The Missing Statement - Australian True Crime

Strewth - Australian True Crime and Mystery Podcast · Feb 22, 2026 · 32m

The Florence Broadhurst Mystery

In October 1977, nineteen-year-old Constable Tony Russell responded to a welfare check on his first day at Paddington Police Station. What he found in Florence Broadhurst's wallpaper factory would haunt him for nearly fifty years. This special follow-up to our "A Murderer Takes Tea" episode tells the story that couldn't be told in our original Florence Broadhurst investigation, because at the time, the first officer on the scene was never allowed to tell it. Tony Russell saw critical evidence that morning but within hours of finding the body, Tony was told to…