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Dec 2022
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December 19th: Raina Mersane Ina Thaiday Kills (2014)

Sometimes even the red flags don’t tell the whole story. On December 19th 2014 a young mother did the unspeakable after weeks of throwing up red flag after red flag. Despite this, no one had any clue how deep and dark her mind had turned and how sick she really was. 

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Information for this episode collected from:
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairns_child_killings, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-04/cairns-children-killings-what-drove-raina-thaiday-slay-8-kids/8492742, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-04/mother-killing-eight-children-in-cairns-wont-face-criminal-trial/8489830?nw=0, https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australian-mum-who-killed-8-children-avoids-charges, https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/schizophrenia-at-its-very-depths-drove-mother-to-kill-eight-children-20170504-gvyf42.html, https://www.sbs.com.au/news/why-cairns-mum-raina-killed-her-kids, https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/courts-law/cairns-mum-who-killed-eight-children-unfit-for-trial/news-story/79f6e1b3af2688f9aaa1edeed70123be, https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/cairns-children-killings-what-drove-raina-thaiday-to-slay-eight-kids/ar-BBAIgSb
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