Our True Crime Podcast20 Dec 2020

The Strathfield Massacre : Wade Frankum Day 8 Nightmares Before Christmas

On August 17, 1991, 33-year-old Wade Frankum wakes for the day. He gets dressed in casual clothes with a beanie on his head and a duffle bag in his hand. Frankum went to the train station to buy a ticket to Strathfield but gave the rail worker, whom he knew, a strange command: "you'd better go home." Frankum then walked away to catch the train to Strathmore, after all, Frankum was on a mission of murder. What would happen later this day would leave a trail of victims and a hero who would rise to the top. Join Jen and Cam on day 8 of the 12 Nightmares Before Christmas as we discuss 'The Strathfield Massacre: Wade Frankum' on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast. Holly Jolly Edward October from @octoberpodVHS does our listener discretion.Noel Nico @wetalkofdreams does all our music and also is our executive producer. Sources:A huge Thank You to Alan Sharpe. His book was used as my top research for this episodeCrime and Punishment: 50 Crimes that Shocked Australia by Alan Sharpehttps://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=13991047612&searchurl=an%3Dalan%2Bsharpe%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3Dcrime%2Bpunishment%2Bcrimes%2Bshocked&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1https://www.monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/culture/crime/display/108075-strathfield-massacre-memorialhttps://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/12/6/365http://www.global-logic.net/issue.htmhttps://murderpedia.org/male.F/f/frankum-wade.htmhttps://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/reliving-an-australian-massacre-only-a-few-people-seem-to-remember/news-story/646bc84c1c317654209d116eb7664ba7https://www.9news.com.au/national/sex-worker-sydney-news-adapts-changing-world-of-oldest-profession/6819e8e6-37af-4bb2-b562-e1a52d8388a1https://web.archive.org/web/20080216044406/https://www.aic.gov.au/publications/rpp/28/ch4.pdfhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/15/it-took-one-massacre-how-australia-made-gun-control-happen-after-port-arthurhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Bryanthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strathfield_massacre Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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