Crimes of the World Series

Australia’s Darkest Secrets
Three Chilling True Crime Mysteries That Still Haunt Investigators

Beneath the sunlit beaches and easy charm of Australia lies a darker truth—crimes that shocked the nation and remain unsolved to this day.

In this gripping true crime collection, former Navy Auditor and Marine Accident Lead Investigator Bill Stewart takes...

New Zealand’s Darkest Secrets
Three True Crime Mysteries That Still Haunt Investigators

Behind the beauty of New Zealand’s coastlines and the calm of its cities lie stories of lives cut short, questions left unanswered, and families who still search for truth.

In this chilling true crime collection, former Navy Captain and Investigator Bill...

Mexico is a country of endless paradoxes: ancient civilisations and modern metropolises, vibrant culture and stark poverty, hope and tragedy. Nowhere are these contradictions more evident than in the shadow cast by the drug cartels—a shadow that has stretched across generations, staining the land with violence and fear, but also with stories of...

The southern coast of Africa is a landscape of contradictions—sunlit beaches pressed against storm-swept headlands, thriving ports shadowed by poverty, and cities where ancient traditions meet the restless pulse of modernity. To outsiders, South Africa’s great seaports—Durban, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth—are gateways to the world, bustling with...

Three Cases That Turned Paradise into Purgatory
Beneath the postcard perfection of the Pacific lies a darker truth. Pacific Secrets uncovers three extraordinary real-life crimes that shattered the illusion of paradise across some of the world’s most remote islands.

From the haunting murder of a cruising couple on the lonely Palmyra Atoll, to the...

In the popular imagination, Japan often conjures images of tranquil temples, neon-lit cityscapes, and an orderly society rooted in centuries-old tradition. The country is celebrated for its safety, civility, and famously low crime rates. It is a nation where lost wallets are returned to police stations and bicycles remain unlocked on quiet...

Canada is a country known for its vastness—a land of endless forests, frozen tundras, and bustling cities nestled against the wild. It is a place where nature’s beauty and brutality coexist, where communities are knitted together by harsh winters and shared histories, and where, occasionally, that shared history is pierced by events so...

Every story starts with a place, and for me, that place has always been the Gulf Coast. I spent years working the shipyards in Gulfport, Mississippi, and made my home just down the road in Ocean Springs. I know the sound of the cranes at dawn, the way the air tastes after a summer storm, and the hush that settles over Front Beach when the sun...

They say Istanbul never sleeps, but I’ve learned that some of its dreams run darker than any waking nightmare. The city breathes in layers — the Ottoman ghosts whispering through the mosques, the hum of ferries cutting across the Bosporus, the neon signs of Beyoğlu clinging to memories they no longer own. Once, back in the early seventies, when...