Million Dollar Murders - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Amanda's Fight
In the 1990s the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda was a dangerous place. Sex workers were murdered and discarded after being taken from the streets. One of these women was Amanda Byrnes who was brutally murdered in 1991. Victoria Police make a crucial announcement in the program for the public to help close the case.
Murder Beyond the Black Stump
In 1991, Twenty year old Penny Hill had just started a new job as a nanny in the small NSW town of Coolah. Three days later she was bashed and left to die on the side of a country road. Million Dollar Murders reveal new and startling information that may aid the public in helping to solve this puzzling case.
Secrets and Lies
On the day 16 year old Lee Ellen Stace was last seen alive it 's understood she was hoping to hitch hike home to Brooms Head, NSW. MDM has discovered new information that indicates Lee knew her killer or killers, and there are people keeping secrets and have told lies, about her murder. NSW Police, the Stace family and Lee's friends hope this new information and a one Million Dollar reward will finally crack the veil of silence surrounding this case.
Collateral Damage
Gary Allibon was ambushed during a robbery on his cash transit van in the middle of Sydney's CBD in 2010. He was due to retire within eight months, when he was fatally shot in the back. He had his hands up surrendering, when he was murdered. Despite extensive investigations at the time and over the past decade, no one has been charged over Allibon's murder. MDM and NSW Police name the main suspect and reveal new information that may help the public bring justice for Gary's widow Monica.
A Shot in the Dark
Kevin Pearce operated a freight distribution business when late one night a fatal bullet lodged in his spine. Three colleagues were with him at the time, but didn't see the sniper. In 1986 the Victorian coroner found he was shot "by or by the arrangement and organisation of a former business partner William James Matthews. MDM follows fresh evidence that may help solve the case.
Taken in the Night
Despite a coronial inquest and an extensive police investigation, Belinda William's murder remains unsolved. However, in this exclusive investigation, Victoria Police and MDM present new information that Belinda may well have known her killer, or killers and others know information as well.
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