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Episode 88 - The Harvey Family

9 Jan 2026 · 27 min · Episode 88

In early September 2018 in a suburb of Perth in Australia, 41 year old Mara Harvey, her three year old daughter Charlotte, 2 year old twins Alice and Beatrix and 73 year old mother were all killed by husband, father and son-in-law 24 year old Anthony Harvey.

Harvey not only planned the murders of his whole family, he also stole money from them after the murders before handing himself into the police. The first person to be given a sentence of life without the possibility of parole, Harvey will be remembered as a cold blooded family annihilator.

This is the story of The Harvey Family.

Information and support

• Samaritans UK Contact Us | Samaritans • Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse (AAFDA) Home - AAFDA • Women’s Aid Home - Women's Aid • National Domestic Abuse Helpline UK 0808 2000 247 • Mental health support USA Mental Health America | Homepage | Mental Health America • Domestic abuse helpline USA 1.800.799.SAFE Domestic Violence Support | National Domestic Violence Hotline

References

Bedford mass murder: Family breaks silence after Anthony Harvey charged with five murders - ABC News

Bedford murders: Anthony Robert Harvey planned to kill his family, court told | 7NEWS

Perth family murders: Australian killer given landmark jail sentence - BBC News

Perth man charged with murdering wife, three daughters and mother-in-law | RNZ News

Mass murderer Anthony Harvey's journal reveals insight into Bedford family killings - ABC News

Neighbours struggle to believe the horror of Bedford deaths | The West Australian

Bedford mass murder: Man charged with killing five members of family including three children - ABC News

Man stabbed kids to death and posed bodies to look like they were cuddling - The Mirror

Five members of one family, including three children laid to rest one month from Perth massacre | Daily Mail Online

Killer dad wrote chilling murder 'to-do list' before butchering wife and kids - The Mirror

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Links in the notes 18

• https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/
• https://aafda.org.uk/
• https://www.womensaid.org.uk/
• https://www.mhanational.org/
• https://www.thehotline.org/
• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-11/bedford-mass-murders-distraught-family-releases-statement/10230514
• https://7news.com.au/news/court-justice/bedford-murders-anthony-robert-harvey-to-be-sentenced-for-killing-family-c-177909
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-49041742
• https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/366081/perth-man-charged-with-murdering-wife-three-daughters-and-mother-in-law
• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-22/into-the-mind-of-bedford-mass-murderer-anthony-harvey/11221494
• https://thewest.com.au/news/crime/neighbours-struggle-to-believe-the-horror-of-bedford-murders-ng-b88955438z
• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-10/bedford-family-killed-suspected-mass-murder-police-confirm/10220630
• https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/man-stabbed-kids-death-posed-18349141
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6268215/Five-members-one-family-including-three-children-laid-rest-one-month-Perth-massacre.html
• https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/killer-dad-wrote-chilling-murder-18456798
• https://tbccomposer.wixsite.com/tbc-epk
• https://art19.com/privacy
• https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info