Brisbane Dark Stories True Crime Tour: A Historic Exploration of the City's Infamous Criminal Past

Uncover the dark secrets of Brisbane’s criminal past on a guided walking tour. Explore the city’s infamous history of brawlers, fraudsters, and love triangles gone wrong.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Brisbane - Our guide will take you to revisit the scenes of the crime, secret locations in addition to enjoying some breathtaking views.
What's Included
  • Knowledgeable Tour Host
  • 90 Minute Tour
Additional Information

Take a Walk on the Dark Side…\n\nDon’t be fooled by the bright lights and bustling city streets. This city has a past…a dark past…\n\nEnjoy a leisurely guided walking tour retracing the steps of the city’s most infamous men.\n\nTransport yourself back in time to a seemingly lawless world of brawlers, fraudsters, and love triangles gone…

Location
King George Square
Departure Point: Meets at the front entrance of the Brisbane City Hall in King George Square. Please arrive 15 minutes before your scheduled tour start time.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Anthoneyr2016
Mar 1, 2026
Must Do Brisbane History - A great walk around the city hearing about the history of some of the landmarks. Thank you Madeline!
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Colin_b
Feb 18, 2026
Fasinating to learn the... - Fasinating to learn the crime in and around the Brisbane city centre. A young city with some amazing stories right in front of you
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U1030vthannal
Feb 15, 2026
Gruesome trek in Brisbane's darkest places - Claire was friendly, knowledgeable and a well presented guide. Sharing the gruesome and chilling stories of murder, public executions and Brisbane's history. Very well organised and good communication by our guide and the company in general. So grateful they let us reschedule years after I had originally cancelled, super apprecetive of how easy they made it. Its not a scary tour but be prepared details of SA and violent crimes. Only thing that would make it slightly more immersive might be access to some of these spooky places - maybe ending the tour in one of the original cafes or telling the stories in a dark corridor. Walk was about 3km around Brisbane city. Thanks for a great tour!
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251nedf
Feb 14, 2026
Very interesting, informative and fun! - Such a good tour! My partner and I had a wonderful time learning about some of Brisbane’s dark history whilst walking through the city streets. Highly recommend!
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76emilyd
Jan 14, 2026
Something fun and different for date night - Maddy was very knowledgeable, happy to answer questions and made it an enjoyable and interesting evening. Thank you Maddy for hosting our date night - we’ll recommend to friends :)
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Nick_f
Jan 8, 2026
Highly interesting tour - Great tour, very interesting and informative. Maddie is a great guide and is very knowledgeable about Brisbane’s crime history- highly recommend!
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Q9035lnmaryt
Dec 7, 2025
Great tour! - I did the true crime tour tonight and Clare was an amazing guide despite a storm pending and myself being the only person in the tour and gave me great recommendations for the rest of my trip, great tour and guide!
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Hilary_b
Mar 13, 2026
Very enjoyable, India had... - Very enjoyable, India had great knowledge and presented it very well. There was alot of walking and a couple more true stories would have been nice to break up some of the longer walks but that wouldn't stop me doing it again
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F1725soalexd
Jan 6, 2026
Don't waste your money - Started with the unavoidable Welcome to Country dribble and went south from there on. Felt like a woke lecture at Uni as the guide had no issues in sharing her political/social views. Walk to buildings and places and shared some grainy photo prints that offered nothing else to the stories (could had been taken place in a pub with slides and a complementary drink to justify the fee).
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Connector43100074831
Jan 3, 2026
We didn't enjoy it. The tour guide sounded like she was reading from a script. Just going through the motions. We didn't finish - It was terrible. The guide sounded like she memorised a script. Terrible. She only engaged the same people on conversations
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).