Conversations w/ Weird Distractions: The Unsolved Murder of Betty Shanks
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Join me & Alex from the Weird Distractions podcast as we chat one of Australia's oldest cold cases: the murder of 22 year old Betty Shanks in 1951 in Brisbane. Was it a case of mistaken identity? was it tied to Betty's recent lottery win? tune in and find out. Support the show: Patreon.com/julesandashley Weird Distractions episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-62-the-unsolved-murder-of-betty-shanks/id1507696925?i=1000525328776 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2864622?searchTerm=betty+shanks https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/museum/2014/11/25/vault-unsolved-murder-betty-shanks/ https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/betty-shanks-an-enduring-mystery-20120920-2695g.html https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/ipswich/betty-shanks-murder-cracked-by-ipswich-author/news-story/2dc6ae03571751bb5878d75695d2c95c https://nestheprint.com/uncategorized/2020/04/21/betty-shanks-australias-oldest-cold-case/ This is an episode of my friend Charlie from Crimelines former show In Sight that I heard several years back on the case & it's very detailed: https://podtail.com/en/podcast/in-sight-1/betty-shanks/
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