Life Imitates Art: A particularly horrifying version — for his novel The Sands of Windee, Upfield and several acquaintances developed a way to completely dispose of a body, leaving no traces. One acquaintance ran with this and killed three people — the only thing that got him caught was that he failed to follow all the directions.
Write Who You Know: Bony is based partly on a half-aboriginal tracker the author had met.
The adaptations
Fake Mixed Race: Radio series — fully white actor. 1970s TV series — fully white actor, and not even an Australian. 1990s TV series — fully white actor.
— the only thing that got him caught was that he failed to follow all the directions.