Reprise — Murder On The Dance Floor — Part One

<p><strong>Season Five </strong>is just around the corner. We're kicking off with an episode called <strong>Blue Murder On The Golden Mile</strong>. It’s a killer tale set in 1926 and it takes us inside what was then the most intensive manhunt and homicide trial in Western Australian history. One of the main characters <strong>Blue Murder On The Golden Mile</strong> is a brilliant barrister named Arthur Haynes. I featured Haynes two years ago in the episode <strong>Murder On The Dance Floor</strong>, which was set in 1925 in Perth. So, ahead of Season Five, I've dusted off this two-parter in case you haven’t heard the story — and want a bit of an idea of just how formidable Arthur Haynes was a defence lawyer. Certainly, if you were charged with murder back in the day in WA, he was the man you wanted on your side.</p><br><p><strong>Here's the gist of Part One:</strong></p><p>In 1925 beautiful young Audrey Campbell Jacob shot a young man dead in&nbsp;front of hundreds of revellers during a charity dance in the ballroom of&nbsp;Government House in Perth — and the court case that followed the crime&nbsp;was every bit as shocking.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>