Episode 8: The Swansea Murderer

                                                    

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Today, Rachel goes solo with a 100 year old triple murder from Tasmania, Australia. Find out what kind of douche would murder a disabled man, two fathers of young children and a poor little doggo. The reason why he said he did it will anger you. 

George Carpenter (The Swansea Murderer)

Second-last person to hang in Tasmania

Image from: tasmanianwarcasualties.com

George Carpenter’s House

Image from: Illustrated Tasmanian Mail

George Carpenter needed an amputation of his arm

Image from: Tasmania Police Museum

Episode Sources:

• Tasmanian Crime Stories by Reg Watson
• Trove.nla.gov.au
• The Mercury (Hobart, TAS)
• The Examiner (Launceston, TAS)
• Daily Telegraph (Launceston, TAS)
• Illustrated Tasmanian Mail (TAS)
• The Albany Advertiser (WA)
• Kalgoorlie Miner (WA)
• Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW)
• Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
• Northern Advocate (Whangarei, NZ)
• Australian Police Journal (2018), 72/1. The Garden of Horror by Noel Johnson.
• Tasmanianwarcasualties.com - Gravesites of Tasmania: Executions
• Great Oyster Bay Community News - Issue 34/2018.
• Monumentaustralia.org.au
• Aussietowns.com.au
• Tasmania Police Museum - Facebook page (2014).
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