2017 Bourke Street Attack

Nightmare Somewhere - True Crime Podcast

In January, 2017 a 26 year old violent offender was due to face court on 23 different charges. Instead, he had stabbed his brother, kidnapped his girlfriend and was driving a stolen maroon Commodore erratically through downtown Melbourne. He describes himself as someone with a big heart. He also admits that he went into the city that day to, ‘Run people over’. *link to send me a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gabrielle523/message References and links for episode: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-18/bourke-st-attack-james-gargasoulas-inquest-police-audio/11711894 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-19/bourke-street-driver-james-gargasoulas-nearly-handed-himself-in/11716892 https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/gargasoulas-found-guilty-of-murdering-six-in-2017-bourke-st-rampage-20181113-p50fp1.html https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/hours-before-massacre-gargasoulas-laughed-as-police-drew-their-guns-20191205-p53h97.html https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/bourke-st-inquest-hears-tearful-cop-apologise-to-victims-families-20191212-p53jct.html https://www.queanbeyanagechronicle.com.au/story/6517547/special-unit-failed-to-attend-gargasoulas/?cs=9397 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/feb/22/james-gargasoulas-jailed-for-life-over-bourke-street-massacre https://www.smh.com.au/topic/bourke-street-killings-hn3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2017_Melbourne_car_attack https://www.triplem.com.au/story/james-gargasoulas-handed-six-life-sentences-for-bourke-st-rampage-129178 https://10daily.com.au/news/australia/a190222uhd/bourke-street-killer-james-gargasoulas-sentenced-to-six-life-sentences-20190222?&utm_medium=paid-search&utm_source=10daily&utm_campaign=digital:na&utm_term=google&utm_content=dsa&gclid=Cj0KCQiAyp7yBRCwARIsABfQsnQLzEzMcz_hJ3JuMN35Hbuzh2Km7JBE1NaayvpdeskjyCJIS-6_ew4aAiJLEALw_wcB. https://www.justice.vic.gov.au/volunteering/bail-justice-position-description YouTube Clips: https://youtu.be/1eDkdimGntQ https://youtu.be/CLmGM9tcuNc https://youtu.be/VkdomRLEOv8