
The 44-Gallon Drum: A Friend's Fight for Justice | Tracey Franze
From Real Crime with Adam Shand
Published 4/5/2026

From Real Crime with Adam Shand
Published 4/5/2026
In 2008, Melbourne man Fred Boyle was convicted of murdering his wife Edwina in October 1983 — then keeping her body sealed inside a 44-gallon drum for 23 years, moving it with him from house to house as he raised their two daughters. Tracey Franze knew Edwina through a shared love of horses…