<div>On a windy January day in 1965, two fifteen-year-old best friends walked into the sand dunes at Wanda Beach near Sydney. They never came home. What followed was one of the largest investigations in Australian history, yet the killer vanished without a trace. Sixty years later, three suspects have emerged, but no one has ever been charged. Was it a teenage surfer, a serial killer, or someone far more sinister?<br><br><strong>Books:</strong> Read collections of <a href="https://evidencelockerpodcast.com/books">The Evidence Locker Files</a>, available in print and digital editions.<br><strong>Follow us on:</strong> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc-3vROB1gpEWM1YoEr9vLA">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/evidencelockerpodcast/">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/evidencelockerpodcast/">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://x.com/EvLockPodcast">X</a>, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@evidencelockerpodcast">TikTok</a><br><strong>For more information, visit:</strong> <a href="https://apple.co/3td9ivp">Evidence Locker Website</a><br><strong>Listen ad-free:</strong> Visit our page at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/evidencelocker">Patreon</a><br><strong>50% of Evidence Locker Patreon proceeds are donated to support the </strong><a href="https://www.doenetwork.org/"><strong>Doe Network</strong></a><strong>, solving international cold cases. To learn more, visit: </strong><a href="https://www.doenetwork.org/">https://www.doenetwork.org/<br></a><br><strong>Resources</strong><br><strong>Books</strong><br>Alan J. Whiticker - "WANDA: The Untold Story of the Wanda Beach Murders" (New Holland Publishers, 2003)<br><strong>Documentaries</strong><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfzy0DPTLBs">Crime Investigation Australia - "The Wanda Beach Murders"</a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmBXz0Emm38">Christopher Wilder: The Beauty Queen Killer</a><br><strong>Web</strong><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Beach_murders">Wikipedia - Wanda Beach Murders</a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Percy">Wikipedia - Derek Percy</a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Wilder">Wikipedia - Christopher Wilder</a><br><a href="https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/asset/99096-nine-news-wanda-beach-murders">National Film and Sound Archive - Nine News: the Wanda Beach Murders</a><br><a href="https://australianmissingpersonsregister.com/ampr/SharrockSchmidt.htm">Australian Missing Persons Register - Christine Sharrock and Marianne Schmidt</a><br><strong>News Articles</strong><br><a href="https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/5461703/infamous-beauty-queen-serial-killer-linked-to-wanda-beach-murders/">Australian serial killer Christopher Wilder linked to the Wanda Beach murders</a> <br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-12/wanda-beach-murder-anniversary-marianne-and-christine-killer/104795602">Loved ones of the two girls murdered at Sydney's Wanda Beach</a>...<br><a href="https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/ivan-milat-family-inquiry-response/">Ivan Milat's Family Reacts After Chris Minns Considers Inquiry Into More Unsolved Murders</a><br><strong>Podcast</strong><br><a href="https://evidencelockerpodcast.com/search/milat">The Backpacker Murders<em><br></em></a><br><em>Created &amp; Produced by Sonya Lowe</em><br><em>Narrated by Noel Vinson</em><br><em>Music: "Nordic Medieval" by Marcus Bressler</em><br><em>Background track: Doblado Studios: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios">https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios</a><br></em><br><em>This True Crime Podcast was researched using open-source or archival materials.<br></em><br></div>