When the bodies of Doctor Gilbert Bogle and Margaret Chandler were found along the banks of Sydney’s Lane Cove River on New Year’s Day 1963, scandal and suspicion erupted. The two were married – but not to each other – raising immediate questions of foul play. Yet as investigators peeled back the layers of this bizarre case, they found themselves tangled in a mystery far stranger than anyone had imagined.---Narration – Anonymous HostResearch & writing – Elsha McGillCreative direction – Milly RasoProduction & music – Mike MigasAudio editing – Anthony TelferSign up for Casefile Premium:Apple PremiumSpotify PremiumPatreonFor all credits and sources, please visit https://casefilepodcast.com/case-316-gilbert-bogle-margaret-chandler Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Chapter 1: Who were Gilbert Bogle and Margaret Chandler and how were they found?
Es war um 8 Uhr am Donnerstag, Januar 1, 1963, als 16-jähriger Michael McCormack seinen Weg nach Osten über die büschigen Bänke des Sidneys Lane Cove-Rivers machte. Lociert im Stadion von Chatswood, nahe einer populären Picknick-Area, die Fullers Bridge genannt wird, war das Gebiet früher ein wachsender Ort für Schwimmen, Fischen, Rohren und Blätterpicken.
In den letzten Jahren haben die steigenden Pflanzenschädelungen viele dieser rekreationellen Versuche beendet, mit Menschen, die von der ausgelöbten Wasser und ihrem offensiven Geruch ausgeworfen wurden. Doch das umgekehrte Waldland des Lane Cove National Parks hat viele Hikerinnen und Daytrippers weiterentwickelt.
Als Michael über den unteren Waldweg schlug, der parallel zum Wasserweg rannte, hat er einen Mann gesehen, der sich in der Graswand auf dem Fluss befand. He was neatly dressed in a dark-colored suit with his arms slightly out by his side. Michaels first thought was that the man must have had too much to drink at a New Year's Eve celebration the previous night and was sleeping it off.
But as he edged close, Michael realized that the man's face appeared to be turning blue. Although it didn't look right to Michael, he told himself the man was probably just a drunk and continued on. He had plans to meet his friend Dennis at the nearby Chatswood Golf Club to look for discarded golf balls and he didn't want to keep him waiting.
Michael caught up with Dennis near the 6th tee of the golf course, which backed onto the river, and the pair spent about an hour hunting for balls before deciding to call it a day. Sie fuhren zurück auf dem Lauer-River-Kreis in der gleichen Art, wie Michael kam, nur um zu erkennen, dass der verdammte Mann noch in der gleichen Position war, in der Michael ihn eine Stunde früher gesehen hatte.
Michael kam wieder auf den Mann, nur um zu erkennen, dass die Farbe seines Haars etwas dunkler geworden war. Er sah auch nicht aus, als würde er atmen. Fehlend, dass der Mann tot wäre, sagte Michael Dennis, dass sie besser gehen sollten. Dennis stoppte ihn, sagte, wir hätten besser den Mann in der Shop zu erzählen.
Die Teenies gingen in den nahen Lane Cove Kiosk und erzählten dem Shopkeeper, was sie gefunden haben. Der Shopkeeper führte sie zurück auf die Szene, um den Mann für sich selbst zu sehen. Als das Trio sich um ihn herumgab, bemerkte Michael etwas, was er noch nie gesehen hatte. A piece of carpet was sticking out from underneath the man's jacket.
While at first glance the man appeared to be neatly dressed, Michael looked closer and realized this wasn't the case at all. The man's jacket had simply been draped over his shoulders and down his back to make it look like he was wearing it. It had been placed so perfectly that the right sleeve followed the bent angle of his right arm.
Gleichermaßen hatten seine Schuhe auf beiden sechsten Beinen, die Schuhe perfekt befestigt haben, damit es so aussieht, als ob er sich gekleidet hat, wenn er es nicht war. Der Shopkeeper verabschiedete die Polizei, die an der Szene um 10 Uhr herrschte. Der Anwalt entfernte den Mannsjacket und fand, dass er unterhalb eine weiße Schuhe mit den Hauptknöpfen ungemacht hatte.
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Chapter 2: What details were discovered at the crime scene by the police?
Although she was clearly deceased, her body was still slightly warm to the touch and rigor mortis hadn't yet set in. The sergeant pulled the rest of the beer cartons aside, revealing that the woman's bra had been rolled down across her stomach. She was wearing a white dress with a red rose pattern on it, which had been rolled up around her waist.
Underneath the dress she wore a white half-slip that was torn and muddy. She had no underwear or shoes on and her feet and knees were smeared with mud. A pair of men's underwear lay at her feet, stained with feces. Vomit and excrement dotted the surrounding area, adding to the already foul odor of the thick black mud and surrounding mangroves.
Other than some small scratches on one of the woman's shoulders, there were no defensive marks or signs of violence anywhere on her body, and it didn't look like her clothing had been forcefully removed. Her Shoes and underwear were found on the exposed riverbed directly below where the man's body was found, placed in a neat line along with the man's belt.
Detectives soon arrived at the scene and were baffled by what lay before them. Here they had two semi-naked bodies just 15 meters apart, both oddly covered up, but with no overt signs of violence on either of them. Both of the deceased appeared to have been healthy young individuals.
An unexpected medical event such as a heart attack or brain aneurysm could kill one person, but the chances of it happening to two was next to impossible. The vomit and feces at the scene suggested a more obvious cause of death. The pair had been poisoned. A cursory search of the area didn't reveal any pills, powders, hypodermic needles or anything else to suggest what had made the couple so sick.
Police divers took to the water to search for any discarded evidence, but the water was too muddy and polluted and the search had to be called off. The only prints in the mud belonged to the woman and were consistent with her having walked to the riverbed before collapsing onto all fours. Die umgekehrte Gegend zeigte keine offenen Zeichen von Verrücktheit, wie z.B.
verkleidete Gras oder Schmerzen, um zu sagen, dass jemand anderes involviert war. Die Detektivs fragten sich, ob sie mit einem Doppelschmerz oder einem Mörderschmerz handeln könnten. Aber das erklärte nicht genau die Art und Weise, in der die Körper aufgeführt wurden. Sie betrachten eine dritte, mehr plausibelere Theorie. Was sie mit dem Doppelschmerz handelten, war ein Doppelmord.
Police searched the area for the woman's handbag or purse, but couldn't find one. A search of the dead man's pockets didn't turn up any drugs or poisons, but it did reveal his wallet. Inside were several five-pound notes, a driver's license and personal papers all in the same name. Dr Gilbert Bogle.
Der 39-Jährige lebte in Taramurra, einem Stadion auf der südlichen Nordseite von Sydney, ungefähr 10 Kilometer nach der Mordszene. Die Detektiven wurden zu Gilberts Adresse gesendet, wo sie die Tür des attraktiven Brick-Homes knackten. Eine Frau, die ein Baby in ihren Armen hielt, antwortete und sich als Vivian Bogle eingeladen hat.
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Chapter 3: What was known about Gilbert Bogle's background and personal life?
Most guests let the Nashers keep their projects at the end of the night, but Gilbert wanted to take his home. The detectives asked Ken and Ruth if there happened to be a dark-haired woman at their party who wore a white rose-patterned dress. The husband and wife exchanged a look. Yes, they said, there was a guest who fit that description.
Her name was Margaret Chandler, but they didn't know her very well. She was the 29-year-old wife of another CSIRO employee, 32-year-old Jeffrey Chandler. The Chandlers had been a late addition to the Nash's guest list, having been invited to the party just a week before, at Gilbert Bogle's request.
They'd arrived at around 10.30pm, dressed in more casual attire than the Nash's had requested on their invite, and without any artwork to contribute. Ken and Ruth told the detectives that Margaret Chandler had been reserved at the party, perhaps even a bit shy. Sie saß meistens auf der Lounge, ein Bier zu trinken. Im Gegenteil, Gilbert Bogle war das Leben der Party, wie immer.
Er mingelte frei, tanzt und spricht manchmal mit anderen Gästen in Spanisch und Italienisch. Die Nasches bemerkten Gilbert nicht besonders, dass Margaret mehr Aufmerksamkeit zahlt als die anderen Gäste. However, they did notice that the two left the party at around the same time, shortly after 4 am, and Margaret's husband wasn't with them.
With this revelation, the detectives started putting the pieces together. They were familiar with the area of Lane Cove where the two bodies were found, as the parking lot near Fuller's Bridge was a well-known Lover's Lane. Officers were routinely dispatched there to keep an eye out for any peeping toms or anyone who might be illegally dumping rubbish in the surrounding bushland.
It stood to reason that Gilbert Bogle and Margaret Chandler could have left the party together and stopped at Lane Cove to have some time alone. Given that they were both in a state of undress, detectives considered whether they had willingly taken their clothes off to engage in consensual sex when they both became gravely ill.
The problem with this theory was that the area they were found in wasn't exactly a picturesque or romantic spot. The polluted river gave off an unpleasant smell, while rubbish was strewn throughout the bush track and riverbed.
If the pair had wanted some privacy, it seemed odd that they'd walked 70 meters from the parking lot to this undesirable location, when they could have just stayed in the comfort of Gilberts car. It also didn't explain what had happened to them once they reached the bush track.
The Nashers said that neither Gilbert or Margaret had drunk much throughout the evening and neither seemed intoxicated or sick when they left the party. This meant that something had occurred in the period of time when they left the party at around 4 am and when Michael McCormack first walked past Gilberts body at 8 am.
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Chapter 4: Who was Margaret Chandler and what was her relationship with Gilbert?
Er sagte, sie hätten die Weihnachtsfeier der Nasches verabschiedet, mit dem Verständnis, dass Margaret frei war, Gilbert Bogle zu Hause zu nehmen, am Ende der Nacht, wenn sie so will. Jeffrey hat sogar beschlossen, andersherum zu bleiben und die Kinder zu kümmern, damit die beiden ein bisschen Privatsphäre haben könnten.
Jeffrey told the detectives that on New Year's Eve he and Margaret had dropped their two sons at Margaret's parents' house before arriving at the Nash's party at around 10pm. Jeffrey could tell straight away that the party was not his scene. He felt inadequately dressed in his shirt sleeves and sandals while all the other men were in suits. He was also the only one there with a beard.
Überall war die Party ruhiger und formaler, als Jeffrey gewohnt war. Und obwohl es zufrieden genug war, fand er es ziemlich wütend und war nicht ehrgeizig, sich zu befassen. Jedoch hatte er eine Voraussetzung für Margrethe und wollte sie behalten.
Jeffrey sagte den Detektiven, dass er um 11.30 Uhr aus der Party fliegte, um Zigaretten zu kaufen, ohne Margrethe oder jemand anderes zu erzählen, dass er weg war. As he drove along looking for a shop that was still open, he got further and further away from the Nash's house until he decided he might as well stop in at another party he'd been invited to.
This one was at the Balmain home of Ken Buckley, a friend who worked as an economic history lecturer at the University of Sydney. Ken Buckleys party was much more to Jeffreys' tastes. There were about 100 guests and it was a more laid back and casual affair. He also had an extra incentive to pop by. His girlfriend was going to be there.
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Chapter 5: What did the investigation reveal about the New Year's Eve party and attendees?
They visited Margaret's parents, who confirmed that Jeffrey had arrived at their house at around 5am to pick up their children. This was the same time that Gilbert Bogle was thought to have died. Although this man to Jeffrey couldn't have been present when Gilbert and Margaret became fatally ill, it didn't rule out the possibility that he'd managed to poison them before they left the Nash's party.
Given that the Chandlers' house had been empty at the time, it made detectives even more curious about why Margaret and Gilbert had ended up in the spot that they had. Perhaps they were driving back to the Chandlers' home when they were overcome with illness. Gilbert hätte sofort sein Auto parkiert und die beiden hätten in den Busch gerannt, um privat krank zu werden.
Dann wieder, wenn sie so krank waren, warum gehen sie 70 Meter in den Busch, wenn es viele andere Orte nahe haben? Die Nachricht, dass Margaret tot wurde, hat ihre Eltern völlig enttäuscht. Margrethe war eine der vier Kinder in ihrer close-knit-Familie und als die einzige Mädchen war sie besonders lieb.
Aber, was sie genauso lieb war, war Jeffreys Begründung, dass er und Margrethe ein offenes Verheirat hatten. Während sie immer eine gute Beziehung mit Jeffrey hatten, war der Gedanke, dass er mit anderen Frauen liaisiert hat, während er Margrethe ermutigte, Beziehungen mit anderen Männern zu suchen, sie flabbergastig. They couldn't imagine Margaret would ever agree to such an arrangement.
Back at the police station, Jeffrey Chandler explained to the detectives that he and Margaret had made the mutual decision not to regulate their marriage according to the rules of suburbia. He said that neither of them were jealous, possessive or demanding in nature and they recognized each other's rights as individuals.
According to Jeffrey, the fact that they were married and intended to stay married did not eliminate their interest in other people. While he didn't think Margaret knew about his relationship with Pamela Logan specifically, she knew he was involved with other women. He also made it clear that he never intended to pursue a future with Pamela and she expected nothing of him.
But the detectives were skeptical of Jeffreys claims, believing there was every chance he was using this as an excuse for his own bad behavior. If the police didn't believe him, Jeffrey said they could ask his friend, Bill Berry, as he'd had a brief affair with Margaret in the past. Bill backed up Jeffreys claims completely.
He said he'd slept with Margaret a few times about four years prior and that Jeffrey had been fully aware, even making jokes about it. Bill claimed that Jeffrey Chandler was an easygoing and placid fellow and definitely not the jealous type. The affair only came to an end when Bill started dating his future wife.
Die Polizei hat Jeffrey Chandler für knapp 13 Stunden interrogiert, aber er hat nie von seiner ursprünglichen Geschichte gesprochen und es gab keine Beweise, um ihn an der Szene in Lane Cove anzutun. Endlich war er frei zu gehen, aber am nächsten Morgen wurde er an die Stadtmorgue ermordet, um Margarets Körper zu identifizieren.
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Chapter 6: What were the circumstances around the deaths and possible causes?
Es kam heraus, dass sie eine Party in Tarahumara, zwölf Kilometer nach Norden der Nasches-Party in Chatswood, wo sie bis 4 Uhr geblieben sind, bevor sie die kurze Distanz nach Hause gegangen sind. Es war kein Weg, dass sie weder Gilbert Bogle noch Margaret Chandler in diesen frühen Morgenstunden reinkamen.
The case immediately became a media sensation, with the local tabloids publishing story after story to keep feeding the intense public interest. Sydneysiders were left scandalized by the lurid details about open marriages, late night affairs and suspected murder plots, even more so when it was revealed that Geoffrey Chandler was a member of a libertarian subculture known as the Sydney Push.
In den 40er-Jahren wurde die PUSH nicht offiziell gegründet. Die PUSH war der Name eines amorphischen Gruppes, das einen gemeinsamen Interesse in dem Anti-Authoritären-Movement und der linken Politik hatte. Die Mitglieder der PUSH waren Universitätsstudenten, Akademiker, Musiker, Künstler, Journalisten und öffentliche Arbeiter.
While there was no formal shape or goal for the Push, members would typically attend meetings before frequenting one of several pubs around Sydney, with many of those pub visits eventually turning into late night parties. Although members of the Push were mostly well educated and had good jobs, many outsiders viewed them as beatniks who lived outside the rules of conventional society.
Sie hatten eine Reputation für das Glauben in freies Lieben und für den Gewicht des Trinkers, und Geoffrey Chandlers Beziehung mit dem Gruppe machte die Geschichte seines Todes der Frau allmählich für konservative Mitglieder des Publikums zutreffend. Es hat nicht geholfen, dass Geoffrey offensichtlich wenig Emotion oder Respekt für seine totale Frau gezeigt hat.
Margaret's brother told the police that just two days after Margaret died, Jeffrey had introduced him to Pamela Logan and described her as his girlfriend. In addition to the rampant speculation that the pair had been murdered by a jealous lover or spouse, wild theories also started surfacing about Gilbert Bogle's possible involvement in top-secret information. Ein Mann mit großem Intelligenz.
Er hatte vor kurzem eine Freundschaftsposition bei der Bell Telefonfirma in den Vereinigten Staaten. Und bevor er starb, wollte seine Familie dort in nur ein paar Wochen reisen. Die Möglichkeit wurde, dass Gilbert als Spion gearbeitet hätte, oder als Ziel von Spionage-relevanten Nervengasen oder sogar eines Todesrahmens.
Es war die Heimat der Kalten Kriege, und die öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit über Nuklearbomben war an ihrem Niveau. Die Anwesenden haben diese Theorien betrachtet, aber nichts gefunden, um sie zu unterstützen.
Sie haben sogar auf die Möglichkeit geschaut, dass Jeffrey Chandler in der Militärforschung involviert sein könnte, und dass er Zugang zu einem Labor, in dem chemische und biologische Krieg gesucht wurde. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt waren Sydney's zwei große Abendmahl-Tabloids, The Sun und The Daily Mirror, in der Mitte einer furchtbaren Kriege, um den Nr. 1-Spot zu nehmen.
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Chapter 7: What theories and suspects did police consider during the investigation?
Eddie beklagte, er sei nie auf der unteren Buschstraße gefahren, wo Gilbert Bogle und Margaret Chandlers Körper gefunden wurden. Er erinnerte sich an eine Fortpräsidentin, die nahe der Brücke von Fuller parkiert war, aber er beklagte, er habe weder ihre Bewohner gesehen. Detektivs waren etwas überrascht von Eddie.
Wenn er nichts zu verstecken hatte, fragten sie, warum es ihm drei Wochen dauerte, vorzugehen. Sie beobachteten, ob Eddie's Greyhounds tatsächlich die beiden Körper ausgeschnitten haben und Eddie sich gezwungen hatte, sie aufzuhalten, um ihre Gerechtigkeit zu schützen.
Inquiries with those who knew Eddie revealed that he was known to be a bit of a prude, while his son also claimed that Eddie had arrived home on New Year's morning in an agitated state. But Eddie firmly denied having ever seen the two bodies, and police had no evidence to prove otherwise.
Like everything else in the case, his potential presence at the scene became yet another unfounded supposition. Am Ende des ersten Monats der Untersuchung haben Toxikologen Tests auf alle Standard-Potionen in Australien durchgeführt. Sie haben alles von Aphrodisiaken bis zu Weidenmördern bis zu Kohlenstoffdeoxid ausgewählt. Sie haben sie alle ausgewählt.
Sie haben sich dann zu den rareren Potionen eingelassen, mit Hilfe von internationalen Polizeiführern wie Interpol und Scotland Yard. Es wurde spekuliert, dass das Paar von einem furchtbaren Kreatur, so wie einer Funnelweb-Spyder, getötet werden könnte.
Alle Möglichkeiten wurden ernsthaft überlegt, aber am Ende, Mitte März, wurden die Familien vorgegeben, mit Feierabend für ihre Verliebten zu gehen. Gilbert wurde in einem Norden-Sydney-Semester gebeten, während Margaret zwei Tage später kremiert wurde.
By late April, four months had passed, and rigorous testing of Margaret and Gilbert's organs, tissue and blood samples, as well as swabs of their skin and clothing, had revealed nothing to indicate the presence of any poisonous substance. Investigators had interviewed over 200 people, and still no answers had come to light.
Das Einzige, was noch zu tun war, war eine offizielle Koranieninquest zu halten. Im Mai 1963 begann die Inquest in der damals genannten Sydney Central Court of Petty Sessions.
Wuschtige Mitglieder des Publikums lagen außerhalb des Geräts, hofften, einen der 50 Sitzungen in der Publikumsgalle zu bekommen, damit sie einen echten Blick auf die Leute hatten, die ihre Berichte in den letzten vier Monaten gefüllt hatten.
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Chapter 8: Why did toxicology tests fail to find common poisons and what was the next step?
The gas was only mentioned once during a 1971 review of the case, when it was ruled out based on various factors, including that there was no obvious source of the gas and that even if there were, it wouldn't kill two people in an open environment. Peter Butt begann mit verschiedenen Experten zu sprechen, z.B.
Dr. Thomas Milby, einem amerikanischen Forensikotoxikologen, der spezialisiert ist in feuchten Gassen, der an der World Health Organization Hydrogen-Sulfide-Kommitee gearbeitet hat. Dr. Milby hat über 100 Fälle über Hydrogen-Sulfide-Poisonierung beobachtet und war sehr sicher, dass die Gas-Gas-Gas-Gas-Gas-Gas-Gas-Gas-Gas-Gas
Er war so enttäuscht von Peters Theorie, dass er nach Sydney flog, um den Todsszenen für sich selbst zu sehen. Die Umweltwahrnehmung hat die Verbesserungen im Meer und die Hydrogen-Sulfid-Leveln in der Müllecke nicht mehr gefährlich gewesen, aber der Wasserweg hat immer noch von Verlust und Pollutierung gelebt.
If hydrogen sulphide had been released from the river bottom on New Year's Day 1963, Dr. Milby told Peter that the bowl-shaped depression in the riverbed where Margaret and Gilbert lay would have been the worst place to be.
The private spot they'd chosen was at water level between the bank and a small mangrove swamp, where in the cool, still air, higher concentrations of the gas could accumulate and get trapped. Atemhaft während einer sexuellen Begegnung, konnte das Gas sie sehr plötzlich überwinden und sie könnten sich suffizieren finden.
Schnell überwunden mit Delirium und designt für Luft, könnte Margaret Gilberts Unterhaube verletzt haben, bevor sie auf die Berge stürzte, wo sie zerstörte. Dr. Milby studierte die Autopsien und schlug Peter zu. I saw nothing in either report that would, in my opinion, exclude the possibility of hydrogen sulfide as being the culprit that killed them.
Dr. Milby explained that hydrogen sulfide poisoning isn't easy to detect during an autopsy because it produces no characteristic abnormalities other than fluid in the lungs, congestion of the internal organs and small purple spots on the skin.
Wenn keine andere Ursache des Todes gefunden wird, ist das einzige Zeichen von Hydrogen-Sulfid-Bedrohung eine grüne oder rote Farbe im Blut, aber das passiert nicht immer und nichts in einer der Autopsien hat die Farbe des Bluts erwähnt.
Peter hat dann Kontakt mit dem Chef-Toxikologen, der auf dem Bogel-Chandler-Gesetz gearbeitet hat, Vivian Marnie, ohne die Erklärung seiner neuen Theorie zu machen. Vivian agreed to talk Peter through every step of his testing process. He recalled each detail meticulously, concluding that he found nothing in either Gilbert or Margaret's tissue samples except caffeine.
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