Crimes That Shook Australia is an Australian true crime documentary television series that premiered on Crime + Investigation on 16 April 2014. Stan Grant presented the first two series; Matt Doran was announced as the new presenter in February 2017.
Production As with similar true crime documentaries, Crimes That Shook Australia explores some of Australia's most famous crimes, and details "the events leading up to the crime, the crime itself and its enduring effect on the national consciousness" through interviews, reconstructions and archival footage.
Episodes
Series 1 The first series of six episodes premiered in April 2014. +EpisodeTitleAir dateNotes1"Ebony Simpson"16 April 20142"The Port Arthur Tragedy"23 April 20143"Peter Norris Dupas"30 April 20144"Jason Alexander Downie"7 May 20145"Katherine Mary Knight"14 May 20146"Derek Ernest Percy"21 May 2014
Series 2 A second series began airing in May 2016. +EpisodeTitleAir dateNotes1"Robert Farquharson"29 May 20162"Peter Falconio"5 June 20163"The Strathfield Massacre"12 June 20164"Darcey Freeman"19 June 20165"The Russell Street Bombing"26 June 20166"The Murder of Raechel Betts"3 July 20167"Hoddle Street Massacre"10 July 20168"Gerard Baden Clay"17 July 2016
Series 3 The third series premiered in mid-February 2018. +EpisodeTitleAir dateNotes1"Snowtown: The Bodies In the Barrels Murders"18 February 20182"The Bega Schoolgirl Murders"25 February 20183"The Queen Street Massacre"4 March 20184"Matthew Milat"11 March 20185"Anu Singh"18 March 20186"Morgan Huxley"25 March 20187"Raymond Edmunds"1 April 20188"Patricia Byers"8 April 20189"The Walsh Street Massacre"15 April 201810"Jill Meagher"22 April 2018
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