Episode 01 Bartholomew and Keane Families - Australia WIWWP True Crime Podcast

Clifford Bartholomew, a 40 year old family man, went on a killing rampage in the quiet rural setting of Hope Forest, South Australia.

His 10 victims were all family members, making him Australia’s worst family mass murderer.

Clifford murdered his wife; his sister-in-law; his 7 children, ranging in age from 4-19 years; and finally, he remembered his 18 month old nephew who slept through the horror. He walked up the hallway to his cot and shot him at point blank range, a dummy in his mouth and his face down in the pillow.

All this was carried out with a .22 single shot rifle. That meant, Clifford had to shoot, empty, reload every time, giving him plenty of time to stop.

Clifford would only be charged with his wife’s murder. A murder conviction was a mandatory death sentence at the time. So how did Clifford get out of jail in only 7.5 years?  

Let me tell you…


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