The Twist

Crime author Arthur Upfield is struggling with the plot of his next novel. Taking refuge in outback WA to write his novel, what he comes up with makes Australian true crime history.

Two men plan a duel at Melbournes Treasury Gardens, but a closer look unearths an astonishing tale of love and tragedy.

Noela Rukundo encounters kidnappers on an overseas trip when it dawns on her that this is no random encounter and the motives lie much closer to home.

When Zoe Zou realises she may never be with the father of her child, she takes matters into her own hands with unexpected consequences.

Two bodies are found on the banks of the Lane Cove River, but it would take over 40 years to find the killer... at the scene of the crime.

When Ned Kelly was hanged in November 1880, his place was confirmed into Australian folklore. The intrigue continued however, when his remains were found to be missing his skull, which seemed to have gone on an interesting journey of its own.

In 1921, schoolgirl Alma Tirtschke is found brutally murdered in Gun Alley, Melbourne. With evidence pointing to nearby saloon owner, Colin Campbell Ross, he is sentenced to hang. Eighty years later, evidence emerges that turns the case on its head.

A woman goes missing in 1917 after revealing her husband, Harry Crawford, was hiding a secret. Harry Crawford is arrested in Sydney but the search for evidence uncovers far more than a motive for murder — Harry was not who he said he was.

In 1935 at the Coogee Beach pools, a shark gives onlookers more than they expected, revealing startling evidence that leads police to a remarkable case of fraud and murder linked to Sydney’s underworld.

September 1934, the badly burnt body of a woman is found near Albury, New South Wales. Ten years later the body is finally identified, but the resolution seems a little too ‘convenient’ for some.

One of the most bizarre sporting scandals of the 1930s. Race horse trainer, Charlie Prince, goes against all odds and wins with an underperforming horse named Redlock. When a suspicious journalist digs deeper, he makes a startling discovery just beneath the winning surface.

September 1945, James O’Connor’s family is notified of his brutal murder in Paddington, Sydney. When his sister arrives to make funeral arrangements, she makes a shocking discovery and uncovers a life linked to the underworld.

In 1960, Dr James Yeates, a leading surgeon, was found dead in his Sydney home, stabbed through the chest with a hypodermic needle. What was believed to be a tragic accident, on deeper investigation, is revealed to be a sinister case that shakes Sydney’s high society.

In 1855, the English Baron Sir Roger Tichborne was declared dead when his ship vanished at sea. Ten years later a butcher from Wagga Wagga reveals himself to be the runaway Baron, setting the scene for a decades-long saga with an ending as strange as his life’s journey.

A 1986 murder in Sydney's beachside suburb of Manly was linked to the affairs of millionaire-businessman, Andrew Kalajzich. As police investigate further, they discover a twisted tale of love, deceit, and murder entwined with the underworld.