Vanessa Scammell

After a long period out of the industry, he was cast by producer John Frost to appear in the play Cluedo, a production which was scheduled to tour for five months around Australia.

It was time to celebrate.

His comeback was finally about to happen.

But rather than opening the show in January as planned, a shocking turn of events led instead to this podcast being made.

In part two of this series, the episodes feature interviews with Craig McLaughlin and Michael Caine, originally filmed for YouTube and now presented here as part of the audio podcast series with some additional materials.

After nine episodes of Not Guilty, which examined the criminal proceedings against Craig McLaughlin, a case in which he was ultimately found not guilty, it felt important to step back from the legal analysis and hear directly from Craig himself.

Not the stage character, Dr. Frankenfurter the Transsexual from Transylvania, but the man behind the character.

Because behind every case, there is a human story.

It should also be noted that Craig McLachlan had no involvement in the production of the Not Guilty episodes beyond reading portions of evidence he presented in court and certain text messages that had been exchanged with his accusers.

The series was conceived and produced entirely independently of Craig to ensure factual and evidence-based accounts were given.

My goal has always been to bring the facts to the forefront, many of which have never been heard.

Eight years ago, Christy Whelan-Brown, Erica Haynitz and Angela Scundi went to the press to air allegations against Craig.

Just as they were given a chance to be heard, my goal in presenting the podcast all these years later is to reveal aspects and insights of the story that have previously been overlooked or ignored.

People ask, why have I done this series?

The simple answer is this, because no one else would.

In the unfiltered interviews, all questions posed by Michael Caine are not shared with Craig in advance.

His responses are spontaneous, unscripted and not rehearsed or coached.

There was no director or producer guiding these sessions in contrast to the interviews the ABC conducted all those years ago.

We've explored the case, the evidence and the rulings.

Now it's time to hear from the man at the centre of it all, Craig McLaughlin.