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Shortly after this photograph of Mount Roland was taken, John's wife died. Source: John Reid

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‘It wasn’t the retirement we planned, but there’s no time for doom and gloom’

"Many of the things that happen might appear unwanted, even unfair, but as the saying goes, that's life."

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Crimes that shook us to the core: The four innocent lives Kathleen Folbigg took

Crimes that shook us to the core: The four innocent lives Kathleen Folbigg took

"The tragedy of it is that each of their lives was brought to a premature end; all four were babies who died at the hand of their mother."

An inquiry into Kathleen Folbigg's convictions for killing her four babies earlier in 2019 reinforced her guilt. Source: YouTube/7NEWS

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‘I married a woman with character and loved her till the end’

‘I married a woman with character and loved her till the end’

"One of the silliest things that ever happened to me was a cause of great mirth to my beloved spouse."

"My wife, was nothing if not a born comedian. It wasn’t planned, her humour, but something that ran in her family." (Stock photo.) Source: Getty Images

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Crimes that shook us to the core: The callous killing of Constable Coussens

Crimes that shook us to the core: The callous killing of Constable Coussens

"Myron Bertrand Kelly - released after serving 22 years and who died in 2007 aged 83 - was a callous, convicted killer who will forever hold an infamous part in the town’s history."

The headline of the article as it appeared in the Canberra Times on August 10, 1957. Source: Trove/National Library of Australia

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Crimes that shook us to the core: ‘The night Douglas Crabbe drove a truck into a pub’

Crimes that shook us to the core: ‘The night Douglas Crabbe drove a truck into a pub’

Five were killed when a road train smashed into an outback hotel.

Douglas Crabbe drove his Mack Superliner into the bar of the Inland Motel, which at the time was located a short distance from the base of Uluru, Northern Territory. Source: Getty Images

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‘It’s our differences that make life interesting’

‘It’s our differences that make life interesting’

"These raised thoughts about the counterpoints of life, about the differences that make life as interesting as it is."

Source: Getty Images

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Stirring up memories of the milko, the bottle and the note

Stirring up memories of the milko, the bottle and the note

Remember when your milk would be delivered by a man on a horse and cart?

Remember when milk would be delivered to our door by horse and cart? Source: Getty Images

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Crimes that shook us to the core: ‘A controlling mother, an angry son’

Crimes that shook us to the core: ‘A controlling mother, an angry son’

Dubbed the 'Melbourne Society Murders' in the media, this case was one that gripped the nation!

Paul King and his wife, Margaret Wales-King were murdered by Margaret's son, Matthew. Source: Robert Seymour/YouTube

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Crimes that shook us to the core: Connair’s extraordinary murder-suicide

Crimes that shook us to the core: Connair’s extraordinary murder-suicide

“It is better to die with honour than live without it,” followed by the aircraft callsign, “Echo – November – Alpha”.

Source: Bahnfrend [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]

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Crimes that shook us to the core: The monsters of Moorhouse Street

Crimes that shook us to the core: The monsters of Moorhouse Street

"Even when interviewed, senior officers were dubious and, had it not been for a 22-year-old constable who disobeyed orders, little may have eventuated."

Moorhouse Street was the location of the heinous crimes carried out by David and Catherine Birnie. Source: Jonathan Frenlie/YouTube

About John Reid

Retired and widowed, I fill my time reading, writing, photographing, driving, volunteering and keeping busy in my community.

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