When Shelly Walsh dropped her kids off at her dad’s on the evening of 30th June 2008, she had no idea it would be the last time she would ever see her son, daughter, and mother alive. What made an ordinary, loving grandfather in New South Wales, Australia, turn into a mass murderer overnight, killing his entire family without warning?
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"Long Note Two" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Sources:
Alexander, H, Emerson, D, and Kennedy, L, ‘Man arrested after axe murders’, June 2008, The Sydney Morning Herald, https://www.smh.com.au/national/man-arrested-after-axe-murders-20080630-2zfj.html Flanagan, Padraic, ‘Viking fanatic kills lover then smothers son, 4’, January 2009, Express, https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/82051/Viking-fanatic-kills-lover-then-smothers-his-son-4 Hill, Ben, ‘Serial killer, 79, earns another life sentence for 'coldly' bashing his cellmate to death with a Sunbeam sandwich press - inside Long Bay's 'frail offenders' unit’, August 2018, Daily Mail Australia, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6089041/Man-jailed-killing-wife-two-grandchildren-admits-murdering-fellow-inmate.html Mitchell, Georgina, ‘I work in cold rage: Child killer John Walsh’s glib description of crimes’, August 2018, The Sydney Morning Herald, https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/i-work-in-cold-rage-child-killer-john-walsh-s-glib-description-of-crimes-20180823-p4zzca.html Murderer John Walsh wanted cellmate 'gotten rid of', killed him with sandwich press, August 2018, 9 News, https://www.9news.com.au/national/john-walsh-frank-townsend-murder-bashed-inmate-sandwich-press-2017/d126fd1b-d6fa-40b7-a882-b222f3740901 O’Neill, Marnie, ‘John Walsh: From Cowra axe murderer to Sandwich Press Killer’, August 2018, News.com.au, https://www.news.com.au/national/crime/john-walsh-from-cowra-axe-murderer-to-sandwich-press-killer/news-story/b81566848f8afb02ed770527303006b6 ‘Townsend Cell Killing’, Justice Action, https://justiceaction.org.au/townsend-cell-killing Wells, Jamelle, ‘Sandwich press murderer John Walsh receives life sentence for cellmate’s death’, August 2018, ABC News, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-23/john-walsh-sandwich-press-murder-sentencing/10155464
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*****
I’m an independent podcaster, so I would be extremely grateful for any one-off donations, however small. This will go towards maintaining and upgrading my audio equipment, podcast hosting fees and licencing costs for any music and voices I use in my episodes. If you would like to contribute on an ongoing basis, you can do that through Patreon, so please feel free to check out the link below and see what rewards are on offer in return for your support. Thank you!!
Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap
Donate via Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap
Or you could buy me a coffee at: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap
***** YOUR SUPPORT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!*****
Music:
"Long Note Two" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Sources:
Alexander, H, Emerson, D, and Kennedy, L, ‘Man arrested after axe murders’, June 2008, The Sydney Morning Herald, https://www.smh.com.au/national/man-arrested-after-axe-murders-20080630-2zfj.html Flanagan, Padraic, ‘Viking fanatic kills lover then smothers son, 4’, January 2009, Express, https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/82051/Viking-fanatic-kills-lover-then-smothers-his-son-4 Hill, Ben, ‘Serial killer, 79, earns another life sentence for 'coldly' bashing his cellmate to death with a Sunbeam sandwich press - inside Long Bay's 'frail offenders' unit’, August 2018, Daily Mail Australia, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6089041/Man-jailed-killing-wife-two-grandchildren-admits-murdering-fellow-inmate.html Mitchell, Georgina, ‘I work in cold rage: Child killer John Walsh’s glib description of crimes’, August 2018, The Sydney Morning Herald, https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/i-work-in-cold-rage-child-killer-john-walsh-s-glib-description-of-crimes-20180823-p4zzca.html Murderer John Walsh wanted cellmate 'gotten rid of', killed him with sandwich press, August 2018, 9 News, https://www.9news.com.au/national/john-walsh-frank-townsend-murder-bashed-inmate-sandwich-press-2017/d126fd1b-d6fa-40b7-a882-b222f3740901 O’Neill, Marnie, ‘John Walsh: From Cowra axe murderer to Sandwich Press Killer’, August 2018, News.com.au, https://www.news.com.au/national/crime/john-walsh-from-cowra-axe-murderer-to-sandwich-press-killer/news-story/b81566848f8afb02ed770527303006b6 ‘Townsend Cell Killing’, Justice Action, https://justiceaction.org.au/townsend-cell-killing Wells, Jamelle, ‘Sandwich press murderer John Walsh receives life sentence for cellmate’s death’, August 2018, ABC News, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-23/john-walsh-sandwich-press-murder-sentencing/10155464
