When a family man is found alone, shot and beheaded in Australia’s Royal National Park in 1975, no one could fathom the brutality of the crime. For decades, the truth about what happened to Nigel McAree has eluded authorities and his family has carried on with unbearable grief.
The Episode
- The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, NSW, Australia): Headless body at beach.
- The Canberra Times (Canberra, ACT, Australia): Decapitation murder.
- The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, NSW, Australia): Bullet found in headless body at cliff.
- The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, NSW, Australia):Killer may have used Gurkha knife.
- Papua New Guinea Post-Courier (Konedobu, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea): Maniac Loose by AAP.
- The Sydney Morning Herald(Sydney, NSW, Australia): Son drums a muffled tribute.
- The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, NSW, Australia): $10,000 reward for killer.
- Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales(Sydney, NSW, Australia): Murder-Reward of Ten Thousand Dollars.
- The Canberra Times (Canberra, ACT, Australia): Killer still sought.
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation News: Reward for 35-year murder cold case.
- News.com.au: Why was NSW man Nigel McAree shot in the head and decapitated?, by Andrew Koubaridis.
- Macmillan Publishers: Unsolved Australia, by Justine Ford (excerpt).
- (ADP downloaded Audible full version and accessed Nigel’s chapter without missing pages)
- Committee on the Office of the Ombudsman and the Police Integrity Commission: Research Report on Tends in Police Corruption.
- NSW Police Force Government Information (Public Access).
- Royal National Park
- Veil Shrouds Mystery of Killer and Park Killer May be Drug Addict: The Leader via The Sutherland Shire Library Additional News Source Material Digital Scan (Source) The Sutherland Shire Library at request of Audiochuck
- $10,000 Reward: The Leader via The Sutherland Shire Library Additional News Source Material Digital Scan (Source) The Sutherland Shire Library at request of Audiochuck
- Aid Wanted in Murder Probe: The Leader via The Sutherland Shire Library Additional News Source Material Digital Scan (Source) The Sutherland Shire Library at request of Audiochuck
- Band Pays Tribue to Murdered Colleague: The Leader via The Sutherland Shire Library Additional News Source Material Digital Scan (Source) The Sutherland Shire Library at request of Audiochuck