Was this Australia's first serial killer?
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He was a cold-blooded murderer who turned on his mates - and was hanged in Victoria for his crimes. But how many lives did Robert Francis Burns really take?
Read more at www.heraldsun.com.au
And for an extract from Grave Tales: True Crime Vol. 1, head here: www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/robert-francis-burns-confessed-to-being-a-serial-killer-but-did-he-really-kill-eight-people/news-story/ef41719622efb67a21afa415896bfdd5
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