Australian True Crime

Can We Be Real? - The Secrets!

25 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Introducing "Can We Be Real?" - our new podcast that delves deep into the realm of authenticity and vulnerability.Join us as we encourage our listener...

Shortcut: A "real life monster" from Australia's Great Depression

23 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. During...

A "real life monster" from Australia's Great Depression

23 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

During the Great Depression, 32% of working age men were put out of work, with many of them resorting to drunken and violent lifestyles.During this ti...

Shortcut: Unfinished Business - a survivor defies the odds of Australia’s Court System (Part 2)

19 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. This i...

Unfinished Business - a survivor defies the odds of Australia’s Court System (Part 2)

19 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is part two of a two part series with our anonymous guest. If you haven’t yet listened to our previous episode, we highly suggest you go and li...

Shortcut: Unfinished Business - a survivor defies the odds of Australia’s Court System (Part 1)

16 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. Today'...

Unfinished Business - a survivor defies the odds of Australia’s Court System (Part 1)

16 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today's episode is part one of a two part series. Part two will be available this coming Thursday.For reasons that will become apparent, our guest has...

Introducing… They Walk Among Us

05 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever wondered if there is a dark side to your neighbour? The cashier at the supermarket? The delivery driver? The person that sleeps beside y...

Shortcut: Three days before her pregnancy was due, Krystal Fraser went missing

01 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. On the...

Three days before her pregnancy was due, Krystal Fraser went missing

01 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On the 20th of June, 2009, a heavily pregnant Krystal Fraser, 23 years old, checked herself out of hospital to go to a party in Pyramid Hill. A countr...

Special Extra: Mark Bouris and Meshel Laurie talk True Crime

28 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Meshel recently went on Straight Talk with Mark Bouris, and a whole lot of their conversation was about true crime. So what we've done is ed...

The father and son who vanished in one of the most remote parts of Australia

25 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a story about a man and his young son, Brad and Bevin Simmonds, who disappeared out in Cape York 20 years ago.How could an experienced fisherm...

Shortcut: The father and son who vanished in one of the most remote parts of Australia

25 Jun 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...

ATC Plus *UNLOCKED*: Ripple: A Long Strange Search for A Killer

21 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jim Cosgrove was a journalist until a song he made up for his nieces and nephews called ‘Mr Stinky Feet’ became the hit of the local book fair. He...

Shortcut: From Predatory Boys Homes to the Unforgiving Streets of Kings Cross

18 Jun 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. Many o...

From Predatory Boys Homes to the Unforgiving Streets of Kings Cross

18 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Many of Australia's systems failed Glen Fisher during his adolescence. Coming from a broken home, Glen had to endure a horrifying stint while in custo...

War hero to war criminal, Nick Mckenzie reflects on exposing Ben Roberts-Smith

11 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In 2018, Ben Roberts-Smith, a decorated Australian war veteran who had won the Victoria Cross for his actions in Afghanistan, sued The Age, The Sydney...

Shortcut: War hero to war criminal, Nick Mckenzie reflects on exposing Ben Roberts-Smith

11 Jun 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 silent suffering of a missing person's sibling

07 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tony Ryan's sister Marcia disappeared in 1996 after leaving her Melbourne home. Marcia told her family she was going on a road trip with her dog Ziggy...

Shortcut: The silent suffering of a missing person's sibling

07 Jun 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. Tony R...

Tina Greer's disappearance: Her daughter's fight for justice

04 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tina Louise Greer, 32, went missing from her Beechmont home in Queensland, January 18, 2012.She had gone to visit her ex boyfriend, a Finks bikie by t...

Shortcut: Tina Greer's disappearance: Her daughter's fight for justice

04 Jun 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. Tina L...

The woman helping families of the vanished in Australia

28 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Nicole Morris started a website more than 16 years ago called Australian Missing Persons Register. It was something she began as a personal project bu...

Shortcut: The woman helping families of the vanished in Australia

27 May 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. Nicole...

The Heartbreaking Story This Crime Reporter Can't Forget

24 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In 2007 when Kate Kyriacou was a reporter for the Adelaide Advertiser, she took up a story of a missing woman named Glenys Heyward.Glenys, 53, had bee...

Shortcut: The Heartbreaking Story This Crime Reporter Can't Forget

24 May 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 200...

Shortcut: The Baby in the Suitcase

21 May 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 ...

The Baby in the Suitcase

21 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Boyd immigrated from Scotland to Sydney in 1923. It was there, where she and an accomplice committed an unthinkable decision.What's even more te...

Can We Be Real?

15 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

🚨 NEW PODCAST ALERT 🚨You are the first to find out about a new podcast project I've been working on and it's called "Can We Be Real?"I've really...

The Meanest Man in Pentridge Who You've Never Heard Of

14 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We continue on from last week's episode with a breakdown of a suspect believed to be the perpetrator of the 1941 Pay Car massacre.That suspect's name ...

Shortcut: The Meanest Man in Pentridge Who You've Never Heard Of

13 May 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 con...

Unsolved: South Sydney's Forgotten Massacre

10 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On the morning of December 8, 1941, three men operating a "Pay Car" in south Sydney were unknowingly heading into a brutal ambush.This story, however,...

Shortcut: Unsolved: South Sydney's Forgotten Massacre

10 May 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...

Leisl Smith is missing, and her family can not get a judge's verdict

07 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sandi Harvey has not seen her daughter Leisl Smith since 2012. At that time, Leisl was 23 years old. She was happy, healthy and working in her dream j...

Shortcut: Leisl Smith is missing, and her family can not get a judge's verdict

06 May 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. Sandi ...

Shortcut: The ripple effects after your family is touched by an act of pure evil

30 Apr 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...

The ripple effects after your family is touched by an act of pure evil

30 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest today is Boyd Unwin, a suburban tradie and father of three in his fifties, who's always thought of himself and his family as the epitome of ...

Shortcut: Setting the record straight on Christopher Dale Flannery, AKA Mr Rent-a-Kill

27 Apr 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 Mo...

Setting the record straight on Christopher Dale Flannery, AKA Mr Rent-a-Kill

27 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ray Mooney joins us again this week to tell us about his friend, Christopher Dale Flannery (AKA Mr Rent-a-kill).Chris was a teenager when they first m...

Shortcut: From Pentridge to Playwright, Ray Mooney proves rehabilitation is possible

24 Apr 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...

From Pentridge to Playwright, Ray Mooney proves rehabilitation is possible

23 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest today is Ray Mooney. He's in his seventies now, and for most of his life, he's been a celebrated writer of novels, plays, films, non-fiction...

Modern day organised crime gangs in Australia

16 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Anthony Dowsley has been a crime reporter at Melbourne's Herald Sun since 2004. In that time, he's covered everything from homicides, solved and unsol...

Shortcut: Modern day organised crime gangs in Australia

15 Apr 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. Anthon...

Nancy & Victoria: The Beaumaris Beach Mystery

12 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Two young female tourists are staying in the same quiet spot in Tasmania…one disappears, never to be seen again and two years later, the other woman...

Shortcut: Nancy & Victoria: The Beaumaris Beach Mystery

11 Apr 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. Two yo...

How Jeffrey Morgan went from serving 18 years in prison to becoming a community leader

09 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When he was 12, Jeffrey Morgan ran away from his country NSW home to Redfern to stay with his mum. He thought his dad was being too strict and he want...

Shortcut: How Jeffrey Morgan went from serving 18 years in prison to becoming a community leader

09 Apr 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. When h...

The Soldier On Podcast: Tiny Little Spark

07 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For the last year or so, we've been working away on a very special project called The Soldier On Podcast.Soldier On is an incredible not for profit or...

I'm sorry I missed a brutal multiple murder

02 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest today is from Toowoomba in Queensland, and he thought he'd seen his fair share of violence and mayhem by the time he'd sobered up in his mid...

Shortcut: I'm sorry I missed a brutal multiple murder

02 Apr 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...

How I changed after 37 years of addiction, drama and hopelessness

26 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Robyn Lewis’s life was, frankly, hectic and destructive for 37 years. Multiple addictions, trauma from a brutal childhood, crime…she was just tryi...

Shortcut: How I changed after 37 years of addiction, drama and hopelessness

25 Mar 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. Robyn ...

Shortcut: Why should we care about conspiracy theorists and so-called sovereign citizens?

17 Mar 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. Is it ...

Why should we care about conspiracy theorists and so-called sovereign citizens?

17 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Is it that bad if people believe in conspiracy theories? According to our guests for this episode, at first it’s funny, irritating (we all had someo...

Grace's Place: The Legacy of Anita Cobby

12 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The night of February 2nd 1986 was when 26 year old Sydney nurse Anita Cobby was savagely murdered by a group of strangers. It has since been marked a...

We need to talk about complex trauma with Forensic Psychologist Dr Ahona Guha

04 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest for this episode is Dr Ahona Guha, a Melbourne-based Forensic and clinical psychologist. She works with survivors of abuse and those who liv...

Suicide Bombings and the Australian Federal Police

26 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We've mentioned the Australian Federal Police (AFP) many times on Australian True Crime, but do any of us really know what they do?Our guest today, Da...

The relentless work of rescuing children from online sexual abuse

19 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Father of two, Filmmaker and director of The Children in The Pictures, Akhim Dev joins us for this episode. He was granted unprecedented access t...

The hell of what happened to Trevor Tascas - a family’s story

12 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Trevor Tascas was 27 years old when he suspiciously disappeared in October 2005 from an address in Whittington, a suburb of the regional Victorian cit...

How MAFS star Mishel Karen lost over $100k from an online love scam

05 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mishel Karen was a participant on season 7 of Married at First Sight Australia. Mishel didn’t find the love she was looking for on the show, an...

Special Extra: Beauty Break with Joanna from Adore Beauty

31 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Over the summer break, we played some beauty chat segments at the end of our episodes with Joanna Fleming from Adore Beauty.We thought for everyone's ...

How Clare became a victim and what happened next

29 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In 2008, Clare awoke in the.middle of the night to two violent men invading her house, demanding the code to her boyfriend's safe.This episode is the ...

Tied Up: Alec Baldwin

27 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hello loves, we have another podcast recommendation for you, and this one is a bit of a crossover.It is a pop-culture podcast called Tied Up, hosted b...

Man Overboard, the Enduring Mystery of Andrew Witton

22 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Australian True Crime is back for 2023, and we begin this year with the story of Andrew Witton.Andrew was a sailor, surfer and adventurer, who disappe...

Hoaxed: Secrets and Lies

15 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We're taking a little break over Summer and using this time to spotlight some of our favourite true-crime podcasts.Introducing... Hoaxed, the new seri...

One Minute Remaining: David Talley

09 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We're taking a little break over Summer and using this time to spotlight some of our favourite true-crime podcasts.This week we're showcasing Jack Lau...

Introducing True North True Crime

02 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We're taking a little break over Summer and using this time to spotlight some of our favourite true-crime podcasts.This week we're showcasing True Nor...

Do Go On: The Tylenol Murders

26 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're taking a little break over Summer and using this time to spotlight some of our favourite podcasts.Do Go On is a fact based comedy podcast hosted...

GUILT: Theories & Rumours

18 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're taking a little break over Summer and using this time to spotlight some of our favourite true-crime podcasts.This week we're showcasing Ryan Wol...

One Minute Remaining: The Murdered Lottery Winner - Dorice Moore part 1

11 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're taking a little break over Summer and using this time to spotlight some of our favourite true-crime podcasts.This week we're showcasing Jack Lau...

Forgotten Australia: The Cairns Grenade Murders Part 3

04 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're taking a little break over Summer and using this time to spotlight some of our favourite true-crime podcasts.This week we're showcasing Michael ...

Forgotten Australia: The Cairns Grenade Murders Part 2

04 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're taking a little break over Summer and using this time to spotlight some of our favourite true-crime podcasts.This week we're showcasing Michael ...

Forgotten Australia: The Cairns Grenade Murders Part 1

04 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We're taking a little break over Summer and using this time to spotlight some of our favourite true-crime podcasts.This week we're showcasing Michael ...

A Narelle Fraser Special: Why The Fallen? Part 2

27 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 2017, 21 year old Zac Jones was drunk, on drugs, and driving recklessly in a car with four other passengers. Unable to control the vehicle, they ho...

A Narelle Fraser Special: Why The Fallen? Part 1

27 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 2017, 21 year old Zac Jones was drunk, on drugs, and driving recklessly in a car with four other passengers. Unable to control the vehicle, they ho...

The Disappearance of Marjorie Norval

20 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Marjorie Norval was a mould breaker. In the 1930s, she was a single, gregarious career woman, living in a hotel in the Brisbane CBD. She worked for th...

The make-up artist that helped put Rolf Harris in prison

13 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The word most commonly used to describe Rolf Harris at the conclusion of his trial and his spectacular fall from grace was remorseless.He still seemed...

Don't Make a Fuss: It's Only the Claremont Serial Killer

06 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 1990, social worker Wendy Davis had her dream job at what was then known as Hollywood Private Hospital in Perth. She was the senior grief counsello...

"Shotgun" Shannon O'Connell's childhood is her toughest opponent

30 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"Shotgun" Shannon O'Connell is Australia's pre-eminent female boxer. One thing that is absolutely true, is that her toughest opponent is her childhood...

The Stick Up with Russell Manser: The Many Lives of Mick Gatto

24 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest this week, Russell Manser, has an incredible podcast of his own called The Stick Up. Please enjoy this rare interview with Mick Gatto, and c...

Russell Manser Wins the Prize for Turning a Life Around

23 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Russell Manser is an extraordinary man. He's been in and out of prison since we was literally a child, and when he wasn't inside, he was robbing banks...

A life stolen: Jake was 12 days old when the Frankston serial killer murdered his mum

15 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 1993, Paul Denyer murdered Natalie Russell, Elizabeth Stevens and Deborah Fream in the Frankston area. Denyer had also stalked and terrified women ...

The Bali Bombings - Aussie Therese Fox’s incredible survival story

09 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our guests for this episode are Therese Fox and Megan Norris.In 2002 friends Therese Fox and Bronwyn Cartwright travelled to Bali – it was a dream t...

The shocking life of the man who hanged Ned Kelly

02 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest for this episode is Michael Adams, host of the fascinating podcast Forgotten Australia. Michael is a master of deep diving into the arc...

Special Extra: We Need To Talk About The Handmaid's Tale

28 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In celebration of the release of the brand new season of The Handmaid's Tale, we've invited a couple of friends over to chat about the series with. We...

What the jury didn’t hear in the trial of my brother’s killer

25 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lucy Wessell contacted Australian True Crime to tell her family’s story about the unforeseeable and tragic loss of her brother Andrew - who is remem...

Re-Issue: The Unsatisfactory Case Of Matthew Leveson - #76

25 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is a re-issue of episode 76 from November 2018In November of 2016, a decade after his death, Michael Atkins finally agreed to tell police where h...

Re-Issue: The good old mental health defence.

18 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is a re-issue of episode 216 of Australian True Crime.Some of Australia’s most dangerous offenders aren’t housed in prisons because they were...

A victim’s perspective of the mental impairment defence

18 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

David Cammarata’s childhood best friend is currently a forensic patient in a secure psychiatric facility. He was found not guilty of the machet...

Re-Issue: The Crimes and Times of Uncle Jack Charles - #103

13 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A repost of episode #103 In loving memory of Uncle Jack Charles. We send our deepest condolences to the people of the Boon Wurrung, Dja Dja Wurrung, ...

Serial Killers at Truro

11 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Geoff Plunkett's book "Death Row At Truro" investigates the mythology around a case that is often bizarrely overlooking in Australian crime reporting....

Cold Case: Marea Yann - Part 2

04 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is part 2 of our exploration into Marea Yann’s case and our guests are  Esther Yann and close family friend of Marea and her family, lawye...

Cold Case: Marea Yann

28 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As we know, behind every cold case is a family, and 19 years after her shocking murder, Marea Yann’s family remains divided. Tensions that were...

I lost my teens to heroin and sex work - Part 2

21 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If you haven't listened to the first part of this story, you might want to go back and listen before diving into this episode. It contains a lot of ba...

I lost my teens to heroin and sex work

14 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is the first of a two part Australian True Crime special because Vanessa’s story just refused to be contained in a single episode. I’m sure y...

My Brother The Family Violence Victim

31 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As Jeffrey Lindsell’s family and friends gathered around his hospital bed in the days after his house caught on fire, attention turned to his volati...

The 1998 Silk-Miller police murders: Jason Roberts found not guilty

24 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Roberts, 41 years old, was recently freed for the first time in twenty two years by the Supreme Court of Victoria. He was seventeen years old wh...

A “low-flying” barrister’s life and times working in the Magistrates’ Court

14 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Magistrates’ Court is the workhorse of the legal system, hearing both criminal and civil matters. Magistrates’ Courts around Australia he...

Coroner Leveaaque Peterson on giving a voice for the dead

10 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We've spoken a great deal on this show over the years about the work of our state coroners, and today we finally got to meet one. Leveaaque Peterson w...

Should sex offenders keep their super?

03 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Many offenders who remain incarcerated can use their superannuation upon release to return to their lives luxuriating in their super, whilst their sur...