There has been more than a few comments pointing out the mistake in the first part of this video in regards to one of the photographs that was used to depict the two girls taken in Queensland, was infact a photo of two other girls who were taken from Adelaide a few years later. It was an honest mistake and didn't mean to cause any upset. Investigators believe these two cases were involved in some way by the same person of interest/ suspect leading to my confusion of images and incorrectly using one of them. My apologies for any confusion. If you want to learn more about these cases or anything else mentioned in this video feel free to check out the links provided in the description above.
Oh were they the 2 girls who went missing from Adelaide oval? Such a shame no one ever paid for all these crimes. I would just like to know what happened to all these girls, most likely trafficked
Also I dont get why all these people cheer Julian Assange! He was in The Family growing up and has never said anything about them. All a show i believe
@@BlazeBudsAssange was associated with a cult group called the Family I believe.There was a suspected group of kidnappers in Adelaide that were referred to as “ the Family”. Different situation altogether.
It was suspected those two girls taken from Adelaide Oval were abducted by a guy who has since died in Townsville. He was charged I believe, for other murders of young girls in the Townsville region.
I had a real creepy bloke approach me when I was drinking at the club in Longreach on a very crowed night for the outback telling me I'd better watch it, the outback is a very dangerous place and a lot of people disappear. He wasn't a big bloke either I'm 6'2 and solid. I just looked at him and said yeah mate and you never know who is travelling through either, as staunch as I could act I nearly reported it to the police the next day as my gut feeling never let's me down . That was in about 2007 . I was even extra careful walking back to my mates that night. This show made me remember it. I reckon I could still identify him too.
I worked in oil search out that way in the late 70s. I did my back, so they took me into Longreach hospital where they gave me a packet of valium and said, "Go back to camp and rest for a few days". The blokes who took me in had already gone back into town, so I had to walk, with a buggered back. I probably took half a dozen of the valiums before I got back to, couldn't find my ride back to camp and spent the night wandering around Longreach off my face on Valium. I woke up on the steps of a church with a tick-infested bull terrier sleeping next to me. I then spent an hour picking ticks off the dog until the priest turned up at the church. He asked if I needed help, and I politely declined. I headed back to the main street while popping a few more valiums. Off my head again. Luckily, one of the boys from the camp came to town to find me. The run back to camp was vague but I do remember getting him to stop for an injured Corella on the side of the highway. I also remember him telling me that the bird was dead, and I threw it out of the window as we were driving down the highway. Interesting times and I learned that you really shouldn't eat Valium like lollies.
I worked at the outback in Long Beach. I wouldn't recommend the sirloin and mushroom sauce. The mushroom sauce is imported from china and the sirloin comes from the Philippines. Very nasty stuff.
I used to live in Townsville & made regular trips to Charters Towers to see my sister. My dad also knew Bill Mackay, the father of the Mackay sisters. I also knew one of the coppers involved with the Mackay investigation. I'm also familiar with the phone box Tony Jones used to call his family for the last time - it's sited on a very busy road that runs from the CBD to the western and eastern suburbs, right at the Junction where the road splits between west and east. The highway has gotten better over the years - climbing the Mingela Range has become much easier than it was when I first began driving to the Towers. There is also another highway called the Highway of Death - the Bruce Highway between Sarina and Rockhampton. That too has been the site of quite a few murders & disappearances.
@@kenworth159 yeah agree with you there I never liked driving on that road at night it always made the hair on the back of my neck stand up, bad vibes, creepy.
The highway between Sarina and Rockhampton was known as the Marlborough strech , and yes it had a reputation for being a dangerous stretch of road back in the past .
@alank616 it was also dangerous because it was such a long straight(ish) stretch of highway with NOWHERE to stop in between if you got tired or fatigued. You basically had NOTHING between Sarina and a roadhouse a few k north of Rocky. Plenty of places OFF the highway, none ON the highway. So it wasn't just murder alley. It was also crash alley. Night driving would've been far worse than day driving. I also used (pre kid days) to work for the ATO. The date of death tax returns of 2 victims on that stretch of the Bruce came across my desk. They were a couple AND murdered by a person STILL unknown. I remember both returns stating clearly it was unknown who died first - which defs made execution of their estates difficult. These stretches of highway are our version of Canada's Highway of Tears.
A friend of my father’s was a semi driver. He used to drive across Australia many times over the years. He told me don’t drive around the outback. I’m telling you. He went on to say. I’ve been shot at in the middle of the night. I’ve seen a young woman walking down to road. He said I never stopped because it was a set up. He showed me several built hols on his truck cabin. I took his advice and I’ve never traveled to the outback.
Peter- ahh was on a hare krshna farm near Mildura- and the inmates there put a bigg Hare krshna sign on there front driveway and someone latter shot it too hell with perhaps 700 bullets.
When I was a teenager in the 80s the highway to look out for was the stretch of Pacific hwy from Sydney to Brisbane. I lived on the Gold Coast and you always heard of horrible situations, hitch hikers going missing, murders etc etc... One of the worst happened at Kingscliff northern NSW about 83, two young fellas were murdered on the beach there. You just dont know who's getting around in good communities too, not necessarily remote desert.
Kingscliff, Wellington, Dubbo, Cessnock, Taree, Lismore, Grafton and Glenn Innes to name a few areas. Each of these areas had a WALL dedicated to missing persons. None of whom were locals, all backpackers and tourists. Men and women... Most serial killers prey on the weak, physically or mentally. Funny thing is, most of us have come into contact with a murderer and just don't know it... yet.
when I was 14 me and my sister kidnapped the postman and he escaped and had to hide in a cornfield but we found him and cut off hid testicular bags with a beak we ripped of a black crow , I still remember it till this day 😢😮
when I was 14 me and my sister kidnapped the postman and he escaped and had to hide in a cornfield but we found him and cut off hid testicular bags with a beak we ripped of a black crow , I still remember it till this day 😢😮
I’ve traveled all across Australia many times however, the only incident was when I was sleeping in my car at a truck stop when a car pulled up close to mine. It appeared there were 4 men who got out and as soon as they tested my door handle my four big dogs started growling and then they all went off barking. I heard the men swearing then they got back in their car and drove away. I often wonder what would have happened if I didn’t have the dogs.
Lucky. Most have weapons that dogs wouldn’t be an issue. Which is why despite our stupid laws I wouldn’t travel with out my rottie, Shepards AND a few fire arms….
Travelled that area in the mid 1980s, and recall stopping for fuel in Cairns, where the fuel station Lady casually asked where I was headed. When I told her I was headed west, to Darwin and onwards, the first words she replied with were, " Have you got a gun?" I thought she was joking, and I replied, "Yes I have actually." To which she replied, " Good, you don't go out there without a gun." I never gave a thought to the seriousness of her words. I see now what she was on about.
Yeah a lot of folks think Australia is a joke.... it is a dangerous place when it wants to be. !! Born an raised in Australia an I have seen enough in my 33 years. Beautiful county tho. 😊🙏💯
@@pingerboy69 ahh had a Giant maori who must hav been 60 stone attack and break my neck in Sydney. he ran off butt when ahh got back too new zealand ahh was so wild about the coward attack from behind my body ahh wanted too kill every maori ahh could and burn all their maraes down, - will keep you up-dated on the total war.
barraa- lived on highway 50 in New Zealand and Dad had guns under his and moms double bed 24/7 - 366 days off the year. Whore eeeeess were the Demon savages on that highway.
In the 70s my old man didn't do long trips without the Winchester under the front bench seat. "Just in case things get interesting". This was mainly for the drives from Brisbane up north. Alot of sketchy things happened back then.
Yeah - The stretch of the Bruce between Sarina & Rocky was called Murder Alley in the 70's & 80's. I used to work at the ATO & remember coming across the final tax returns of 2 victims of Murder Alley. Took me a bit to realise what I was seeing. Creepy to realise it, let me tell you.
My hometown is on the Flinders Highway and I can honestly tell everyone that this so called “content creator” is the only person calling it The Highway of Death! The Flinders Highway should be called the Highway of Boredom! 🤣
I dont have much faith in Australian state police of any stripe to be honest when it comes to solving these cases. Coming from Central NSW, there are many cases of missing women over the years that they havent cracked. Have you listened to the podcast from the Australian newspaper on the cases around Bathurst? You'll shake your head a many times after listening to that.
No what's it called? My wife and I listen to a lot of Aussie crime podcasts so this would be right up our alley. Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts on this.
@@ShadowMatterYT The Night Driver hosted by Hedley Thomas, he has a number of podcasts focusing on unsolved cases involving a woman being murdered highly recommend them all.
That sound interesting my friend lives in bathurst thought id give it a listen aswell... So found the link for you. If you know of any other great crime podcasts or stories plop a link in plz. (im just starting out on podcasts dont know where to start for aussie crime it really interests me) I can email u if you want? So you can send me a reply Edit my link to spotify was deleted must be a youtube thing to delete spotify podcats damn it...
Many murders have taken place on the Stuart Highway Port Augusta to Darwin, including the unsolved murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio. In just 25 years 11 people have disappeared from the face of the earth travelling along the Stuart Hwy.
@@DamienBeltrami He was charged even though their was no body found, and a complete lack of any real forensic crime scene DNA evidence, not to mention the inconsistency of Joanne Lee's testimony, even an experienced forensic police officer didn't believe that Murdoch was the perpetrator. It's also worth mentioning that Joanne Lee's own stepfather thinks she's lying.
@Smilebackifyoureugly He was charged but evidence suggests it was someone else. A witness also claims to have seen Mr Falconio at a roadhouse in Qld with others in a car after he was reported murdered.?????
@@Peter-ob6ue He was supposedly seen with two others getting out of a car at a roadhouse in Qld after he was meant to be murdered. Also her story kept changing between a red and blue cattle dog that was with him.
I've driven the flinders a few times back in the 80s and 90s. There is another highway between Rockhampton and Mackay that had a reputation as a dangerous place to travel alone too. It was known as the 'Marlborough stretch'.
@@igitha..._ There was the old highway that went inland and over the ranges. The 'coast' road was constructed in the early 80s to shorten the distance up the coast. It took a lot of work due to the flood country it goes through. But it's also a creepy road to stop along, given its predecessor's rep. I hitchhiked up the inland road in 1982. Got a lift with a truckie and he decided to have a sleep halfway up. I had to sleep on the tarp on top of the load. Some hours in, all I heard were rifle shots off in the distance. It was probably just roo shooters but given the reputation of the highway, I was wide awake for the next hour until the driver woke up and started the truck.
In a country roughly the size of the USA but mostly only populated in major cities close to the coast, there's a bucket load of NOTHING out there & no-one to see what you do. Plenty of places to hide what you've done. Finding remains is usually only by chance cos looking is literally like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Without bodies it's hard to narrow down suspects especially where police are totally incompetent and corrupt as The Fitzgerald Inquiry found the Qld police were back then.
My research tells me that around 750,000 people are reported missing in America every year, while around 38,000 currently go missing in Australia. Looking at the population of these similar sized countries, the US has around 13 times ours. Now if you do the maths on per capita, that's about 146 per 100,000 people in Australia versus 220 per 100,000 in the US. That's a whopping 40% difference. If you happen to live in America, be afraid, be very afraid.
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Heard that a lot over the years, Google maps always try's to make you take it on occasion. One night I turned off at koumala to head down and over the range to Nebo. Will never make that mistake again definitely was unsettling at midnight a few suspect cars out at that time of night too.
when I was 14 me and my sister kidnapped the postman and he escaped and had to hide in a cornfield but we found him and cut off hid testicular bags with a beak we ripped of a black crow , I still remember it till this day 😢😮
I know the area well, Ive spent quite a lot of time travelling the flinders highway mainly between Townsville and Hughenden. Such a baron desolate area, perfect for ditching dead bodies. Ive always felt an uneasy feeling when traveling that stretch of highway..... it makes perfect sense that the authorities struggle to find any leads.... you could literally end somebody's life on the side of the road in broad daylight and still not be seen.... scary stuff....
My Uncle was a police officer in Queensland, when we visited him he advised me don't pick up hitch hikers, dont camp out in the bush and if I did to make sure my .410 shotgun was always handy and he did n't mean for snakes
travelled that area once, many years ago , in the early hours of the morning, ( around 3 AM ), and while I was dreaming my way along, with little traffic to contend with, a light appeared in my rear vision mirror, which didn't surprise me , as the thought of another car was actually comforting on the lonely stretch of road. The strange part was, that light appeared to be higher than the road, and stayed with me for about two hours, when it abruptly disappeared.. Rather spooky at the time, as it seemed to be hovering behind me . I didn't think stopping was a good idea, so I just calmly cruised along on my way. It never got any closer, and never drifted away, in all the time it was there. one of those unforgettable things you get in life..
Yeh i go out pig shoot’n at Pilliga around that area. I camp out in the Pilliga scrub often by myself & it’s definitely creepy at night & early morning & my dogs are barking into the darkness 😳, but it’s just a Roo 🦘 or something. Driving along the Coonamble Pilliga road at night is ok, but driving the Newell Hwy on the other side of the Pilliga scrub heading into Dubbo (Man Dubbo is a shithole) Yeh that can be creepy lotsa weird people travel our Oz Hwy’s, ive heard stories from dudes i know that have hitchhiked along the Newell Hwy.
As an Aussie, it's possibly one of a few Outback roads/areas that I'd suggest is not for the faint hearted.No go zone's, if you will. Both for locals and unsuspecting tourists. Maybe the Flinders was Ivan Milats training area before advancing to killing Backpackers in NSW Bilangalo State Forest?RIP
Hardly worth worrying about, when you consider the danger from the Drop Bears. They are known to be interbreeding with the Sugar Glider Possums and now can fly, swooping down and attacking even when you are well away from any trees.
Australia has many remote places where people disappear and it is a case of remoteness and opportunity for people who commit such crimes. I suspect Australia has many more serial killers than we know. Just because they haven’t been caught doesn’t mean they are not around. When you are young you feel immortal and like to travel and meet new people which is just the kind of thing these types of murderers take advantage of. It’s unfortunate because Australia is such a stunning country full of interesting places and people. Always take care and be safe. If someone is too good to be true, run a mile.
when I was 14 me and my sister kidnapped the postman and he escaped and had to hide in a cornfield but we found him and cut off hid testicular bags with a beak we ripped of a black crow , I still remember it till this day 😢😮
When I first got my p's (Australia intermediate licence) I went on a holiday & drove 1200km along the Flinders. 1 stretch of that was 600km and there was 1 petrol station along that road 😶 it's a very convenient place for killers
@@ShadowMatterYT yes. Its a stupid long way out of the way, and back then, those roads up the guts of QLD would have been rough dirt, and added days and days to the trip.
I’ve wondered if I was on that hwy (or other isolated roads in the outback) and a female came running towards my car, clearly in distress and injured, trying to flag me down - would I stop?… The answer I could best come up with was that I’d slow down and let her get on the car but not in it. I know it could be a set up but I don’t know if I could just keep driving. Would you stop?
I've driven this highway plenty of times I didnt know it was deemed as "cursed" now thinking about it the highway is a bit eerie and someone could easily go missing out there, no one would see.
Ok, and going to Normanton via Charters (From Jullatten) doesn’t make sense. And Jayden wasn’t on the highway, it was on the beef road between Belyando and Charters.
Which is weird they found Reece's bike on the Flinders after he filled up at the roadhouse in Charters Towers. I think they parents initially thought he was heading to Normanton, but was positively identified in Charters Towers after the fact... I think he might still be alive and out there somewhere tbh... But who knows
I remember coming across an old desolate petrol station in WA, with only some little old lady in there and the place was COVERED in christian stuff. I felt like I was about to enter a Texas Chainsaw Massacre "Australia sequel".
Please do a video on the Marlborough (Horror) stretch in central Queensland. Some really tragic and interesting crimes committed along that part of the old Hwy1 in the 60s and 70s.
Many years ago when my daughter was a baby my wife daughter and father in law travelled from Carnarvon to Perth I think about 200 kilometres we stopped at a parking bay to use the bin to dispose off a nappy we seen a 4x4 Ute with a canvas canopy cover parked with nobody inside we thought we heard a muffled voice but then we heard a dog bark we thought nothing of it and drove off I really hope it was not more sinister
The picture you are showing that is supposed to be Judith is actually Joanne Ratcliffe who disappeared from Adelaide Oval with Kirstie Gordon in August 1973.
You showed some incorrect photos of victims in the first case mentioned. At 2:51 and again later you showed Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Jane Gordon to girls who went to an Adelaide football game that weren't related and were abducted.
it wasnt a holden , it was a vauxhall , but the police station cleaner changed the notes , and he was also the school janitor at the mac kays sisters school , he picked them up , did his deed and interfeared with the investigation . they are 2 of his 9 victims , pity they didnt stop him before age did
Wtf I drove that road by myself Townsville to Mt isa alot of it in the dark before sunrise had reception basically the whole way I felt safe! Mt isa to Tennant Creek however was a bit scary in my opinion. Then from Tennant Creek to Katherine
Everyone in the Australian outback avoids driving at night, it can get bloody dangerous…. so many Roos, camels and cattle on the roads, easy to trash a car
Travelled that stretch from the Isa to Townsville for many years mostly night driving since it was cooler on the cruiser and myself , always alone , never came across anything interesting . As a previous comment stated 12 murders / disappearances over 50 years . Some of the routes taken were questionable , by a statement made in the video of being " near " the Flinders Highway can't really be counted as " on or along " . Also video footage of traffic earlier , is in the U.S , really , come on mate !
Not for the average person no. However one cannot deny there may have been a serial killer or killers operating in the area at one time in relation to the period of time between attacks. Thanks for stopping by and checking out the video and for your thoughts on this too. Much appreciated
Done the drive between Mt Isa and Townsville a fair few times. I’m surprised more caravan people just disappear. Cancer on the roads out there, people towing caravans.
My little sister was in the elder Mackay sisters class at Aitkenvale State School They went missing from the bus stop on Ross River Road. They just lived in the street next to ours. We took that bus until about 2 months before when my sister finally learned how to ride her bike safely. Only then were we allowed to ride to school. Until June, just 8 weeks before the murders, we were all also on that bus. Our parents used it as a 'scare tactic' for us all. When reminding us of stranger danger or of being home on time..Mum always used to say..."always remember what happened to the Mackay girls".Hard to believe it was more than half a century ago now.
I've lived in Mt Isa for 14 years and have never heard of the "highway of death". "Highway of boredom" would be a better term. Nothing to see but black top and white lines.
Thanks so much mate! Really appreciate it. Put a lot of hard work into this one. Took about two weeks to finish but well worth it to see you guys enjoying it. Cheers
@@tomasgregory6935 thanks mate. Yeah Phar Lap was a bit of a passion project of mine. And one of the favourites I've worked on this channel. It was actually my wife who pushed me to do that one. Glad you're enjoying the content 🙂
The “Marlborough Horror Stretch” along the Bruce Hwy between the towns of Marlborough and Mackay has a terrifying reputation for disappearances. I know from accounts passed onto me and from the occasional personal experience, there are some very, very nasty “characters” lurking around that area. They can sometimes be seen drinking, unshaven, dressed in greasy khaki, usually alone in the corner of a bar somewhere. You can smell the grease and body odour. If one of these types approach be very cautious. They have an evil look, a nasty chuckle, and they detest outsiders, and especially “city people” and “white collar workers”, and women especially, despite “acting” the “good bloke”.
I was born & raised in Charters Towers. I can say there's some pretty shifty people who reside there. I got out of that hell hole back in 2001 Never going back!
I actually live off the highway of death and I would not walk it at night people are crazy even pulling over (we pulled over one night to fix a tyre and shots where let off on the property we pulled up Infront of intentionally aswell to scare people away from property lines😠) .. also with 110km four trailer road trains and cars traveling along if something was to happen you don't stop out here it's way to hot temp wise to be out walking around for too long ect, secluded out bush away from anyone or anything and super sketchy if you where to get lost or you might just come across someone whos intentions may not be so good !!. (Flinders highway - charters towers side to Hughenden )
I hitched from port licon to Perth left with no money and nowhere to go bye a family the pacors .l got attacked at on the way there .l had a woken up coverd in blood in the middle of nowhere. A trucker picked me up and helped me at southern cross scary. Watching from Scotland peace and love to all
This is funny. …”The Highway of death in Australia, not to be confused with the highway of death in Kuwait or Iraq during the Gulf War” Yeah that’s because one of them is actually a Highway of death in the middle of a warzone and the other is just a normal road in Australia just like any other that is totally safe. Probably safer than 90% of roads in any other country.
Yea tho i walk thru the valley of death i shall fear no evil The word walk is the emphasis No driving in fast cars which Take a death toll The whole country was explored and settled long Before the automobile and Aircraft were invented!
yes, I hitchiked that highway around february 1984, from townsville on a saturday night, I got a lift to charters towers, on sunday I only got as far as 'pentland', however, on the monday I got several good lifts to hughenden, richmond, julia creek to mount isa, hitchiking is all about 'luck', tom, crystal palace...
when I was 14 me and my sister kidnapped the postman and he escaped and had to hide in a cornfield but we found him and cut off hid testicular bags with a beak we ripped of a black crow , I still remember it till this day 😢😮
There are plenty of sick pricks in Australia I pulled over one night just short of sand fire road house thinking about 80 mile for the night I pulled over just short of the turn off about 100 mtrs plus of where were stopped a couple of minutes later there was a man in his 60's walking very close to our caravan carrying a riffle I took off as fast as I could and found it hard to report this is one of the problem
Brown definitely ended those young girls! He had a car similar to that seen, wouldn't surprise me if he had something to do with the Beaumont kids in Adelaide as he was known to Travel
I actually wrote my comment before you mentioned his link to them. Although it wouldn't surprise me, 2 more suspects were far more likely with the Beaumont Kids. I don't believe it was that Rachel women's father either. Cant remember the guys name who I thought it was but he lived like 200 meters from the beach
My wife and I thought the same thing... Maybe cross bred... But various sources state it was a doberman puppy so I just ran with it. Thanks for stopping by
come here after watching 60 minutes australia. they are talking about possibly serial killer, but i dont think so because its fucking 50years (1970-2016/2018 as they mentioned). and if it did happen, then the serial killer mustve been dead and couldnt do anything around 2018.
I picked up a hitch hiking couple on Flinders Hwy once n when they hopped in they said "Oh,thank u so so much. We copped a chase n crashed our car in a ditch n had to leg it from the cops until u picked us up." N so yea,I'm glad that they were jus on the run from the coppers tho n not serial killers n killed me or somethin. Lol. I used to pick up people all the time qlong there between the 90's n early 2000's n nothin else happened. Cept once when I picked up a guy that had stolen all my stuff in my car when I hopped off to pay for petrol. But yea,other than that the Aussies are a beautiful luvly people.
Utter B.S. ! You could say the same thing about the Stuart Highway (Port Augusta, S.A. to Darwin, N.T.), but I worked along it for 30 years; and the only deaths I came across were vehicle accidents !
There has been more than a few comments pointing out the mistake in the first part of this video in regards to one of the photographs that was used to depict the two girls taken in Queensland, was infact a photo of two other girls who were taken from Adelaide a few years later.
It was an honest mistake and didn't mean to cause any upset.
Investigators believe these two cases were involved in some way by the same person of interest/ suspect leading to my confusion of images and incorrectly using one of them.
My apologies for any confusion.
If you want to learn more about these cases or anything else mentioned in this video feel free to check out the links provided in the description above.
Oh were they the 2 girls who went missing from Adelaide oval? Such a shame no one ever paid for all these crimes. I would just like to know what happened to all these girls, most likely trafficked
Also I dont get why all these people cheer Julian Assange! He was in The Family growing up and has never said anything about them. All a show i believe
@@BlazeBudsAssange was associated with a cult group called the Family I believe.There was a suspected group of kidnappers in Adelaide that were referred to as “ the Family”. Different situation altogether.
It was suspected those two girls taken from Adelaide Oval were abducted by a guy who has since died in Townsville. He was charged I believe, for other murders of young girls in the Townsville region.
Oh, I drive on the flinders hwy everyday and live right next to it. Thanks for making me feel uncomfortable for the rest of my life.
Just carry a gun in the glove compartment. This will make you feel better. I don’t know if in that state is allowed 😮
@@Thechist781not allowed in Any state...
@@Thechist781Tony Jones had a .22 with him. That was never found either.
Back then most people in remote areas had .22s at least.
Now you know why we don't visit...
You still alive?
I had a real creepy bloke approach me when I was drinking at the club in Longreach on a very crowed night for the outback telling me I'd better watch it, the outback is a very dangerous place and a lot of people disappear. He wasn't a big bloke either I'm 6'2 and solid. I just looked at him and said yeah mate and you never know who is travelling through either, as staunch as I could act I nearly reported it to the police the next day as my gut feeling never let's me down . That was in about 2007 . I was even extra careful walking back to my mates that night. This show made me remember it. I reckon I could still identify him too.
I worked in oil search out that way in the late 70s. I did my back, so they took me into Longreach hospital where they gave me a packet of valium and said, "Go back to camp and rest for a few days".
The blokes who took me in had already gone back into town, so I had to walk, with a buggered back. I probably took half a dozen of the valiums before I got back to, couldn't find my ride back to camp and spent the night wandering around Longreach off my face on Valium. I woke up on the steps of a church with a tick-infested bull terrier sleeping next to me. I then spent an hour picking ticks off the dog until the priest turned up at the church. He asked if I needed help, and I politely declined. I headed back to the main street while popping a few more valiums. Off my head again. Luckily, one of the boys from the camp came to town to find me. The run back to camp was vague but I do remember getting him to stop for an injured Corella on the side of the highway. I also remember him telling me that the bird was dead, and I threw it out of the window as we were driving down the highway.
Interesting times and I learned that you really shouldn't eat Valium like lollies.
I worked at the outback in Long Beach. I wouldn't recommend the sirloin and mushroom sauce. The mushroom sauce is imported from china and the sirloin comes from the Philippines. Very nasty stuff.
most idiots in pubs take shit in pubs its part of being Australian just watch out for the drop bears
@@BradGryphonn but what happened to the bull terrier?
@@cheshirecat1212 Brad never went back.
The dog was really ticked off about that..!
I used to live in Townsville & made regular trips to Charters Towers to see my sister. My dad also knew Bill Mackay, the father of the Mackay sisters. I also knew one of the coppers involved with the Mackay investigation. I'm also familiar with the phone box Tony Jones used to call his family for the last time - it's sited on a very busy road that runs from the CBD to the western and eastern suburbs, right at the Junction where the road splits between west and east.
The highway has gotten better over the years - climbing the Mingela Range has become much easier than it was when I first began driving to the Towers.
There is also another highway called the Highway of Death - the Bruce Highway between Sarina and Rockhampton. That too has been the site of quite a few murders & disappearances.
I'm in charters right now! So weird to see it mentioned on a video randomly recommended to me
Yes that stretch between Sarina & Rocky on the old Bruce Highway is real creepy at night for some reason.
@@kenworth159 yeah agree with you there I never liked driving on that road at night it always made the hair on the back of my neck stand up, bad vibes, creepy.
The highway between Sarina and Rockhampton was known as the Marlborough strech , and yes it had a reputation for being a dangerous stretch of road back in the past .
@alank616 it was also dangerous because it was such a long straight(ish) stretch of highway with NOWHERE to stop in between if you got tired or fatigued. You basically had NOTHING between Sarina and a roadhouse a few k north of Rocky. Plenty of places OFF the highway, none ON the highway. So it wasn't just murder alley. It was also crash alley. Night driving would've been far worse than day driving.
I also used (pre kid days) to work for the ATO. The date of death tax returns of 2 victims on that stretch of the Bruce came across my desk. They were a couple AND murdered by a person STILL unknown. I remember both returns stating clearly it was unknown who died first - which defs made execution of their estates difficult.
These stretches of highway are our version of Canada's Highway of Tears.
A friend of my father’s was a semi driver.
He used to drive across Australia many times over the years. He told me don’t drive around the outback. I’m telling you. He went on to say. I’ve been shot at in the middle of the night. I’ve seen a young woman walking down to road. He said I never stopped because it was a set up. He showed me several built hols on his truck cabin.
I took his advice and I’ve never traveled to the outback.
Peter- ahh was on a hare krshna farm near Mildura- and the inmates there put a bigg Hare krshna sign on there front driveway and someone latter shot it too hell with perhaps 700 bullets.
Sounds like wolf Creek
Perhaps! Truck driver ect. Someone crusings the Outbacks ect. Why not bait ,& waits !! perhaps! Catching the killers !!!??????
@@frankjones3671 etc =etcetera
@@frankjones3671its etc, not ect!
When I was a teenager in the 80s the highway to look out for was the stretch of Pacific hwy from Sydney to Brisbane. I lived on the Gold Coast and you always heard of horrible situations, hitch hikers going missing, murders etc etc...
One of the worst happened at Kingscliff northern NSW about 83, two young fellas were murdered on the beach there. You just dont know who's getting around in good communities too, not necessarily remote desert.
Kingscliff, Wellington, Dubbo, Cessnock, Taree, Lismore, Grafton and Glenn Innes to name a few areas.
Each of these areas had a WALL dedicated to missing persons.
None of whom were locals, all backpackers and tourists.
Men and women...
Most serial killers prey on the weak, physically or mentally.
Funny thing is, most of us have come into contact with a murderer and just don't know it... yet.
when I was 14 me and my sister kidnapped the postman and he escaped and had to hide in a cornfield but we found him and cut off hid testicular bags with a beak we ripped of a black crow , I still remember it till this day 😢😮
when I was 14 me and my sister kidnapped the postman and he escaped and had to hide in a cornfield but we found him and cut off hid testicular bags with a beak we ripped of a black crow , I still remember it till this day 😢😮
@@JohnnyRayedd-Neck🤡
I’ve traveled all across Australia many times however, the only incident was when I was sleeping in my car at a truck stop when a car pulled up close to mine. It appeared there were 4 men who got out and as soon as they tested my door handle my four big dogs started growling and then they all went off barking. I heard the men swearing then they got back in their car and drove away. I often wonder what would have happened if I didn’t have the dogs.
That sounds freaky. Glad you had your dogs with you
Glad you were ok
Lucky. Most have weapons that dogs wouldn’t be an issue. Which is why despite our stupid laws I wouldn’t travel with out my rottie, Shepards AND a few fire arms….
Travelled that area in the mid 1980s, and recall stopping for fuel in Cairns, where the fuel station Lady casually asked where I was headed. When I told her I was headed west, to Darwin and onwards, the first words she replied with were, " Have you got a gun?" I thought she was joking, and I replied, "Yes I have actually." To which she replied, " Good, you don't go out there without a gun." I never gave a thought to the seriousness of her words. I see now what she was on about.
Yeah a lot of folks think Australia is a joke.... it is a dangerous place when it wants to be. !! Born an raised in Australia an I have seen enough in my 33 years. Beautiful county tho. 😊🙏💯
@@pingerboy69 me too,
@@pingerboy69 ahh had a Giant maori who must hav been 60 stone attack and break my neck in Sydney. he ran off butt when ahh got back too new zealand ahh was so wild about the coward attack from behind my body ahh wanted too kill every maori ahh could and burn all their maraes down, - will keep you up-dated on the total war.
barraa- lived on highway 50 in New Zealand and Dad had guns under his and moms double bed 24/7 - 366 days off the year. Whore eeeeess were the Demon savages on that highway.
In the 70s my old man didn't do long trips without the Winchester under the front bench seat. "Just in case things get interesting". This was mainly for the drives from Brisbane up north. Alot of sketchy things happened back then.
I have never heard anyone call the Flinders Hwy " The Highway of Death" having driven road trains from Townsville to Mt Isa for over 15 years.
Exactly just drove on that highway last week
Same
Right? I drove on it yesterday!! The only thing I saw sus was a stolen car that had been abandoned
Yeah - The stretch of the Bruce between Sarina & Rocky was called Murder Alley in the 70's & 80's.
I used to work at the ATO & remember coming across the final tax returns of 2 victims of Murder Alley. Took me a bit to realise what I was seeing. Creepy to realise it, let me tell you.
My hometown is on the Flinders Highway and I can honestly tell everyone that this so called “content creator” is the only person calling it The Highway of Death!
The Flinders Highway should be called the Highway of Boredom! 🤣
I dont have much faith in Australian state police of any stripe to be honest when it comes to solving these cases. Coming from Central NSW, there are many cases of missing women over the years that they havent cracked. Have you listened to the podcast from the Australian newspaper on the cases around Bathurst? You'll shake your head a many times after listening to that.
No what's it called? My wife and I listen to a lot of Aussie crime podcasts so this would be right up our alley. Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts on this.
@@ShadowMatterYT The Night Driver hosted by Hedley Thomas, he has a number of podcasts focusing on unsolved cases involving a woman being murdered highly recommend them all.
@@DamienBeltrami thanks for the recommendation! Will definitely look that up 🙂
That's a bit harsh, Peter falconio, the Clairmont killings, Ivan Milat, Daniel Morcombe. When Aussie cops get a decent lead they generally persevere.
That sound interesting my friend lives in bathurst thought id give it a listen aswell...
So found the link for you.
If you know of any other great crime podcasts or stories plop a link in plz.
(im just starting out on podcasts dont know where to start for aussie crime it really interests me)
I can email u if you want?
So you can send me a reply
Edit my link to spotify was deleted must be a youtube thing to delete spotify podcats damn it...
Many murders have taken place on the Stuart Highway Port Augusta to Darwin, including the unsolved murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio.
In just 25 years 11 people have disappeared from the face of the earth travelling along the Stuart Hwy.
@Smilebackifyoureugly Yes he did
@@DamienBeltrami He was charged even though their was no body found, and a complete lack of any real forensic crime scene DNA evidence, not to mention the inconsistency of Joanne Lee's testimony, even an experienced forensic police officer didn't believe that Murdoch was the perpetrator.
It's also worth mentioning that Joanne Lee's own stepfather thinks she's lying.
@Smilebackifyoureugly He was charged but evidence suggests it was someone else. A witness also claims to have seen Mr Falconio at a roadhouse in Qld with others in a car after he was reported murdered.?????
@@Peter-ob6ue He was supposedly seen with two others getting out of a car at a roadhouse in Qld after he was meant to be murdered. Also her story kept changing between a red and blue cattle dog that was with him.
@@Peter-ob6ue 100% agree with you, Ms Lees knows more then what she is telling us she’s a liar
I've driven the flinders a few times back in the 80s and 90s. There is another highway between Rockhampton and Mackay that had a reputation as a dangerous place to travel alone too. It was known as the 'Marlborough stretch'.
Thanks for stopping by and sharing this. The Marlborough stretch sounds interesting
Yeah I think thats where me and an old partner ran out of fuel back in 2014 and needed to call for help in the middle of the night too
@@igitha..._ not envious of that situation. Glad you made it out okay
@@igitha..._ There was the old highway that went inland and over the ranges. The 'coast' road was constructed in the early 80s to shorten the distance up the coast. It took a lot of work due to the flood country it goes through. But it's also a creepy road to stop along, given its predecessor's rep.
I hitchhiked up the inland road in 1982. Got a lift with a truckie and he decided to have a sleep halfway up. I had to sleep on the tarp on top of the load. Some hours in, all I heard were rifle shots off in the distance. It was probably just roo shooters but given the reputation of the highway, I was wide awake for the next hour until the driver woke up and started the truck.
Is that the one near Sarina?
I can’t tell you how many thousand times I’ve driven that road and I’ve never heard anything about any of the stuff in this video
Open your ears then.
Yeah overdramatised that’s for sure!
@@hamishford5486 😵💫😂😂🤪
@@M17CH68 I’m fairly certain that if there really were a serial killer hunting on that road it would have made the front page of the paper by now
@@frankielove31 I’m with ya brother. 👍
It’s crazy the mount of people that go missing in Australia never to be seen again 😳
We do live in a stupidly big country, with a population that gets really stretched out the further you go inland.
Compared 2 other countries in the world we are safer here me thinks
In a country roughly the size of the USA but mostly only populated in major cities close to the coast, there's a bucket load of NOTHING out there & no-one to see what you do.
Plenty of places to hide what you've done.
Finding remains is usually only by chance cos looking is literally like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
Without bodies it's hard to narrow down suspects especially where police are totally incompetent and corrupt as The Fitzgerald Inquiry found the Qld police were back then.
Not that many compared to most
My research tells me that around 750,000 people are reported missing in America every year, while around 38,000 currently go missing in Australia. Looking at the population of these similar sized countries, the US has around 13 times ours. Now if you do the maths on per capita, that's about 146 per 100,000 people in Australia versus 220 per 100,000 in the US. That's a whopping 40% difference.
If you happen to live in America, be afraid, be very afraid.
Would love to see a deep dive on Pine Gap! Keep up the great work mate. Will continue to support this channel.
Near Alice Springs? I will have to look into that one. Thanks for the tip and for your support!
Cheers glad you enjoyed the video 🤠
@@ShadowMatterYT yeah that's the one! Official story of Pine Gap is very different to the whispers and tales heard. 👌
@@propakindustries22 very interesting 🤔 you've intrigued me. For context... What have you heard about Pine Gap? If you don't want to write it on here feel free to send me an email. Link is bio.
Cheers
@@ShadowMatterYT good luck in getting any where near the facility
@@kinchegayowie6167 hahaha! you think I should I do a vlog-style vid there?
If your outback drive proves uneventful, you can always pop into Snowtown for a barrel of fun.
You just had to say it
All the serial killers in South Australia and that's all people mention
@@James-kv6kb 🙈
@@doctorbohr1585 I'm not a 5-year-old respond to me in English or go away
@@James-kv6kb hey, I encountered you on another vid today 😂. Idk. I mentioned the Snowtown serial killers because they're the most famous.
The killer highway is actually the now inland road between Sarina and Marlborough. Many people have unexplainably gone missing, never to be found.
Heard that a lot over the years, Google maps always try's to make you take it on occasion. One night I turned off at koumala to head down and over the range to Nebo. Will never make that mistake again definitely was unsettling at midnight a few suspect cars out at that time of night too.
I've always been told Mackay to Rockhampton inland road never stop keep driving
@@Rivighi yeah that’s the one I’m talking about.
when I was 14 me and my sister kidnapped the postman and he escaped and had to hide in a cornfield but we found him and cut off hid testicular bags with a beak we ripped of a black crow , I still remember it till this day 😢😮
@@JohnnyRayedd-Neck whole new meaning to prairie oysters 😂
Soothing voice, Australian, horror/true crime channel all the checkpoints of a good true crime RUclipsr
Thanks mate! Much appreciated 👍 glad you're enjoying the content 😊
Hey mate saw wolf creek?@@ShadowMatterYT
I know the area well, Ive spent quite a lot of time travelling the flinders highway mainly between Townsville and Hughenden. Such a baron desolate area, perfect for ditching dead bodies. Ive always felt an uneasy feeling when traveling that stretch of highway..... it makes perfect sense that the authorities struggle to find any leads.... you could literally end somebody's life on the side of the road in broad daylight and still not be seen.... scary stuff....
"barren"...
My Uncle was a police officer in Queensland, when we visited him he advised me don't pick up hitch hikers, dont camp out in the bush and if I did to make sure my .410 shotgun was always handy and he did n't mean for snakes
Yeah my uncle was a cop in Queensland too! He had some pretty gnarly stories
Anyone game to walk the Newell Hwy through the Pilliga at night? Truck drivers won't even stop to change a flat tyre after dark.
travelled that area once, many years ago , in the early hours of the morning, ( around 3 AM ), and while I was dreaming my way along, with little traffic to contend with, a light appeared in my rear vision mirror, which didn't surprise me , as the thought of another car was actually comforting on the lonely stretch of road. The strange part was, that light appeared to be higher than the road, and stayed with me for about two hours, when it abruptly disappeared.. Rather spooky at the time, as it seemed to be hovering behind me . I didn't think stopping was a good idea, so I just calmly cruised along on my way. It never got any closer, and never drifted away, in all the time it was there. one of those unforgettable things you get in life..
Yeh i go out pig shoot’n at Pilliga around that area. I camp out in the Pilliga scrub often by myself & it’s definitely creepy at night & early morning & my dogs are barking into the darkness 😳, but it’s just a Roo 🦘 or something.
Driving along the Coonamble Pilliga road at night is ok, but driving the Newell Hwy on the other side of the Pilliga scrub heading into Dubbo (Man Dubbo is a shithole) Yeh that can be creepy lotsa weird people travel our Oz Hwy’s, ive heard stories from dudes i know that have hitchhiked along the Newell Hwy.
I've only ever met ONE person who was BORN in either Pilliga or Pilliga scrub and that was my mother and I've NEVER been their
They are not going to drive on flat tires
Mackay to Rockhampton inland road has a few people missing,
I have driven from Townsville to Mt Isa on my own. I remember driving for 2 1/2 hours without seeing another car.
Yikes!
As an Aussie, it's possibly one of a few Outback roads/areas that I'd suggest is not for the faint hearted.No go zone's, if you will. Both for locals and unsuspecting tourists. Maybe the Flinders was Ivan Milats training area before advancing to killing Backpackers in NSW Bilangalo State Forest?RIP
Yes expecialy the one where 2 men & a women killed & found propped up to a tree,Thats how he left some of the backpackers too,
Bah! I grew up in Toongabbie. These highway's nothing.
I grew up in Mount isa and our family would regularly drive this highway. If ur not hitch-hiking then ur fine bro lol
Hardly worth worrying about, when you consider the danger from the Drop Bears. They are known to be interbreeding with the Sugar Glider Possums and now can fly, swooping down and attacking even when you are well away from any trees.
💯 I seen one the other day 👍🏽
😂😂😂.
But they usually only attack tourists from overseas cos we know the wear Vegemite smeared on our faces & forks behind our ears 😂😉
Australia has many remote places where people disappear and it is a case of remoteness and opportunity for people who commit such crimes. I suspect Australia has many more serial killers than we know. Just because they haven’t been caught doesn’t mean they are not around. When you are young you feel immortal and like to travel and meet new people which is just the kind of thing these types of murderers take advantage of. It’s unfortunate because Australia is such a stunning country full of interesting places and people. Always take care and be safe. If someone is too good to be true, run a mile.
Good insight. Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts on this 🙂
The amount of bodies in the outback. There would be too many to keep record on.
Great in depth video. Very interesting stuff. Thanks for the upload!
Welcome 🤗 thanks for stopping by again and supporting the channel 🤠
Got the wrong photo of the Mackay sisters. Not them they are the girls taken at Adelaide oval.
Thanks. Please Refer to top pinned comment ☝️
After 5pm 🕔 don’t travel between Australian cities… very very very dangerous and not safe at all.
I live on the edge of the South Australian desert and have no problem whatsoever travelling at night and we're supposed to be the axe murderer state
@@James-kv6kb you don’t know from where Kangaroo 🦘 will jump to your way.
the photos at 6.04 are Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Gordon, who were kidnapped from the Adelaide Oval in 1973.
Yes, i think they borrowed photos of other children for this video lol
My brother used to live in Townsville in 1990s. He was horrified to have seen his step daughter hitch hiking on that highway.
Glen - ahh hitched Sydney too Mackay and back to brisbane .- only had troubles in Mackay town with police and dark man and also two white man
when I was 14 me and my sister kidnapped the postman and he escaped and had to hide in a cornfield but we found him and cut off hid testicular bags with a beak we ripped of a black crow , I still remember it till this day 😢😮
When I first got my p's (Australia intermediate licence) I went on a holiday & drove 1200km along the Flinders. 1 stretch of that was 600km and there was 1 petrol station along that road 😶 it's a very convenient place for killers
Stop fibbing
Not if they need fuel
ive been on there going back home to darwin and going to gold coast and i went on it at night and early morning ive been on that road like 10 times
The photo at 3,16 is not Judith Mackay.
Really good work mate. Your smashing it.
Cheers mate always a pleasure to see you here! Thanks for your comment and ongoing support of the channel 🤠
It doesn’t make sense to go to Bowen via Mount Isa…..
Something suspicious you reckon? Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts on this 🤠
@@ShadowMatterYT yes. Its a stupid long way out of the way, and back then, those roads up the guts of QLD would have been rough dirt, and added days and days to the trip.
I’ve wondered if I was on that hwy (or other isolated roads in the outback) and a female came running towards my car, clearly in distress and injured, trying to flag me down - would I stop?… The answer I could best come up with was that I’d slow down and let her get on the car but not in it.
I know it could be a set up but I don’t know if I could just keep driving.
Would you stop?
I've driven this highway plenty of times I didnt know it was deemed as "cursed" now thinking about it the highway is a bit eerie and someone could easily go missing out there, no one would see.
I used to drive that highway all the time back in the day, never had any problems, thank god
Ok, and going to Normanton via Charters (From Jullatten) doesn’t make sense. And Jayden wasn’t on the highway, it was on the beef road between Belyando and Charters.
Which is weird they found Reece's bike on the Flinders after he filled up at the roadhouse in Charters Towers. I think they parents initially thought he was heading to Normanton, but was positively identified in Charters Towers after the fact... I think he might still be alive and out there somewhere tbh... But who knows
I guess, if you wanted to take the long, scenic route...
I remember coming across an old desolate petrol station in WA, with only some little old lady in there and the place was COVERED in christian stuff. I felt like I was about to enter a Texas Chainsaw Massacre "Australia sequel".
Tbh I would've been a bit sketchy too lol. Sounds like a great idea for a film though! Cheers for stopping by
Please do a video on the Marlborough (Horror) stretch in central Queensland. Some really tragic and interesting crimes committed along that part of the old Hwy1 in the 60s and 70s.
Absolutely. Trying to find enough information about it the past couple of weeks.
Thanks for stopping by 🙂
The police would have trouble finding a root in a brothel
You try and find evidence when you've got a thousand kilometres of Bushland
Many years ago when my daughter was a baby my wife daughter and father in law travelled from Carnarvon to Perth I think about 200 kilometres we stopped at a parking bay to use the bin to dispose off a nappy we seen a 4x4 Ute with a canvas canopy cover parked with nobody inside we thought we heard a muffled voice but then we heard a dog bark we thought nothing of it and drove off I really hope it was not more sinister
Wow that's freaky! Thanks for stopping by and sharing this
Stop fibbing
That poor detective, he truly gave it his all :(
The picture you are showing that is supposed to be Judith is actually Joanne Ratcliffe who disappeared from Adelaide Oval with Kirstie Gordon in August 1973.
The picture shown at 2:51 is that of Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirsty Gordon from Adelaide.
I thought so too. My mum was at the same game
You showed some incorrect photos of victims in the first case mentioned. At 2:51 and again later you showed Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Jane Gordon to girls who went to an Adelaide football game that weren't related and were abducted.
Please refer to the top pinned comment. Hopefully that helps
Love ❤️ the video PEOPLE GO MISSING ALL THE TIME . What if i wanted to go missing.... What. WOULD A person need to know and do to stay missing 🤔
it wasnt a holden , it was a vauxhall , but the police station cleaner changed the notes , and he was also the school janitor at the mac kays sisters school , he picked them up , did his deed and interfeared with the investigation . they are 2 of his 9 victims , pity they didnt stop him before age did
Wtf I drove that road by myself Townsville to Mt isa alot of it in the dark before sunrise had reception basically the whole way I felt safe! Mt isa to Tennant Creek however was a bit scary in my opinion. Then from Tennant Creek to Katherine
This road had a reputation 35 years ago too, so I got the bus instead of hitching
Two macaffity buses hit head on thier and many people died.
Smart move.
Sonny, buses don't travel that far, but coaches do instead.
Drove along this highway last year… so glad I didn’t know this before 😮
Been driving trucks on that road on and off for over 20 years and never heard it called that. There are way more "spooky" roads than that.
Loving your channel,
Thanks for your awesome comment! Glad you're enjoying the content!
Wolf creek ring a bell ? Anybody ?
scary shit mate.......when going through this highway foreigners be careful because it just might be the last road u vist....great video
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for stopping by again! Yeah definitely be wary tourists should take head and travel appropriately.
I cycled most of these roads...slept where the sun goes down...never saw anything strange....
Everyone in the Australian outback avoids driving at night, it can get bloody dangerous…. so many Roos, camels and cattle on the roads, easy to trash a car
Mate everyone in Australia drives at night
@@southernwarrior9302 I live in the centre and people out here avoid driving outside of Alice at night….
@@kangarootube.dailyvideosof5199 I live in ntaria and people here and surrounding communities travel at night
@@southernwarrior9302 that’s the one road I would happily travel at night, only really horses to worry about
Yep, travelled the hwy from Wiluna to Kalgoorlie at night to pick up parts, an absolute nightmare. Roo, camel, emu everywhere. Dangerous.
Cool video bro.
Fantastic video !
Thanks again for stopping by and checking out the video 🙂
Interesting video shadow matter, it makes you ponder how many other people have been murdered alongside that highway.
Thanks for stopping by and checking out the video glad you found it interesting. And yeah it does make you think doesn't it. Very sus...
Happened in AU? Traffic shown at 4:32 disagrees.
Travelled that stretch from the Isa to Townsville for many years mostly night driving since it was cooler on the cruiser and myself , always alone , never came across anything interesting . As a previous comment stated 12 murders / disappearances over 50 years . Some of the routes taken were questionable , by a statement made in the video of being " near " the Flinders Highway can't really be counted as " on or along " . Also video footage of traffic earlier , is in the U.S , really , come on mate !
Just so you know , at 4.25 that is one of the girls from the Adelaide oval abduction
And both of them at 2.50....
9:34 it wasnt being on Flinders highway that killed him he went to a pub got punched and killed then cut up in a band saw
travelled this highway numerous times ... nothing to be worried about
Not for the average person no. However one cannot deny there may have been a serial killer or killers operating in the area at one time in relation to the period of time between attacks. Thanks for stopping by and checking out the video and for your thoughts on this too. Much appreciated
Done the drive between Mt Isa and Townsville a fair few times. I’m surprised more caravan people just disappear. Cancer on the roads out there, people towing caravans.
Like the movie Wolf Creek
My little sister was in the elder Mackay sisters class at Aitkenvale State School They went missing from the bus stop on Ross River Road. They just lived in the street next to ours. We took that bus until about 2 months before when my sister finally learned how to ride her bike safely. Only then were we allowed to ride to school. Until June, just 8 weeks before the murders, we were all also on that bus. Our parents used it as a 'scare tactic' for us all. When reminding us of stranger danger or of being home on time..Mum always used to say..."always remember what happened to the Mackay girls".Hard to believe it was more than half a century ago now.
I've lived in Mt Isa for 14 years and have never heard of the "highway of death". "Highway of boredom" would be a better term. Nothing to see but black top and white lines.
Well known fact that most of the police work in northern Qld was pathetic in those decades 18:03
Great work mate! Nothing like Aussie RUclips
Thanks so much mate! Really appreciate it. Put a lot of hard work into this one. Took about two weeks to finish but well worth it to see you guys enjoying it. Cheers
@@ShadowMatterYT good on ya i loved the Phar lap vid great work
@@tomasgregory6935 thanks mate. Yeah Phar Lap was a bit of a passion project of mine. And one of the favourites I've worked on this channel.
It was actually my wife who pushed me to do that one.
Glad you're enjoying the content 🙂
The “Marlborough Horror Stretch” along the Bruce Hwy between the towns of Marlborough and Mackay has a terrifying reputation for disappearances. I know from accounts passed onto me and from the occasional personal experience, there are some very, very nasty “characters” lurking around that area. They can sometimes be seen drinking, unshaven, dressed in greasy khaki, usually alone in the corner of a bar somewhere. You can smell the grease and body odour. If one of these types approach be very cautious. They have an evil look, a nasty chuckle, and they detest outsiders, and especially “city people” and “white collar workers”, and women especially, despite “acting” the “good bloke”.
Sounds freaky. Might have to look at this closely
I was born & raised in Charters Towers.
I can say there's some pretty shifty people who reside there.
I got out of that hell hole back in 2001
Never going back!
What are u, a man or a mouse?!
@@russtorque2993
Female actually 🤣
@@jaimesailor3153lol
Your picture of one of the Mackay sisters is incorrect, that's Joanne Ratcliff of the Oval abductions
You have a photo of Joanne Ratcliffe who disappeared in 1973 with Kirsty Gordon from Adelaide Oval. Not a Mackay sister. Terrible.
Sounds like one of the serial killers wondering around Australia was from anthill Creek.
When you show photos should make sure you get their names right you’ll upset some of the families.
Honest mistake. My apologies. Thanks for stopping by and pointing that out
Yes . One of the young girls is from the Adelaide oval abduction not related to these cases. But great video other wise , really enjoyed it
I actually live off the highway of death and I would not walk it at night people are crazy even pulling over (we pulled over one night to fix a tyre and shots where let off on the property we pulled up Infront of intentionally aswell to scare people away from property lines😠) .. also with 110km four trailer road trains and cars traveling along if something was to happen you don't stop out here it's way to hot temp wise to be out walking around for too long ect, secluded out bush away from anyone or anything and super sketchy if you where to get lost or you might just come across someone whos intentions may not be so good !!. (Flinders highway - charters towers side to Hughenden )
Should check out the old Bruce highway as well, some strange happenings along there. I’m know of truckies avoiding the road because of it
Wow thanks for the tip. Will definitely be checking out that. Thanks for stopping by and hope you enjoyed the video 🙂
Yep, the old Sarina range road…through Clarke Creek . Its even scary driving through it these days!
@@pixiedust7659 ok I definitely need to find out more now! Thanks 🙏
Which part of the old bruce highway are you talking about ?
@@wazza16021956 Between Rocky and Mackay.
The beginning of this vid said recently!?
But in Australia vehicles travel on the Left.
Sorry guys but we drive on the left hand side of the road in Australia😂
Haha who's saying we don't?... Oh right the stock footage 😔.... 😂
I hitched from port licon to Perth left with no money and nowhere to go bye a family the pacors .l got attacked at on the way there .l had a woken up coverd in blood in the middle of nowhere. A trucker picked me up and helped me at southern cross scary. Watching from Scotland peace and love to all
That sounds like a pretty harrowing ordeal.
Sorry you had to go through that.
I shouldn't have hitched in the oz not a safe thing to do.
This is funny.
…”The Highway of death in Australia, not to be confused with the highway of death in Kuwait or Iraq during the Gulf War”
Yeah that’s because one of them is actually a Highway of death in the middle of a warzone and the other is just a normal road in Australia just like any other that is totally safe. Probably safer than 90% of roads in any other country.
I believe there is only one serial killer of the Flinders hwy & he happens to be a ex police officer
How’s this come along mate
Yea tho i walk thru the valley of death i shall fear no evil
The word walk is the emphasis
No driving in fast cars which
Take a death toll
The whole country was explored and settled long
Before the automobile and
Aircraft were invented!
yes, I hitchiked that highway around february 1984, from townsville on a saturday night, I got a lift to charters towers, on sunday I only got as far as 'pentland', however, on the monday I got several good lifts to hughenden, richmond, julia creek to mount isa, hitchiking is all about 'luck', tom, crystal palace...
when I was 14 me and my sister kidnapped the postman and he escaped and had to hide in a cornfield but we found him and cut off hid testicular bags with a beak we ripped of a black crow , I still remember it till this day 😢😮
There are plenty of sick pricks in Australia I pulled over one night just short of sand fire road house thinking about 80 mile for the night I pulled over just short of the turn off about 100 mtrs plus of where were stopped a couple of minutes later there was a man in his 60's walking very close to our caravan carrying a riffle I took off as fast as I could and found it hard to report this is one of the problem
Stop fibbing
@@PatrickFDolan piss of this happened to me in2013 dickhead
so weird hearing you say townsville. close to home
I know what you mean. My cousin lives near Townsville and my wife's uncle lives in Charters Towers
I've lived out here 10 yrs n never knew....wow! Love true crime stories but this is different now I know
I ve been all round Australia and the 2 creepiest places were mt isa and Coober pedy - not sure which ones worse
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I have no proof but I strongly suspect the rare involvement of two Serial Killers hunting together.
Always a possibility... Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts on this
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Has anybody else noticed that Charters Towers plays a recurring role in a lot of the disappearances and deaths?
Brown definitely ended those young girls! He had a car similar to that seen, wouldn't surprise me if he had something to do with the Beaumont kids in Adelaide as he was known to Travel
I actually wrote my comment before you mentioned his link to them. Although it wouldn't surprise me, 2 more suspects were far more likely with the Beaumont Kids. I don't believe it was that Rachel women's father either. Cant remember the guys name who I thought it was but he lived like 200 meters from the beach
I live the out back. Anything can happen. ..........
Funny looking Doberman 😂
My wife and I thought the same thing... Maybe cross bred... But various sources state it was a doberman puppy so I just ran with it.
Thanks for stopping by
Looks more like a Kelpie cross
Poor dog dumped😥😥
come here after watching 60 minutes australia. they are talking about possibly serial killer, but i dont think so because its fucking 50years (1970-2016/2018 as they mentioned). and if it did happen, then the serial killer mustve been dead and couldnt do anything around 2018.
Agreed 💯. Some of those older cases have certainly one person/s ties to them but not the later ones.
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There will be more than one serial killers. It will attract many killers
I picked up a hitch hiking couple on Flinders Hwy once n when they hopped in they said "Oh,thank u so so much. We copped a chase n crashed our car in a ditch n had to leg it from the cops until u picked us up."
N so yea,I'm glad that they were jus on the run from the coppers tho n not serial killers n killed me or somethin. Lol. I used to pick up people all the time qlong there between the 90's n early 2000's n nothin else happened. Cept once when I picked up a guy that had stolen all my stuff in my car when I hopped off to pay for petrol. But yea,other than that the Aussies are a beautiful luvly people.
Utter B.S. ! You could say the same thing about the Stuart Highway (Port Augusta, S.A. to Darwin, N.T.), but I worked along it for 30 years; and the only deaths I came across were vehicle accidents !
Shows how much attention you pay to stuff then
Truth. I worked at outback steakhouse and it was nothing like this.