129. Hanging From A Cliff: The Crawford Family Murders

In this episode, Jen tells Cam about one of Australia’s most infamous cases.On July 2, 1970, tourists visiting the Loch Ard Gorge in Port Campbell see a yellow Hudson sedan 52 feet below the cliffs. Once the police bring the vehicle to safety, they discover the bodies of Therese(35), Kathryn (13), James (8), and Karen(6).The police suspect the deaths to be murder-suicide. But, things aren't always what they seem. When investigators enter the family home, they find a horrifying crime scene.Join us as we discuss this week's episode Hanging From A Cliff: The Crawford Family Murders.Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers. www.crimestoppersvic.com.auListener Discretion by Edward Octoberpod from Octoberpod VHS.Please check him out on YouTube and subscribe to his channel.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZQk-oAsjZNG18y8bX24c6wProducer and music theme by Nico Vettese. www.wetalkofdreams.comThis episode was written by the amazing Fern from Evidence of a Crime.Sources:https://www.amazon.com/Almost-Perfect-Crawford-Family-Murders/dp/1450285163/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/crawford-elmer.htmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5xhYa2g4PUhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawford_family_murderhttps://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/5st557/the_crawford_family_murder_glenroy_austrailia/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5037065/Killer-Elmer-Crawford-believed-living-WA-outback.htmlhttps://twistedhistory.net.au/2018/07/01/murder-of-the-crawford-family-2-2/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za8i0JpD3p8https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/british-woman-holds-key-to-40-year-old-australian-murder-mystery-vp5m32c9qqz https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/7890825/Irish-woman-holds-key-to-40-year-old-Australian-murder-mystery.htmlArticles from Newspapers.com: The Age, July 4th, 1970 – Murder Family: Husband SoughtThe Sydney Morning Herald, July 4th, 1970 – Four murdered, put over the cliffThe Age, July 6th, 1970 - ‘Lights’: New Lead in Cliff MurdersThe Sydney Morning Herald, July 6th, 1970 – Girls tell police: We saw a man at death homeThe Age, July 7th, 1970 – Seeking Glenroy HusbandThe Age, July 8th, 1970 – Search for him goes onThe Age, July 9th, 1970 – Irish Police Alerted on CrawfordThe Sydney Morning Herald, July 6th, 1971 – Killed wife, three childrenThe Age, June 24th, 1971 –... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices