Crime Investigation Australia — Season 1, Episode 4: The Backpacker Murders: Ivan Milat

Episode synopsis

The backpacker murder case in the Belanglo State Forest, south west of Sydney, has entered Australian criminal folklore. The brutal murders of seven young people, most of them overseas tourists hitchhiking around Australia, attracted international media attention. The remains of their bodies were uncovered in 1992. The arrest and conviction of Ivan Milat would catapult him to Australia's worst individual serial killer. It is believed that Milat was involved in several other killings and there is strong evidence that he didn't act alone.

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
• 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
• E13The Disappearance of Donald Mackay