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A new investigation into the background of Australia's worst-ever mass murderer, Martin Bryant, claims the gunman was responsible for the deaths of his father and closest friend - years before his murderous rampage through Port Arthur.  Helen Mary Elizabeth Harvey, 59, and her two dogs died in a fatal car crash on October 20, 1992 - four years before the Tasmanian massacre in 1996 which claimed the lives of 35 men, women and children and saw all semi-automatic weapons banned from sale in Australia. Ms Harvey, who was an heiress to the Tattersall's lotteries fortune, left her sprawling proper...

News by Natalie O’Brien Premium Content Subscriber only A woman who bequeathed her estate to mass murderer Martin Bryant feared "one of these days the little bastard is going to kill me," a new documentary claims. Wealthy benefactor Helen Harvey is one of two people Bryant is suspected of killing years before he gunned down 35 men, women and children and injured dozens of others in the Port Arthur massacre. A new investigation into Bryant's past, marking the 25 years since the tragedy, uncovers evidence relating to the car accident that killed Ms Harvey...

"My main character goes on a quest for a ghost story," Babcock said in a recent interview. "That's not what she finds, but that's her quest." Her book follows the journey of a sharp but anxious protagonist as she researches the lives of a long-gone family on Nova Scotia's south shore. In promotional materials, the story is described as drawing inspiration from "the true story of the notorious Goler clan of Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley." In 1984, several members of the Goler family and other adults, who for generations had lived isolated from other communities in the Annapolis Valley, were...

Halifax author tackles notorious tale of N.S. family in new novel Poll Yes Becca Babcock is shown in a handout photo. The Halifax-based author's first novel, One Who Has Been Here Before, was published April 20. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Claire Fraser MANDATORY CREDIT Halifax author Becca Babcock’s first novel, “One Who Has Been Here Before,” is part of a recent resurgence of Atlantic gothic writing that subverts the region’s idyllic image to tackle darker parts of the past. And in this case she has chosen a particularly sombre chapter, inspired by a real-life tale that is still remembere...

Conspiracy theories started to emerge immediately following his death. Epstein, 66, pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking and conspiracy charges last month and was being held without bail. His death came a day after hundreds of pages of court documents were released that revealed new allegations against him and some of his high-profile associates. What were the circumstances of Epstein's death? Epstein died shortly after being found unconscious early on Saturday at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City, considered one of the most secure in the country. Last month, shortly afte...