Australian Crime Stories

The Brisbane Vampire

Australian Crime Stories

Show Notes

Black clothes, cemetery picnics and blood exchanged between lovers. In late-eighties Brisbane, three women enter the orbit of someone whose needs become increasingly difficult to satisfy. Soon, a murder beside the Brisbane River blurs the line between vampire fiction and real-life horror.

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