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dated November 10, 1953: Crime Detection Through Radio

Organised by the Melbourne police and a commercial radio network, a broadcast reconstructing an unsolved murder made social history in Australia. The broadcast reconstructed events that led to the slaying of 14-year-old Shirley Mae Collins at a Melbourne bayside suburb on the night of September 12. An announcement in the programme said the murderer himself might be listening. The mother of the dead girl spoke about Shirley's movements on the fatal day. The public were asked to help and, within an hour after the broadcast, 50 phone calls were received at police headquarters, offering suggestions to investigators. Some callers also named suspects.

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