Juanita Nielsen | Australian Crime Stories | S5E01

The 1975 disappearance of Juanita Nielsen is one of Australia’s most infamous murder mysteries. Australian Crime Stories obtained exclusive access to the original case files to reveal how a major murder investigation was de-railed from the very beginning.
In 2021, the reward for information about the disappearance of Juanita Nielsen was doubled to $1 million. Her family and the police expressed hope that they might be able to find Nielsen's remain
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[@stephenvelden295]

Shirley Finn suffered a similar fate in Perth in 1975. Another unsolved case that has allegations of Police and Political corruption.

[@The_Crusty_Old_Hag_Next_Door]

But wasn’t Roger Rogerson in WA at the time she went missing? Hmmm he seemed to be a lot of places where people went , pretty sure Shirley was one one that list! He is one scum bag that can answer a lot of questions 😬

[@ML6103]

Yep I was thinking about that case. It's amazing that in such a small town as Perth, it seems the corruption was (comparatively) actually worse and yet somehow so much more well hidden than in Sydney. It'll probably never come to light.

[@taniaearle4457]

I will check it out thanks. Also Barbara McCulkin and her two young daughters in Brisbane

[@littlemissmichele9254]

Oh bless her. This is so sad. It’s disgusting how no one paid for this crime. Wherever your body lays, rip Juanita Nelson x

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

I am surprised her father didn't do more to avenge her.

[@trademark5124]

@@WindTurbineSyndrome He couldn't - the police said it was basically too 'risky,' even though he offered $40,000 of his own money to help the search. He died a in 1977, apparently from a "broken-heart". I believe Juanita was quite close to her father.

[@crankyoldperson6871]

I hate property developers.

[@gobblelevclass3nuclearsubm393]

they have destroyed the architecture of sydney every develpt is made as cheaply as possible !

[@JoTheSnoop]

And professional speculators.

[@mariafarrugia1192]

CORRUPTION CORRUPTION CORRUPTION

[@pikeman80]

They're much like vultures circling around to make their next kill and don't care how many people end up homeless because of their callous actions. Nothing makes me happier than to see them bankrupted. And cops love people with money. So they look the other way when atrocities happen. If a case is "unsolved" for many years the guilty party is from one of these three groups(The Rich, The Military, The Police).

[@volusize]

The only thing scarier than the wildlife in australia is the police.

[@christopherdale7017]

Yep and also depending on what state you grew up in IE QLD,NSW and WA were the Only 3 you had no idea that you were going or coming particularly in QLD and NSW. Look what Chris Masters Did on 4 corners in May 1987 called the Moonlight state about the QLD Police.

[@thinkingallowed7042]

@@christopherdale7017 Vicpol. 😵

[@troywindle466]

Q

[@gbekendan4732]

I 2nd that...

[@cassieleonard6522]

🤣

[@zombiechicken7114]

His smile in the 1991 interview is chilling.

[@vanessashaw5365]

It sickens me to know that there are some despicable people who commit atrocities and then slip through this life without ever answering for them. Perhaps, they do and we never get a chance to witness it. Not sure why this should be so important to us humans…but it is.

[@rc1983]

There is no fairness in this world. People with power and money directs the show and decides who live or die. They will have their karma, if not here, in the afterlife.

[@PlatinumIrishrose]

God will have them to deal with in their end time. How satisfying to know that truth.

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

Killing people to get them out of the way is aethod as old as time

[@anonymous6694]

What infuriates me is that many facts only come to light right after many of the suspects have passed away. Do you realise how much cowardice that entails? You knew facts that could be questioned and they were withheld until there wasn't any further risk of retribution.

[@christopherdale7017]

My Uncle & Aunty who moved down from QLD in the early 70's and knew Jack Mundy and Juanita Nelisen and used to have wine and meals on their Victoria St Balcony with them regularly. They Suspected Eddie Trigg and Jim Anderson.

[@maccaholmes4854]

I knew jim anderson...i liked him...there was still no hard evidence...only allegations

[@christopherdale7017]

@@maccaholmes4854 my uncle used work for Jim and liked him but said he was suspected but not a proven involvement.

[@maccaholmes4854]

@@christopherdale7017 I spent a lot of time with jim right up till his death and a lot of it was just me and him in the car...right till the end he denied involvement and I wouldnt be discounting the story about the dossiers as those in the clip did...if the contents were revealed and the true stories about the corruption etc were to come out, it would bring down some very powerful people that are still benefiting from the fortunes made back then

[@carltongirl95]

Brilliant episode yet again Adam but such a sad story about Juanita I do hope one day she's found and can be laid to rest...honestly though how bad were the police yet again 😥

[@patriciahill4492]

Unfortunately corrupt police are in every country. 😕 🇺🇲

[@jonglewongle3438]

If she was put wholesale through a meat grinder then through a garbage disposal then retrieving a set of remains of any integrity whatsoever may well prove to be somewhat tricky.

[@carltongirl95]

@@jonglewongle3438 yes very true 😥

[@emperorofpluto]

The story I kept hearing in the Cross in the 1980s was that her body is under the runway at Kingsford-Smith airport.

[@carltongirl95]

@@emperorofpluto wow really in that case they'll never find her 😥

[@jomama5186]

How terrible! Beautiful woman. So sad. Liked and subscribed. ❤️🙏

[@robinbanks610]

I remember when she went “missing.” Absolutely no doubt whatsoever murdered!

[@CR-pp7ls]

very interesting to see this regarding Australian crime.. and terrifying. As someone else put it in the comments, it's a different ballgame with our guns here in the US, but it's still interesting to see a side of things one doesn't usually see.

[@emperorofpluto]

Those apartments are an abomination. If it hadn’t been for people like Nielsen and Jack Mundy of the BLF there’d be literally nothing left. Lived in the Cross from 1986-88 and worked nights at the Kings Cross Waxworks. This was before the Wood Royal Commission and used to see outrageous police corruption every single day.

[@patriciahill4492]

I don't believe she'll ever be found. Lord knows where she is. It's sad she was killed. Especially for her family who'll never be able to bury her with the rest of her family properly. Those who did this will face the wrath of God. RIP 🖤 Juanita 😔

[@articlered2334]

She's in the cement foundation

[@jasminespencer3992]

Must be hard, an entire nation of criminal suspects

[@squeakyrabbit]

A lot of us are descended from European refugees of World War 2.

[@jasminespencer3992]

@@squeakyrabbit No I mean Australia was formally a prison the entire island was a prison colony so everyone that lives there now descends from criminals

[@bruggeman672]

@jasmine Spencer what kind of prejudiced idiocy is this? So if your ancestors committed crime that somehow makes you genetically criminal? You realize you're spouting some of the most bigoted nonsense ever right? Slandering an entire country how stupid can one person be?

[@mrbigw100]

Yeah Aussie crime another great one

[@Shelley_watt]

I love this tragic story. Juanita was such a strong woman and the government is still corrupt pretty much. They are just good at throwing shade no matter who is elected. Fantastic historical footage thanks so much!!

[@Meantime_Creations]

how do you know she was strong?

[@bennieblanco2084]

One of my favorite shows and your One of my favorite channels Thank you for sharing 😀 ☝🤍🕊🕊🕊🕊🙋💫🥂!

[@cwavt8849]

As an American, especially in those days, the fact that Australia was as crooked as New York was unknown to us. We saw Australia as a big, vast adventurous land of freedom, modernity, bravery and weirdness. But not crime. Just shows that people are people. Given the chance, they will predate each other.

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

I wouldn’t read to much into that I used to live in Sydney and it’s a nursery compared to NYC

[@jeremyjohnson4766]

new south wales is the biggest cesspool in the entire country other than the act they are the definitions on corruption only good politician is a dead politician

[@badazzbarbiePOV]

but they didn’t so how do you explain all this violence ??

[@mareekeay8670]

@@badazzbarbiePOV gun control didn't happen in Australia til 1996 after the Port Arthur shooting. This occurred well before and was a completely different time. I guess without the gun control Sydney and Melbourne would be very similar to NYC now.. Imagine that! An America without a report of shots fired, victim murdered, mass shooting etc being reported every hour.. 🤔

[@crankyoldperson6871]

@@mareekeay8670 Australia was like Deadwood in the 70’s and 80’s. Corruption is so entrenched on a systemic level now that politicians and property developers don’t even pretend to be anything other than the criminals they are.

[@_NT91]

Aussie crime can't beat it. Great episodes

[@nonkisibanda4021]

Word

[@ssvoogel]

Abe Saffron's son, Allan Saffron, shows up in a Kitchen Nightmares episode. His restaurant was called "Burger Restaurant".

[@susanbengston3208]

I’ve never seen Kitchen Nightmares here in the U.S. Did that Restaurant grind up people who’d been bumped off, to cover up the crime? Would Definitely be a nightmare if so, yikes.

[@zombiechicken7114]

Oh yes. He seemed very nasty especially with hix own son..but this explains where that came from really!

[@annwilliams6438]

And the son was a real piece of work as well! Married a total narcissist as well - and the both of them stole THEIR own son’s inheritance… to run a terrible restaurant.

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

Sounds like they deserved each other.

[@emperorofpluto]

Grew up in Vaucluse around the corner from Abe Saffron’s place in Hopetoun Avenue. Everyone knew about Saffron’s alleged involvement in crime and his home was generally regarded like a neighbourhood murder house - an open secret.

[@MiguelSanchez-lz1ox]

Eddie trigg bashed her to death on Abe’s orders

[@jomama5186]

What was the motive? The building developer?

[@MiguelSanchez-lz1ox]

@@jomama5186 she was going to expose Abe for illegal and dodgy practices plus a range of issues she had her hands in that pissed a lot of people off. She was fighting a battle she was never going to win unfortunately.

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

They wanted her building she wouldn't sell they needed the whole block. She was using her newsletter to push back and since she didn't roll over he had her killed to get rid of her.

[@barryward7869]

Bollox! You have no idea what really happened. I posted the true story here last week but it's been removed. I wonde why?

[@khillsy4489]

From viewing these videos I've come to the conclusion that Australia has The worst police force of any first world nation. But it's got plenty of company unfortunately 😕

[@michaelmcclown5593]

You do realise this was 40yrs ago.

[@thinkingallowed7042]

@@michaelmcclown5593 Nothing has changed.

[@dankadesign7462]

I was watching another Crime channel (USA) on you tube where they said that Australian police is one of worst in investigetion organisation corruption and not solving murders from past to today!! And for this sad case of murdering this young woman I wondering if her wealthy family ever did private investigation and if yes what info they had??!!Why nobody never said anything??!!

[@michaelmcclown5593]

@@dankadesign7462 Ruskie?

[@dankadesign7462]

@@michaelmcclown5593 ??

[@JosephKulik2016]

There seems to have been SO Much Sleaze in Sydney back then that there are a number of plausible theories about this disappearance.

[@susanbengston3208]

Melbourne is a dominant source of most Crime programs shown in America, crazy stuff.

[@LilyAmongThorns]

Right? I think the police did “know” that the real estate developer was probably behind it, but without evidence there was really nothing they could do. You cannot make arrests solely on suspicions or that you don’t like someone. It’s too easy to blame the police for not getting to the bottom of what happened. These crooks made sure their crimes could not be traced back to them…but they will roast extra hot for eternity in hell.

[@wespaul9345]

Oh man. Most don't know to this day of the CIA influence at work here. Nugan Hand Bank, Bourbon and beefsteak. Try The Merchant's of Menace. Most sheeple won't. They'll tune into The Farmer wants a Wife 😂 and when they feel like it's appropriate will make an empty comment on a video and think they're civic duty is complete.

[@peterrobbins2862]

It hasn't changed

[@serenaleaghgrace5023]

awesome report

[@sierrahleanne]

I love these videos but I’ve already seen so many of them as they’re so old. Just curious if you guys plan on making new videos/uploading new cases or will it be older cases only?

[@shannongirard4014]

Right KZbin and Google all their information is so old they need to clear out all the junk,bet the internet would even run better for everyone,uf they did,I'm sick of watching the same videos over and over,my favorite is when it days new,and it's not,and never actually says what year,they were actually done,only what date it went on youtube,KZbin, think were all so stupid lol I hear ya and agree

[@shannongirard4014]

Says

[@janetpendlebury6808]

@@shannongirard4014 Why watch it if you do not like watching them?

[@abocas]

Well, if new ones aren't produced it kind of hard to upload them!. And, like so many other channels uploading crime documentaries, they don't produce them! Just allow those of us who have not seen to see them.

[@sierrahleanne]

@@abocas what comment did you read that says anyone is stopping you from watching these lmao. I asked if any new videos will be made and uploaded, which I’m allowed to ask. comment doesn’t pertain to you.

[@blackcorp0001]

Needs to be made into a movie ... Australian Goodfellas

[@christopherdale7017]

They need to combine all the state and Territories/NZ underbelly stories into one series called Crime Downunder.

[@squeakyrabbit]

There's an amazing TV Show called 'Underbelly' about Australian underworld killings.

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

Good idea.

[@emperorofpluto]

There have been a few movies already. I remember one in particular from when I was a teenager in the early 1980s that included an insinkerator scene that gave me nightmares for years.

[@qrufus]

I know a lot of time has passed since her disappearance. However, has anyone attempted to check both hotels for any forensic evidence or to see if her body was buried inside the hotel floors / walls?

[@emperorofpluto]

Lived in the Cross and knew a lot of crooks and bent cops in the 1980s - they all said her body is under the runway at the airport.

[@jeremywentworth1833]

How sad what happened to this beautiful lady, As an English man I love Aussie crime from Robberies to murder and extremely bent coppers like Rogerson ,

[@jeremywentworth1833]

@A3 Landscape I've scene it thanks must be 6 weeks go at least, scene all the Tough nuts and Druglords and everything about the most bent murdering ex copper Rogerson.

[@thinkingallowed7042]

@@jeremywentworth1833 Seen.

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

Rip dear woman. Tragic. Imagine all the good she could have done in her life. No zoning laws. Greedy real estate developer drowning in debt- love those. Do same thing during urban renewal in Boston, Salem MA, NYC, Los Angeles, Chicago. Love this united front, but the bad guys had bought officials off. We forget so these stories are important to keep alive.

[@jeffchapel79]

Nothing has changed in the cross, some 50yrs later...

[@emperorofpluto]

Amen. Lived in the Cross in the 1980s, worked nights at the Waxworks and saw firsthand the most unbelievable police corruption. The Waxworks was open til 1am and being a wax museum was dark and not very busy so it was a popular meeting place for crooks and cops. One of my friends who was a stripper was a protected witness for the Wood RC so I let her stay at my place - she was murdered at the Pleasure Chest. Since then (after the Royal Commission) I’ve witnessed corruption by detectives, drug squad and uniformed officers at KX. Not much has changed except now there are uniformed police officers dealing and supplying drugs.

[@scallopohare9431]

Maybe explain the term "green bans." Yes, I amgoing to search it , but it should be in the video.

[@cameronbrown9080]

So dodgy the old bill over there even now

[@kumarj4693]

Killing a woman over business is just too low.

[@globalwarmhugs7741]

An heiress! One clutches one's pearls in horror.

[@ktcooki276]

Ive seen five cases where this million dollars reward has been offered (via youtube watched in UK, so im sure there's more) ...anyone know if this has been claimed in any of them please? Or how many cases have been boosted by the reward scheme? Bloody wish I knew summat!!

[@Prieze868]

So sad what happened to them where the body might B&B in the the fashion of the 60s and different all 70s and the different era

[@eileencameron1510]

What a strong coragous woman amongst a group of greedy cowards ❤R.I.P JUANITA ❤FROM VANCOUVER ISLAND CANADA 🌎☮️🙏💜💜💜

[@Narmer61]

ha ha hilarious The aborigenies got screwed , then these green ban folks get screwed , then the developer types get screwed, today is a new generation....getting screwed.....gotta love australia

[@susanbengston3208]

Ruff stuff.

[@LilyAmongThorns]

Some things just never change

[@annwilliams6438]

Sounds like the coppers were too busy handing out traffic tickets…

[@emperorofpluto]

The cops were all bent. Kings Cross and Darlinghurst were the most corrupt police forces on the planet. The judiciary was just as bad.

[@Rainbow_Daze-1960]

Too busy 🥳 🎉 partying in the Cross

[@articlered2334]

Every single time .....wiki confirms

[@annettewebster9678]

Who is this reporter. Hosting this episode. ?

[@patrickjm3487]

I didn’t know that Australia was so much involved in serious crime It’s worst than England for gangster stuff and worse!!!! I really didn’t know that there was so many people in Australia at that time Brilliant story’s and very interesting stuff

[@kelleegeimer6517]

Well Australia is originally a Bristish prison colony.

[@patrickjm3487]

@@kelleegeimer6517 don’t know anything about Australia although I love it I’ve fiends over there working -ATM.. But still it’s a beautiful country and the people are all so friendly!!

[@khillsy4489]

You should be very careful in your day to day life, you seem to dig up a lot of skeletons.

[@susanbengston3208]

That’s a thought, especially back in those days. Hopefully the bent coppers situation has been heavily cleaned up since then.

[@The_Crusty_Old_Hag_Next_Door]

lol is that a threat??

[@The_Crusty_Old_Hag_Next_Door]

@@susanbengston3208 lol you wish

[@luckyspurs]

Love the Union refusing to work on the property.

[@katarzynamuszynska5426]

Beautiful hair

[@kingpriapatius5832]

No one referred to the FACT that HE WAS JEWISH.

[@martinhardcastle9970]

Oh C'mon guys every body knows the police in any state in Australia are the best money can buy. Just ask Lenny, George, Stan, Neddy or Abo.

[@melaniearison1209]

Dirty deeds done dirt cheap. That's what happens in a penal colony.

[@profhortsunlover1536]

it might be time to let that go, ppl born in oz today aren't crooks

[@profhortsunlover1536]

What an amazing woman. Love her.

[@thegreencat9947]

Oh....that hair!

[@treasurehunteruk9718]

I think her face was quite exquisite, but the hair ...........

[@michaelpatrick7888]

Politics greed and corruption..all synonyms

[@juliachildress2943]

Jim Anderson gives love a bad name...

[@michaelmcclown5593]

Warning, anything with Australia in the heading is attracting russian and chinese trolls.

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

China has plans to eventually control Australia by buying up businesses, mining operations, farmland, water rights, and real estate

[@michaelmcclown5593]

@@WindTurbineSyndrome Not gunna happen man, they had their chance and blewit.

[@BUR1DG3CL4N]

this JIM ANDERSON to me looks like another LENNY MCPHERSON...............UNTOUCHABLE but yet a POLICE INFORMANT

[@lydiag6245]

Thats is some BIG HAIR !!!

[@Mischa21xo]

Yes, it looks quite awful, like a bad wig. A gorgeous woman but with some pretty terrible hair.

[@bruggeman672]

The fact the alleged witness never publicly came forward, and her connection to one of the suspects, makes her less than believable. Edit maybe the problem is those investigating are pursuing stories rather than evidence...

[@TheJoshA]

*HE

[@profhortsunlover1536]

she was pretty amazing, i have a lot of respect for her

[@jennatrusty522]

3:34 3:35 3:36 3:37 3:38 3:39 3:40 3:41

[@mattnolan5527]

jim Anderson was a good man he was on the gold coast when Juanita was killed

[@stevenr8606]

😡🧏 Tell the truth, the whole truth, or don't publish it

[@The_Crusty_Old_Hag_Next_Door]

🚽🚽🚽

[@Dr.Gunsmith]

So what’s the truth the whole truth big shot 😂 or don’t mention it.