The Wanda Beach Murders
Why has the Wanda Beach case never been fully closed?
4.7 (39)
91 mins
Uncover how two teenage girls were found murdered near Sydney’s Wanda Beach. Explore the massive manhunt that grips Australia, yet certainty remains elusive. One of the nation’s most haunting unsolved crimes refuses to fade.
Ep 1:
The Day Innocence Died
In 1965, two best friends vanished into Wanda Beach's sand dunes, shattering Australia's sense of safety forever—this is where their story, and the nation's innocence, begins.
Ep 2:
Twenty Minutes That Changed Everything
Marianne and Christine left four young children waiting behind a dune, promising to return in twenty minutes. They never did, setting off a desperate search.
Ep 3:
Blood in the Sandhills
The autopsy reveals a frenzied, baffling attack—stab wounds, drag marks, and a sexual assault that defies easy explanation, leaving investigators with more questions than answers.
Ep 4:
Australia's Largest Manhunt Begins
A record reward, thousands of interviews, and a mysterious 'surfer boy' fuel Australia's largest-ever murder investigation—yet the killer vanishes without a trace.
Ep 5:
The Beauty Queen Killer's Secret
Decades later, an Australian expat's death in America exposes a horrifying secret: was Christopher Wilder, the notorious 'Beauty Queen Killer,' Wanda's original suspect all along?
Ep 6:
Australia's Hidden Hannibal Lecter
Meet Derek Percy, the disturbed teenager whose chilling history and eerie proximity to Wanda Beach make him one of Australia's most haunting suspects.
Ep 7:
A Detective's Dangerous Obsession
A Wollongong murder spree and one detective's unshakable fixation on a convicted killer blur the line between justice and obsession in the hunt for Wanda's truth.
Ep 8:
DNA, Lost Evidence, and Lingering Hope
Modern DNA science offers hope for solving Wanda—until crucial evidence mysteriously disappears, leaving investigators and families to wonder if justice is lost forever.
Discussions (5)
Piper
Level 10 · 4 mo agoGirl his wife literally told the cops he did it and they just waited eight months to talk to him?! He moved away and killed more people because of these fuck ass investigators. I am viscerally upset.
Quinn
Level 7 · 4 mo agoYour own dad telling the press you committed the murders says it all. Bassett is definitely guilty
Opal
Level 5 · 4 mo agoLost the DNA? such trash 🫠
