Crime Investigation Australia — Season 1, Episode 16: The Butchered Boys
Crime, Documentary • 45 min • 5 seasons, 45 episodes • ★ 8.5/10
Episode synopsis
This episode revisits Adelaide’s notorious Adelaide Family Murders case, where six young Adelaide men were murdered during the 1970’s and 80’s. The victims were found in random locations throughout the state, their bodies neatly cut into pieces. Although each attack and mutilation appeared different, police investigators soon began to link the horrific murders to one another. Media frenzy ripped through Australia when the similarities to each killing became public knowledge. Media speculated that the murders involved a group of high profile Adelaide men including politicians, religious leaders and judges who allegedly paid young men for sex and then drugged and used them for pleasure. The media dubbed the group The Family and from then on the case was referred to as the Adelaide Family Murders.
About Crime Investigation Australia
Crime Investigation Australia is an Australian true-crime series that first premiered on Foxtel's Crime & Investigation Network in August 2005. The series is also rebroadcast on the Nine Network, and made its debut there on 14 August 2007. The host of the series is Steve Liebmann.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1No More Grannies - The Granny Killer
- E2Kid for Ransom - Tears for Daniel
- E3Death in a Heartbeat - The Body in the Bag
- E4The Backpacker Murders: Ivan Milat
- E5Contract to Kill / The Mornington Monster
- E6The Moorhouse Horrors / The Call Girl Killing
- E7The Killer Punch/The Will of Death
- E8The Anita Cobby Murder
- E9Snowtown: Bodies in the Barrels
- E10The Kimberley Killer
- E11The Wanda Beach Murders/Beaumont Children Mystery
- E12The Greenough Family Massacre