The Dingo Baby Case The Death of Azaria Chamberlain

Richard Shears

SPHERE

they were young, adventurous and idealistic, the eight backpackers from Australia, Britain and Germany who, between 1989 and 1992, set out from Sydney to hitchhike south along the Hume Highway. Seven were to die, and their bodies concealed in the beautiful eucalyptus forest south of Sydney. Chillingly orchestrated, the slayings in the Balanglo State Forest shocked the world. to snare the highway prowler and bring him to justice would require total dedication and patience. Hundreds of police combed the forest for clues and sifted through maintains of information, studying forensic evidence and computer records. Amongst the thousands of leads, one story was for a time overlooked, buried in hundreds of reports and tipoffs. In January 1990, a young British backpacker hitchhiking along the Hume highway had escaped the grip of an armed assailant and run for his life. It was to become a vital clue in the biggest manhunt in Australian history. Highway to Nowhere is unputdownable and unforgettable, the grisly but gripping tale of Australia's most terrifying and vicious serial killings. they were young, adventurous and idealistic, the eight backpackers from Australia, Britain and Germany who, between 1989 and 1992, set out from Sydney to hitchhike south along the Hume Highway. Seven were to die, and their bodies concealed in the beautiful eucalyptus forest south of Sydney. Chillingly orchestrated, the slayings in the Balanglo State Forest shocked the world. to snare the highway prowler and bring him to justice would require total dedication and patience. Hundreds of police combed the forest for clues and sifted through maintains of information, studying forensic evidence and computer records. Amongst the thousands of leads, one story was for a time overlooked, buried in hundreds of reports and tipoffs. In January 1990, a young British backpacker hitchhiking along the Hume highway had escaped the grip of an armed assailant and run for his life. It was to become a vital clue in the biggest manhunt in Australian history. Highway to Nowhere is unputdownable and unforgettable, the grisly but gripping tale of Australia's most terrifying and vicious serial killings.

Highway to Nowhere: The Chilling True Story of the Backpacker Murders by Richard Shears (1995-02-08)

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Bloodstain: The Vanishing of Peter Falconio

New Holland Publishers

Sex, blackmail, the mafia, revenge and Nazism - this incredible real-life story has it all. Swiss businessman Helg Sgarbi, an alleged gigolo, grabbed headlines around the world in 2009 when he was sentenced for trying to exhort millions of Euros from former lover Susanne Klatten, the wealthiest woman in Germany and part-owner of BMW. After they began their affair in 2006, Sgarbi claimed that he needed money to pay off a US Mafia don, whose daughter he had allegedly run over in the summer of 2005. Klatten supposedly handed Sgarbi 7 million Euros in a series of plastic folders, using the code phrase 'Seven Up' to prevent Klatten's husband from becoming suspicious. When Klatten ended the relationship, Sgarbi demanded more money from her, threatening to make intimate footage of the two of them available to the press. This is not only an account of blackmail, however, but also of revenge; Sgarbi's father was a Polish Jew forced through slave labour to produce munitions for BMW, the company founded by Klatten's grandfather. The plot thickens further with a string of other society women who were similarly blackmailed, an Italian mastermind alleged to be behind the plot, a cult and the mystery of where the money is currently hidden. A truly fascinating, complicated and intriguing tale, this book tells the story behind the story.

The Gigolo, the Heiress and the 'seven Up' Blackmail Plot

New Holland Publishers, Ltd.

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