Book 3

"In a garden it's told Stands a building of old Who exhibits magnificent features Be daring, be bold And this book may unfold Who knows what boundaries it breaches."

Book 2

"In every cranny and nook I will look for this book And search until I find it Just a pawn not a rook My patience is shook Just as giants who don't look behind it."

Book 1

"Congratulations here's book number one Now time for some fun It's time to look for this book In the centre of Melbourne You can leave one and take some And still you won't be a crook."

Book Cover

The exclusive cover of the Look Book. Simplistic and recognizable, if you a set of these eyes staring you down then indeed you've found yourself a look book.

Stop 2 Kerr St/ Brunswick St

In one of the corners of Kerr St, you will find an artwork of a naked woman with an animal’s skull and a metal horn. This is a design of street artist Makatron, which illustrates the evolution or no boundaries concept of humans, nature and…

Stop 5: The Boot Trunk Tragedy

Saving perhaps the most gruesome until last, on the muggy evening of December 17th 1898, a bright yellow suitcase or ‘boot trunk’ was mysteriously floating along the banks of the Yarra River. Up to 300 people stood watching, as the police retrieved…

Stop 4: The Gun Alley Murder

The Gun Alley Murder was the horrific rape and murder of 12 year old Alma Tirtschke, who was found in Gun Alley on December 30, 1921. Unfortunately Gun Alley was built-over and the equivalent location to where present-day Gun Alley would have been is…

Stop 3: The Queen Street Massacre

On the morning of December 8 1987, Frank Vitkovic entered the Australia Post offices on Queen Street and began shooting people at random, killing 8 people. The injured office workers managed to ambush Vitkovic, stashing his shotgun in an office…

Stop 2: The Gun-Fight Showdown

Notorious Joseph Leslie ‘Squizzy’ Taylor was one of Melbourne’s key underworld figures between 1918 until his death in the infamous gunfight of 1927. Squizzy started his life of crime by pickpocketing and small robberies, but was also associated with…

Stop 1: The Singing Strangler

The strangled body of Gladys Hosking, 40, was found outside Melbourne University on May 18, 1942.  She was the last victim of serial killer Eddie Leonski ‘The Singing Strangler’, who was an American solider stationed in Melbourne during WWII. Gladys,…