Easey Street and ‘the boy with the knife’

<p>If you ask a Melbourne local, almost all of them would have heard of the 1977 Easey Street murders.</p><p>In one of Victoria’s most brutal unsolved killings, two women in their 20s were stabbed dozens of times in their home on Easey Street in Collingwood.</p><p>Now, after 47 years and examining over 130 “persons of interest”, police have finally made an arrest.</p><p>Today, journalist and author of <em>Murder on Easey St</em> Helen Thomas, on the killings that haunted Melbourne and the suspect – known as “the boy with the knife” – that police overlooked for decades.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Socials: </strong>Stay in touch with us on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/7ampodcast">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.instagram.com/7ampodcast">Instagram</a></p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> Journalist and author of <em>Murder on Easey St</em>, Helen Thomas.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>