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- 205 - Fake Identities, Kidnapping & Murder: Uncovering The True Identity Of Sharon Marshall
In April 1990, a 21-year-old woman was found dead on the side of a highway, one hundred miles outside of Oklahoma City.
The investigation into her death, which initially seemed like a straight forward hit-and-run, would lead police to uncover a violent trail of lies, abuse, false identities, kidnapping and murder, spanning multiple decades.
Journalist Matt Birkbeck, our guest today, spent two decades researching this case and played an integral role in uncovering the woman's true identity.
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Guest:Matt Birkbeck
Matt's research into Suzanne Sevakis' case is detailed in two books, A Beautiful Child & Finding Sharon as well as the Netflix documentary The Girl In The Picture. The documentary includes interviews with Megan Dufrense, the woman who was eventually identified as Suzanne's biological daughter, who was put up for adoption in 1989.
Host:Emma Gillespie
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Junior Producer: Cassie Merritt
Audio Producer:Rhiannon Mooney
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Wed, 22 Mar 2023 - 204 - The Secret History Of Catholic Orphanages
Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, impoverished populations within urban areas were struggling to keep up with the rising number of abandoned children. And with little support or infrastructure in the way of social and government services, the responsibility to house these children fell largely on local parishes.
The image of these grand manors, large estates surrounded by manicured lawns, of a safe space for innocent children could not have been further from the truth of what was occurring behind closed doors.
It would take several decades before the atrocities that unfolded within these church-led homes would begin to come to light, thanks to the bravery of those willing to share their accounts of abuse, and remarkable survival.
Journalist Christine Kenneally, our guest today, extensively investigated the secret horrors hidden deep within Catholic orphanages, in the US and here in Australia, until as recently as the 60s and 70s.
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Guest:Christine Kenneally
You can find out more about her book Ghosts Of The Orphanage here.
Host:Emma Gillespie
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Junior Producer: Cassie Merritt
Audio Producer:Madeline Joannou
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Wed, 15 Mar 2023 - 203 - The Cruise Ship Death Of Dianne Brimble
On the 23rd of September 2002, Dianne Brimble stepped aboard what should have been a ten-day cruise through New Caledonia and Vanuatu with her family. But within less than 24 hours, Dianne was found unconscious, in a strangers room.
The cabin belonged to four men, travelling as part of a bigger group of eight. The Adelaide Eight, as they’d soon become known. A group of young men ready to indulge in the vices of the infamous party cruise industry.
The death of Dianne Brimble exposed a dangerous culture on board these ships, but the mystery surrounding her final hours would lead to a search for answers for the better part of a decade.
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Guest:Geesche Jacobsen
You can find out more about her book Abandoned here.
Host:Emma Gillespie
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Junior Producer: Cassie Merritt
Audio Producer:Rhiannon Mooney
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Wed, 08 Mar 2023 - 202 - The ‘Child Bride’ Who Brought Down Australia’s Biggest Doomsday Cult
William Kamm is the self-proclaimed Messiah behind Australia’s biggest doomsday cult.
After the inception of The Order of St Charbel in the late 1980s, Kamm spun of web of lies, peddling end of the world prophecies to coerce his trusted flock into subservience, with the promise of salvation.
But when a young girl’s diary surfaced, the true horrors of life inside the community were revealed. A life of strict hierarchy, coercive control, and abuse. All hidden from the outside world.
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Guest:Megan Norris
You can find out more about her book The Messiah's Bride here.
Host:Emma Gillespie
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Junior Producer: Cassie Merritt
Audio Producer:Rhiannon Mooney
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
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Wed, 01 Mar 2023 - 201 - A Deal With The Devil To Find Matthew Leveson
In September 2007, after a night out on Sydney’s iconic Oxford Street, 20-year-old Matthew Leveson went missing.
Although police investigated his disappearance at the time, it would be a decade before they finally uncovered his body.
His 43-year-old boyfriend, Michael Atkins, was the last person to see Matt alive. His aversion to telling the truth about that night would torment Mathew’s family, see a murder acquittal, a coronial inquisition, and an historic immunity deal.
Guest:Grace Tobin
You can find out more about her book Deal With The Devil here.
Host:Emma Gillespie
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Junior Producer: Cassie Merritt
Audio Producer:Rhiannon Mooney
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au
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Wed, 22 Feb 2023 - 200 - Meet The Woman Who Caught The Mornington Monster
Today’s episode is about one of Victoria’s most disturbing cases of familicide.
The death of Anna Kemp & her daughter Gracie at the hands of John Sharpe, the husband and father who’s crimes would see him branded ‘The Mornington Monster’.
Our guest, Narelle Fraser, is a former Victorian Police officer, whose discoveries were instrumental in solving the case and bringing John to justice. She joins us to discuss this shocking case, and her role in finding out what happened to Anna & Gracie.
Guest:Narelle Fraser
You can listen to her podcast Narelle Fraser Interviews here.
You can find tickets to her live show in Victoria on the 25th of February 2023 here.
Host:Emma Gillespie
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Junior Producer: Cassie Merritt
Audio Producer:Rhiannon Mooney
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
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Wed, 15 Feb 2023 - 199 - Inside The Mind Of Australia’s Most Perverted Killer
In 1969 Derek Percy was arrested for the brutal killing of 12 year old Yvonne Tuohy.
While he was held responsible for that crime, a string of unsolved heinous child murders in the 60s bear chilling resemblance to that violent crime that put him behind bars.
But Derek Percy never confessed to, nor was he convicted of the crimes he’s strongly suspected of having committed. He died in custody in 2013 as Victoria's longest serving prisoner, taking to the grave all his secrets. Depriving families of the closure they’d spent decades longing for.
Alan Whiticker, our guest today, spent 4 years researching Percy trying to fill in the blanks that Derek never would.
Guest:Alan Whiticker, the author of Derek Percy: Australian Psycho
Host:Emma Gillespie
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Junior Producer: Cassie Merritt
Audio Producer:Rhiannon Mooney
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
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Wed, 08 Feb 2023 - 198 - Re-Opening The Closed Case Of Sandrine Jourdan
Sandrine Jourdan vanished from a Queensland property in July 2012. A coroner would eventually rule her death a probable suicide. But her body has never been found, and while most in her life have concluded Sandrine is probably dead, many suspect she may have met with foul play.
Among them is retired detective-turned-private investigator Graeme Crowley who's been investigating the case for the Bring Home Sandrine podcast. He joins us today.
Guest:Graeme Crowley
Host:Emma Gillespie
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer:Rhiannon Mooney
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au
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Wed, 01 Feb 2023 - 197 - We’ve Got Some News
Our host Gemma Bath is taking a short break, while she's on maternity leave a familiar voice will be stepping in to keep the mic warm...
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Mon, 30 Jan 2023 - 196 - Daniella Was 15 When She Escaped A Cult
Daniella Mestyanek Young was born into the Children Of God religious cult. Her childhood was lived out behind the tall gates of a commune in Brazil, where the children were subjected to physical, emotional, and sexual abuse masked as religious discipline and divine love.
At fifteen years old, she escaped. But the effects of what she experienced have had lasting impacts.
Guest:Daniella Mestyanek Young
You can find out more details about her book Uncultured here.
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer:Madeline Joannou
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au
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Wed, 25 Jan 2023 - 195 - Gary Jubelin’s Life As A Homicide Detective
After 34 years in the police and 25 years in homicide, it was former Detective Inspector Gary Jubelin’s job to catch killers. He worked on some of the biggest criminal cases in Australia, including the Lindt Cafe siege, the Bowraville murders, and the gruesome killing of drug dealer Terry Falconer.
But it was the case of William Tyrrell that would cost Gary his career. In 2020, he was convicted for illegally recording four conversations with a person of interest in that investigation. Overnight, he was taken off a case he’d spent four years searching for answers on. And now, many in his old career refuse to associate with him.
So instead, he’s been befriending criminals who’ve done their time. Hardened ones…. the ones he used to be tasked with locking up. He wants to understand badness from the other side, to unpack what makes a human do evil things.
He joins Gemma Bath today to talk about that journey.
Guest:Gary Jubelin
You can find out more about his new book Badness here.
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer:Madeline Joannou
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au
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Wed, 18 Jan 2023 - 194 - Crime Through The Eyes Of A Psychic Detective
Debbie Malone is used to sceptics. She’s been brushed aside, turned away, and sworn at by people who say she’s a liar. That she’s making things up.
You see, Debbie is a psychic. For the past 30 years, she’s been using her abilities to help police investigate murders and find missing people, working on everything from the Ivan Milat backpacker killings, the disappearance of Bob Chappell, and the murder of six-year-old Keisha Weippeart.
Debbie's worked with some of the most highly respected police officers and departments in the country, helping them make sense of clues, find murder scenes and burial sites, and provide context as to how and where someone died, often, through the eyes of the killer themselves.
Guest:Debbie Malone
You can find out more about Debbie's books here.
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer:Madeline Joannou
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au
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Wed, 11 Jan 2023 - 193 - Meet The Woman Who Cleans Up Crime Scenes
Lee Iordanidis has been cleaning crime scenes for over thirty years. Her job has her brushing up against things most of us couldn't even imagine in our worst nightmares, and on a rare occasion, it even had her coming face to face with the person responsible for the crime scene she was cleaning.
It's a job not many of us would choose for ourselves, but if it weren't for Lee many families would be left to clean up their loved one's remains alone.
This is a True Crime Conversation that's stuck with us ever since we hung up the phone with Lee and it's one of the most surprising episodes we've ever made.
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Guest:Lee Iordanidis
You can watch The Cleaner - the TV show based loosely on Lee's line of work - exclusively on BritBox
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer:Madeline Joannou
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au
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Wed, 04 Jan 2023 - 192 - Inside The Mind Of A Criminal Psychologist
Tim Watson Munro has sat across from the worst of the worst.
Rapists. Terrorists. Mass murderers.
Tim’s a psychologist, who started his career in the prison system as the resident psych at Parramatta jail, before turning to the private sector - where he mainly worked for defence lawyers defending alleged crooks.
He’s assessed everyone from Julian Knight, the man responsible for the Hoddle Street massacre, to members of The Family, a so-called doomsday cult.
But it’s a job that took its toll over the years, as he absorbed the horrors his clients had both experienced and perpetrated on others. And as he discovered over the course of his career, it’s hard to get out the other side unscathed, when you’ve been dancing with other people’s demons.
Guest:Tim Watson-Munro
You can find out more about his books Dancing With Demons and Shrink In The Clink here.
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer:Madeline Joannou
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au
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Wed, 28 Dec 2022 - 191 - Catching Sydney’s North Shore Rapist
Graham James Kay is known in the media as The North Shore Rapist. In the 1990s he terrorised the suburbs of Balgowlah, Artarmon, Epping, Eastwood, and Wollstonecraft with victims ranging in age from 16 to 39.
Today's guest, Craig Goozee, was one of the officers that brought Graham to justice in 1996. He joins us to discuss the operation that saw The North Shore Rapist put behind bars and the criminal justice system that saw a repeat offender back out on our streets in 2015.
Guest:Craig Goozee
You can hear his podcast Conviction - The Craig Goozee Story here.
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer:Rhiannon Mooney
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au
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Wed, 21 Dec 2022 - 190 - From Missing To Matricide: Inside Melbourne’s Society Murders
In April 2002, millionaire socialite Margaret Wales-King and her husband Paul King disappeared after a dinner at her son Matthew's house in Melbourne. Less than a month later their bodies were found in a shallow grave just outside the city and it didn't take long for police to piece together what had happened.
On this week's episode we're joined by barrister Hilary Bonney & former detective Charlie Bezzina to take you through this case that captivated Australia.
You can find out more about Hilary's book The Society Murders here.
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Rhiannon Mooney
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au
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Wed, 14 Dec 2022 - 189 - The Disappearance Of Olivia Newton-John’s Lover
On June 30, 2005, Korean American cameraman Patrick McDermott went missing from an overnight fishing trip off the coast of Los Angeles.
Initial investigations proved difficult with no other passengers or crew members having noticed his disappearance, but when the media realised that the missing man was also the on-again off-again boyfriend of superstar Olivia Newton-John, a whirlwind of speculation began.
Did Patrick fall overboard? Was he murdered? Did he take his own life? Or, as has been rumoured for the past 17 years, did he fake his own death to start a completely new life?
Guest:Poppy Damon
You can listen to her podcast Casefile Presents: Pseudocide here.
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Rhiannon Mooney
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au
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Wed, 07 Dec 2022 - 188 - The Cafe Recruiting For One Of Australia’s Most Sinister Cults
The Twelve Tribes are a Christian fundamentalist sect with followers all around the world, from Germany to America and even here in Australia.
Their cafes in Katoomba and Picton have rave reviews but behind these storefronts is a community masked in secrecy and disturbing allegations.
Journalist Tim Elliot has spent over a decade investigating their practices. He joins us on today's episode to discuss what he's uncovered.
Guest:Tim Elliot
You can listen to his podcast Inside The Tribe here.
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Madeline Joannou
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Wed, 30 Nov 2022 - 187 - The 93 Victims Of Samuel Little
Samuel Little is known as the 'most prolific serial killer in US history'. It's believed he murdered more than 90 women over the course of almost four decades before he was finally caught in 2005.
In today's episode, journalist Jillian Lauren takes us through Sam's crimes and victims, as well as the unconventional relationship they developed while she was researching his case.
Guest:Jillian Lauren
You can watch her documentary Confronting A Serial Killer here.
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Madeline Joannou
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au
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Wed, 23 Nov 2022 - 186 - Is Australia’s Worst Female Serial Killer Innocent?
Kathleen Folbigg has been described as 'Australia’s worst female serial killer' and 'Australia’s most hated woman'... but what if she never actually committed the crimes she was convicted of.
In 2003 she was found guilty of three counts of murder and one count of manslaughter over the deaths of her four children, but now over 150 world-renowned scientists are petitioning for Kathleen's release, with a fresh inquiry underway this week reexamining the evidence of the case.
Guest:Jane Hansen
Listen to Jane's podcast Mother's Guilt here.
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Madeline Joannou
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au
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Wed, 16 Nov 2022 - 185 - The Mysterious Deaths Of Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler
In the early hours of New Year’s Day, 1963, the body of a man and woman were discovered on the banks of Lane Cove River in Sydney. They were half naked and arranged bizarrely a few metres apart, but there was no obvious sign of injury.
The pair were quickly identified as Dr Gilbert Bogle and Mrs Margaret Chandler, and while their deaths became front page news for years to come their cause of death remained a mystery for decades.
Guest:Peter Butt
Listen to Peter's podcast Who Killed Dr Bogle & Mrs Chandler? here.
Or you can read his book of the same name. Find out more here.
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Rhiannon Mooney
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au
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Wed, 09 Nov 2022 - 184 - Murder In The Goldfields With Caroline Overington
On March 19, 2015, Ray and Jennie Kehlet went fossicking with their friend Graham in the goldfields outside Sandstone, WA.
A week later when police came across their campsite they found half-empty coffee cups, dirty dishes, and clothes still hanging on a makeshift clothesline. But they couldn't find Ray & Jennie.
The couple's disappearance sparked the biggest and most expensive search in WA history at the time. To this day police and their families are still searching for answers.
(Please note there is some breathing audible in this episode. It's our guest's dog. We did our best to stop the issue during the interview, as well as fix it in the editing stage, but ultimately we decided to air the episode as we wanted to give airtime to this important story instead of having to abandon the interview. )
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Guest:Caroline Overington
You can watch Murder In The Goldfields here.
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Rhiannon Mooney
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
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Wed, 02 Nov 2022 - 183 - A 'Love Triangle' And A Death Sentence
In February 2009, 26-year-old Heather Strong went missing. She stopped turning up to her waitressing job at a diner in Florida and stopped contacting her family.
Her estranged husband said she'd left the kids with him and was taking some time to herself to figure things out, but their abusive relationship left people questioning his version of events. And when police started to investigate, it wasn't just Heather's husband who became their prime suspect. His girlfriend Emilia, who was eight months pregnant with his child, was also interrogated for answers.
What they uncovered was a crime so horrible, it saw Emilia become the youngest Florida woman to be sentenced to death, for a crime she now says she had nothing to do with.
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You can hear his podcast One Minute Remaining here.
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Rhiannon Mooney
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au
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Wed, 26 Oct 2022 - 182 - The Wanda Beach Murders
On an overcast January day in 1965, teenagers Marianne Schmidt and Christine Sharrock went missing in the sand hills of Wanda Beach.
What happened to them remains one of Australia’s most infamous unsolved murders, despite more than 14-thousand interviews, and 5-thousand suspects.
Today we're joined by author Alan J Whiticker to discuss how the case unfolded and the one suspect who hasn't been ruled out
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You can find out more about his book WANDA here.
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Rhiannon Mooney
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au
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Wed, 19 Oct 2022 - 181 - 'The Most Violent Woman In Sydney'
Iris Webber was no stranger to the inside of a police cell. Labelled a 1920s gangster and the ‘most violent woman in Sydney’ in the history books, she lived during a time in our history when male homosexuality was criminalised and lesbianism was admonished.
Married to two men during her short life, Iris was also in relationships with women. Something the police were well aware of. Her rap sheet between the years of 1932 and 1937 alone was extensive. She was charged with everything from murder and attempted murder to assault, illegal busking, illegally selling alcohol, indecent language….the list goes on.
Today we go beyond the headlines and delve into the life and crimes of a queer girl gangster who rose to notoriety on the streets of Sydney, nearly 100 years ago.
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You can find out more about her book Iris here.
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Madeline Joannou
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au
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Wed, 12 Oct 2022 - 180 - Where Is Theo Hayez?
In the early hours of Saturday, June 1st, 2019, 18-year-old backpacker Theo Hayez disappeared from the streets of Byron Bay.
He'd been in Australia for six and a half months and was due to head home to Belgium in a matter of days. But Theo never checked out of his hostel.
This is a missing person case that stopped Australia in its tracks. One that attracted a $500, 000 reward for information. A story that to this day, four years later, has left so many questions, unanswered.
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Guest: Ken Gamble
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Rhiannon Mooney
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au
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Wed, 05 Oct 2022 - 179 - Finding Jill Meagher’s Murderer
On Friday September 21, 2012, Jill Meagher went out for celebratory drinks with her colleagues at ABC Melbourne. That night she didn't make it home.
It's been 10 years and what happened to Jill continues to haunt the women of Australia, as they do something as simple, as walking home alone.
In this episode, Gemma Bath is joined by journalist and author Megan Norris to discuss the investigation that brought Jill's killer to justice.
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Guest:Megan Norris
You can find out more about her new book Out Of The Ashes here.
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Rhiannon Mooney
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au
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Wed, 28 Sep 2022 - 178 - UPDATE: Tasmania’s Most Controversial Murder Conviction
In the last week you might’ve seen the news that Sue Neil Fraser, who was found guilty of murdering her partner Bob Chappell aboard their yacht in Tasmania in 2009, has been granted parole.
Sue’s expected to leave prison within weeks, after serving more than 13 years behind bars. Up until now, she’d always maintained her innocence and her supporters insisted she wouldn’t apply for parole.
In light of this new information, this week we’re revisiting our conversation with true crime author Robin Bowles about the murder of Bob Chappell.
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Guest:Robin Bowles, author of Death On The Derwent & Collateral Damage.
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Rhiannon Mooney
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au
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Wed, 21 Sep 2022 - 177 - Andrea Yates & The Unspeakable Side Of Post Partem Psychosis
On the morning of June 20, 2001, Andrea Yates took the lives of her five children in her home in Houston, Texas.
After struggling with mental illness throughout her life, it was the birth of Andrea's children that saw her pushed to breaking point.
Today we explore how and why this unspeakable tragedy occurred.
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Guest:Dr Sohom Das
You can hear more of his analysis of criminal cases on his YouTube channel - A Psych for Sore Minds
Host:Rebecca Davis
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Rhiannon Mooney
SUPPORTING AUDIO
Crimes of the Century - Andrea Yates - S01E03
Crimes That Changed Us - Andrea Yates
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au
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Wed, 14 Sep 2022 - 176 - Gary Jubelin Used To Catch Criminals, Now He Befriends Them
After 34 years in the police and 25 years in homicide, it was former Detective Inspector Gary Jubelin’s job to catch killers. He worked on some of the biggest criminal cases in Australia, including the Lindt Cafe siege, the Bowraville murders, and the gruesome killing of drug dealer Terry Falconer.
But it was the case of William Tyrrell that would cost Gary his career. In 2020, he was convicted for illegally recording four conversations with a person of interest in that investigation. Overnight, he was taken off a case he’d spent four years searching for answers on. And now, many in his old career refuse to associate with him.
So instead, he’s been befriending criminals who’ve done their time. Hardened ones…. the ones he used to be tasked with locking up. He wants to understand badness from the other side, to unpack what makes a human do evil things.
He joins Gemma Bath today to talk about that journey.
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Guest:Gary Jubelin
You can find out more about his new book Badness here.
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Rhiannon Mooney
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au
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Wed, 07 Sep 2022 - 175 - Australia’s Most Notorious Bank Robber
In the late 1990s Brenden Abbott was notorious around Australia.
Known as 'The Postcard Bandit', he was the most wanted man in the country after escaping prison not once but twice. While on the run it's estimated he robbed up to 30 banks, making off with $5 million.
Today Gemma Bath's joined by journalist Derek Pedley as well as Brenden's former lawyer Chris Nyst to discuss Abbott's life and crimes.
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Guests:Derek Pedley & Chris Nyst
Australian Outlaw: The True Story Of Postcard Bandit Brenden Abbott
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Madeline Joannou
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au
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Wed, 31 Aug 2022 - 174 - The Drug Smuggling Grannies
In 1977, retirees Vera Hays and Florice Bessire were offered a trip of a lifetime. All they had to do was drive a motorhome from Germany to India for Vera's nephew. What they didn't know was that there'd be two tonnes of hashish hidden in the vehicle.
Journalist and author Sandi Logan joins Gemma this week to tell us how two American women who unwittingly became Australia's 'Drug Grannies'.
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Guest:Sandi Logan
You can find Sandi's book Betrayed here.
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Rhiannon Mooney
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au
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Wed, 24 Aug 2022 - 173 - Melbourne’s First Terror Attack
On March 27, 1986, Constable Angela Taylor was standing in front of the Russell Street Police Headquarters complex in Melbourne when a car bomb was detonated, injuring dozens of people.
She was the sole fatality from the attack and the first female police officer to be murdered in Australia in the line of duty, at the age of just 21.
It was a crime that terrified the country. An act of pure evil by a gang of criminals with a hatred for authority.
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Guest:Vikki Petraitis
You can find Vikki's new book The Unbelieved here.
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Rhiannon Mooney
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au
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Wed, 17 Aug 2022 - 172 - Inside Australia's Most Elaborate Diamond Heist
In the 1980s, up to $50 million of Argyle Pink Diamonds were smuggled out of one of the world’s most secure mines, seemingly without anyone noticing.
The gems were dispersed from Western Australia around the world to Hong Kong, New York and Switzerland with only a few ever recovered.
Journalist Sinead Mangan joins Gemma Bath this week to discuss her investigation into this previously unsolved case.
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Guest:Sinead Mangan
You can hear Sinead's full investigation of this case, including first-hand interviews with those closest to the case in her podcast EXPANSE: Pink Diamond Heist
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Rhiannon Mooney
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au
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Wed, 10 Aug 2022 - 171 - Solving The Somerton Man Mystery
After 74 years, Australia’s most baffling mystery has finally been solved.
When the body of a man was found slumped on Adelaide's Somerton Beach in 1948, with no clear identity and no clear cause of death, it set off an investigation that spawned curiosity, concern, and conspiracy theories.
But after decades of following leads, The University of Adelaide’s professor Derek Abbott and US forensic genealogist Colleen Fitzpatrick finally have a name.
Colleen joins Gemma today to discuss their findings.
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Guest:Colleen Fitzpatrick & Fiona Ellis-Jones
Host:Gemma Bath
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Wed, 03 Aug 2022 - 170 - The Kingsgrove Slasher
From 1956 to 1959, Sydney's southern suburbs were terrorized by a knife-wielding menace known as The Kingsgrove Slasher.
He made 18 attacks over that three-year period, with his victims ranging from grown women to a little girl only two years old.
It's a case that over the decades has fallen through the cracks of history, until now.
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Guest:Glen Humphries, author of Night Terrors: The True Story of the Kingsgrove Slasher
Host:Gemma Bath
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Wed, 27 Jul 2022 - 169 - Tasmania’s Most Controversial Murder Conviction
On the night of January 26, 2009, Bob Chappell disappeared from his yacht in Tasmania's Derwent Estuary. Police were alerted to trouble when the boat was seen sinking the next morning.
When they examined the scene there were signs of foul play... but no sign of Bob.
His partner Sue Neill-Fraser would soon become the prime suspect in Chappell's disappearance. But was her conviction sound?
Crime author Robin Bowles joins Gemma this week to discuss why many of Australia's leading legal minds have said her conviction is `the greatest miscarriage of justice since Lindy Chamberlain'.
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Guest:Robin Bowles, author of Death On The Derwent & Collateral Damagewhich is available in store now.
Host:Gemma Bath
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Wed, 20 Jul 2022 - 168 - Melbourne’s Brownout Strangler
In 1942, the streets of Melbourne were dim and eery. To assist with World War II efforts, the city was complying with a 'brownout' order, similar to a blackout but less severe.
This low lighting was the backdrop for a series of murders committed by Edward Joseph Leonski, a 'smiling psychopath' who became known as The Brownout Strangler.
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Guest:Ian W. Shaw, author of Murder at Dusk
Host:Gemma Bath
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Wed, 13 Jul 2022 - 167 - The Unsolved Mystery Of Sharron Phillips
In 1986, 20-year-old Sharron Phillips disappeared from the side of the road in Wacol, Brisbane. She used a payphone to make two calls to a friend after running out of petrol, but by the time he arrived she was nowhere to be found.
Those calls were the last time anyone ever heard from Sharron. And her disappearance remained a mystery for 30 years until a deathbed confession changed everything.
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Guest:Kate Kyriakou
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Rhiannon Mooney
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Wed, 06 Jul 2022 - 166 - The Kidnapping Of Eight-Year-Old Graeme Thorne
On July 7, 1960, eight-year-old Graeme Thorne went missing from the corner store near his family's Bondi home. It was five weeks after his parents, Bazil and Freda, had won a massive $100,000 in an Opera House lottery.
His disappearance was the country's first well-known kidnap for ransom, and would lead to the biggest manhunt in Australia’s history.
In this episode, Gemma Bath is joined by Mark Tedeschi QC to discuss how the case unfolded and why it's imprinted in the Australian psyche.
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Guest:Mark Tedeschi QC
You can read more about his work on this case in his book Kidnapped.
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
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Wed, 29 Jun 2022 - 165 - UPDATE: Ghislaine Maxwell Sentenced For Sex Trafficking Crimes
News has come through overnight that Ghislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking.
From 1994 to 2004, Ghislaine Maxwell conspired with her late partner Jeffrey Epstein to recruit, groom, and sexually assault underage girls.
In this episode, Gemma Bath takes you through the early years of Ghislaine Maxwell, the power that the men in her life held, and the trial that would convict her as a criminal.
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Guest:Nigel Cawthorne
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Rhiannon Mooney
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Wed, 29 Jun 2022 - 164 - A Doomsday Cult And Two Missing Kids
In November 2019, police conducted a welfare check on seven-year-old JJ Vallow. He hadn't been seen since September, and police will come to realise that neither had his teenage sister Tylee.
They've stumbled onto a web of lies that are about to unravel. Affairs, mysterious deaths, a doomsday cult, and at the centre of it all two missing children. And a mother who isn’t trying to find them.
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Guest:Leah Sottile, author of When The Moon Turns To Blood
And host of the Two Minutes Past Nine and Bundyville podcasts.
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Rhiannon Mooney
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Wed, 22 Jun 2022 - 163 - QLD’s Most Crooked Cops
From the late 1950s through to the late 80s, the streets of Queensland were dominated by a trio of crooked cops known as The Rat Pack. They ran a complex system of bribery and extortion as they pocketed the profits of local sex workers for decades.
In this episode, Gemma Bath is joined by investigative journalist Matt Condon to discuss their operation and the women who had the courage to bring them down.
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Guest:Matt Condon, the host of DIG - Sirens Are Coming
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Leah Porges and Rhiannon Mooney
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Wed, 15 Jun 2022 - 162 - The Family Court Murders
From 1980 to 1985 Sydney was ravaged by a domestic terror crime spree that became known across Australia as The Family Court Murders.
All of the attacks - including four murders, two shootings, and five bombings - were carried out by a man who was motivated by a drawn-out custody battle with his ex-wife.
In this episode, investigative journalist Debi Marshall discusses how he managed to avoid prosecution for decades, and how he was eventually brought to justice.
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Guest:Debi Marshall
You can watch Debi's four-part series on the Family Court Murders here.
And you can read her book The Family Court Murders here.
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer:Rhiannon Mooney
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Wed, 08 Jun 2022 - 161 - A Day In The Life Of A Crime Scene Cleaner
Lee Iordanidis gets a phone call.
“Hi Darlin, how are you? How you feeling?”
She asks the person on the other end of the line.
It’s compassion first, always, and then she gets down to business.
She’s been flown to New Zealand, Germany, England. Not to mention right across Australia. There’s only four individuals with her expertise in this country and she’s in hot demand.
That’s because she’s doing a job most people would run away from. A job that has her brushing up against maggots, rats, flies and human decomposition that seeps its way through carpet, floorboards and down into the cement below.
Nothing ever shocks her. She’s seen it all.
But as Lee will tell you, you never get used to the smell of death - even, as a crime scene cleaner.
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Guest:Lee Iordanidis
You can watch The Cleaner - the TV show based loosely on Lee's line of work - exclusively on BritBox
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer:Rhiannon Mooney
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Wed, 01 Jun 2022 - 160 - Ghislaine Maxwell: From Favourite Child To Child Trafficker
The name Ghislaine Maxwell is synonymous with one of the most notorious child trafficking crimes the world has ever known.
From 1994 to 2004, Ghislaine Maxwell conspired with her late partner Jeffrey Epstein to recruit, groom and sexually assault underage girls.
But how did the favourite child of 10 grow up to be someone the world knows as a monster?
Join Gemma Bath as she takes you through the early years for Ghislaine Maxwell, the power that the men in her life held and the trial that would convict her as a criminal.
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Guests:Nigel Cawthorne
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer:Madeline Joannou
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Wed, 25 May 2022 - 159 - The Assassination Of Robert Maxwell
It’s 4:45am on the 5th of November 1991 and English media mogul Robert Maxwell is aboard his $35 million dollar yacht, the Lady Ghislaine, cruising through water off the Canary Islands in Spain. He’s on the phone with a crew member.
"The temperature is now too cold. Turn the air-conditioning off," he says gruffly down the line from his luxurious master suite.
He’d only called 20 minutes earlier complaining it was too hot…and “could they turn the air-conditioning up??”
They’re the last conversations Maxwell - one of the richest men in the world at the time - is known to have had.
At 5:25pm later that day, the 68-year-old’s naked body is found floating in the Atlantic. And his family, employees, and the police are left to discover the hundreds of millions he’s been stealing from his own staff.
To this day, his death remains mysterious.
Did he kill himself, aware that his fraudulent finances would soon be revealed?
Was it just an awful accident? A slip off the side under the cover of darkness.
Or was it murder? A cold-blooded assassination to cover up a top-secret double life as a superspy for one of the largest espionage agencies in the Western world.
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Guests:Martin Dillon
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producers:Rhiannon Mooney
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Wed, 18 May 2022 - 158 - The Mosman Collar Bomb
It’s about 2pm on a crisp Wednesday afternoon in August 2011, and 18-year-old Madeleine Pulver is in her family’s three-story waterfront mansion in the glitzy Sydney suburb of Mosman. She’s studying for her HSC trials, the practice run before the final exams for Year 12s in the state of NSW.
The house is quiet today. Her two younger brothers are at school and her older brother is away. Her dad Bill, head of a multi-million-dollar global software company, is in his city office and her mum Belinda is out consulting with her landscape gardening company. Madeleine’s home alone.
Suddenly, the silence is broken by a man wearing a rainbow ski mask carrying a baseball bat, who bursts into the room.
“Sit down and no one needs to get hurt,” he tells her.
The masked man pulls out a black box that’s being held up by what looks like a bike chain, which he fastens around her throat.
After locking it, he places a lanyard holding a USB stick and two pages of demands around her neck. Then he walks away. But not before he tells a terrified Madeleine to count to 200.
“I’ll be back…” he warns. “If you move…. I can see you…. I’ll be right here.”
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Guests:Gil Taylor &Mark Morri
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producers:Rhiannon Mooney
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Wed, 11 May 2022 - 157 - The Widow Of Walcha
It’s just after 2am on an icy, winter morning in 2017. Frost glistens on the paddocks of Pandora, a sprawling property in country NSW owned by local grazier Mathew Dunbar.
The old homestead on the outskirts of the town of Walcha, five hours drive north of Sydney, sits on 1200 acres on Thunderbolts Way.
On this Wednesday morning, Mathew’s girlfriend Natasha Darcy is leaning over him in the bedroom, panicked, as a triple-zero operator guides her through chest compressions.
Distressed, Natasha tells the operator: “He’s warm.”
“Is he awake?” They ask.
“No.”
“Is he breathing?”
“No.”
“And you found him like that?”
“Yes.”
Blue and red lights flash through the windows as paramedics arrive, rush into the bedroom, and take over CPR.
By 2:44am, 42-year-old Mathew is declared dead. And it doesn’t take long for police to declare the homestead a crime scene.
Guest:Journalist Emma Partridge, author of The Widow Of Walcha
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producers:Rhiannon Mooney
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Wed, 04 May 2022 - 156 - New Zealand’s Most Controversial Disappearance
It’s New Year’s Eve, 1997, and 17-year-old Olivia Hope is getting ready for a party at Furneaux Lodge, a beautiful old residence that sits at the head of one of the bays and coves that make up The Marlborough Sounds. A picturesque holiday spot on the northern end of New Zealand’s south island where the bush meets the sea.
The lodge is only accessible by boat, so Olivia, her older sister, and their friends have booked a chartered yacht called Tamarack that will deliver them to the celebrations after an afternoon basking in the sun.
Furneaux is the place to be on New Years and the local teenagers are getting ready to dance away the night with 15-hundred other partygoers.
Over in Punga Cove, just across the inlet, Ben Smart is partying the afternoon away with mates. He too has plans to join the fun at Furneaux and hitches a ride over on a boat as the party gets started.
But what happens to Ben and Olivia after the clock strikes midnight, will become one of the most high-profile and hotly contested murder investigations New Zealand has ever seen.
Guest:Journalist Mike White
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producers:Rhiannon Mooney
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Wed, 27 Apr 2022 - 155 - The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay
It’s the early hours of Friday, April 20, 2012, and police are knocking on the door of a blue weatherboard home in Brisbane’s west, after reports a mother of three young girls has gone missing.
Her husband, Gerard Baden-Clay, answers. He’d called triple zero at 7:15am that morning to tell them he hadn’t seen his wife, Allison, since the night before.
'Allison often went for a walk in the morning around 5am,' he told the operator. He assumed that was where she was when he woke up to an empty bed. But it was unusual that she wasn’t home yet. 'She was supposed to leave for a seminar in the city around 7am'
As he relays his story again to the responding officers, they’re quick to notice the scratches on the real estate agent’s face. 'A shaving injury,' he tells them. Peering into his home they’re taken aback by how clean it is. Like someone has made an effort to tidy up ahead of their arrival.
Over the next ten days Gerard’s story will be unravelled, exposing a double life with deadly consequences. While officers and local volunteers comb backyards, rivers and streets police will piece together a damning case of what really happened to Allison Baden-Clay.
Guest:Former Detective Superintendent Mark Ainsworth
Host:Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producers:Rhiannon Mooney
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Wed, 20 Apr 2022 - 154 - Michelle Carter: The Girl From Plainville
Six days after the death of her boyfriend Conrad Roy in 2014, Michelle Carter sent a text to her friend. “I just had it all planned out. Now I have to do something different, maybe something better, I just don't think that that's possible. He was my person you know?” she wrote.
Except in Michelle and Conrad’s reality, their relationship was so private neither of their families knew they were even an item. It was a relationship that had blossomed almost exclusively on text. Thousands of them. Sent over years. Michelle & Conrad were texting the night Conrad drove into a Kmart car park, alone, in Fairhaven, - an hour’s drive from where Michelle lived in Plainville - and took his own life.
In today’s episode, Gemma is speaking with political theorist Dr. Mark Tunick, about the now infamous texting-suicide case of Michelle Carter & Conrad Roy III.
Guest: Dr. Mark Tunick
Host: Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producers:Madeliene Joannou
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Wed, 13 Apr 2022 - 153 - A Message From Jessie...
Introducing the new host of True Crime Conversations, Gemma Bath.
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Tue, 12 Apr 2022 - 152 - The System That Failed Hannah Clarke
It was a summer morning in Camp Hill, an eastern suburb of Brisbane, when 31 year old Hannah Clarke helped her three children, six year old Aaliyah, four year old Laianah, and three year old Trey, get ready for the day ahead.
It was Wednesday, February 19, 2020, and the morning was characteristically chaotic.
Hannah was staying with her parents, following the breakdown of her relationship with Rowan Baxter, a man who had become increasingly abusive.
As Hannah buckled her three small children into thecar, Baxter emerged, having been watching her nearby. He forced her into the driver’s seat, and slipped himself into the passenger seat, holding a knife to her throat and telling her to drive.
Within minutes, their three children would be dead. Hannah would sustain injuries so horrific, she would later die in hospital.
The story of Hannah Clarke and her three children sent shock waves across the country, as we learned this was a woman who had a domestic violence order out against her former partner.
The murder of four people was an endpoint in a reign of terror Baxter had subjected his family to for years. And an inquest, which finished only last week, shined a spotlight on the events leading up to that day, in February 2020.
Guest: Kate Kyriacou
Host:Jessie Stephens
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producers:Rhiannon Mooney
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Wed, 06 Apr 2022 - 151 - The Double Murder That Shocked Australia
Women like Dorothy Davis, a 74-year-old widow, rarely go missing.
She lived in the seaside suburb of Lurline Bay in south-east Sydney. She had friends, children, and grandchildren. Her life was peaceful. She was financially comfortable. The people who loved her knew where she would be on any given day. She had a lot to live for.
But in May 1995, Dorothy went to visit a friend, and never came home.
Kerry Whelan, a healthy and well-liked 39-year-old, was also not the kind of woman who goes missing. She was married to Bernie Whelan, the CEO of a large multinational company that made forklifts called Crown Equipment. With their three children, the family lived on their sizable property at Kurrajong in north-western Sydney.
But in May 1997, Kerry made a trip to Parramatta, and never came home.
These two women didn’t know each other. But they did have one thing in common.
They both happened to know a man named Bruce Burrell.
Guest:Mark Tedeschi QC, author of Missing, Presumed Dead
Host:Jessie Stephens
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producers:Rhiannon Mooney
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Wed, 30 Mar 2022 - 150 - The Jaw Bone At Kingscliff Beach
It’s the 23rd of September, 1979, and a cabin cruiser, known as the Nocturne, is cruising through deep blue waters just off the far north coast of NSW.
It’s a near-perfect day for the five passengers on board. A light nor-easter is blowing and the sun is glistening off the boat’s sleek, white hull.
But as the day wears on conditions begin to change… clouds form on the horizon… but the Nocturne presses on with its voyage.
As night falls the warm breeze of the day disappears, replaced by the icy chill of a southerly buster. The wind picks up speed...20 knots...40 knots...60 knots. That white hull that had been shining in the sun just hours earlier, is now being beaten by unrelenting, ten-metre high seas.
A rogue wave smashes through one of the boat’s windows, flooding the interior. Moments later, the engines fail. As the boat begins to sink, the passengers have no choice but to abandon ship.
Of the five people on board that night, only three make it to shore. What happened to those lost at sea remains a mystery that will only be unravelled 32 years later when a badly weathered bone fragment washes ashore at Kingscliff Beach…
Guest:Adam Shand, host of the Lost At Sea podcast.
Host:Claire Murphy
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producers:Rhiannon Mooney
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Wed, 23 Mar 2022 - 149 - The Bain Family Murders
It’s the 20th of June 1994, and the residents of Andersons Bay, in Dunedin, are waking up to a crisp, dark morning. Ice frosts the roads and despite it being after 7 o’clock the sun is still yet to appear in the sky.
Three police officers stand alert on the doorstep of 65 Every Street, a ramshackle house home to the six members of the Bain Family. Eleven minutes earlier, a distressed call was made to emergency services from this location…
The officers try to gain access to the house. They kick the door but it doesn’t budge. Luckily there’s a stack of firewood on the veranda, they grab a piece and use it to break the glass pane, reaching through to let themselves inside.
As they enter they see a man on the floor in the foetal position. He’s crying. And as they inch closer he starts yelling ‘They’re all dead. My family is all dead.’
What they find will haunt New Zealand and stump investigators to this day. And will become the most controversial case New Zealand has ever seen…
Guest:Journalist Martin Van Beynan
Author of Black Hands: Inside the Bain Family Murders Host of the BLACK HANDS - A Family Mass Murder podcastHost & Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producers:Rhiannon Mooney & Gia Moylan
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Wed, 16 Mar 2022 - 148 - Sallie-Anne Huckstepp: The Ultimate Whistleblower
It’s 1981 and Sallie-Anne Huckstepp sits across from Ray Martin on 60 Minutes, one of Australia’s most-watched current affair programs.
She speaks clearly and emphatically. With a piercing blue stare, and a cigarette hanging from her right hand, she tells a story that Australia is not yet ready to hear.
Every word of it, we now know, is true.
Sallie-Anne’s boyfriend, a man she loved, had been murdered the week before in broad daylight. She knew the perpetrator. Everyone did. The story had made it into the papers. But what had happened to her boyfriend wasn’t reported as a murder. It was reported as brilliant police work. The man holding the gun was Roger Rogerson, an award-winning, highly respected NSW Detective Sergeant. No one had questioned his retelling of events.
But Sallie-Anne decided to do the unthinkable.
She told secrets that many had taken to their graves. She explained exactly what was happening, and how the crimes currently ravaging Sydney were not as they might appear.
Sallie-Anne knew that speaking to Ray Martin was one of the most dangerous things she could do.
She did it anyway.
And eventually, she would pay the ultimate price.
Guest:Liz Hayes, host of Under Investigation
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producers:Rhiannon Mooney & Gia Moylan
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Wed, 09 Mar 2022 - 147 - The Double Life Of Herman Rockefeller
It’s the 21st of January, 2010, and Vicky Rockefeller is in her house in the affluent suburb of East Malvern - roughly 8 kilometres southeast of Melbourne's CBD. Her two children are out. And she’s expecting her husband, Herman, any minute now.
Herman has been away on a business trip, a regular practice for his line of work as a property developer, and had messaged her earlier to say his flight had been delayed. Herman was good like that, he’d text her updates so she wouldn’t worry while he was away and he would always call her once he landed. But Herman hadn’t called her tonight. So she waits, assuming he’d just forgotten this one time and that his blue Toyota Prius will pull into the driveway at any moment.
But the minutes tick by into hours, with no sign of Herman. She texts and calls, but nothing.
Just after midnight, Vicky calls the police. Her husband’s plane landed at 9:35pm. So the question is where is Herman Rockefeller?
Guest:Hilary Bonney
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producers:Rhiannon Mooney & Gia Moylan
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Wed, 02 Mar 2022 - 146 - The Disappearance of Sarah MacDiarmid
Kananook railway station is located on the Frankston line in Victoria, about 50 minutes from Melbourne’s CBD.
At approximately 10:20pm, on the 11th of July, 1990, a 23-year-old woman named Sarah MacDiarmid can be seen alighting from the train and walking in the direction of the poorly lit car park, where she parked her red Honda Civic that morning.
She is no doubt in a hurry to get home. She has work in the morning, and her train had been running 20 minutes late.
Despite it being late on a Wednesday night, there are people around. They see the woman, with blonde hair, holding a tennis racket.
She crosses the footbridge. Someone will later remember a female voice shouting “Give me back my keys”. We won’t know if that voice belongs to Sarah.
Between the footbridge and sliding into the driver’s seat of her car, Sarah vanishes into thin air. There are traces that she made it to her vehicle, but someone, or perhaps a group of people, targeted her. But who? And why?
Will we ever know for certain what happened to Sarah MacDiarmid on that night, in the middle of winter, three decades ago?
CREDITS
Host: Jessie Stephens
Guest:Vikki Petraitis
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producers:Leah Porges & Gia Moylan
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Wed, 23 Feb 2022 - 145 - The Day Noosa Lost Its Innocence
It’s 1987 and a coastal town named Noosa Heads in Queensland is about as idyllic as it gets. On the Sunshine Coast, Noosa Heads isn't yet the popular and developed tourist destination that it is today. It is surrounded by rivers, lookouts, bays, national park and of course expansive coastline. Families feel proud to bring their kids up in such a beautiful and safe coastal town, where they often play outside until the sun goes down.
Sian Kingi is 12 years old, tall for her age with long blonde hair and dark brown eyes. She’s described as the kind of girl who would accidentally knock her opponent in netball, and stop to make sure she was okay. She’s shy, popular but never cruel.
It’s a Friday afternoon on November 27, and after school, Sian and her mother Linda go shopping. She has a party that weekend, and so Linda takes her to a fabric shop so together they could make Sian something to wear.
At 4:30pm, the pair finish up and head home. While Linda walks home, Sian takes her bike, and for most of the journey, they’re together. But when they get to a local park, Linda walks around it, while Sian cycles through it, passing the tennis courts.
When Linda walks through the door, she figures Sian will be a moment behind her. But she waits and waits.
What happened to Sian Kingi that day remains every parent’s worst nightmare and would change the beachside town forever. Hers is a name so many Australians won’t ever forget.
CREDITS
Host: Jessie Stephens
Guest:Dot Whittington
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producers:Ian Camilleri & Gia Moylan
RESOURCES
Crime Investigation Australia: Murder Of Innocence - Sian KingiCONTACT US
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Wed, 16 Feb 2022 - 144 - The Singh Family Murders: Did They Get The Right Man?
It was a Tuesday in April 2003, when an emergency phone call was made from a visitor at 20 Grass Tree Close, Bridgeman Downs in Brisbane's north.
The phone call was made by a 33-year-old man named Massimo Sica, known to most as Max. The purpose for his visit, according to his testimony, was to see his on and off again girlfriend, 24-year-old flight attendant Neelma Singh.
Neelma was the second eldest child of Shirley and Vijay Singh, who had migrated to the northern suburb of Brisbane 10 years prior from Fiji, along with their four children.
At the time of the emergency phone call in 2003, Shirley and Vijay were away visiting Fiji.
Max would later tell police that once he ventured inside the house, he noticed bloodstains on the carpet of Neelma’s upstairs bedroom. He followed the blood. But as he got closer to her parent's bedroom, he heard the sound of running water.
When Max stepped inside the ensuite of the main bedroom, he claims to have found blankets piled into the spa bath. There was water covering the floor, overflowing to such an extent that the ceiling below was buckling under the weight.
As he removed the blankets, he says he uncovered the body of Neelma.
Inside that spa bath, were also the bodies of her brother, 18-year-old Kunal Singh, and her 12-year-old sister, Sidhi Singh. They had all been murdered.
Suddenly, police were looking at a triple homicide in a quiet Brisbane suburb. What unfolded would become the longest murder trial in Queensland history. According to some experts, however, there remains a number of questions that still, almost 20 years later, do not have answers.
CREDITS
Host: Jessie Stephens
Guest:Graeme Crowley, host ofLoose Ends: A Singh Family Tragedy
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producers:Ian Camilleri
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Wed, 09 Feb 2022 - 143 - Catching Daniel Morcombe's Killer
Daniel Morcombe, a 13-year-old boy with bright blue eyes and dark brown hair, stands at a bus stop beneath an overpass. Today, he is wearing a bright red t-shirt.
It’s Sunday, the 7th of December 2003, at 2:10pm. He’s waiting for a bus to take him to the Sunshine Plaza Shopping Centre so he can get a haircut and buy some Christmas presents. At home, are his parents, Denise and Bruce Morcombe, his identical twin brother Bradley, and his older brother, Dean.
A bus passes but doesn’t stop. On it, is a 13-year-old girl who notices the boy on the side of the road. There’s a gaunt man standing behind him. Another girl on the bus, who is 17 years old, also notices the pair. She will remember the man with him as having long hair, a goatee and sunglasses, with a sports bag by his side.
The bus driver motions to the boy that there is another bus coming.
But by the time the bus gets there, the boy in the red shirt is gone.
In the years afterwards, police would identify and befriend the paedophile they believed targeted Daniel that day. It would become one of the most remarkable police stings in Australian history, providing chilling insight into one of our country’s most evil killers.
CREDITS
Host: Jessie Stephens
Guest:Kate Kyriaku, author of The Sting
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producers:Ian Camilleri & Rhiannon Mooney
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Wed, 02 Feb 2022 - 142 - Part Two: The End Of The Razor Wars
It’s the 7th May, 1929. Nearly two years since gangster Norman Bruhn was gunned down in the inner-city Sydney suburb of Surry Hills. The man who’d tried to interfere with the stronghold Tilly Devine and Kate Leigh had on East Sydney had failed, and paid with his life in the process. But two years on from his death, the streets are still dripping with the blood of razor victims. With or without Norman Bruhn, chaos still reigns on the streets of Darlinghurst.
Tilly’s brothel empire is raging, and locals still can’t get enough of Kate’s sly-grog, but there’s another organised crime kingpin in town. His name is Phil Jeffs, and in Kings Cross, if you’re looking for somewhere to gamble or something to snort, he’s your man. He fancies himself as Australia’s very own Al Capone. Smartly dressed and well-spoken, he might look the part, but Phil Jeffs isn’t to be trusted.
Phil runs the fourth floor of a building on William St, Wooloomooloo, called the 50/50 club. It’s a den of debauchery, where police take back-alley payments to turn a blind eye to rife prostitution and drug dealing. It’s inside the 50/50 club where he’s been cheating his suppliers. The cocaine on the streets of East Sydney is being cut with washing powder, boric acid and other substances. Diluted. It means the likes of Tilly’s girls and Kate’s standover men are being sold an adulterated product. It means Phil Jeffs is ripping them off.
The rival gangs have found out about Phil’s trick and they want blood. So in scenes reminiscent of a Hollywood Western, angry gangsters challenge Phil and his men to settle their dispute on the streets of Kings Cross. They’re there to show Phil how they feel, in the only way these mobsters know how to. With violence.
It’s just after 10pm in Eaton Avenue, a shadowy street off Bayswater Road. It’s no mistake these gangs are gathered here. Eaton Avenue is better known as Blood Alley by locals. A notoriously rough spot where muggings and street brawls are commonplace.
The men on Blood Alley know exactly what they’ve come for, and it’s not just cut-throat razors to fear. Whatever they can get their hands on, boots, clubs, bricks all fly through the air. Many of the men are heavily armed, and for thirty long minutes, gunfire illuminates this dimly-lit patch Kings Cross.
Finally, the police arrive. The mobsters disperse and Phill Jeffs escapes by jumping on the back of a car. But the battle of blood alley follows him home. And before Phil Jeffs goes to bed on this chilling May night, gangsters will break into his home and shoot him multiple times, as Razorhurst continues to live up to its name.
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Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer:Rhiannon Mooney
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Wed, 26 Jan 2022 - 141 - Part One: The Razorhurst Wars
It’s 1926, and Sydney’s underworld is held tightly in the hands of Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine. But down in Melbourne? They’ve got a fella called Joseph Theodore Leslie Taylor running the show, or ‘Squizzy’ as he was better known. Squizzy Taylor is a bonafide gangster in every sense, backed up by a handful of savage henchmen and crooks, known as The Fitzroy Gang.
Norman Bruhn is one of Squizzy’s closest confidants. Well, he was. Until…he crossed him. Usually, a betrayal of the kingpin would cost you your life, but Norman Bruhn had been spared, under one condition. That he get the hell out of Melbourne quick-smart, and never, ever return.
So Norman, his wife, and their two sons pack up and head north, to Sydney. A fresh start, he thinks. This man is a hardened gangster, a standover man, thief, and pimp, and he doesn’t think much of twowomenrunning the streets of Sydney. Norman thinks he can shake things up around Darlinghurst. He wants to take a slice of the pie that in his mind, has been in the wrong hands for too long.
It doesn’t take him long to assemble a crew of villains, a gang who would roam the streets of East Sydney carrying not guns to intimidate their enemies, but cut-throat razors.Sharp enough to cause serious damage to anyone caught on the wrong side of Norman Bruhn or one of his boys. Not only are these razors serious weapons, they’re a cheap and easy way to protect yourself, and fly under the radar of police, who are busy targeting mobsters carrying illegal firearms.
Momentarily, life will get more difficult for Tilly and Kate under the disruption their new Victorian competitor brings. But Norman Bruhn is about to bite off more than he can chew. Kate and Tilly are already in a never-ending battle to dominate Darlinghurst and its surrounds. This town? It just ain’t big enough for three of them.
In a few short months, Norman Bruhn will be dead. And it will be just the beginning of bloodshed between East Sydney’s cruelest and most cunning gangsters.
CREDITS
Guests:Larry Writer& Leigh Straw
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer:Rhiannon Mooney
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Wed, 19 Jan 2022 - 140 - Kate Leigh: The Worst Woman In Sydney
It’s the 4th of February 1964. Once dubbed ‘The Worst Woman in Sydney,’ Kate Leigh lies unresponsive in a hospital bed at St Vincent's in Darlinghurst. She suffered a severe stroke just a few days earlier, and she’s about to take her final breath. But the twilight years of Kate Leigh’s life have not been marked by the debauchery and violence of her heyday. There’s no more sly grog, no diamonds and fur, no more cocaine, and no more razor gangs.
She was once one of the wealthiest and most powerful underworld figures in the country. But as Kate Leigh slips away at St Vincent’s Hospital, the 82-year-old has lost almost everything. From changes to alcohol laws, increased police powers, and a rather unwelcome knock at the door from the taxman, Kate Leigh will die bankrupt and impoverished.
But she hadn’t quite lost everything. Kate Leigh never moved away from the pocket of East Sydney she once ran, and locals never forgot about their infamous Aunty Kate. Despite her criminal past, ties to violent razor fights and deadly shootouts, some 700 mourners packed out St Peter’s Catholic Church in Kate’s Surry Hills for her funeral. Among the attendees? Kate’s long-time rival, her once ferocious enemy, Tilly Divine. And though it may have seemed the ruthless antics of Kate and Tilly were put to bed, at their prime, they were giants. Equal parts revered and feared by those who crossed them. Long before their time would be up, these force-to-be-reckoned-with women left an indelible mark on one of Sydney history’s most notorious chapters. The Razor Wars.
CREDITS
Guests:Larry Writer& Leigh Straw
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer:Rhiannon Mooney
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Wed, 12 Jan 2022 - 139 - Tilly Devine: The Brothel Queen Of Darlinghurst
The year is 1927. Sydney is in a post-war party that’s been raging on for almost a decade. The suburb of Darlinghurst is the beating heart of it all, and the surrounding areas of Kings Cross, Potts Point, Woolloomoloo and Surry Hills are slums of debauchery, crime and vices. It’s an underworld run by two rival crime queens. Kate Leigh and Tilly Divine.
In an effort to stamp out excessive alcohol consumption, pubs have shut at 6pm since 1916, giving rise to what they call the six o'clock swill - where punters attempt to drink as much as they can in the final minutes before 6, before being tossed out of the pub. Thirsty working-class Sydneysiders have the money and appetite for more. So the sly-grog business is born. Unlicensed hotels and liquor-stores are concealed behind butcher shops and florists. There’s one on every corner and chances are, if you’re somewhere in East Sydney, Kate Leigh supplied the Sly Grog you’re drinking.
As you sip that over-priced, watered down whiskey, you’re probably no more than a stone's throw from one of Tilly Devine’s parlours. The London born madam has a gift for acquiring brothels. She’s just 26 and controls some 20 brothels in Darlinghurst alone.
Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine have a stranglehold on their respective businesses, but in a city of sin, with egos like theirs, blood will spill over and over again for control of the streets of Darlinghurst, or Razorhurst as it’s about to become known.
CREDITS
Guests:Larry Writer& Leigh Straw
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer:Rhiannon Mooney
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Wed, 05 Jan 2022 - 138 - Coming Soon: Sydney's Razorhurst Wars
This month on True Crime Conversations we’re examining the life and crimes of Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine, and the violent razor wars that erupted between their two gangs with special guest host Emma Gillespie. Coming to your ears from January 6th.
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Mon, 03 Jan 2022 - 137 - The Life & Disappearance Of Melissa Caddick
It’s the 21st of February, 2021, a summer’s day on the south coast of New South Wales.
A small group of campers are walking along Bournda Beach, an incredible expanse of pristine sand, and clear, blue water, surrounded by national park. Along the shore, washed up, they spot a single, grey, Asics shoe. It is only when they look more closely that they realise inside it holds human remains. The group, visiting for a surfing trip, are alarmed. Quickly, they contact the police.
It wasn’t long before the police were able to identify who the DNA belonged to. It is Melissa Caddick, who had disappeared three months prior from her Dover Heights home, some 438 kilometres from the south coast beach. What the discovery didn’t answer was what exactly happened to Caddick. Did she take her own life? Was she murdered by her enemies? Or, is it possible that the foot was not evidence she was dead at all. Could Melissa Caddick, a woman accused of stealing more than $30 million, still be alive?
CREDITS
Host: Jessie Stephens
Guest:7News Journalist & PresenterMichael Usher
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producers:Ian Camilleri & Rhiannon Mooney
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Wed, 29 Dec 2021 - 136 - The Weeping Woman
It’s an unusual place to start a true crime story - at the National Gallery of Victoria in 1985.
The director of the gallery, a man named Patrick McCaughey, purchases a single painting for $1.6 million. Due to currency fluctuations, the cost increases to $2 million, the most expensive purchase ever made by an Australian gallery. The painting is by Pablo Picasso, titled The Weeping Woman. The work represents suffering - oddly fitting for the story that was about to unfold.
Also oddly fitting is the statement made by McCaughey upon announcing the purchase. He said of the Weeping Woman: “This face is going to haunt Melbourne for the next 100 years.”
And haunt Melbourne it did.
CREDITS
Host: Jessie Stephens
Guest:Marc Fennell, host of FRAMED
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer:Ian Camilleri
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Wed, 22 Dec 2021 - 135 - An Eerie Silence: Inside A Hospital On 9/11
A plane colliding with the South Tower at 9:59am, on September 11, 2001, would become the first terror attack watched in real-time by millions of people around the world. News anchors struggled to maintain composure. New York, and more broadly, the United States, was under attack.
The north tower continued to burn. Images and video footage were broadcast on every news channel. For a generation, those images would become imprinted on our psyches. We watched as the buildings collapsed, thousands of people still inside them.
In a nearby hospital, stood an Australian woman named Liz. For her, it was an otherwise normal day at work. That all changed when she heard an emergency siren.
CREDITS
Host: Jessie Stephens
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer:Ian Camilleri
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Wed, 15 Dec 2021 - 134 - The Most Critical 17 Minutes Of 9/11
It’s a clear, still Tuesday morning in New York City. The autumn sky is bright blue and the two World Trade Centres mark the highest points of the Manhattan skyline.
At 8:30am the business district is bustling. Workers are making their way into elevators or stopping for a quick coffee. Their minds are on their morning meeting or the kids they just dropped off at school. Most don’t notice the plane flying too low, far too low, until they hear it. A terrible sound pierces through one of the biggest cities in the world, as a passenger plane flies directly into the north tower. Within minutes, the story will go live across the globe.
What they don’t know is that in 17 minutes, a second plane will collide with the south tower. This isn’t an accident. It’s an attack.
On September 11, 2001, 2,976 people were killed as a result of four hijacked commercial airliners. Two crashed into the World Trade Centers, a third targeted the Pentagon, with a fourth aiming for the U.S. Capitol building but brought down in a field by several brave passengers.
Five men have been charged with these acts of terrorism, and the case is the largest criminal prosecution in U.S. history in terms of the number of victims.
But this episode is not about the men responsible.
It’s about how that day truly unfolded, and the nearly 3000 victims who did not know those early hours of September 11 would be their last.
CREDITS
Guest: Garrett Graff, author of The Only Plane In The Sky
Host: Jessie Stephens
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Rhiannon Mooney & Ian Camilleri
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Wed, 08 Dec 2021 - 133 - The Teenager Who Came Back From The Dead
It’s May 9, 2001, and the family of missing teenager, Natasha Ryan, are holding a memorial service in Bundaberg, Queensland. Today would have been her 17th birthday.
Natasha, with dark brown hair, hazel eyes, and fair, freckled skin, had disappeared on August 31, 1998. She was 14 years old. For almost three years, there has been no trace of her.
Her father, Robert Ryan, and mother, Jenny Ryan, have accepted that their daughter is dead. They may never find her remains. But at this memorial, they say their final goodbyes. Their pain is palpable to everyone around them.
But - as they will later learn - Natasha Ryan is still alive. She’s about 25 minutes away. And in a story unlike anything seen anywhere in the world, Natasha will appear at her own murder trial two years later.
Her story is one Australia won’t ever forget.
CREDITS
Guests: Tara Brown & Paula Doneman
Host: Jessie Stephens
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri
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Wed, 01 Dec 2021 - 132 - The Disappearance of Shelly Miscavige
It was December 1982, when 21-year-old Shelly Barnett, described by Vanity Fair as a willowy beauty with strawberry blonde hair, married 22-year old David Miscavige in Los Angeles.
She would become the First Lady of Scientology.
Those who knew her described her as shy, often appearing lonely and isolated. At the same time, some witnesses say she was prone to losing her temper, much like her husband.
In all the years they were together, members of Scientology who have gone on the record say they cannot remember any affection between the two. They did not hug or kiss. Theirs was very much a working relationship. They were both dedicated to the Church of Scientology above all else and were busy attracting high-profile celebrities to their church. Their project worked. They recruited Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Elisabeth Moss, Danny Masterton, and Nancy Cartwright.
By 2004, Claire Headley, an ex Scientologist who worked closely with Shelly, said she had begun to crack. “Shelly was cowed,” she said. “She was always stressed. She was never sleeping. She was just run ragged. Because of that, she was often in a bad mood and that’s where some people would just say they hated her. But she was never an evil person... It was just a god-awful situation.”
And then, suddenly, Shelly Miscavige, the most high-profile woman in Scientology, vanished.
It was as though she had never existed.
CREDITS
Guest: Tony Ortega
Host: Jessie Stephens
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri
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Wed, 24 Nov 2021 - 131 - Who Killed Shandee Blackburn?
Mackay is a city on the Coral Sea coast of Queensland, Australia, located about 970 kilometres north of Brisbane.
It’s known as the sugar capital of Australia, producing more than a third of the country’s cane sugar.
In South Mackay, sits a spacious pub called Harrup Park Country Club. In February 2013, this was one of the last places Shandee Blackburn was seen alive.
The 23-year-old finishes her seven hour Friday night shift and begins to make her way home to her mother’s house in Boddington Street. Wearing dark pants and a dark shirt, Shandee taps out a text message as she walks, not even 15 minutes from her destination. It’s warm outside with a light breeze, as the town enters into its last weeks of summer. The streets are quiet. Empty. Shandee has no reason to be afraid.
But that night, Shandee will not make it to her front door. A taxi driver would see a scuffle he does not understand, and call the police. She is brutally attacked. And CCTV features a man, just prior to her attack, crouching in some nearby bushes.
CREDITS
Guest: Hedley Thomas, host of Shandee's Story
Host: Jessie Stephens
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri
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Wed, 17 Nov 2021 - 130 - The Family Murders Of Adelaide
It’s 1983, and a 15-year-old boy named Richard Kelvin is in a laneway in North Adelaide. He is 50 metres from his beautiful family home.
He has spent that Sunday, June the 5th, playing footy, until the afternoon when his best friend Karl came over. They kicked the footy around. Richard called his girlfriend. And then he walked Karl to the bus stop.
It’s 6:15pm, and the sun is disappearing.
He says to Karl that he doesn’t want to walk back alone. There are surrounding parklands, and he jokes “I might get mugged or something.” Richard is as aware as any other child in Adelaide that the streets aren’t safe at night. Over the last four years, boys have been murdered.
Richard attempts to run home. He wants to call his girlfriend. He must be back in time for dinner. But then a sound echoes through the neighbourhood.
Multiple people hear it. The suburb is otherwise quiet, and then there’s a loud cry, as though for help, followed by the screeching of car tires.
Richard is not the first boy to go missing, but he is the most high profile. His father is a famous news presenter, Rob Kelvin.
It will be six weeks and one day before Richard’s boy is found. For most of that time, he was alive. It is a tragedy of unimaginable scale.
He is the fifth murder victim that we know of, ranging in age from 14 to 25.
The people responsible were capable of cruelty beyond what any of us could imagine. And, according to some, they belonged to a much larger network, targeting potentially hundreds of innocent victims.
CREDITS
Guest: Debi Marshall
Host: Jessie Stephens
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri
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Wed, 10 Nov 2021 - 129 - Missing In Two Minutes: The Baffling Disappearance Of Janet Castrejon
Rustler Park sits high in the Chiricahua Mountains in southern Arizona.
Campsites belonging to the park are scattered along a number of roads, sectioned off from the meadows to avoid damaging plants and fragile soils. Paths from these campgrounds lead into the Chiricahua Wilderness, a national forest full of ponderosa pine and swarming with wildlife. Large animals, like black bears, are often spotted there.
In the early afternoon of Father’s Day, 2015, three members of the Castrejon family arrived and set up camp. Lydia and Eduardo Castrejon had driven up the mountain with their 44-year-old daughter,Janet. Eduardo made lunch for his family at around 4pm.
But within only a few hours, Janet Castrejon would be missing. She would disappear in what seemed like a flash.
And since that summer evening on the 18th of June, 2015, Janet was never seen alive again.
CREDITS
Guest: Ottavia McHenry, host of the Labyrinth podcast.
Host: Jessie Stephens
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri & Leah Porges
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Wed, 03 Nov 2021 - 128 - The Bondi Clifftop Murders
Between the beaches of Bondi and Tamarama in Sydney’s picturesque Eastern suburbs, lies a steep cliff face. Parks and a walking track sit above, attracting tourists from all over the world. But below is rock and the white, foamy Pacific Ocean, the water appearing black at night time. In the 1980s, there was no railing separating the track from the steep cliff. And at night, sometimes screams were heard by locals. Bloodstains were found along the walkway. And in the very worst-case scenarios, men disappeared… or their lifeless bodies were found below - lives cut tragically short.
Some locals nicknamed the area Bondi Badlands - a spot that turned into what’s been referred to as a killer’s playground.
So what was happening to these innocent men? And why did it take such a long time for police to give these crimes the time and energy they always deserved?
CREDITS
Guest: Greg Callaghan, host of the Bondi Badlands podcast.
Host: Jessie Stephens
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri
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Wed, 27 Oct 2021 - 127 - Australia's Jack The Ripper
It’s 1888, and a man who will become perhaps the most infamous serial killer in history is terrorising the streets of London.
Fog rises from the damp streets of the Whitechapel district, a largely impoverished area, which has earned itself a reputation for being a cauldron of immorality. Poverty, racism, hundreds of lodging houses which function as brothels, and social unrest mean that the slums in the East End of London have already earned themselves a reputation.
It’s September 10, and five killings have taken place within one and a half kilometres of each other, in just over a month. All the victims are women. The culprit is known as Jack the Ripper, because of the horrifically brutal nature of his violent crimes.
A number of letters were sent from a man claiming to be the killer, taunting police and journalists. One of the letters purported to have been sent from hell.
To this day, the killer’s identity is unknown.
But there’s a theory that he might have been a man named Fredrick Deeming. A man who eventually, ended up in Australia.
CREDITS
Guest: Garry Linnell
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri
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Wed, 20 Oct 2021 - 126 - Juanita Nielsen: The Woman Who Vanished
It’s a bleak, cold morning, on July 4, 1975.
A 34-year-old man named Eddie Trigg waits inside the Carousel Cabaret nightclub, known to most as a seedy bar located in the heart of Sydney’s Kings Cross.
But that’s not why Eddie, with a beard and sharp hazel eyes, is there. After all, it’s just past 10:30am. He is there to meet someone.
Juanita Nielsen, the 37-year-old owner and publisher of the newspaper NOW, makes her way towards the establishment. These will be the final moments of her life.
It’s 10:40am when she arrives. She is greeted at reception and escorted upstairs to the VIP Lounge. She is there for what she believes is a work meeting.
She is never seen again.
Whispers have circulated around Sydney since. Some say her body is buried under an airport runway. Others are convinced her body is hidden beneath sand dunes.
But 46 years on, Juanita Neilsen is still known as the woman who vanished, and her body has never been found.
We do know, however, that she was a woman with enemies.
CREDITS
Guest: Peter Rees
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri
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Wed, 13 Oct 2021 - 125 - The Satanic Panic
In 1983, in Manhattan Beach, California, one woman named Judy Johnson put forward an allegation.
Her two-and-a-half-year-old son was, at the time, attending McMartin preschool. Johnson claimed that her son had been sexually abused by a teacher at the school named Ray Buckley. Her claims were unlike anything police had heard before. Although there was no evidence of abuse taking place, police decided to send a form letter to about 200 parents of students at the pre-school. It asked them to speak to their children and listed off possible abuse they might have experienced.
Over the next seven years, seven teachers, six of them women, were charged with more than 200 counts of child abuse, involving more than than 40 children. There were accusations of Satanic rituals, animal sacrifices, administering of drugs, the creation of child exploitation material, and flying children to far away places where they were molested. The accusations became increasingly bizarre.
By the late 1980s, “McMartin” had become a household word. The trial is among the longest and costliest criminal proceedings in the history of the United States.
What emerged, however, was that none of these events had ever taken place. Today, the children who spoke to authorities say they knew at the time their allegations were false. So what was behind this hysteria? And what was behind the Satanic panic that followed?
CREDITS
Guest: Ruth McIver
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri
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Wed, 06 Oct 2021 - 124 - A Dinner Party In Canberra
It’s October 24, 1997, and 25-year-old Anu Singh, a promising young law student, invites friends over for a dinner party.
She lives in a Canberra townhouse with her 26-year-old boyfriend Joe Cinque.
The pair met two years prior at a night out in Newcastle. He was said to be immediately taken by Singh, and they quickly became inseparable.
But something wasn’t right about this dinner party.
Friends who attended had heard of Singh’s plans. She’s called the night a ‘farewell’, but some didn’t take her remark seriously. Singh had issued a warning before they arrived. Tonight, in her words, “a crime was going to be committed”.
Her friends arrived to the Canberra townhouse and enjoyed the company of both Singh and Cinque. They drank and ate, and eventually, left to go home.
It’s what happened next - when the couple were alone - that has become something of a modern horror story.
CREDITS
Guest: Former Detective Superintendent Greg Ranse
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri
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Wed, 29 Sep 2021 - 123 - Myra Hindley: The Most Evil Woman In Britain
It’s Boxing Day, 1964, when a 26-year-old man named Ian Brady, and a 22-year-old woman named Myra Hindley, attend a fair in Ancoats, an area in Manchester, North West England.
The pair had met three years prior when Myra had developed an infatuation with Ian. Finally, Ian showed interest and asked her to the movies. They have been inseparable ever since, although their relationship is anything but conventional.
While at the fair, the couple notice that a ten-year-old named Lesley Ann Downey appears to be alone. In an instant, she becomes their next target.
The young couple approach her, purposefully dropping the shopping they’re carrying. Ian and Myra know that the presence of a woman means a child is more likely to trust them. This is part of their strategy.
And so, they ask Lesley if she wouldn’t mind helping them carry their packages to their car, and then on to their home on Wardle Brook Avenue.
When they arrive, Lesley Ann Downey is raped and then murdered.
She is not Ian and Myra’s first victim. And she will not be their last.
The following morning, as Lesley Ann’s family frantically search for their missing daughter, the pair bury her in a shallow grave at Saddleworth Moor, a wide open expanse of hills and uncultivated land. Her clothes are buried by her feet.
The crimes committed by Myra Hindley and Ian Brady would come to be known as the Moors murder, a series of killings that targeted children, four of whom were sexually assaulted.
Myra Hindley has long been branded the “most evil woman in Britain” - the exception to everything we think we know about female killers.
CREDITS
Guests: Dr Lizzie Seal & Dr Meghan Sacks
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri
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Wed, 22 Sep 2021 - 122 - Australia’s Most Notorious Female Killer
It was 6am on March 1, 2000, when John Price’s neighbour noticed his car was still in the driveway. It struck him as unusual.
John’s supervisor noticed his absence at work too. An off-handed comment he’d made the day before made his co-workers feel uneasy.
At 8:10am, Officer Matthews and Officer Furlonger arrived at John’s home.
His front door was locked. The two policemen decided to walk around the side of the house, and break in through the back door. What they saw has been described as one of the worst scenes in Australian criminal history. A judge would later refer to what happened as “beyond contemplation in a civilised society”. The horrific actions of Katherine Knight resulted in her being one of the few women in Australia’s criminal history to be handed a sentence that will see her imprisoned for the term of her natural life.
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Guest: Sandra Lee
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri
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Wed, 15 Sep 2021 - 121 - America's Boogeywoman: The Story Of Aileen Wuornos
Aileen Wuornos stares down the barrel of the camera, her eyes looking almost black.
Her mousy brown hair is pushed back off her face, revealing a pink face. But the most notable thing about the mug shot, taken in front of a bright blue backdrop, is the expression on her face. A snarl. Like she is a moment from breaking out into laughter.
She would go on to say, “I’m one who seriously hates human life and would kill again…. I really got tired of it all… I was angry about the johns… I have hate crawling through my system.”
Aileen Wuornos has been called America’s boogeywoman. A monster. And history’s most terrifying female killer.
From a childhood of abandonment and abuse to a tragic end in 2002, this is the story of Aileen Wuornos.
CREDITS
Guest: Peter Vronksy
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri
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Wed, 08 Sep 2021 - 120 - The Day Dalia Dippolito Tried To Have Her Husband Murdered
It’s a warm morning in August, 2009, when 26-year-old Dalia Dippolito decides to go to the gym.
Dalia has long brown hair, tanned skin, and has only recently started working out. She leaves her house just before 6am, and drives the two kilometres from her house in Palm Beach, Florida, to the local gym.
In the months prior, she’d started exercising with her husband, 38 year old Michael Dippolito. They’d been married less than a year, and to anyone who knew them, they seemed happy.
But that morning, in the middle of a Florida summer, Dalia got a phone call.
It was a detective. And she was instructed to return home, immediately.
What she saw as she drove down her street was a crime scene. There was police tape and police cars, and a detective tasked with the job of telling Dalia what had happened.
But by that evening, Dalia’s entire world had been turned on its head. Sitting in the police station, it was almost as if she’d been visited by a ghost.
CREDITS
Guest: Elizabeth Parker
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri
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Wed, 01 Sep 2021 - 119 - Introducing Extraordinary Stories: The Demonisation Of Lindy Chamberlain
We’re popping into your feed to share with you our new episode of Extraordinary Stories: The Demonisation of Lindy Chamberlain. Episodes two and three of the season, and all past seasons of Extraordinary Stories are available to stream now, exclusively to MPlus subscribers.
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Demonised by the press. Vilified by the country. The subject of gossip and innuendo. From the viewpoint of 2021, the story of Lindy Chamberlain is a brutal reflection of 1980s Australia. Beneath the layers of lies and injustice, it’s a story of a mother who didn’t behave, look, speak or grieve the way we wanted her to after the incomprehensible loss of a child. It’s also the story of one woman, strong enough to endure it all.
In this season of Extraordinary Stories, we’re unraveling how a young woman went from mother to wrongly convicted murderer, and why the story of Azaria Chamberlain’s disappearance continues to fascinate us to this day.
To listen to more episodes ofThe Demonisation Of Lindy Chamberlain head to mamamia.com.au/mplusWITH THANKS TO:
Malcolm Brown, Journalist
Dr Sophie Jensen, National Museum of Australia
Alana Valentine, Author & Playwright
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Dear Lindy: A nation responds to the Loss of Azaria, Alana Valentine
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Tue, 31 Aug 2021 - 118 - A Startling Murder In West Cork
West Cork in Ireland sits on the edge of Europe.
It’s rugged and windy, cold in the winter, and beautiful in the summer.
Since the 1960s, the district has been developed by what the people call ‘blow-ins’. People from around the world who somehow end up in West Cork, hoping to start their lives again.
Often these people are artists or runaways, living in little cottages, desperate for a reset. Sometimes, they’re people running from something. A life they wanted to escape.
Until 1996, nothing much happened in West Cork. It was quiet and peaceful, full of farmers and fishermen.
And then, one night just before Christmas, it became the backdrop to one of Ireland’s most notorious murder cases.
Locals were adamant they knew who did it.
A man who had a “badness in him”. Who never quite fit in. Who rubbed people the wrong way.
But was he responsible?
Or was he just another blow-in?
CREDITS
Guest: Jennifer Forde, co-host of the West Cork podcast.
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri
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Wed, 25 Aug 2021 - 117 - Did He Really Do It? The Disturbing Case Of Robert Farquharson
It’s Father’s Day, 2005, and Robert Farquharson is driving his three sons, Jai, Tyler and Bayley, home to their mother’s house.
They’d spent the day together, with their mum, Cindy Gambino, helping the boys put together a Father’s Day gift for Robert. It was a framed photo of his three sons, aged 10, seven, and two.
As a treat, Robert took the boys to Kmart where he bought them toys, and then to KFC for dinner in Geelong.
Afterward, they set off along the Princes Highway, on their way to Winchelsea.
It was on this route, that the unthinkable happened.
The white VN Commodore Robert was driving veered across the highway, crashed through a fence, and began to sink in a farm dam.
Their mother, Cindy, would call it the ‘blackest ever night’.
It is a case that has imprinted itself on the memory of Victorians. But perhaps, author Chris Brook asks, all is not as it seems.
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Guest: Chris Brook
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri
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Wed, 18 Aug 2021 - 116 - Who Killed Leanne Holland?
On the eastern edge of the city of Ipswich in Queensland, lies a small suburb named Goodna.
About 20 kilometres from the Brisbane central business district, Goodna is peppered with Jacaranda, Hoop Pine, and Mango trees, and boasts numerous parks which are frequented by the public.
It was the 26th of September - a spring day - at 1:42pm when two police were stopped in their tracks.
They had been searching the bushland on Redbank Plains Road after a young girl, 12-year-old Leanne Holland, had been reported missing by her family a few days before.
The officers spotted a partly unclothed, shoeless body. One that would come to be identified as the blonde-haired, round-faced, Leanne.
What had happened to her? And who was responsible?
Police already had a suspect. One man.
But, as we’d come to find out, there were a handful of problems.
CREDITS
Guest: Graeme Crowley, author of Who Killed Leanne Holland
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri
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Wed, 11 Aug 2021 - 115 - The Frankston Murders
It’s a quarter past seven in the evening on Friday, June 11, 1993.
18-year-old Elizabeth Stevens is freezing. She’s soaking wet from the rain, her short hair clinging to her neck.
She steps off the bus which she caught from Frankston to Cranbourne Road, Langwarrin, and hurries towards her aunt and uncle's house where she lives. She doesn’t know she’s being watched.
She had spent her Friday evening at Frankston Library on an English assignment. Her goal is to one day join the army and she knows she has to complete this TAFE course in order to get there.
That particular June night, the rain is so heavy it’s difficult to see. As Elizabeth turns into Paterson Avenue a man jumps at her out of the darkness, dressed in a green army jacket and navy baseball cap. The sound of the rain and the roaring wind drowns out her screams.
She feels what she can only assume is a gun to her head as he drags her along someone’s front lawn.
Threatening Elizabeth, the man holds her hand, directing her down Paterson Avenue. Passersby think their interaction looks innocent, not knowing that if Elizabeth doesn’t comply the man has threatened to “blow her head off”.
He leads her to Lloyd Park into a clump of bushes.
These would be the last moments of Elizabeth Stevens’ life.
Less than an hour afterwards the man responsible for her murder would be sitting inside his warm home, enjoying a roast dinner, waiting for his girlfriend to return home from work.
CREDITS
Guest: Vikki Petraitis, author of The Frankston Murders: 25 Years On
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Ian Camileri
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Wed, 04 Aug 2021 - 114 - MH17: The Passenger Plane Shot Down From The Sky
It’s just after midday on July 17, 2014, when 283 passengers, and 15 crew members board MH17 at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.
Among the passengers are 12-year-old Mo, 10-year-old Evie, and eight-year-old Otis Maslin, along with their 68-year-old grandfather, Nick Norris. MH17 is bound for Kuala Lumpur International Airport, due to arrive at 6:10am local time. The family would then go on to Perth, Australia, where they live.
But a few hours into the flight, the plane loses contact with air traffic control. The last known point of contact is about 50 kilometres from the Russia-Ukraine border.
The parents of Mo, Evie and Otis are in Amsterdam, spending two more days in the city, before heading home to join their kids.
That afternoon they think to themselves how lucky they are. How life doesn’t get any better than this.
Late that night, they’ll receive a phone call.
They are thrown into what they will later describe, a living hell.
CREDITS
Guest: Meshel Laurie author of CSI Told You Lies
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Ian Camileri
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Wed, 28 Jul 2021 - 113 - The Real Life Dr. Death
It was late 2011 when 54-year-old Kellie Martin had her accident.
Along with her husband Don Martin, Kellie was retrieving Christmas decorations from their attic in Garland, Texas, when she missed a step on a ladder.
The fall resulted in a herniated disk in her back, an incredibly painful injury that she treated with physical therapy, muscle relaxers and pain relief. Eventually, her doctor recommended surgery.
An elementary school teacher, Kellie scheduled her surgery in the break of March 2012. The neurosurgeon, Dr. Christopher Duntsch, explained the procedure was simple and routine. It would only take 45 minutes, with a quick recovery.
When the day came, Kellie and Don had complete trust in Dr. Duntsch. He was articulate and reassuring. The exact kind of doctor you’d want looking after you.
But the 45 minutes came and went. Don sat in the waiting room, starting to wonder if something had gone terribly wrong. Eventually, Dr. Duntcsh came out. The surgery had been a success, although Kellie was in a little pain. Then, he went on to explain she might have to go up to the ICU or stay overnight. Alarm bells started sounding for Don. Something wasn’t right.
Hours passed. Still, they were working on her. Don and Kellie’s daughter’s arrived and waited with their father. They were confused. Sick with worry.
That’s when the ICU physician, Dr. Duntsch and the anesthesiologist met with them.
Kellie was dead.
Dr. Duntsch, they would later discover, had sliced an artery, and Kellie had bled to death.
For the Martin family, they were living their absolute worst nightmare.
What they didn’t know, was that of the 38 surgeries Dr. Duntsch had attempted in the last two years, 33 had gone wrong. Patients were left in chronic pain, others unable to walk, or with permanent injuries.
Patients and doctors demanded answers. And eventually, they would get them.
CREDITS
Guest: Marshall Lewy from Wondery
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Ian Camileri
You can stream the new Dr. Death television series on Stan.
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Wed, 21 Jul 2021 - 112 - Life With The Serpent: The Story Of Charles Sobhraj
It was October 18, 1975, when a farmer found the body of a young woman floating face down in the Gulf of Thailand.
Teresa Knowlton was wearing a floral bikini - a detail that journalists would use to eventually brand her murderer 'The Bikini Killer'.
The 21-year-old had traveled to Bangkok, from Seattle in the US, and was following the “Hippie Trail” that would eventually lead her to study Tibetan Buddhism at Kopan Monastery in Kathmandu.
But along the way, she’d met someone.
Although accounts differ, it appears that a man invited Theresa to his home in Pattaya, about 100 kilometres southeast of Bangkok.
There, it’s likely her drink was poisoned. And then, she was invited out for a swim.
She would become the first victim of a man who would come to be known as 'The Serpent'.
And his crimes would only get worse.
CREDITS
Guest: Julie Clarke
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Ian Camileri
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Wed, 14 Jul 2021 - 111 - The Myall Creek Massacre
It’s an hour and a half before sunset on a Sunday afternoon in June, 1838.
A group of Indigenous Australians, the Wirrayaraay people, are cooking their evening meal. As the day nears its end, things are quiet. Calm.
They’re at Myall Creek Station, in north western NSW, between the towns of Bingara and Delungra. They’ve been camped there for a few weeks, seeking safety and protection from stockmen who have been roaming the district, killing any Indigenous person they could find.
And then they hear something.
A rumbling. The sound of horses hooves. Eleven men can be seen in the distance, galloping towards them at speed.
The women grab their children. Two young boys run and dive into a nearby creek. The rest of the group - about 28 in total - scramble towards the huts, hoping that the white men would protect them.
Instead, they were tied up, and led away from the huts.
What happened would come to be known as the Myall Creek massacre - a crime Australians must never, ever forget.
CREDITS
Guest: Mark Tedeschi QC
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Leah Porges
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Wed, 07 Jul 2021 - 110 - The Devil’s Grip: A Deadly Secret
Seven gunshots ring out through Victoria’s green and vast Barrabool Hills.
On the western outskirts of Geelong, the Barrabool Hills is sparsely populated, best known for grazing sheep and lamb.
It’s the early hours of Wednesday, March 18, 1992, and the sun has not yet risen. Everyone should be asleep.
But those seven gunshots will have killed three people.
For the youngest casualty, 23-year-old Guy, a gunshot shatters his watch. The time reads 4:25am.
A family line will end that day. Three generations wiped out in just minutes. But the story of Darcy Wettenhall, and the secret life he was living, is about to be revealed.
CREDITS
Guest: Neal Drinnan
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri
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Wed, 30 Jun 2021 - 109 - The Good Girls: A Double Tragedy In A Quiet Village
Hanging from a mango tree, on the edge of their village in Uttar Pradesh, are the bodies of two girls.
It’s May 27, 2014, and the sun is just beginning to rise in India’s north. It’s already blisteringly hot, the air thick and overbearing. A man, a member of the village, is the first to see them. The two girls who went missing last night.
Lalli is 14, her lifeless body beside her 16-year-old cousin Padma. They were inseparable in life, neighbours who were more like sisters. Their parents have been desperately trying to find them. They will eventually be called to this orchard, and they will see what became of their daughters.
But when they find them, they do not take their bodies down. Their mistrust of police is so great that they wait for a man they trust to arrive. They think that the police will ensure these girls are forgotten. Their deaths ignored by the justice system. Instead, the women of the family guard their bodies as they are exposed to the heat, factors that would make it increasingly difficult to determine what happened.
On that day, in May 2014, photographs are taken of a scene that is shared all around the world.
These girls’ lives mattered.
And with a spotlight on this small village in India, it’s critical they determine what happened.
CREDITS
Guest: Sonia Faleiro
Host: Jessie Stephens
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri
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Wed, 23 Jun 2021 - 108 - Barrenjoey Road: The Case Of Trudie Jeanette Adams
On today’s episode host Jessie Stephens is speaking with award-winning investigative journalists Ruby Jones and Neil Mercer, co-authors of the book Barrenjoey Road.
For 43 years, the case of Trudie Jeanette Adams has intrigued people on Sydney's Northern Beaches. Trudie decided to hitch-hike home, but she was never seen again.
Ruby Jones first investigated the case for ABC’s Unravel podcast. The second season, titled Barrenjoey Road, investigated the disappearance of Trudie Adams. The ABC then produced the three-part documentary series with Jones and Mercer, under the same name.
CREDITS
Guest: Ruby Jones & Neil Mercer
Host: Jessie Stephens
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri
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Wed, 16 Jun 2021 - 107 - Finding Cleo: The Story Of A Lost Child
On today’s episode Jessie is speaking with award-winning investigative journalist Connie Walker, whose podcast ‘Stolen’ & ‘Missing & Murdered’ uncovers an overlooked epidemic of violence against Indigenous women and girls in North America.
Her ‘Finding Cleo’ series tells the story of the young Cree girl who was taken from her family by child welfare workers in Saskatchewan in the 1970s, and unearths what truly happened to her...
CREDITS
Guest: Carrie Walker
Host: Jessie Stephens
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri
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Wed, 09 Jun 2021 - 106 - The Dunblane Massacre: Britain's Deadliest Mass Shooting
It’s a Wednesday morning in March 1996, and the bell sounds at Dunblane Primary School near Stirling in Scotland.
Students scramble to their classrooms, their minds are caught up in homework and friendships, and the game they were just playing in the yard.
A class of twenty-eight Primary 1 pupils, aged between four and six, congregate in the gymnasium, preparing for their morning PE lesson.
In a nearby classroom sits an eight-year-old boy whose name is Andy. He has blue eyes and sandy coloured hair and loves nothing more than tennis. On the weekends, he plays adults. Sometimes he even beats them. Today, he is known as Andy Murray, one of the greatest tennis players to have ever lived.
It’s just after 9:30am when eight-year-old Andy hears something.
Two gunshots just outside his classroom.
They sound like they’re coming from the gymnasium.
The man holding the gun has on him 743 cartridges of ammunition. He’s already cut cables at the bottom of a telegraph pole at the school’s entrance and he’s about to execute the deadliest mass shooting in British history.
25 years later the question remains: why?
Who was this man, armed with more weapons than anyone could ever need, marching into a local primary school?
And is there a world in which this massacre could have been prevented?
CREDITS
Guest: Christopher Berry-Dee
Host: Jessie Stephens
Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri
RESOURCES WE USED:
Andy Murray: The Man Behind the Racquet
Judy Murray | THE DUNBLANE MASSACRE | Driving Force
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