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19 November, 2025
Insights into a serial killer
enthralled in the drama has been pieced together in a remarkable book that compiles news stories from time. Julie McNamara, known by her pen name Julie Mac, has produced COOKED, a massive 400-plus page window into the life of Robert Francis Burns, a murderer who was hanged at Ararat’s J Ward in 1883.
Julie McNamara was shocked to discover one of her Great Great Grandfather was a serial killer, leading her to producing a remarkable scrapbook called COOKED: Wholesale Murderer R.F. Burns (1840-1883).
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