SARAHCRAZE

Drownings, suicides and murders: Gardiner’s Creek holds many secrets.

The story of a how a kind, highly intelligent and well-loved young man became known as the 'Chadstone Sniper'.

How beer, AC/DC, violence and pokies created a local institution.

When I started this blog, I did not want to shy away from the darker history of Ashburton and the surrounding areas. From writing about...

Few people want to go on record with their pre-conceived judgements and assumptions about Ashburton. Or for any other suburb for that...

Almost a year ago, I began documenting the 1965 murder of a young Jordanville woman called Maureen Ferrari by an Ashburton man. Since I...

On a cool Sunday morning on 8 August 1980, Bertha “Beth” Miller called out a farewell greeting to her housemate/brother-in-law Bill Ross....

Every suburb has its dark underbelly. Ashburton is no exception. On 17 December 1965, Melbourne’s Sun newspaper ran a front page story on...