The Murder Victims: Fate’s Wicked Child Buried at Cheltenham Melbourne Cemetery
Australian History Reference Antiquarian & Collectible True Crime Criminology Biography & Memoir Genealogy Cemetery Studies
Fate’s Wicked Child: Melbourne’s Most Haunting Cold Case is the fourth volume in Travis Sellers’ cult-favourite series The Murder Victims, and the only one limited to just 110 copies worldwide. Printed in 2011 by The Friends of Cheltenham and Regional Cemeteries, this 200-page paperback is the definitive true-crime reference for anyone researching historic Australian homicides. Every page is grounded in meticulous archival work, cemetery records and coroner’s files, making it a trusted textbook for criminology students, genealogists and graveyard historians who need primary-source accuracy rather than sensationalised retellings.
What sets this copy apart is the personal touch: it bears neat, relevant annotations on thirteen pages and a previous owner’s name inside the front cover—evidence that it has already guided one researcher through Melbourne’s most perplexing 19th-century murder. The binding is still tight, pages are free of dog-ears, and the scarce limitation status means you are holding one of fewer than 110 copies ever circulated. For collectors of Australian true-crime, Cheltenham cemetery ephemera, or Antiquarian & Collectible regional histories, that combination of rarity and provenance makes this an instant shelf-centrepiece.
Whether you’re plotting a self-guided graveyard tour, writing an academic paper on colonial justice, or simply want the satisfaction of owning a book you will never see twice in the wild, Fate’s Wicked Child delivers an unflinching, youth-and-adult-friendly narrative that breathes life back into the forgotten victims beneath Melbourne’s headstones.
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