The Day a Prison Escapee Kidnapped a School

Australian True Crime by Bravecasting

Sep 27, 202647:30Society & Culture

In 1977, teacher Rob Hunter and his nine students were taken hostage at a rural Victorian school by convicted kidnapper and prison escapee Edwin John Eastwood. Rob joins us to recount what happened, the people who helped...

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