Case 207: Suzanne Armstrong & Susan Bartlett
Added 2022-04-09 07:56:32 +0000 UTCIn early January 1977, residents of Easey Street in Melbourne’s inner-city suburb of Collingwood noticed they hadn’t seen the tenants at number 147 for several days. Close friends Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett had recently moved in and made a good first impression, but now something didn’t seem right. Their dog was wandering around the neighbourhood and Suzanne’s toddler son was crying non-stop. A concerned neighbour decided to stop by to check if everything was okay, but nothing could prepare them for what they found inside.
Team:
Anonymous Host - narration
Elsha McGill - research, writing
Milly Raso - creative direction
Mike Migas - production, music
Andrew D.B. Joslyn - music
Comments
Came back here to listen before I listen to Life and Crimes update.
Vanessa Allen
2024-10-05 18:08:35 +0000 UTCThey've arrested the (alleged) perpetrator. Casey alludes to the person around the 33rd minute mark.
Abhi Ram
2024-09-22 21:19:49 +0000 UTCI know! Everything about this case is horrific but whenever I hear about abandoned infants/children, I feel physically ill.
Stacie
2022-04-20 16:55:11 +0000 UTCExcellent episode. I remember when this crime took place, the horrific details of the murders and the poor baby being left alone for days was a major talking point for a long time. I hope that you cover the 1980 case of the “Lover’s Lane” killer / cowboy hat killer in Beaumaris, Victoria Australia one day. It was another particularly haunting killing.
TN Melbourne
2022-04-14 02:00:43 +0000 UTCMakes me sick thinking about how long that poor baby was left alone. So so glad he was okay
Alien Princess
2022-04-12 14:51:32 +0000 UTCA milk bar is an Australian reference for a sort of small corner store/convenience store.
Sam De kroon
2022-04-11 21:39:25 +0000 UTCCan someone tell me what a Milk Bar is?? It's mentioned about 6:45 in when talking about the suburb the women lived in.
B-randy D
2022-04-11 15:31:12 +0000 UTCWow!!!! Great job once again. I wasn’t aware this story previously. So sad.
Katy Turley
2022-04-11 14:33:29 +0000 UTCI am surprised I had never heard of this case, just so terribly sad, and yes incredible that two people entered the house and didn’t notice two murdered women and a distressed baby .
Jenny Brown
2022-04-11 05:33:37 +0000 UTCWHAT?! How many people can let themselves into a home with multiple murder victims and a crying toddler in it without at least one of the intruders being the murderer OR seeing one of the victims???!!! This is NUTS! ESH!
So Real
2022-04-11 03:55:45 +0000 UTCRight?! I actually skipped back to make sure I heard that correctly. Obviously shame on law enforcement for failure after failure, but that should be criminal.
So Real
2022-04-11 03:47:00 +0000 UTCHaha me too! For 2 years. Was so happy to see it.
Paul T
2022-04-10 21:11:01 +0000 UTCSooo the old lady neighbor just withheld evidence to spite the police? Lady I don't think you hurt the intended people...
Carolyn Barry
2022-04-10 19:04:24 +0000 UTCYeah, this case is messed up in SO many ways, but Gladys acting like a spoiled, entitled, petulant child has got to be the top of the dung heap. That and the cop that was kicked off the force for sexually assaulting women--WHY wasn't he in jail??
CatC
2022-04-10 17:38:35 +0000 UTCForensic genealogy needs to be done in this case. I can't imagine having DNA for a case, no suspect and not trying to solve it through new technologies.
Amber
2022-04-10 17:36:30 +0000 UTCTo the writer, the intro on this gave me goose bumps!!! So good 🤩
Sarah X
2022-04-10 09:49:24 +0000 UTCYes! I thought the same thing the whole way thru.
Sarah X
2022-04-10 09:48:25 +0000 UTCThis is heartbreaking.
Stacey Carson
2022-04-10 07:14:05 +0000 UTCGreat to hear casefile covering this case. Always a spooky place; ‘easey street’ was synonymous with the murder in Melbourne. I hope they solve it!
Rosie Overell
2022-04-09 21:24:32 +0000 UTCSorry, you can't have compensation because you don't exist because your mum wasn't married. Imagine having to write that decision, if it was the only decision that could have been made under the law.
SalBee
2022-04-09 21:02:11 +0000 UTCI’m so glad baby Gregory was okay. Was the elderly neighbour Gladys ever reinterviewed at any point or did they literally just give up trying? I’m shocked she allowed pride to come in the way of possibly helping solve a horrific double murder! Yes she may have felt that the police disrespected her but withholding that is just cruel to the victim’s families. And I have to mention: not one but TWO different men who had connections to the victims admitted they were in the home before the discovery of the bodies and somehow missed the bloody crime scene AND a crying baby?! That seems so suspicious to me.. what a baffling case.. almost too many persons of interest
Monica
2022-04-09 18:57:26 +0000 UTCKind of similar to the murders of case 63 with the Cowra murders.
Eli Manning
2022-04-09 11:04:48 +0000 UTCWow. Easeay Street. I've been avoiding googling this one on the hopes you guys would cover it. Thank you.
Kath Tee
2022-04-09 08:35:38 +0000 UTCLove Australian crime. So interesting
Michael Wood
2022-04-09 08:10:14 +0000 UTCYessssss! Easey street murders, so want to see this one solved.
Fräulein Mánn-schaft
2022-04-09 07:58:15 +0000 UTC
