Episode 16: Betty Thomson Shanks

Content warning: descriptions of graphic violence and abuse

Betty’s case is often referred to as, “the case that stole Queensland’s innocence”. Today we cover this case 74 years after Betty began her walk home that night on September 19th, 1952.

Music via Pixabay: Denis_pavlov_music

Research references: Queensland Police Service; State Library of Queensland; Office of the Information Commissioner Queensland; The Courier-Mail Newspaper (1952); The Sunday Mail Newspaper (1953); ABC News (2014, 2024); ABC Radio National - Cold Case Confidential; I Know Who Killed Betty Shanks by Ted Duhs; Mapping Evil with Mike King - Esri Australia