As expected Seven’s new true-life crime series Beyond the Darklands will replace Gangs of Oz from next week.
The series produced by Screentime combines interviews, archival and news footage and re-creations. Screentime already produces a NZ version.
Seven’s version will include stories on: Katherine Knight, Leslie Camilleri and Lindsay Beckett and David and Catherine Birnie.
Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Leah Giarratano, a published crime fiction author, also appears in the series to provide comment on criminal behaviour.
The first episode looks at WA serial killing couple, David Birnie (pictured) and Catherine Birnie, who embarked upon a five week rampage across Perth in 1986.
It premieres 9:30pm Wednesday March 18th on Seven.
Hasn’t Crime Investigation Australia gone there?
Will Beyond the Darklands review the “family murders” in South Australia from the late 1970′s to early 1980′s with Von Einem ?
The show is a real eye opener to the criminal events.
I find this to be a very interesting show, it opens our eyes to what is happening in our own country. I was glad to hear that it had returned back on t.v. I would like to hear about the Ivan Milat story.
when is the show on i havnt seen it advertised for a few weeks i checked the tv guide and cant find it
when will Camerilli & Beckett (Bega School Girl murders) be on since its been taken off tonight
Regarding the time that Andrew Veniamin spent in Juvenile Detention
These details are incorrect
The TV Programme makes an incorrect statement that 10 years ago Turana was a terrible place where a young person had little chance of rehabilitlation
I visited the Juvenile Detention Centre in 1996 and I saw the vast improvments that had taken place
Obviously Veniamen did not want rehabilitation and it feels an unfair comment that the Juvenile Justice System paid a negative role in this man’s criminal career
Yours sincerely
Lin
It changed in the last week after print guides were done. Check programming posts or hit the show’s tag.
Im actually really disappointed. On the tv guide it said that the Camerilli & Beckett (Bega School Girl murders) would be on tonight and now it has mysteriously changed to a gangland story. When did it change and why? and when will it be on?
I’m sitting here watching it now, recorded, and while it is morbid, it’s thought provoking and interesting. I think factual shows like this that look into another side of our [Australian] history are good in the sense that sick people like that are still out there.
It’s just another remind of how depraved humans can be.
Mind you, you don’t see kids playing in the street anymore anyway.
I pretty much don’t approve of factual shows like this. When some crime happens in those pre-historic times and years later this is made into ‘murder-entertainment’.
Pretty sick and disrespectful to make a profit out of criminal’s life and sending a wrong message to make money. Althrough some people know those murders too well and just don’t care about it. Just another of come see-us-so called starf”"kers.
Seven’s obsession with the past of negativity and traditional patronising. Too Yankeeish for me. I’ll pass.
Or Foxtel’s even…
The 7 vs. 9 copycat sydnrome continues – this looks exactly like 9′s Crime Investigation Australia.
So many factuals on crime and death. I guess these are the new lifeguard and renovation shows.