The Murchison Murders were a series of three murders, committed by an itinerant stockman named Snowy Rowles, near the Rabbit-proof fence in Western Australia during the early 1930s. The case was particularly infamous because Rowles used the murder method that had been suggested by author Arthur Upfield in his then unpublished book The Sands of Windee, in which he described a way to dispose of a body and thus commit the perfect murder.
Read more about The Murchison Murders: Upfield Searches For A Plot, James Ryan and George Lloyd Disappear, Louis Carron Disappears, Investigations Begin, Arrest, Trial and Execution, Further Reading, Telemovie: 3 Acts of Murder
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