The Society Murders was the name given to the April 4, 2002 murders of husband and wife millionaire socialites Margaret Mary Wales-King, 69, and husband, Paul Aloysius King, 75 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, by their son, Matthew Wales. The crime and subsequent trial received widespread media coverage throughout Australia and later became the subject of both a book and a television film.

Basada en un caso real, este film se centra en la desaparición de Margaret Wales-King y su esposo, Paul, un matrimonio de avanzada edad de la clase alta australiana.