Wagner, Bunting and Vlassakis murdered 11 people between them, while Mark Ray Haydon helped cover up their crimes. There is a gruesome murder in Queensland — but hey, the Great Barrier Reef and Daintree are wonderful, aren't they? Wagner, Bunting and Vlassakis murdered 11 people between them, while Mark Ray Haydon helped cover up their crimes. Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article Most of the bodies were found in barrels in an abandoned bank vault in Snowtown, hence the names given in the press for the murders.
So pervasive is Adelaide's bloody reputation, we here at Curious Adelaide predicted we would be asked whether Adelaide is indeed the murder capital of the nation.Little did we expect it would be our very first questionBut let's get one thing straight from the start: Adelaide is not the murder capital of Australia, nor the world — and it So why does the city of churches foster the notion that not only does it have more murders, but the killings are particularly twisted?Across Australia, the murder rate has been declining for decades.According to the Australian Institute of Criminology's most recent figures, the country's homicides are at an all-time low.The national rate is one murder victim per 100,000 people.The Northern Territory holds the dubious record for the highest per capita murder rate, at about six victims per 100,000.Per capita, South Australia's murder rate is lower than average, at less than one person (0.9) per 100,000.There was one statistic from a 2008 Australia Bureau of Statistics' report which garnered attention.Fun facts like this have ensured Adelaide's macabre image has seeped into popular culture — including in an ad for the gruesome US crime show Dexter.
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Marc K Hayden, age 49, Suffolk, VA 23435 View Full Report Known Locations: Suffolk VA 23435, Portland OR 97266, Albany OR 97322 The "Snowtown" murders were a series of murders committed by John Bunting, Robert Wagner and James Vlassakis between August 1992 and May 1999, in and around Adelaide, South Australia.
A MAN jailed over the Snowtown killings that appalled Australia is seeking parole — and a legal loophole means the government can’t stop it.Mark Ray Haydon, jailed over the Snowtown murders, has applied for early release.A MAN jailed over the Snowtown killings that appalled Australia is seeking parole — and a legal loophole means the state government is powerless to prevent it.Mark Ray Haydon has applied for early release from jail, much to the horror of the victims’ families. "Melbourne, Sydney, Perth — you hear of disastrous things that happen in those cities and we are no exception.
Mark Ray Haydon, who was jailed over his involvement in the chilling Snowtown murders, is seeking parole and may use a legal loophole to gain his release. One of the men at the center of Australia's chilling Snowtown murders is seeking parole, and the state government may be powerless to stop it.Mark Ray Haydon was convicted of assisting serial killers John Bunting and Robert Wagner in seven of the 11 gruesome killings that shocked the country.Eight bodies were found dismembered and dumped in barrels filled with acid below a bank in Snowtown, South Australia on May 20, 1999.Haydon was sentenced to 25 years for his part in the mass murders, with 18 years non-parole. "The selection of what goes on to the front page of the paperThe idea of Adelaide as a 'murder town' has become a somewhat familiar descriptor for our fair city.In 1984, in the post-Truro and Family murders era, international author Salman Rushdie gave his own assessment of Adelaide after attending the city's first Writers' Week as an He wrote in London's The Tatler that Adelaide was "the perfect setting for a Stephen King novel or horror film ... Adelaide is Amityville or Salem, and things here go bump in the night".In 2002, a UK documentary on the disappearance, and presumed murder, of backpacker Peter Falconio reignited the world's perception of Adelaide as the home of twisted crime.The documentary claimed Adelaide was the "murder capital of the world", sparking a public outcry and moves by then independent state MP Nick Xenophon to stop the re-broadcast of the program on Britain's Channel 4.David Foster from RMIT's tourism department was less fazed at the time. A fourth person, Mark Haydon, was convicted for helping to dispose of the bodies. "These long and lingering memories are based upon three very horrendous crimes," he said. He was the only victim to have died in Snowtown.
"Adelaide has more serial killers per capita than any other city in Australia," the protagonist tells a fellow airline passenger.Focusing on the brutality or unusualness actually obscures what really kills South Australians: domestic violence.Domestic violence is much more of a threat than a serial killer.The institute's figures reveal murder victims in SA are usually in some sort of domestic relationship with their killer.By any standards, Adelaide has had its share of disturbing murders.But Professor Rick Sarre from the University of South Australia said the reputation comes down to three key cases which have been wedged firmly in the public psyche. He was one of four men convicted over the murders.In 2004, a Supreme Court jury was unable to reach a verdict on whether Haydon was involved in the murders of his wife Elizabeth in November 1998 and of Troy Youde at Murray Bridge in 2001.Haydon, 58, was convicted though of assisting serial killers John Bunting and Robert Wagner in seven of the 11 Snowtown murders.Bunting, Haydon and Wagner were arrested after the chilling discovery of eight dismembered bodies hidden in acid-filled barrels in the vault of the former Snowtown bank.Attorney-General John Rau investigated if a law passed in 2007 that was supposed to keep the state’s most vile criminals locked up could be activated.But because Haydon was convicted of “assisting” in the Snowtown serial murders not “aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring” — as required by the law — Mr Rau was told there was nothing that could be done.A spokeswoman for Mr Rau, who is also the South Australian deputy premier, told news.com.au: “The Attorney-General has been advised that dangerous offender provisions would not apply in Mr Haydon’s case.”That has triggered anger in South Australia where people see the wording of the legislation as a get out of jail card for some offenders.Victims’ Rights commissioner Michael O’Connell told the He said the public might consider the phrase “assisting” the same as “aiding” a murder. "In another state, when you have what might be regarded as an objectively gruesome murder, it might be in the paper on the first day [but] it's not there constantly"Other states have built their reputations around natural beauty and monuments, so their crimes aren't as obvious," he said.