The Snowtown Murders | Bodies in Barrels 

Btw, in this video I used the term "transvestite", which I've learned is a no-no term, outdated and offensive. Sorry about that, in my sources that's what Barry Lane was referred to but I understand it's derogatory.

Australia: *has literally millions of square kilometres of empty land* John Bunting: I'mma leave some dead bodies in a car outside me mate's place.

When you’ve already binged them all, you come to love Tuesday’s, and Friday’s.

I am actually from Adelaide Australia and we have the distinction of being (per capita) the serial killer capital of the world. There is a documentary series called "City of Evil" about it. My mum actually had a chance meeting with the guy later identified as the "Truro Killer" in the 70s as she stopped her silly friend from jumping in the car with him.

I requested this ages ago and you actually replied and said you would look into it! Thanks for doing this ol' video. Giving it a goo right now!

Watched a lot of true crime, never heard something quite as terrifying as a man making a tape of past victims screaming/being tortured and then playing it while torturing and killing another man. I don't even know.

“MIKE OUT!” The saddest two words I have to hear every Friday... until Tuesday my friends.

Mike saying “I love ya” after telling the worst of the worst stories is always much appreciated

My mum and brother knew the Hayden family for about 2 years before the barrels were found. Shit was crazy when the news broke. You covered the story well, my dude.

Mike!! I asked, you listened! I live very close to where these murders happened. The movie was filmed around the corner from my place. The last victim, David, was my best mate in my first year of senior school. He was a nice guy, and for over 20 years I've kept a drawing he made for me in class. R.I.P. David Johnson.

It's kinda depressing that you'll never run out of this kind of story to make videos about.

The most disturbing part, is that there were 4 of these monsters living amongst us..in the same place, at the same time. It’s estimated everyone at some point in life comes across a serial killer in passing...4 together..is inconceivable. Great job again, Mike..making the unbearable, bearable.

The scorpion (hunter of rock spiders) is often chosen as the symbol of the task force detectives that go after pedophiles.

"He had a great idea... according to himself" would be the title of my autobiography.

Okay, I'm Canadian and we dont have a city called snowtown, but Australia does? I feel like my nation has failed.

And in classic Aussie humour, not long after this you could buy T-shirts with _"I had a barrel of laughs in Snowtown"_ written on them. 😲😏

I visit Snowtown often and it’s a dying town, not much happens there anymore. The bank is bordered up, I doubt it will ever be opened again. Sure there’s talk of a museum as everyone who passes the town stops to take photos of the bank but the town is mostly against it as it did a number on the community.

I don't want to ruin anyone's day, but when Mike says "hey you" I'm pretty sure he's talking to me.

Nah the way he said “CRIKEY” in the background in the beginning just killed me 😭😭😭

Did anyone else notice the woman waving and smiling when they are going threw a barrel with someone's body? WTF

The "Crikey!" Right after your admittance was perfection!

“Hey you and welcome!” I know when I hear that I will always be intrigued and always entertained.

Does anyone else binge watch his videos over and over and fall in love one with the background music

22:00 Wow, that lady really enjoys her job. She's just a little too happy about digging around in a barrel of decomposing body parts 😳🤔🥴

theres a movie about this called Snowtown, its one of the most haunting movies ive ever seen... highly recommend if you're into that kinda stuff

Ugh the tapes of people being tortured played to their next victims. That is psychological torture.

As Australian, this one still shocks me today no matter how many times I hear this story over. Real monsters.

I was sitting in a meeting and “SNIP SNIP NICKY!” Came through my head and I couldn’t control my laughter. That was an awkward moment in that meeting lol.

Being an Australian, I remember these murders. I've never been to Snowtown but I'm told the locals don't like being reminded about what happened there. I friend of mind stopped for a beer in the pub there, merely mentioned the murders and was then politely asked to finish his beer and leave. I guess I don't blame them.

Can’t smell Loves digging No conscience Yeah, this was never gonna end up well.

I went to Snowtown a couple years back. It had a creepy vibe. It was just so quiet and eerie of course because the crimes committed and just being a really small town. The Pub owners were nice tho. We didn’t ask about the murders as I heard the locals get really annoyed when it’s mentioned.

It’s Horrifying that The last person had to listen to others being killed meanwhile the same thing was about to happen to him 😞 I can’t even imagine how fast his life flashed before his very eyes knowing it was over .

They made a recording of all the noises their previous victims had made while being tortured and played it while torturing their last guy? That’s beyond horrific.

Mike is a true gem in this community. Can't think of any other true crime channel that presents the story so well and with so much personality and detail.

"rock spider" as slang is an interesting piece of trivia. Gonna bring that up in every conversation from now on.

When you have watched all mikes videos and you just start all over except Tuesday and Fridays .. 😃❤️ love you mike all the way from ALABAMA !!!!

"Whatcha got going on there?" "Nothing, just dead kangaroos that I'll make into dog food later." "Understandable, have a good day."

“so what’re your hobbies?” “digging holes”

This story is so horrifying, to the point that even small details such as "turning roos into pet food" build up to NASTY STUFF. Yikes!

I’m so glad I came across your channel! I have been binge watching for a solid week now. I’m actually from Adelaide, South Australia and was in my late teens when this case occurred! I remember it vividly, it was such a huge case that is still spoken about today! My cousin actually sat on the jury for almost a year......he later said it was horrific!! Thanks for sharing ❤️

Mayte!!! My wife and I are local to the area, and have followed this as it happened. I have also followed your channel for a while. I want to give you the highest compliment. even though we were local to this - you're information is better than anything we have heard locally or otherwise. Most You tube channel's care not for facts but clicks. Cudo's to you mate. Even the origin of the slang ''rock spider'',, i never could work it out, nor do people whom use it know the origin either, yet You are the other side of the world - the cold rainy side :) Also, people are not aware of the prevalence of Rock Spiders over here, in the area there and surrounding towns. The news played down - not mentioning their original motivation (I'm not condoning it) . This is something we learned years later. Snakes, Crocs, Dingos, more snakes, spiders, blue ringed octopii, box jelly fish - get a bad wrap over here - rightly so - however they have nothing on the real, institutionalized sexual murderous predators that are way more, numerous and dangerous. The the victims of abuse seek revenge and become twisted murderous, torturous abusers themselves. How the cops could take so long, and not respond etc etc is common, not surprising anymore. Mate, please pin this comment for others to see as my main point is to compliment your accuracy, and clearly thorough research. You are doing a great service with your films. Good educational material for parents with teenagers, and the likes of us trying to make sense of the twisted parts of our society. Onya, from ""Astraya"".

Anyone else randomly stumble across this channel, and it's now your favourite?

Mike does so many tasty things, but one of my favorite are the subtle zoom ins and cuts like the woman smiling and waving in the darkest moment. Bravo!

That was really interesting. I appreciate your tone and delivery of such a gruesome story. You have a gift Mike.

Me, an Aussie, clicking on this: Huh, bodies in barrels. Reminds me of that one with the bank- Oh.

“Yep, that’s a rotting corpse alright” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Mike, you crack me up

For being against homosexuals that “Lord Sir” bit seems pretty strange.

R.I.P to all the victims 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Their families also 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Imagine my joy, as an Australian, waking up this fine Saturday morning to see what gift Mike has released.. An Australian Case! I remember this case, I was in my teens at the time, it still gives me the creeps. Crikey. Love your work Mike.

As an Aussie, I've watched everything about "bodies in the barrels." You've done an awesome job covering this, nice work.

"Crikey" is really only used ironically in Australia. It has about the same place in our lexicon as "Begorrah" does for the Irish, just so you know.

This is from my neck of the woods ... I'm impressed with how you managed to explain this converluded sordid tale in such a short time and so well. Adelaide is a beautiful place to live .... we are not all terrible murderers!!!

Whenever my boyfriend comes in the room and hears me playing one of your videos (which is quite often) he says 'Oh watching your Irish boyfriend again I see''

Thinking about it, if someone from my family /neighbors would be missing, the amount of murder videos I’ve watched, would make me look suspicious.

The guy who played Bunting in the 2011 movie gave an incredibly haunting performance

The suburbs mentioned Salisbury, Elizabeth, Daveron Park, Smithfield etc where this all happened are much better but still some of the highest crime areas. Elizabeth is so multi-generationally intrenched with a deep culture of boganism that when they made the Snowtown movie they realised that they could never make faux bogan film sets better than authentic bogans in their natural habitat. So they just rented places 'as is' from the locals at the time.

It makes me so angry to know justice is never truly served. Because they will never suffer as much as their victims did! My heart hurts for those people who had to go through unspeakable pain and torment.

It's unfathomable that 1 person would be THIS sadistic. But to find FOUR in the same small place? How??

This one was horrific. I hope, Mike, that you somehow take care of yourself. I can't imagine looking into the details of cases like this day after day and not losing my sanity a bit.

As an Australian I remember this case well it was truly horrifying, you did a great job & your pronunciation of Inala was spot on! Keep up the great work

Murderous and torturous tendencies thinly veiled as vigilantism.

Why is it the only thing that helps my insomnia these days is listening to an Irish man talk about gruesome murders. Thanks for helping me sleep like a baby omg what is wrong with me lol

The first time I’ve heard Mike say that he loves me. My life is complete.

"Hi guys we are looking for treasure!" 21:58 LOL

With that 14 year old I have a feeling John was the biggest Rock Spider of them all

Juror's where so traumatised from the information presented in this trial, they had to be dismissed and counceled, some never recovered. The trial was restarted 3 times. Costing the state government millions. Eventually the Judge told potential new Juror's be prepared to hear pure horror. if you think you can't finish what you start, leave now before your selected. It took 12 months more just to select a third time jury. This was a first in Australian criminal history.

Hey Mate, thanks for doing such a good job on this video. I stumbled upon your channel a few weeks ago and never expected to see myself pop up in one of your vids. I was involved in the evidence search and cadaver retrieval of this case. I have to say, you did quite well in covering such a complicated case! I hope when suppression orders are lifted you revisit this, even if on a personal level. As you can imagine, this case horrified the state and will forever effect those involved, So it's good to see someone cover this story without glorifying an already tragic case. And somehow these guys still make headlines. South Australia is a cesspool of serial murders and intruding cases.... A great chance to practise that Aussie accent of yours 😉😂

As a south Australian, You told this story better than I’ve ever heard it told. Thanks. Body’s in the barrels.

I brace myself for that cheeky wink at the end but that unexpected “I love ya” literally made me shriek 😍

These people are just deranged, I cant even fathom what their victims went through.

A friend of mine new these guys. He says he had no idea they were killers. I lived around the corner from one of them.

He's like a reverse punisher, punishing people who don't deserve it

As an Aussie, we are well aware of this case, it’s incredibly messed up.

This terrified most South Australians when the news broke. Horrific.

Bloody oath! I've been suggesting to several true crime content creators to do this story and my request has been answered. Cheers, Mike! Doin us proud.

Mike, this one was so utterly chilling and stomach turning that I could not have gotten through it without your help. This is a difficult one to process.

I know about this case, but never did they mention that John lost his ability to smell, which I think is worth mentioning tbh.

I only allow myself to watch mikes videos while I’m folding laundry as an incentive to fold my laundry. It has now become my favorite task of my day 😂

Man when I was a kid... digging was legit one of my favorite things to do...

Mike I am weak at you miming opening a barrel and saying "Yep! that is a rotting corpse!" absolutely creased over it

I’m a South Aussie and I was today years old when I found out the Snowtown barrel murders were dumped in an actual BANK, not a river bank lmao

Has a strange childhood fixation on digging holes. Has an alarming interest in Nazis and their ideologies. Takes a job at a crematorium. Begins studying human anatomy. _yep nothing going on here_

“Crikey!” Just took me out🤣🤣🤣 just casually going through all his content again and hearing little things like that are why.

Man, after googling some of these cases and binging these vids I feel like I'm deeefinitely on some kind of watchlist at this point ahaha

God imagine that smell coming from the vault. Jesus...it must’ve been horrendous

Me: "man, can this case get any weirder?" Mike: "and then they cut off some of his flesh and cooked it up." Me: "..."

Oh gosh that ending made my twisted mind instantly go to “Crikey, it’s a serial killer! These are really rare, and incredibly hard to catch if you are a policeman. I’m gonna try and get closer.”

This man played one of my favorite albums and all time favorite band to torture his victims and dispose their bodies in barrels. (Creepy)

Wow, learned what a rock spider is, never knew that, thank you. Sick damn people.

Holy cow. This video was released only 14 minutes ago and there are already 241 comments before mine. Mike, you are much loved, my friend.

There's a film of this called 'Snowtown', very well done n worth a watch. Cheers Mike, keep 'em comin ;)

Being a murderer with no sense of smell is always going to make for a great THAT CHAPTER story!

Ah yes, "snug as a body in a barrel in a bank vault." Just like mom used to say at bedtime.

Even on my worst days (due to severe depression/mental health issues) Mike can make it a little bit better, I'm so grateful for thatchapter

Having binge watched every video on this up until this point. I can honestly say you have set the standard for crime murder documentaries. Under 30 minutes, all the facts, including pictures and videos, no bullshit, fantastic narration, funny jokes. Screw you 20/20, Mike wins all🙌🏻

Great video. A dark part of Australia's history, coming from me - an Australian. Look into the details. Describing how these people killed as "torture" is an understatement. They were absolutely brutal. Monsters.

It's 5am here... I'm in singapore! That's how addicted I am to THAT CHAPTER!

It's so weird that a crazy murderer who also enjoys torture managed to actually find friends to do it with, that's a rarity.

10:12 "Running out of room over here." Hahaha Mike, you're awesome!🤣❤

when you said “crike “ after saying you weren’t gonna do the accent literally is the funniest shite