The Road into Belanglo: Ivan Milat and the Backpacker Murders
In the early 1990s, a lift on Australia’s Hume Highway could cost you your life. Seven young backpackers vanished between Sydney and the south. Their bodies were found in Belanglo State Forest — shot, stabbed, hidden under leaves. The man who offered the ride was road worker Ivan Milat. Host Alexander’s Lawson tells the story of the vanishings, the forest, the hitchhiker who escaped, and the trial that put Australia’s most infamous serial killer away for life.
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