Australian True Crime

One of Australia's worst serial rapists was also a WA Police Officer

31 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest today is Nicole Edwards. She served in the Western Australian Police Force for 17 years until she retired on mental health grounds in 2023. ...

True Crime Bedtime Stories: The Snapshot Killer

27 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're featuring an episode from a new podcast, True Crime Bedtime Stories. Click here to listen to their episodes on Apple Podcasts, or simply s...

Shortcut: Update on well connected child predator

24 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. In epi...

Update on well connected child predator

24 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In episode #342 of Australian True Crime, we met a man named Glen Fisher, who told us about the abuse he suffered in a so-called youth refuge in 1980s...

True Crime Bedtime Stories: Peter Tobin

20 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today we're featuring an episode from a new podcast, True Crime Bedtime Stories. Click here to listen to their episodes on Apple Podcasts, or simply s...

Shortcut: The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay with David Murray - Re-issue #18

17 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. We're ...

The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay with David Murray - Re-issue #18

17 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We're 11 weeks into 2024 and 18 Australian women have been murdered so far this year. Today we are releasing a re-issue of episode #18, a case I ...

Shortcut: I was stalked by my husband's ex partner

10 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Brisba...

I was stalked by my husband's ex partner

10 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Brisbane Journalist Nicole Madigan's experience of stalking isn't the one we've grown used to.She was stalked by her husband's ex partner for over thr...

Shortcut: Going to the same school as your abusers

06 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. It's e...

Going to the same school as your abusers

06 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It's estimated that around one third of sexual assaults committed against Australian children are carried out by other children, according to the Aust...

Shortcut: My violent ex became a murderer

02 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. A coup...

My violent ex became a murderer

02 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A couple of years ago, there was a lady called Lynda living in a small community in Australia, who had bright pink keys.She wanted them to be very vis...

Shortcut: How a Homicide Detective Prepares for a Murder Trial

25 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Charli...

How a Homicide Detective Prepares for a Murder Trial

25 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Charlie Bezzina is a former Homicide Detective who has been part of some of the biggest murder trials this country has ever seen.Charlie remains in ve...

Shortcut: Why you should think twice about online vigilantism

21 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Dr Ren...

Why you should think twice about online vigilantism

21 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Renee Zahnow is an Urban Criminologist, and an Australian Research Council (ARC) Senior Research Fellow in the School of Social Science at the Univ...

Shortcut: The Work of WA Police's Sex Crimes Division

18 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Dr. Ha...

The Work of WA Police's Sex Crimes Division

18 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Hamish Mckenzie is the Detective Superintendent of the Western Australia Sex Crimes Division. That means he's the boss.As you're about to hear, Se...

Shortcut: Was my ancestor Australia's first serial killer?

11 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Like m...

Was my ancestor Australia's first serial killer?

11 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Like many of us, our guest today has researched her family tree using an online ancestry website.Unlike most of us, Julie DiBella found a serial kille...

Shortcut: The poet who was once a bikie associate

07 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Scott ...

The poet who was once a bikie associate

07 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Keighran is a published poet.If you Google him, though, you're more likely to find him described as an associate of the Rebels Motorcycle Club, ...

Shortcut: The day this police officer was stabbed by an alleged child sex offender

04 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. CW: Th...

The day this police officer was stabbed by an alleged child sex offender

04 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

CW: This episode contains discussions of child sexual assault.Retired Detective Sergeant John Breda narrowly escaped being murdered by an alleged chil...

Shortcut: My grandfather's vicious act created generational trauma

28 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Sarah'...

My grandfather's vicious act created generational trauma

28 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah's grandfather murdered her grandmother and hid her under the floorboards.This event has long since fallen from the news, but she joins us to sha...

Roger Rogerson is dead. What secrets will he keep forever?

24 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Infamous corrupt NSW police officer, Roger Rogerson, has died this week at the age of 83 from suffering a brain aneurism.Rogerson was serving a life s...

Shortcut: Roger Rogerson is dead. What secrets will he keep forever?

24 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Infamo...

Angie's Story: An honest account of sex work and heroin addiction

21 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest today is Angie. She was a sex worker and drug user for some years and she sustained a brain injury through an unsuccessful suicide attempt, ...

Shortcut: Angie's Story: An honest account of sex work and heroin addiction

21 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Our gu...

Wanted: Escaping Thai Prison P1

14 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week of Australian True Crime, we are playing an episode from one of our favourite true crime podcasts, Wanted. Wanted is a show where host Ja...

Can We Be Real? - Come join us

07 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Australian True Crime is taking a well earned week off this week and we wanted to take this opportunity to shine a light on our second podcast called ...

Shortcut: My father attacked my mother in front of 300 people - Part Two

03 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. In the...

My father attacked my mother in front of 300 people - Part Two

03 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the last episode of Australian True Crime, our guest Arman Abrahimzadeh OAM told the story of his childhood and adolescence. It was an existence ch...

Shortcut: My father attacked my mother in front of 300 people - Part One

31 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Arman ...

My father attacked my mother in front of 300 people - Part One

31 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Arman is a high achiever by anyone standards, except possibly those of his own father. As you'll come to learn, Arman grew up in a home ruled by ...

Re-Issue: Sallie-Anne Huckstepp: The Woman Who Knew Too Much - #5

24 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was originally aired on April 12th, 2017.Sallie-Anne Huckstepp had never intended to be a whistleblower, but when her drug dealer boyfrie...

The Clink: Brent Simpson

20 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of Australian True Crime, we're playing an episode from Brent Simpson's podcast, The Clink..Brent Simpson, who joined us on Monday's A...

Shortcut: The ex-bikie enforcer who turned to mental health advocacy

17 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Brent ...

The ex-bikie enforcer who turned to mental health advocacy

17 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Brent Simpson is a former sergeant-at-arms for the Bandidos Motorcycle Club.Considering his childhood was marked by poverty, physical and sexual abuse...

Shortcut: My father the underworld crime figure

13 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Frank ...

My father the underworld crime figure

13 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Frank La Rosa and his wife Kim were murdered at a Welshpool (WA) factory on June 13, 2008.Along with being a convicted heroin importer and notorious u...

Shortcut: The international cult that has a presence in Australia

10 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Founde...

The international cult that has a presence in Australia

10 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Founded in 1972, "The 12 Tribes" presents itself as a welcoming religious sect. However, the accounts from those who have managed to escape tell a ver...

Shortcut: The young law student who began robbing TABs - Part 2

06 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. This i...

The young law student who began robbing TABs - Part 2

06 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is the second part of a two part series with our guest, Arthur Bolkas.In his late teens and early twenties, Arthur was pulling double duty as a p...

Shortcut: The young law student who began robbing TABs - Part 1

03 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. We're ...

The young law student who began robbing TABs - Part 1

03 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. We're ...

Shortcut: The surge of violence in Victoria's illicit tobacco market

29 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Over t...

The surge of violence in Victoria's illicit tobacco market

29 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Over the past eight months, more than 30 tobacco stores in Victoria have fallen victim to a series of fire bombings due to a burgeoning turf war. Mart...

Shortcut: Falling in love with a prisoner sentenced to life

26 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Ashlei...

Falling in love with a prisoner sentenced to life

26 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ashleigh (not her real name) is a kind of woman we've all heard about many times, but don't often get to hear from.A couple of years ago, Ashleigh rec...

Shortcut: The Man Who Wasn't There

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. In 201...

The Man Who Wasn't There

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In 2011, A young indigenous man by the name of Zak Grieve was sentenced to life in prison for a murder he didn't commit.The murder of Ray Niceforo was...

Shortcut: Where is Australia getting its crystal meth?

19 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Austra...

Where is Australia getting its crystal meth?

19 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Australia tops almost every other country when it comes to our consumption of meth, with billions of dollars of it arriving at our shores each year.In...

Re-Issue: Annette Mason: Journey to an Inquest - #42

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

November 2023 marks the 34th anniversary of the brutal murder of Toowoomba teenager, Annette Mason. For today's episode, we revisit one of our earlies...

Shortcut: Convincing your husband to murder your ex

12 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Even t...

Convincing your husband to murder your ex

12 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Even though Biannca Edmunds didn't pull the trigger, Victorian homicide detectives pursued her for years with the belief that she was responsible for ...

Shortcut: The Girl in Cabin 350

05 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Gwenda...

The Girl in Cabin 350

05 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Gwenda McCallum was young, single and determined to squeeze every drop out of life when she arrived in Sydney in 1949. Mere weeks later, she found her...

Shortcut: The Real Romper Stomper

01 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. The cu...

The Real Romper Stomper

01 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The current rise of Antisemitism and “White Power” groups in Australia is not unprecedented.In fact, as recently as 1992, Russell Crowe’s career...

Shortcut: This Criminologist may challenge your views on the Criminal Justice System

29 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Lauren...

This Criminologist may challenge your views on the Criminal Justice System

29 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Lauren...

Robert Berchtold's reign of terror on the Broberg family - True Crime Compendium

22 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is an unlocked episode of Australian True Crime Plus. To access all ATC Plus episodes, plus ad free and early listening of all Australian True Cr...

Shortcut: The Brutal Upbringing that Prepared Susan Norman to be a Prison Guard

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Susan ...

The Brutal Upbringing that Prepared Susan Norman to be a Prison Guard

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Susan ...

Shortcut: Lynn's Law: The Murder of Lynn Cannon and the Call for Reform

15 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Lynn C...

Lynn's Law: The Murder of Lynn Cannon and the Call for Reform

15 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lynn Cannon, an adored Perth mother of two, was brutally murdered by her ex husband Paul Cannon in late 2022.The day before she was murdered, Paul lea...

Shortcut: Being the head police officer during the Cabramatta heroin crisis

08 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Alan L...

Being the head police officer during the Cabramatta heroin crisis

08 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Alan Leek is a retired member of the New South Wales Police Service, in which he served for 34 years. In the early 1990s, Alan was rewarded for h...

Shortcut: My father murdered my baby and he’s not in jail

04 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. In Oct...

My father murdered my baby and he’s not in jail

04 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In October 2019, Natalie Sands, her children and her mother suffered an unthinkably brutal attack at the hands of her father. Natalie was doused in pe...

Shortcut: How did this Australian die in South African police custody?

01 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. In 199...

How did this Australian die in South African police custody?

01 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In 1995, Adrian Pendergast accepted an exciting job opportunity in South Africa. Less than a week after he got there, he was found dead in a jail cell...

Shortcut: Drug dealing, car theft and escaping prison. This was Nathan's life.

24 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Our gu...

Drug dealing, car theft and escaping prison. This was Nathan's life.

24 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Our gu...

Shortcut: If your abuser is a cop, will the police still protect you?

16 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Mary (...

If your abuser is a cop, will the police still protect you?

16 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mary (not her real name) is a recently retired Victoria Police officer.Mary's husband and father of her two children committed serious family violence...

Shortcut: Australia's sex trafficking rings hiding in plain sight

10 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Sex tr...

Australia's sex trafficking rings hiding in plain sight

10 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sex trafficking of overseas women to Australia is far more widespread than you may believe.The Sex Work industry can be one of empowerment and autonom...

Shortcut: What happened to Ray and Jennie Kehlet?

03 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Ray an...

What happened to Ray and Jennie Kehlet?

03 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ray and Jennie Kehlet's much loved Great Dane, Ella, wandered alone and dehydrated into a caravan park in Sandstone, WA in March 2015.The phone calls ...

The Murder of Katie Rackliff - True Crime Compendium

27 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is the story of the unlikely killer who hid in plain sight in the tiny and terrified community of Camberley for two years. This is an unlocked e...

Shortcut: The multinational effort to bring Cecilia Haddad's killer to justice - Part 2

25 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. This i...

The multinational effort to bring Cecilia Haddad's killer to justice - Part 2

25 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is episode 2 of a 2 part series on the murder of Cecilia Haddad, and the multinational effort to bring her killer to justice.Journalist Ashlea Ha...

Shortcut: The multinational effort to bring Cecilia Haddad's killer to justice - Part 1

20 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. On the...

The multinational effort to bring Cecilia Haddad's killer to justice - Part 1

20 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On the day Cecilia Haddad's body was discovered in Sydney's Lane Cove River, her ex partner Mario Marcelo Santoro was on a flight home to Brazil.Our g...

Shortcut: Sarah's brave act that forever stopped a child predator

16 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Sarah ...

Sarah's brave act that forever stopped a child predator

16 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah spent decades explaining her self-destructive behaviour to people as a consequence of one terrible year of bullying in primary school.Her abuser...

Re-Issue: The Fight to Bring an Alleged Pedophile Headmistress Back to Australia to Face Justice: Survivor Dassi Erlich's Story

13 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a re-issue of episode 99 from May 2019 2019Dassi Erlich is living a life today she literally could never have imagined as a child. She couldn’...

Shortcut: Re-Issue: The Fight to Bring an Alleged Pedophile Headmistress Back to Australia to Face Justice: Survivor Dassi Erlich's Story

13 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. This i...

The disappearance of Susan Thomson leaves more questions than answers

06 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Susan Warren, 15 years old in the year of 1965, ran away with a man 8 years her senior, Arthur Thomson.The next 34 years of her life are quite frankly...

Shortcut: The disappearance of Susan Thomson leaves more questions than answers

06 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Susan ...

What you need to know to keep your child safe online

02 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We return this episode with our guests Jon Rouse APM and Akhim Dev, answering your questions about the fight against online exploitation of children.A...

Shortcut: What you need to know to keep your child safe online

02 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. We ret...

Task Force Argos: The police who rescue children from online sexual exploitation

30 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Task Force Argos is a world renowned branch of the Queensland Police Service, responsible for the investigation of online child exploitation and abuse...

Shortcut: Task Force Argos: The police who rescue children from online sexual exploitation

30 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Task F...