:00 +0000

On Thursday 20th November 2014, from 6pm to 7pm Jack Sim will be delivering a talk on bloody Brisbane crime and murder over the last 40 years at Carindale Library! Come and have a listen to Jack Sim as he uncovers the fascinating and surprising history of Brisbane true crimes and murders over the last 40 years. Afterwards, why not have a chat with Jack about any of his books or his stories on Brisbane crime and murder? Jack will also be available to personally sign any of his Brisbane ...

Reopen a 76-year-old mystery

Wed, 05 Nov 2014 05:00:00 +0000

Brisbane True Crimes author Ken Blanch, will call on Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie to reopen the case of the 1938 mysterious disappearance of a Brisbane social identity when he launches his latest book nest Sunday November 5 at Boggo Road Gaol.

In Marjorie Norval: The Girl a railway Station Swallowed, Ken Blanch recalls the sensation and the massive police and fatal air force search that resulted when Miss Norval failed to return from a trip to Bundaberg to see a sick relative. He a...

Jack Sim talks on the Ghosts of Brisbane on radio 612 ABC

Thu, 30 Oct 2014 02:00:00 +0000

This Halloween Jack Sim talks with Kelly Higgins-Devine on Brisbane radio 612 ABC. In this interview, Kelly Higgins discusses the topic of Halloween and all things ghostly and creepy about Brisbane with Jack Sim. Jack reveals the details of things about Brisbane that most of us find both macabre, thrilling and surprising. You can listen to a recording of this interview here: http://blogs.abc.net.au/files/khd-301014-jack-sim.mp3 ...

ON THE RUN IN JAIL

Mon, 27 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The people of Queensland have been amazed with the arrest of two men in relation to the disappearance of Barbara McCulkin and her two daughters in 1974. This 40 year old cold case suddenly appears close to having a solution. One line of inquiry pursued by Police to explain why Mrs McCulkin and her children were murdered, was that she had valuable knowledge relating to the Whiskey Au Go Go night club bombing. Another person who claimed to have inside knowledge was Billy Stokes. 37 ye...

Jack Sim Book Signing at A&R Ipswich

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 05:00:00 +0000

Want to have a chat or your book signed this weekend? Then come on down to Angus and Robertson Ipswich this Saturday 25th October! I will be there greeting fans and signing books at Angus and Robertson Ipswich. Come and have a chat and I will personally autograph any of your copies from the Murder Trails Series, Ghost Trails Series, Classic Crime or Boggo Road Gaol series from 10:30am. I'll also answer your questions about any of the notorious cases from featured in my books, as well...

"I AM SURE I FIRED THREE" THE HOLLAND PARK TAXI MURDER (1939)

Thu, 14 Aug 2014 11:00:00 +0000

This year marks 75 years since Derwent Evans Arkinstall murdered taxi driver Howard Thomas Chambers at Holland Park on Brisbane’s Southside. In June 1939, Brisbane was shocked when it was learnt that the killer was only 18 years of age. An electrician’s apprentice Arkinstall seemed a most unlikely killer. Indeed when interviewed by police soon after his arrest in Bangalow New South Wales where he had fled after committing the crime, he seemingly did not realise the gravity of w...

THE CHERMSIDE TOMAHAWK MURDER (1959)

Fri, 25 Jul 2014 11:00:00 +0000

In 1983, Brisbane residents were shocked to read of a campaign to release a forgotten murderer from behind the bars of Boggo Road Jail. Wife killer, Jack Foy 66, was at the time Queensland’s longest serving prisoner. His savage crime, his first and only offense shocked the people of Chermside 24 years earlier.
Out on the “back track” of Number 2 Division at Boggo Road Gaol, a lonely lifer weeded and swept. This elderly figure caused no trouble and longed to hear the s...

Logan Car Show

Wed, 26 Feb 2014 07:00:00 +0000

Logan Car Show 2nd March 2014 - Come and see Jack's Hearse! Jack's 1935 Studebaker Hearse is celebrating its 75th birthday in March! So for her birthday Jack will be taking Lulu (his hearse) to the Logan Car Show, proudly sponsored by Logan City Council & Kingston Park Raceway. The car show will feature Hot Rods, Utes, Cars, Muscle Cars, Bikes, Trophies and CASH prizes! On the day there will be raffles, trade stands, food, bands and rides for all to enjoy. The show...

Jack Sim on the Australian Story

Tue, 25 Jun 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Jack Sim features in Australian Story Episode: When Blood Runs Cold about the 1898 Gatton murder mystery.

Watch now at Australian Story Episode: When Blood Runs Cold.

JACK'S BACK!

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 05:32:00 +0000

Hello everyone - the stories are true! I'm back at my desk, hard at work planning another year of crime, hauntings & history. I'd like to say I have had a break, but I haven't...I've been in Gaol. Quite a few of you have contacted me recently wondering whether there was any truth in the rumour that I had been sent to prison over the Christmas period. Yes, I have been given jail time - and I couldn't be more thrilled! In early December 2012 the ...

EAGER AMATEUR SLEUTHS CREATE PROBLEMS - WILSTON CRIME TOUR RESCHEDULED

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 08:23:00 +0000

SPECIAL WILSTON MURDER CRIME TOUR TO BE RESCHEDULED Thank you all who have written in wishing to join the special Wilston Murder that was scheduled for this Saturday. There is no doubt that this crime still attracts interest - We have had an unexpectedly large number of people indicate their interest - this has necessitated a need to acquire a larger coach & unfortunately have to change the date for the tour. It is to be rescheduled for a few weeks time -...

THE WILSTON MURDER CRIME TOUR - Saturday 13 October 2012

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 09:19:00 +0000

LEARN ABOUT THE CRIME WHICH CHANGED A CITY. Due to the great interest surrounding the recent release of the revised edition of WHO KILLED BETTY SHANKS? Is The Wilston Monster Still Alive? by Ken Blanch a special Brisbane Crime Tour has been organised. The 3 hour Crime Tour will be held on Saturday 13/10 between 2.30 - 5.30pm - special guest will be author Ken Blanch. The tour guide will be Jack Sim. A highlight of the tour will be a visit to the Tramways Muse...

PLAN TO CREATE EDUCATION FUND IN MEMORY OF BETTY SHANKS

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 11:44:00 +0000

FUND TO BE CREATED IN VICTIMS NAME As the month of September closes, the 60th anniversary of the Wilston Murder also ends. Betty Shanks was a real person, a beautiful soul who was cut down in her prime, She was not just a name associated with a crime. Betty was studying, caring for her parents and working full time - unusual for time. In many ways Betty was a very typical woman of the 21st century. Betty fought for her life on the night she was to die. She tried to defend herse...

SUSPECT #2 THE IPSWICH DOCTOR - EXONERATED

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 08:15:00 +0000

"EVERYBODY KNOWS THE DOCTOR DID IT" The front page of The Queensland Times on Monday, 22 September 1952 was dominated by the bold headline "NATION-WIDE SEARCH FOR SEX-KILLER" The tragic death of Ipswich doctor Donald Carter appeared in a smaller article beside the account of Betty Shanks' murder. Within days Ipswich locals had connected the two events. Even an experienced detective came to believe there was a connection the two people. In...

WALKING THE BEAT: WHO KILLED BETTY SHANKS?

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:30:00 +0000

WALKING THE BEAT My apologies to my regular readers for the shortness of todays' blog but I am exhausted after a day of delivering flyers to the houses of Wilston and The Grange promoting the next few weeks of events. Many thanks to my staff members Dan Martin and Bridie Foster who went beyond the call of duty. Lots of locals expressed interest in coming along to the event at Thomas & Daisy Boutique on Saturday 6 October but one fellow quite aggressively said he ...

Library Prepares for Screening: Betty Shanks Murder

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 07:21:00 +0000

Library Prepares for Screening Preparations for Screening of BETTY SHANKS: The Wilston Murder this Thursday evening are proceeding well. Jack Sim met with Produced Maya Weidner to discuss the event yesterday and found the young film-maker eager to screen the documentary. Filmed as part of their assessment for Film and Media at QUT Creative, the 10 minute documentary will be entered into a state-wide competiton. While looking forward to the competition, Miss Weidner b...

THE COPPER DID IT - LOCAL SUSPECT IS THE POLICE MAN: The Betty Shanks Murder

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 09:29:00 +0000

"The Copper Did It. I know that for a FACT" Guilty of no more than failing to take the screams he heard on the night of Friday 19 September more seriously, Constable Alex Stewart, traffic officer, is one of five persons accused by locals for six decades of murdering the young Commonwealth Government employee Betty Shanks. In an era where local events were spread by gossip and word-of-mouth, scores of theories were generated by those who lived in the suburb of Wilston and ...

MEMORIES OF BETTY: Who KiIlled Betty Shanks?

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 09:24:00 +0000

Brisbanites Share Memories of Crime Over the past week, as part of the 60th anniversary, Ken Blanch has been appearing instore across Brisbane to sign copies of his book on the Wilston Murder - including Dymocks Carindale, Angus & Robertson Post Office Square and Angus & Robertson Brookside bookstores. Ken spoke to more than 150 people over four instore signings - not bad for a writer who is 84 years young! Thank you to everyone who took the time to come and...

THE FUNERAL

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 06:28:00 +0000

Bettys funeral was felt across the city... More than three hundred people attended the funeral of Betty Shanks at the Mount Thompson Crematorium on 23 September 1952. Rev S.Summers, of the Valley Presbyterian Church, conducted the service and told mourners who overflowed the small chapel: Betty stood out as an example to all young women. She was a young woman of culture, and for the defence of her honour and virtue was done to death. David and Elizabeth...

TRAM RIDE TO DEATH:Who Killed Betty Shanks? By Ken Blanch

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:51:00 +0000

TODAY BRISBANE'S INNOCENCE WAS LOST... Sixty years ago, on Saturday 20 September 1952, Brisbane awoke to the news of the brutal murder. It is still regarded as the crime which changed Brisbane from a sleepy town to a modern city, with modern crime. In the photo above detectives examine the spot where the murdered girl lay, after the body was removed. Writer Ken Blanch along with his friend, Win Coates from the rival newspaper The Courier Mail, were the first jo...

LAST PHOTO TAKEN: Who Killed Betty Shanks?

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:41:00 +0000

LAST PICTURE TAKEN OF BETTY SHANKS... dressed formally for a cousin’s wedding weeks before her death. This rare photograph, originally published in The Courier Mail, captures a happy, vivacious young woman, who loved life. Raised by loving and proud parents, had she lived, Betty would have gone on to contribute a great deal more to society. Her callous, cold-blooded murder sixty years ago tomorrow, was without reason or justification. As Ken Blanch and I rese...

THE SINISTER CALLER: Who Killed Betty Shanks By Ken Blanch

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:57:00 +0000

Unidentified Male Caller Upsets Victim Days Before Death On Wednesday 17 September 1952, two days before her death, Betty Shanks received a telephone call at her workplace that affected her demeanor. John Ducey, Betty’s supervisor at the Commonwealth Department where she was employed, was to say she “was not her usual self” after taking it: I answered the phone and the caller asked for Betty Shanks. It was a male caller. As far as I could detect, he was s...

400 POLICE IN MURDER MAN-HUNT: WATCH SEVEN FLASHBACK TONIGHT

Sun, 16 Sep 2012 07:16:00 +0000

Terror Sweeps City The front page of The Sunday Mail 60 years ago accurately captured the feeling of terror that swept the city of Brisbane. Police threw all their resources at finding the killer. Sunday Mail crime reporters Pat Lloyd and Win Coates (who was the second journalist to arrive at the crime scene along with his friend Ken Blanch of the rival Brisbane Telegraph) wrote: Four hundred Brisbane police last night were combing city and suburban street s in one of the great...

STUDENTS RECREATE CRIME: Betty Shanks - The Wilston Murder

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:46:00 +0000

Brisbane Crime Inspires Local Filmakers... Two young filmmakers have been inspired to document the tragic story of Miss Betty Shanks. Director, Becky Newman and Producer, Maya Weidner, are studying Advanced Production at QUT under lecturer Dr Sean Maher. Jack Sim had the opportunity to ask Becky what it was about this case that led her to want to create a documentary: Well, I live around the area where it happened. My family has always been interested in history. We are mem...

AN OBSESSION WITH BLOOD: The Betty Shanks Murder

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:23:00 +0000

Locals become obsessed with Blood... During the research of WHO KILLED BETTY SHANKS? numerous people contacted Ken Blanch and Jack Sim to report relatives, friends and local people who they claimed were wearing, in the possession of, or were observed destroying bloodstained garments – most commonly shirts. For reasons which remain obscure, Brisbanites have been obsessed with linking their relatives to the Shanks murder. Also strange has been the numbe...

LOCALS FASCINATED WITH CRIME - FILMING FOR FLASHBACK: Sunday 16 September 2012

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:31:00 +0000

The crime which is still remembered ... Watched by locals, parents and children, Seven News Brisbane Journalist Peter Doherty today interviewed author Ken Blanch about his recollections of The Wilston Murder at the place where the tragedy happened. Several people were eager to share their own versions of what happened in the quiet suburb six decades ago, telling Ken and Jack Sim who was also interviewed, who they thought responsible. It seems everyone has their own belief as t...

The Wilston Murder Covered in Local Press

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:12:00 +0000

Readers living in Brisbane's northern suburbs will find a story on The Wilston Murder in their local Quest newspapers tomorrow (12/9) written by journalist Taryn Davis. Taryn, Editor, City North News, recently interviewed Ken Blanch about the crime which impacted so terribly on what was then a typical working class community, and about a lifetime of reporting on the dark side of Brisbane. Miss Davis, whose family still live in the area, was well-aware of the case. Li...

Listen to 4BC - Wednesday 19 September at 2pm for Official Launch

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:05:00 +0000

Please tune in to Brisbane talkback radio station 4BC on Wednesday 19 September 2012 at 2pm for the official launch of Jack Sim's latest book release - the newly revised edition of WHO KILLED BETTY SHANKS? Is the Wilston Monster Still Alive? by Ken Blanch. Join Chris Adams (filling in for Loretta) and Moyd Kay on Afternoons - on 4BC. Long term followers of Jack Sim and Ken Blanch will know that the two of them, along with Paul Tully, were founders of Crime@Nine (originall...

CRIME SCENE PHOTO: Was Betty's Killer A Local?

Sun, 09 Sep 2012 10:30:00 +0000

Was Betty's Killer a Local? There are many reasons to believe that the person (or maybe persons), who attacked Miss Shanks was a local, someone living close to the corner now made infamous. Ken Blanch raises such a horrifying prospect in his newly revised book: There was another curious aspect to the murder. Although a large number of households kept dogs in those days, and there was no restriction on them wandering at large, not one witness heard a dog barking. It seems incred...

A TRAM RIDE TO DEATH: THE BETTY SHANKS MURDER

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 09:36:00 +0000

It was a ride that ended in death... In 1952, the year of the crime, most Brisbanites did not own their own cars, instead travelling to and from the city on these beloved vehicles. On the night of the murder, passengers on board Tram 434, on route to the Grange Terminus, recalled seeing a young woman board at a tram stop at Windsor. This stop, now used by passengers waiting for Brisbane City Council buses, still exists in its original state, sixty years later. A example of the ...

Is the Wilston Monster Still Alive? The Betty Shanks Murder

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:45:00 +0000

The killer could be living among us... 'I think there is a strong possibility that the horrible murder of Betty Shanks in September 1952 could still be solved' Ken Blanch said when interviewed last week. 'There is no reason to suppose that her hitherto unidentified attacker is not still alive and living in our community. The law places no time limit on the apprehension and punishment of criminals and Betty’s killer if identified could still face a jury a...

CRIME SCENE PHOTO: MURDER IN THE SHADOW OF THE BAUHINIAS...

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:30:00 +0000

Murder in the Shadow of the Bauhinias The crime scene as it appeared sixty years ago... It is hard to imagine a less dramatic location for an attack on a decent, hard-working young woman. The two blossomless bauhinia bushes, which figured in the dreadful attack, were originally planted by the Brisbane City Council as part of a beautification scheme. The shrubs survived for many years on the footpath and were still there in 1972 for the 20th anniversary; by then t...

SHE WAS ONE OF US: Betty Shanks

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:59:00 +0000

She was one of us... Long ago a lovely person was lost to us. One of us. A Brisbane girl whose name has sadly become associated with a terrible crime, but she was not a victim. Had she lived, she would soon turn 83 years old, surrounded by her grandchildren and great-grand children. Betty was unusual for her time. She loved to study and may well have risen to become a lawyer or even eventually gone into politics. Central to the lives of many, not least of all her mum and da...

CRIME SCENE: DETECTIVE IDENTIFIED AT CRIME SCENE - WHO KILLED BETTY SHANKS?

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 11:30:00 +0000

A FORENSIC PUZZLE Every Murder Trails publication sources rare photographs and images - many of which have never before been seen by the public. Identifying the people in these images is a painstaking process - few details usually accompany old photographs; frustratingly most of those captured on film remain anonymous witnesses to the past. However recently while reviewing the captions in WHO KILLED BETTY SHANKS?, author Ken Blanch recently identified Detective Mervin Cha...

MEET THE AUTHOR: Ken Blanch's REVISED EDITION of WHO KILLED BETTY SHANKS? is released

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 10:30:00 +0000

Sixty years is a long time. Writer Ken Blanch was a reporter with the Brisbane Telegraph when he attended the infamous crime scene in September 1952. In 2006, Ken wrote WHO KILLED BETTY SHANKS?: Brisbane’s Greatest Murder-Mystery - the fourth crime casebook in the Murder Trails Series. Now for the sixtieth anniversary of the crime, Jack Sim presents the 2012 REVISED EDITION of WHO KILLED BETTY SHANKS? This time Ken answers the most disturbing question: Is ...

TRUE CRIME BOOK RELEASE: WHO KILLED BETTY SHANKS? Is The Wilston Monster Still Alive?

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 09:30:00 +0000

WHO KILLED BETTY SHANKS? Is The Wilston Monster Still Alive? Veteran crime reporter Ken Blanch has spent six decades attempting to solve this perplexing crime. Now, as the sixtieth anniversary approaches, Jack Sim has re-released Ken's acclaimed book WHO KILLED BETTY SHANKS? Is the Wilston Murderer Still Alive? In this REVISED EDITION Ken Blanch raises the horrifying possibility the killer could still be living amongst us - and reveals the persons of interest. ...

WELCOME TO MY BLOG

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 09:00:00 +0000

Criminal Mind at Work Welcome to the first Blog at Jack Sim Publications. Over the weeks, months and years ahead, join me and our other authors as we present the findings of our research into the subjects of Crime & Murder, Ghosts & Hauntings, Prison History & Boggo Road Gaol. Piece by piece, we will reveal the mysteries, urban legends, stories and tales of dreadful crimes, ghosties, beasties, monsters, creepy characters, villians, rouges, desperados, gangsters, escapologis...