Stories
Who put arsenic in Tommy Westwood’s tea?
A mysterious poisoning death. Followed by a sensational dying declaration. Allegations of extra-marital affairs. Financial impropriety within the household. Rumours of how and why the Murwillumbah businessman died were many … What led to the poisoning death of John Thomas “Tommy” Westwood at the family property at South Murwillumbah in 1932? The details of the cattle buyer’s untimely passing from arsenic poisoning would shock the northern rivers community. Then a sensational murder trial in Lismore, almost 100 years ago, would become national...
In the Matter of Miles Buisson: A Dedication
This is a tragic Gold Coast story. It involves looking behind us, into the darkness. There will be no happy endings. No positives to speak of. I personally didn’t know Miles Buisson. He was a few years younger than me. A good-looking bloke just kicking off into adulthood. He liked a surf and looked the part with shoulder length, ocean-bleached blond hair and broad smile. Miles graduated from Merrimac High School in 1988 and landed a job as an apprentice sign-writer. A well-liked member of the local Christian Boardriders Association and...
PART 2: Driven To Kill – The Unsolved Murder of Margaret Rosewarne
As fast friends, Gabriel Jahnke, 19, and Michelle Riley, 16, enjoyed visiting pubs and clubs in and around Brisbane. The upcoming weekend was going to be a special one as the pair had planned to visit the Gold Coast to check out the expanding nightlife of Surfers Paradise and Coolangatta. Both girls were blond and attractive with outgoing personalities. Although they had only known each other for just two months they were excited to spend the weekend away in each other’s company. Recently Jahnke had moved from Goodna into the Riley family...
PART 1: Driven To Kill – The Unsolved Murder of Margaret Rosewarne
STORY BY GREG FOX - True Crime Researcher & Essayist Sunday 9th May 1976 – Mother’s Day: They waited … and waited. The family home on Chevron Island channelling an impending doom. As the hours passed, the dread amplified to each member of the Rosewarne family, whether near or far. Where was Margie? And why had she not come home? Missing for the past 4 days, Mrs Nellie Rosewarne, Margie’s mum, had held out some hope that her daughter would visit to wish her a Happy Mother’s Day. But she never arrived…. As the second youngest of 12...