Lauren Cassimatis

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471 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 28 Jun

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Australian True Crime · The Only Australian Woman Sentenced to Life Without Parole · 25 Jun 2026 podcast

And also because it was just so...

I guess, tragic and barbaric.

Yeah.

I agree.

She not only experienced violence against herself, but she witnessed horrific violence against her mother, sexual violence.

That usually is a precursor to violent crimes, especially when you're a young person in your formative years.

You're starting to develop a sense of identity and a sense of

well, how to process the world and the environment around you.

So some of us, when we experience trauma in our lives, we've got at least positive role models around us to get us on track and deal with things constructively.

Others sink and they develop significant mental health issues, which is what happened to this woman is that she ended up, what the psychiatrist assessed her as was having borderline personality disorder.

And that often comes from serious trauma as a child, witnessing violence like she did.

I think that you're correct in that when we think about violent male offenders, we often write it off as, well, boys will be boys.

They don't express emotion.

It's through anger.

Whereas with women, we're expected to be a bit more nurturing.

You know, we're maternal.

We're almost seen as deviants when we do commit a wrong, let alone a crime.

She was always...

No, definitely not.

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