Australian True Crime
Episodes
Chapelwaite Special Extra Episode
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes Ep 226 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbThis is a special extra episode of ATC to celebrate the release of ‘Chap...
Dr Joanna Glengarry Forensic Pathologist
29 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes Ep 225 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbDr Joanna Glengarry studied for 8 years to be a surgeon but not long after...
Squizzy Taylor Australia’s first flashy Gangster
22 Aug 2021
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Show Notes Ep 224 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbSquizzy Taylor was Australia’s first flashy Gangster. He set the standar...
Bikies, the Mount Panorama riots and the lure of the open road with Boris Mihailovic
15 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Boris Mihailovic is a former outlaw motorcycle club member, a journo and magazine editor and writer, and author of three books - My mother Warned Me a...
New Hope for the Unidentified
08 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes Ep 222 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbNew Hope for the UnidentifiedThere are around 500 sets of unidentified hum...
Missing Suzie Lawrance
01 Aug 2021
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Suzanne Lawrance, known as Suzie, has been missing from Healesville, Victoria since February 7 1987 after walking home from a 21st birthday party at t...
The Coffin Confessor spills people’s secrets from beyond their graves
25 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CONTENT WARNING: this episode discusses suicide, sexual abuse and assault.Private investigator and entrepreneur Bill Edgar had a traumatic childhood. ...
The Abortion Clinic Murder and the High Court drama that followed
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes Ep 219 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb:On 16 July 2001, security guard Steven Rogers was shot dead at his workpl...
Vale Sandra Pankhurst The Trauma Cleaner
11 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes Ep 218 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbThe legendary Sandra Pankhurst, made famous as The Trauma Cleaner in the b...
Online Child Exploitation – Lux’s Destruction
04 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes Ep 217 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbAustralian journalist Eileen Ormsby literally wrote the book on the Dark W...
The good old mental health defence.
27 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes Ep 216 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbDr Danny Sullivan is the Executive Director of Clinical Services at Thomas...
The Devil is in the detail. Where is Amber Haigh?
20 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes Ep 215 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbAmber Haigh has been on the missing persons list since 2002. At that time,...
Beenham Valley Update
13 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes Ep 214 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbMany things have changed since Jamie Pultz and I last spoke about KirraMcL...
On the Trail of the Serpent
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes Ep 213 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbJulie Clarke and her husband Richard Neville wrote the book On the Trail o...
Troll Hunter Ginger Gorman
30 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes Ep 212 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbGinger Gorman is an award-winning journalist and the author of Troll Hunte...
Short Cut Troll Hunter Ginger Gorman
30 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is an Australian True Crime short cut. It’s an abridged version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our fee...
Short Cut My Father The Murderer
23 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is an Australian True Crime short cut. It’s an abridged version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our fee...
My Father the Murderer
23 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Show Notes Ep 211Journalist Nina Young made a podcast documenting her search for the truth about her father. It’s called My Father the Murderer.Nina...
Dr Ahona Guha works with stalkers
16 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Melbourne-based forensic and clinical psychologist Dr Ahona Guha joins us to discuss her work with people who display abnormal behaviours from stalkin...
With True Crime and Cocktails
09 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special mother’s day edition if Australian true crime. Both Emily and Meshel have a favourite TV show they share with their 11-year-old da...
Dimity Matters
02 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we hear from Dimity about the night she was sexually assaulted by a stranger in 2019, the investigation from her perspective, why she ...
Sex Crimes Investigations 2021
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Detective Leading Senior Constable Brett Sniegowski takes us through the investigation into the 2019 sexual assault of Dimity, who joins us next week....
Inside the Real Animal Kingdom
18 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes for Episode 207:Your hosts are MeshelLaurie and EmilyWebbWith thanks to Joe Noonan.“Breaking Ranks: An Amazing true Story ...
Re Issue - Golden Age of Australian Armed Robbery
18 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bank robbers like Russell ‘Mad Dog’ Cox and Ray Denning were household names in Australia in the 1980s, when they brazenly escaped prison and taun...
Can Hard Cuddles End Family Violence?
04 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes for Episode 206:Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbWith thanks to James Harding and Steve.For one family at least, c...
SOCIT Explainer with Narelle Fraser and her mentor Lorraine Blackwell
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Narelle Fraser and her mentor Lorraine Blackwell discuss the beginning of Victoria Police’s SOCIT, the Sexual Offence and Child Abuse Investigation ...
The System’s Victims
28 Mar 2021
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A mother from country Victoria wants us to know what it’s really like, day-by-day, for a family after they report their daughter’s rape by a famil...
Prison Forensic Psych
21 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ellery Kane’s life is non-stop crime. By day Ellery is a forensic psychologist and she evaluates prison inmates in California, most of whom have com...
Man Shot Dead In Stand Off – My Father
14 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Travis Winks talks about the chain reaction of events that turned his normal, Queensland family into a tragic, sensational headline.You can support us...
Phia's Brother Corey Was No Angel.
07 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Phia Power’s brother Corey wasn’t exactly a model citizen, but should that make us any less interested in seeing justice for his murder? You ...
Barrenjoey Road - Update - #193
28 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Neil Mercer and Ruby Jones are still investigating the crimes of Neville Tween, who stalked Sydney’s Northern Beaches without apparent impunity in t...
The Husband Poisoner - #192
21 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sydney experienced a noticeable uptick in homicides post WWII, and as police made more and more arrests the startling truth emerged. Women represented...
The Unsolved Frankston & Tynong North Murders - #191
14 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Author Brian Willams is back with another deep dive into crime - this time the baffling Tynong and Frankston North Serial Killings that are still unso...
The Vanishing Criminal - #190
07 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There was a time in Australia where crime was hectic - armed robberies, a racket in stolen goods like stereos that could be sold quickly, an explosion...
Stalking Claremont - #189
31 Jan 2021
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The Claremont Serial Killer. Bret Christian is a journalist from Perth, in fact he's a newspaper owner and he's been following the Claremont serial ki...
Lynne McGranger (Yes, it's Irene!)
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hi friend. We're back next week with all new Australian True Crime but in the meantime, please give our new show Calm ya Farm a try. It’s a short dr...
Spotlight Series: Stalking Australia: She ain't no Mary Poppins
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Another instalment of our Spotlight series, where we showcase one of our favourite podcasts.Stalking is prevalent in Australia. There are hundred...
Spotlight Series: Still Not Asking For it - Episode 2
18 Jan 2021
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The 2nd part of the Still Not Asking For It podcast, presented by Rory Banwell.Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content.The St...
Spotlight Series: Still Not Asking For It - Episode 1
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our Spotlight Series continues with the Still Not Asking For It podcast, presented by Rory Banwell.Warning: please be advised this episode contains gr...
Spotlight Series: Birds Eye View
28 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing Birds Eye View. This is the first episode of the award-winning podcast made by the women inside the Darwin Correctional Centre.For more in...
Introducing: Crime Fiction Friday with Emily Webb - #188
06 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s not Friday but welcome to Emily Webb’s new podcast Crime Fiction Friday! Every week Emily talks to one of the world’s most successful autho...
Nicole Lee went back to court so she could speak about her survival after rape - #187
29 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole Lee’s husband raped her virtually every day for years on end and pled guilty to doing so in court. The Judge praised him in his sentencing re...
Perth’s First Serial Killer - #186
22 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Perth was terrorised in the 1960's by an illusive night stalker. He killed men and women, in different ways and ran the police in circles. And that’...
Catching the Kimberley Killer - #185
15 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The remote and unforgiving Kimberley region of Australia's top end is one of the worst places on Earth you'd want to be tracking a crazed killer. Form...
Seven Bones - two violent murders and a fight for justice #184
08 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Former Detective Peter Seymour and his team took a crushing not-guilty verdict and turned it into motivation to keep digging. They solved a cold ...
Amazing Grace found in loss to a serial killer - #183
01 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kylie Nicholas is mesmerising. Her younger sister Nicole was chosen at random by serial killer Peter Dupas in 1999. It changed Kylie’s life in the m...
Re-issue: Peter Dupas: An Australian Serial Killer - #31
01 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Former homicide detective Jeff Maher talks to us about the case that finally exposed Australian serial killer Peter Dupas.Show notes:Your hosts are&nb...
Victoria’s Laws are about to get even worse for victim - #182
25 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Journalist Nina Funnell is exposing the Victorian Governments latest bizarre proposed legislative changes. This time they are trying to wipe the na...
The Nurse with Camille Bianchi - #181
18 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Griffin was a nurse in the children’s ward of Launceston hospital for 18 years until 2019. He was also a prolific paedophile. Journalist Camille...
Stalking and Murder - #180
04 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The inquest into the shocking murders of teenagers Jack and Jennifer Edwards by their father John has revealed his history of family violence and stal...
Giving Lawyer X a Voice - #179
27 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do “disgraced” lawyer Nicola Gobbo and “disgraced” former drug squad detective Paul Dale deserve to be given a platform to tell their sides of...
Meet the WAGS - #178
20 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Wives and Girlfriends of some of Australia’s most feared men. Author and journalist Rochelle Jackson tells their stories in her book Partners an...
Can TikTok find Kylee-Anne? - #177
13 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kaz Schaffer is using TikTok to demand answers from the small group of people she believes know what happened to her little sister Kylee who’s be...
Could You Just Accept It? - #176
06 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content and reference to suicide. Listener discretion is advised.Lyn Cecil believes her son A...
Loose Units – Electric Blue - #175
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Verhoeven’s second book about his father John’s time in NSW police is another fantastic, action-packed and funny read. This time it’s John’...
Victorian Rape Survivors Silenced - #174
30 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Warning: please be advised this episode contains accounts of sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised.Journalists Nina Funnel and Sherelle Moody...
Repost: #LetHerSpeak Janelle O’Connor’s sexual assault. WARNING – VIOLENT CONTENT - #159
30 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a repost of episode #159, originally published on May 21st 2020.Janelle O’Connor was the first person in the State of Tasmania to ex...
The Golden Age of Armed Robbery - #172
16 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bank robbers like Russell ‘Mad Dog’ Cox and Ray Denning were household names in Australia in the 1980s, when they brazenly escaped prison and t...
Simon Fenech is Breaking Good - #170
02 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Fenech’s ice addiction transformed him from an athlete, husband and father with a 5 bedroom house and a Harley to a former inmate lining up fo...
My Adoption Story is True Crime - #169
26 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Liz Colenso discovered as an adult that she was adopted. Her search for her biological mother uncovered a tragic and frightening story. Warning: ...
The Unsolved Murder of Emma Pawelski - #168
19 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There are people in Adelaide who know who murdered Emma Pawelski and why. Her mother and her sister are desperate for them to come forward and tell th...
The First Time He Hit Her - #167
12 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Canberra mum Tara Costigan was holding her newborn baby when her ex-partner murdered her in front of her other small children. Although he’d been ve...
Gemini Rules Breathing - Astrologer Maggie Kerr
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Old School Nitty Gritty Committee is back!Maggie Kerr is an astrologer of over 30 years’ experience. She says everything that’s happening right no...
Undercover Copper Keith Banks - #166
05 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Keith Banks was a clean living country boy when he joined QLD Police in the 70s but it took him to some very dark places. He joins us to talk about it...
The Jaidyn Leskie Murder - #165
28 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The murder of 14-month-old Jaidyn Leskie is officially unsolved. Journalist and author Michael Gleeson explains the prosecution’s theory as to how h...
The Childers Backpackers Fire - #164
21 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Journalist Paul Cochrane joins us to talk about the fire in the Queensland fruit-picking town of Childers that took the lives of 15 people. He hosts t...
How Lisa Harnum Changed the Conversation - #163
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Harnum’s life and death changed the way we think, talk and report about domestic violence in Australia. Former Daily Telegraph Chief Court Amy ...
The Unsolved Disappearance of Revelle Balmain - #162
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stunning young model and dancer Revelle Balmain disappeared in November 1994, just days before realising her dream off moving to Japan to perform. Whe...
Shark Arm - #161
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Two wealthy Sydney-siders get more than they bargain for when they team up with 2 small-time criminals in this extraordinary depression-era story of t...
A witness finds his courage and a killer is convicted - #160
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Bellia was just 16, hanging out with his friend Ricky Balcombe in the local shopping mall on a Friday afternoon when an older man walked up to th...
#LetHerSpeak Janelle O’Connor’s sexual assault. WARNING – VIOLENT CONTENT - #159
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Janelle O’Connor was the first person in the State of Tasmania to exercise her right to be named as a rape survivor, on the 24th of April 2020. Up u...
The Sting – Catching Daniel Morcombe’s Killer - #158
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Although Queensland police visited Brett Peter Cowan just days after Daniel Morcombe first disappeared in 2003, it took 8 years, an inquest and an inc...
The Narelle Fraser Conversations - Kira Olney - #157
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate our first Australian True Crime online livestream this Saturday Night, starring Narelle Fraser and Ron Iddles, we’re releasing an extra...
The shocking murder of Bride-to-be Stephanie Scott - #156
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The rape and murder of country schoolteacher Stephanie Scott just a week before her wedding shocked Australia. Journalist Monique Patterson was the ed...
The Narelle Fraser Conversations - Patrick Tidmarsh - #155
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Patrick Tidmarsh is a leading authority on sexual offending, and the investigation of sexual crime. He trains and lectures investigators all over the ...
The Narelle Fraser Conversations – Retired Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Sandra Nicholson - #153
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Retired Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Sandra Nicholson isn’t the kind of person who seeks attention. Fortunately Narelle knows what an impr...
Do Policemen Have a Soul? With Gary Raymond - #152
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Raymond worked some of the highest profile and most challenging cases in NSW policing in living memory, including the brutal abduction and murder...
The Narelle Fraser Conversations – Michele Williams QC Senior Crown Prosecutor - #151
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Narelle Fraser dusts off her celebrated interviewing skills for a special series of episodes of Australian True Crime to be featured intermittently th...
Welcome To Hell: Yvie Jones
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We caught up with Yvie Jones from Gogglebox and I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here for a YouTube Livestream on Friday night. Here are some highlight...
Where did Elmer Crawford go? (After murdering his wife and children) - #150
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Greg Fogarty, author of ALMOST PERFECT: The true story of the Crawford family murders joins us to discuss the story of Elmer Crawford, the "ordinary" ...
Welcome to Hell Trailer
21 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meshel is locked inside with her children and her mother. It's only been a week and it's hell. Her friend comedian Nelly Thomas has a bit of practice ...
Tara Schultz and the Price of Survival - #149
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tara Schultz is a survivor of many crimes perpetrated against her in childhood. She joins us to share some uncomfortable truths about the difficulties...
Narelle Fraser meets Victor Peirce at the shops - #148
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Narelle Fraser thought her number was up when she ran into the notorious armed robber Victor Peirce at the shops. She also gives us an update on an un...
Journalist Anthony Dowsley on Paul Dale, Lawyer X et al. A Different Perspective - #147
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Dowsley’s dogged reporting over several years unmasked lawyer Nicola Gobbo as a police informant and has played a significant role in exposi...
Paul Dale Pt 2. The Crimes in Question #146
04 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Disgraced former Drug Squad Detective” Paul Dale was charged with robbery, and then with murder. Some find it hard to believe he’s not in jail ...
“Disgraced” Paul Dale. Victim or Villain? - #145
26 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Disgraced former Drug Squad Detective” Paul Dale has seen his reputation so destroyed that his lawyer says he’s virtually beyond defamation.&nb...
Missing No More – the Gruesome Truth of the barrel at the barbecues - #144
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Two “missing” women are found to have suffered similar gruesome fates. Author and journalist Liz Porter returns to tell us the truth about Sy...
Defending the Indefensible - #143
12 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Marsh defends people we call monsters. He’s Chief Counsel at Victoria Legal Aid, and in the last year alone he’s represented 2 men charged wit...
105 signs of Recent Injury - #142
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie Pultz is a former Queensland police officer who’ll soon be launching a podcast investigation into the murder of Leanne Holland. He talks ...
Special Extra: Clunes Cluedo Episode One
29 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first episode of Alice Mitchell’s podcast about Nina Nicholson’s unsolved murder, Clunes Cluedo. You’ll find it sometimes overlaps w...
Justice for Nina - Clunes Unsolved - #141
29 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Alice Mitchell is the second cousin of a young woman called Nina Nicholson who was murdered in 1991 on the porch of her home in Clunes, Ballarat (VIC)...
Ram Tiwary: The miscarriage of justice you’ve probably never heard of - #140
22 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Author Liz Porter, Author of Crime Scene Asia, tells us the unbelievable and disturbing case of Sydney-based Singaporean student Ram Tiwary who spent ...
Arson. - #139
15 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
“Two things can be true at once,” and arson is part in Australia’s bushfire story.Dr Troy McEwan is an associate professor in clinical and foren...
Fiona’s fight to find her husband Bruce’s body - #138
08 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fiona Splitt started an intense advocacy campaign in Queensland to have the "no body, no parole" legislation introduced after the murder of her partne...
Who Killed Leanne Holland Pt 2 - Graham Stafford Interview #137
04 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Graham Stafford served 15 years for the brutal rape and murder of his girlfriend's 12-year-old sister Leanne. The conviction was overturned in 2009, b...
Who Killed Leanne Holland? Part 1 - #136
27 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
12-year-old Leanne Holland was brutally raped and murdered in Ipswich, QLD in 1991. Her sister's boyfriend, Graham Stafford was convicted of the crime...
Shirley Finn, Dirty Girl - #135
20 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Perth Brothel owner Shirley Finn's 1975 unsolved murder looms large over the city, with men at the highest levels of government and policing suspected...
Crime and Sport: Australia's Great Passions - #134
13 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From bank robbing football players to drug-dealing football players and stand-over men, (who used to be football players). Ok, they're not all footbal...
Julie's Big Drug Importation Adventure - #133
06 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When Julie was a teenager in 1970s Australia, she and her friends decided to try their hands at drug smuggling. It didn't turn out well, despite the a...
Jock Palfreeman's Quasi Bulgarian Parole - #132
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Australian Jock Palfreeman has been in a Bulgarian prison since 28 December 2007 when he was taken into custody for the stabbing murder of Andrei Mono...