Outback Murder Highway: The Sensible Creek Killings
4/22/202631 min
Two 18-year-old girls disappeared on the Flinders Highway in 1972. One was found murdered, the other has never been found.
In this first episode of our special series for Outback Murder Highway, Tim & Xanthe are joined by investigative journalist Amelia Oberhardt to dissect the unsolved case of Anita Cunningham and Robin Hoinville-Bartram. Could police have missed crucial evidence all those years ago that could prove they were victims of one of Australia's most notorious serial killers?
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First 90 secondsAmelia Oberhardt· Guest0:00
[tense music] 11 people murdered or missing on one 900-kilometer stretch of road. This is Australia's biggest cluster of unsolved murders. I'm Amelia Robehart, and I'm an investigative journalist from Queensland.
Tim Watson-Munro· Host0:25
I'm criminal psychologist Tim Watson-Munro.
Xanthe Mallett· Host0:28
And I'm forensic criminologist Dr. Xanthe Weston. Welcome to this Motive and Method special series for Outback Murder Highway.
Tim Watson-Munro· Host0:36
Amelia, thank you so much for joining us on this special series of Motive and Method.
Amelia Oberhardt· Guest0:46
Thank you for having me, team.
Xanthe Mallett· Host0:47
Yeah, welcome. We're so thrilled to have you here to talk about the new series that's coming out. Tell us a little bit about the series, and can you describe, you know, how you got involved, why you got involved, you know? Because it's an, it's an amazing story and journey that you went on.
Amelia Oberhardt· Guest1:04
It is indeed. Well, I'd been interested in, you know, these sort of highway murders for a period of time. I initially looked into the New England Highway, which has got its own set of, you know, issues. Um, and then I sort of fell upon the Flinders Highway, and there is a documented 11 missing people or unsolved cases, um, on that stretch of 900 kilometers of dirt, you know, isolated highway. It has some pretty remote towns, like