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The Backpacker Murders Pt. 1

Serial Killers

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The Story of Paul Onions

Paul Onions was 23 and on a backpacking trip around Australia. A man called Bill had picked him up in the town of Midagong. Paul decided that he needed to make a car stop, and he chose Joanne Berry. News of the murders also made headlines in the UK where Joanne Walters and Caroline Clark were from. Just two days after Joanne called the hotline, Paul did too. He corroborated her story, which baffled detectives because they couldn't find a record of his report anywhere.

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