Melbourne True Crime Walking Tour: A Historical Exploration of Famous Crime Cases

Uncover the dark secrets of Melbourne’s true crime history on a guided walking tour. Explore murder, scandals, and unsolved cases that will leave you speechless. Book your ticket now!

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Melbourne - Return to the scenes of the past.
    Learn the secrets of the conviction of the Gun Alley Murder Trial.
    Uncover the genuine Jack the Ripper suspect wandering the streets of Melbourne, his links to England, and his ultimate fate.
    Solve a unique murder mystery at an address that doesn’t exist.
    Enjoy Melbourne’s true crime tales from bank…
What's Included
  • Knowledgeable Tour Host
  • 90 Minute Tour
Additional Information

Take a Walk on the Dark Side…
Melbourne: A cosmopolitan town with rich culture, history, and a passion for food, art, sport and True Crime.
Enjoy a leisurely guided walking tour revisiting historic true crime spots that will leave you speechless.
Uncover the lost histories of murder, intrigue, unsolved cases, blackmail, scandals and much more.
Learn…

Location
8 Hour Reserve
Victoria Street
Please meet in the 8 Hour Reserve at the corner of Russell St and Victoria St, next to the Eight Hour Day Memorial.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Katec62
Mar 17, 2026
Excellent tour - Excellent tour which filled me in on a lot of stories I knew a little bit about and introduced me to a whole lot of new stories of the dark side of Melbourne's past. Shantelle was a great host with an animated delivery which ensured the time flew by.
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Shaneoz100
Feb 15, 2026
Fantastic true crime tour through Melbourne CBD - My family attended this tour in Feb 2026. It was a great tour, with interesting and morbid stories of crime and murder that took place in various locales throughout the CBD. A mix of well-known and lesser-known crime stories, from mid-1800s to 2000s. Our guide, Harry, was excellent and had an amazing depth of knowledge on this topic. Highly recommended!
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Carol_l
Jan 1, 2026
Darcy our tour guide was... - Darcy our tour guide was great, stories were interesting. Good pace. Very friendly. Small group which was nice
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Natcy7102kt
Dec 28, 2025
Great night out - We did the tour with Joanna. She was informative, interactive and very engaging. We learnt a lot of interesting facts about our local city of Melbourne and had a wonderful night. Highly recommend!
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Sarahgittings
Dec 2, 2025
Interesting crime history combined with a walk around Melbourne CBD - Did this tour with my husband and was a great way to find out some of the history of Melbourne, also a nice way to see some of the city. I have lived in Melbourne all my life and had no idea about some of the stories and people mentioned. Also shout out to our guide Harry, who was enthusiastic, knowledgeable and helped make the tour a great experience.
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582richellec
Nov 1, 2025
Amazing! - Our experience with Dark Stories Tour was amazing! Our tour guide, Joanna was very informative and the way she told the stories about what happened in our city back in the day was wonderful. It made you visualise how it all unfolded and gave you that feeling of ‘WOW!’ I would highly recommend this tour even if you’re not into history. 😊
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Lionstailm
Oct 17, 2025
True crime tour was awesome - Yesterday I went on the true crime tour with my mother-in-law who is a huge true crime fan. Our tour guide was Bree, Bree was super friendly and energetic, she told each story in great detail and was a great tour guide. It was super fun learning Melbourne’s true crime history. Would recommend if you love true crime 10/10
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515gaving
Oct 2, 2025
A True Crime Fans Must Do! - This tour was fantastic! I fully recommend doing it. Darcy was very friendly and informative. I loved learning about key crimes through Melbourne most of which were over 100 years old. Lots of these locations have hardly changed so the atmosphere was great!
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Gabrielleo502
Mar 7, 2026
Good tour and guide - Tours like this depend very much on the guide and their liveliness to tell the stories. I enjoyed this tour and Darcy was a great host, friendly and engaging without being on rote.
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Louisef1524
Jan 8, 2026
Really disappointing - Really disappointing. Travelled from Gisborne to the city. Enjoyed a really lovely meal at a restaurant and just before leaving to walk to our meeting point, received a cancellation notice, 30 mins before tour start. It completely spoilt our evening
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From $24
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).