Episode 5: Hearts Broken

Victoria’s father had a heart attack the day after her memorial service and died. Nancy’s “heartbroken” father died in 2005 never knowing what happened to his daughter. Detective Inspector Kim Steven, who currently has carriage over both cold cases, explains how nothing would make him happier than …

Episode 4: Theories, Myths and Fatal Flaws

From a fruit picker who falsely claimed he killed Nancy, to a person who meditated on Beaumaris Beach until “visions” came, and even a red jacket planted as false evidence after Victoria’s murder, these cold cases have led to plenty of dead ends and bizarre false leads. Retired detective Bob Coad, …

Episode 3: The New Detective

Detective Inspector Kim Steven is the keeper of reams of documents and huge files of evidence stored over Nancy’s disappearance and Victoria’s murder. He’s been reviewing the two cold cases over the past 18 months, and hopes that on the 25th anniversary of Victoria’s death, someone will finally com…

Episode 2: What happened to Nancy?

Former detective Bob Coad has been retired for nearly 20 years. But he remains as dedicated as ever to solving the missing persons case of young German tourist Nancy Grunwaldt, who vanished from Tasmania’s East Coast two years before the murder of Victoria Cafasso in the same area. Bob explains the…

Gone Girls Episode 1: An Unspeakable Crime

A blanketing silence hangs over the town of Beaumaris on Tasmania’s East Coast. Young Italian tourist Victoria Cafasso was murdered on its shores 25 years ago, an event that sent shockwaves through the community. The region’s mayor Mick Tucker speaks about the terrible event reluctantly - he doesn’…

Gone Girls: A Mercury podcast | Trailer

Over five days, Gone Girls reveals a series of stories outlining new discoveries, current theories and heartfelt stories emerging from the mysterious cases of young Italian tourist Victoria Cafasso, found murdered on a remote and beautiful Tasmanian beach and German tourist Nancy Grunwaldt, who dis…