Brisbane's Drive Through Lion Park
Brisbane Is Weird
Did you hear that lion roar? Of course, there aren't lions living near you... right? In the 70s and 80s people living in parts of southern Brisbane and Logan regularly heard lions roar, monkeys call and woke up to an elephant rummaging through their bins. This is the story of Brisbane's lion safari parks.
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Brisbane's Oldest Cold Case
Brisbane Is Weird
It was the crime that stole Brisbane town's innocence. 22-year-old Betty Shanks' body found dumped under trees on a residential street barely 400 metres from her family home. Somehow, nearly 70 years on, the case remains unsolved, a $50,000 reward still on offer from police. Want to read more of the story? Check out the book written by the first reporter on scene, including his heartbreaking theory on who killed Betty Shanks - https://amzn.to/3kWvvff
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When War Started On The Streets Of Brisbane
Brisbane Is Weird
In the Valley on any Saturday night you'll see Aussie blokes battling it out for "their girl" - in 1942 this male need to fight for our women led to a fight so massive that packs of Australian men in their HUNDREDS roamed the streets of Brisbane beating up their enemy.
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Brisbane's Most Haunted School
Brisbane Is Weird
Every school has legends of hauntings, ghost sightings and past teachers or students spirits that refuse to leave, but this Brisbane boarding house has a history that just waiting for ghosts to come hang out. Could the decades of stories, backed up by students and staff alike actually have a really sweet explanation?
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The Murder that built Brisbane
Brisbane Is Weird
A gruesome, psychopathic murder and robbery is committed at Kangaroo Point, a man is hung for the murder.
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Lights in the Wishart Bush
Brisbane Is Weird
What were a group of people doing hanging under coloured lights in Wishart bushland at 2.30am on a cold May morning? From public sex to medieval religion and everything else we could find we try and work out what on earth this group was doing.
info_outlineSomehow, nearly 70 years on, the case remains unsolved, a $50,000 reward still on offer from police.
Want to read more of the story? Check out the book written by the first reporter on scene, including his heartbreaking theory on who killed Betty Shanks - https://amzn.to/3kWvvff