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Case 207: Suzanne Armstrong & Susan Bartlett

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In 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.

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Team:

Anonymous Host - narration

Elsha McGill - research, writing

Milly Raso - creative direction

Mike Migas - production, music

Andrew D.B. Joslyn - music

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Abhi Ram

They've arrested the (alleged) perpetrator. Casey alludes to the person around the 33rd minute mark.

Vanessa Allen

Came back here to listen before I listen to Life and Crimes update.

Fräulein Mánn-schaft

Yessssss! Easey street murders, so want to see this one solved.

Michael Wood

Love Australian crime. So interesting

Kath Tee

Wow. Easeay Street. I've been avoiding googling this one on the hopes you guys would cover it. Thank you.

Eli Manning

Kind of similar to the murders of case 63 with the Cowra murders.

Monica

I’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

SalBee

Sorry, 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.

Rosie Overell

Great to hear casefile covering this case. Always a spooky place; ‘easey street’ was synonymous with the murder in Melbourne. I hope they solve it!

Stacey Carson

This is heartbreaking.

Sarah X

Yes! I thought the same thing the whole way thru.

Sarah X

To the writer, the intro on this gave me goose bumps!!! So good 🤩

Amber

Forensic 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.

CatC

Yeah, 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??

Carolyn Barry

Sooo the old lady neighbor just withheld evidence to spite the police? Lady I don't think you hurt the intended people...

Paul T

Haha me too! For 2 years. Was so happy to see it.

So Real

Right?! 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

WHAT?! 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!

Jenny Brown

I 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 .

Katy Turley

Wow!!!! Great job once again. I wasn’t aware this story previously. So sad.

B-randy D

Can someone tell me what a Milk Bar is?? It's mentioned about 6:45 in when talking about the suburb the women lived in.

Sam De kroon

A milk bar is an Australian reference for a sort of small corner store/convenience store.

Alien Princess

Makes me sick thinking about how long that poor baby was left alone. So so glad he was okay

TN Melbourne

Excellent 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.

Stacie

I know! Everything about this case is horrific but whenever I hear about abandoned infants/children, I feel physically ill.