SOLVEDListenSydney CBD, New South Wales, Australia · 2020
Lilie James, a student and water polo coach, was found dead at St Andrew's Cathedral School in the Sydney CBD on 25 October 2023; the man police named as the prime suspect was found dead by suicide two days later, and a coronial inquest into both deaths opened in March 2025.
UNSOLVEDListenCoogee Aquarium Baths, Coogee, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 1935
In 1935 Sydney, a captive tiger shark vomited up a tattooed human arm, sparking a murder investigation into the death of James "Jimmy" Smith that led to a suspicious suicide attempt, a second man's unsolved murder, and an acquittal — leaving the case officially unsolved to this day.
Hilton Hotel, George Street, Sydney · 1978
A bomb hidden in a rubbish bin outside Sydney's Hilton Hotel killed three men during a Commonwealth heads-of-government meeting in February 1978. Decades of trials, an inquest and a judicial inquiry produced contested convictions, acquittals and pardons, and the case remains the subject of unresolved conspiracy allegations.
SOLVEDListenSouth-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 2001
Between 2001 and 2009, a feud rooted in rival cannabis operations and marital breakdowns among three south-west Sydney families of Lebanese descent led to multiple shootings and killings, including the Lawford Street murders of Ziad Razzak and Mervat Nemra, and the murders of Ali Abdul Razzak, Ahmed Fahda and Abdul Darwiche.
SOLVEDListenParramatta and surrounding Sydney suburbs, New South Wales, Australia · 1980
Between 1980 and 1985, a series of shootings and bombings in New South Wales targeted judges and others connected to the Family Court of Australia, killing four people. Leonard John Warwick was convicted in 2020 of three of the murders and other offences.
Banks of the Lane Cove River near Fullers Bridge · 1963
Gilbert Bogle, a CSIRO physicist, and Margaret Chandler, a Sydney housewife, were found dead beside the Lane Cove River in Sydney on 1 January 1963. Despite a lengthy investigation no poison was identified and no one was ever charged; the case remains officially unsolved, with accidental hydrogen sulphide poisoning the leading modern explanation.
The files run from 1935 to 2020. The 1960s hold the most, with 2 files. The oldest is Shark Arm case, from 1935.
By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (7), fraud and extortion cases (2) and kidnapping and abduction cases (1).
3 files of the 8 have coverage attached: 6 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 6 creators. The most covered is Murder of Lilie James, with 4 items to watch or hear. Annie Elise, Dr. Todd Grande and 60 Minutes Australia have covered the most of them.
Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. If you hold information about an unsolved case, contact the investigating agency named in its file rather than posting it publicly. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.
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Bogle & Chandler bodies site Lane Cove River — Credit: Poyt448 Peter WoodardCC0Source8. By status: 2 unsolved and 6 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Shark Arm case, from 1935. Open the file
Murder of Lilie James, with 4 videos, podcasts and documentaries linked from its file. Open the file
Annie Elise (1 case), Dr. Todd Grande (1 case) and 60 Minutes Australia (1 case), among 6 creators in all.
It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 14, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
