Crime in Focus
Episodes
Listen Next - Secrets We Keep: Lone Actor
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you're looking for your next investigative series after this one, check out Secrets We Keep: Lone Actor. On March 15 2019 a gunman opened fire on t...
06| A Final Trial – Killer Charm
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For those waiting to know Sharon Graham’s fate, this day had been a long time coming. Sharon Graham's murder trial finally gets under way, but it's ...
05| Rare Brand of Evil – Killer Charm
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Police make arrests, but before any trials begin the case takes a major turn. Tara Cassidy speaks to a witness who reveals damning new information abo...
04| Surveillance – Killer Charm
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The police investigation is ramping up, all while Sharon Graham is trying to present herself as the mourning ex-girlfriend. Tara Cassidy speaks to tho...
03| Seven Wills – Killer Charm
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sharon Graham’s movements on the night of the murder are under scrutiny, as suspicions around her grow. Tara Cassidy tracks down some of Sharon’...
02| Muffin – Killer Charm
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Who is Sharon Graham? Tara Cassidy speaks to those closest to the grandmother, who was now one of the police’s main murder suspects. Tara unravels t...
01| The ‘Accident’ – Killer Charm
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A woman wakes to a tragic accident on her rural Queensland property. She’s told one of her friends has fallen into a woodchipper. He was clearing tr...
Introducing: Killer Charm
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It looked like a tragic industrial accident at first, but Bruce Saunders’ death was planned. It was a calculated murder orchestrated by his ex-partn...
From Prison Guard to Prison Inmate
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As prison guard for Barwon Prison, Ash Langsworth handled some of Melbourne's most notorious criminals, including Carl Williams. He gained an insight ...
Catfished - The Death of Renae Marsden
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Years of emotional manipulation, abuse and catfishing by her best friend Camila Zeidan, had driven Renae Marsden to sadly take her own life in 2013. C...
Melbourne Gangster
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Behind every gangland story - there's a family. When Mario Condello was brutally slain in Melbourne in 2006, Enzo Condello, the brother of Mario, coul...
War on Ourselves
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Australia’s war in Afghanistan has had a devastating influence on suicide and depression among our veterans upon their return. Dr Dan Mealey, who fo...
Jailhouse Lawyer: Part 3 - A Question of Character
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With evidence of police corruption, the Jailhouse Lawyer’s determination to give it over is silenced by an old adversary. Investigative Reporter Ada...
Jailhouse Lawyer: Part 2 - No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Forming key alliances with powerful inmates and prison staff to bring peace to Barwon Prison, Jailhouse Lawyer David McCulloch faced new charges after...
Jailhouse Lawyer: Part 1 - Framed
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How would you survive time in prison? As a former asssociate of some of Melbournes key underworld figures, David McCulloch reveals how he survived in ...
The Real Chopper: Part 2 - Fame and Fortune
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After nearly destroying his life with drugs, Chopper Read finds a new manager, Andrew Parisi, and plots a course for his revival including books, docu...
The Real Chopper: Part 1 - Man or Myth
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read is a name we associate with crime and violence in Australian society. Chopper confessed to a number of horrific crimes, bu...
Introducing LiSTNR's newest Crime Docuseries
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Children in the Pictures is the story you weren’t allowed to hear, and now it's is finally out in the open. It’s a silent epidemic— and it’...
Funny Money
16 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How easy is it to forge money? Australia introduced the worlds first plastic banknote in 1988, new money that the Government believed couldn't be forg...
Underworld Bride - Part 1: When Dad Left
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Suffering years of harrowing abuse from growing up in Melbourne's underworld, Kellie Carter Bell needed to break the cycle, becoming an advocate for d...
Underworld Bride - Part 2: Survivor
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kellie begins a family with a career criminal who ultimately tries to kill her. A second abusive relationship follows before Kellie finds the strength...
Mary Wallace: Part 3 - Bob The Yob
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Real Crime investigator Adam Shand reports on forensic evidence that removes any doubt as to Mary Wallace’s killer. A suspect Robert John Adams is c...
Mary Wallace: Part 2 - Building A Case
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Real Crime investigator Adam Shand re-examines mysterious letters to police from 1983/84 for clues. Did the killer hoax the police with a bogus burial...
Mary Wallace: Part 1 - Justice For Mary
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Real Crime investigator Adam Shand tells the story of Mary Louise Wallace, missing and presumed murdered in 1983. Homicide investigator Nicole Jones r...
The Day Lucille Disappeared: Part 6 - Jimmy's Final Place
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Out of options and diagnosed with terminal cancer, Lucille’s brother Jimmy plans to confront his sister’s alleged killer Geoffrey Charles Hunt aft...
The Day Lucille Disappeared: Part 5 - Justice
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Due to mistakes made by Tasmania police, Tasmanian prosecutors face a dilemma in deciding whether to put Geoffrey Hunt before the Supreme Court for Lu...
The Day Lucille Disappeared: Part 4 - Buried Remains
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Investigators needed something that would corroborate what Hunt had allegedly told former Officers, that he had killed Lucille and dumped her body at ...
The Day Lucille Disappeared: Part 3 - The Interview
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Police can prove Hunt is a liar, but can they pin a murder on him? He allegedly confessed to the murder of Lucille, but his admissions weren't recorde...
The Day Lucille Disappeared: Part 2 - The Confession
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A new suspect is uncovered by Tasmanian police, an albino man named Geoffrey Charles Hunt, who was already convicted of murder. While confessing to th...
The Day Lucille Disappeared: Part 1 - Without a trace
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
20-year-old Miss Tasmania hopeful, Lucille Butterworth, disappeared from a bus stop in Hobart In 1969, and was never seen again. Police believed she w...
Packer's Gold: Part 2 - No Trace
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Police have a suspect known as Mr. X and believe the safecracker was told about the gold by someone on the inside the Packer's inner-circle or staff. ...
Packer's Gold: Part 1 - Loyalty, Betrayal and Revenge
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gold bullion worth $5.5 million was stolen from Kerry Packer in 1995. Professional safe crackers commend the work of the thief, but are sceptical this...
Lawyer X: Part 6 - Waiting For Gobbo
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Risking receiving a contempt of court charge, Nicola Gobbo is reluctant to appear before the Royal Commission, but why? Eventually Lawyer X makes a su...
Lawyer X: Part 5 - Mutual Destruction
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hear former Chief Commissioner, Simon Overland’s, testimony from the Lawyer X Royal Commission on former Chief Commissioner Simon Overland’s testi...
Lawyer X: Part 4 - Return Of The Vampire
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Investigative Reporter Adam Shand alleges that Nicola Gobbo, a.k.a Lawyer X, helped a pathological liar to falsely confess to the 2003 murder of “va...
Lawyer X: Part 3 - A Good Lawyer
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gobbo helped police take down drug baron Tony Mokbel, but then betrayed the Calabrian mafia by informing the police of the world’s largest importati...
Lawyer X: Part 2 - The Glittering Prize
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hardworking, streetwise and available all hours – it’s no wonder that Nicola Gobbo, a.k.a Lawyer X, was sought after by gangsters and drug traffic...
Lawyer X: Part 1 - Frankenstein’s Barrister
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Drug barons and corrupt police were running riot in the early 2000s but Victoria Police had a secret weapon, a criminal barrister named 'Lawyer X' who...
The Great Qantas Hoax: Part 2 - Landing The Wreck
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Captain of the A380 Qantas flight, James Nixon, talks with Investigator Adam Shand about how today’s pilots handle bomb threats and why flying is th...
The Great Qantas Hoax: Part 1 - Doomsday Flight
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A bomb is set to explode at 20,000 feet in the air inside a Qantas Boeing 707, unless a ransom of $500,000 is paid. Hear the story of The Great Qantas...
Trials of the Vampire: Part 10 - God's Eye
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Investigative reporter Adam Shand sums up how the most expensive police investigation in Victoria's history ended in abject failure and how the trauma...
Trials of the Vampire: Part 9 - Author, Author
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After 7 years on the run, Mark Perry is captured. The trial of the vampire's potential killers begins. Learn how prosecutors try to tie in Perry's all...
Trials of the Vampire: Part 8 - The Bounty
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The manhunt for Abbott's suspected murder, Mark Perry, begins. Police offer a $1 million reward for information on Perry's whereabouts. Meanwhile, pol...
Trials of the Vampire: Part 7 - Murky Waters
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Allegations made by "The Author" indite a former and serving policeman, claiming he helped to plan the murder of Shane. Hear how, under political pres...
Trials of the Vampire: Part 6 - Showstopper
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An inmate known as "The Author" begins his confession about Shane's murder, three years after his death. Investigative reporter Adam Shand reports on ...
Trials of the Vampire: Part 5 - Howard Street
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Abbott is due to give evidence in his trial, but that very day he is intercepted outside his house on Howard St and shot down in cold blood. This has ...
Trials of the Vampire: Part 4 - The Main Course
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Police track Shane from Penny's hotel room to a brothel where more bizarre practices unfold but this time Shane is on the receiving end. More question...
Trials of the Vampire: Part 3 - Midnight In Room 307
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Abbots client - the Thai-born Penny, is found in a pool of blood in her hotel room and Shane is the only suspect. There were rape allegations against ...
Trials of the Vampire: Part 2 - Story Time
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What led Shane to become a sex worker? Vampire gigolo Shane Chartres-Abbott's father and grandfather had a history of bogus religion, violence and sex...
Trials of the Vampire: Part 1 - Vampire For Hire
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Melbourne's infamous 'vampire gigolo', Shane Chartres-Abbott was shot down on his way to court to go on trial for rape charges in 2003. Both the death...
Meth Destruction: Part 2 - Family
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As jail or death beckons, Tom becomes estranged from his loved ones and sees no future in life. Eventually he finds the strength to deal with his demo...
Meth Destruction: Part 1 - Addiction
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Teenager, Tom de Souza discovers a drug called 'meth' or methamphetamine, which he believes will be help his low self-esteem and confidence issues. Th...
ATM Boy: Part 2 - Lies and Deceit
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The dilemma - Dan can steal enough from the bank to last a lifetime, and life in a tropical hideout awaits, but can he summon the courage to abandon e...
ATM Boy: Part 1 - Infinite Money
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You've unlimited cash, now what do you spend it on? Melbourne barman, Dan Saunders, found a loophole in the ATM system of a bank that allows him to wi...
In Plain Sight: Part 5 - The Capture
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Investigator Adam Shand recieves a phone call that after two and a half years on the run Jono has finally been caught. But it’s not police who catch...
In Plain Sight: Part 4 - Voices
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Police say someone has been assisting Jono evade capture for the last two and a half years. There is a $100,000 reward available for information on hi...
In Plain Sight: Part 3 - The Punisher
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jono’s childhood friends fear they may be in danger too after the attack on David Cammarata, and share their stories of what Jono was like growing u...
In Plain Sight: Part 2 - Best Man
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Still on the run, Jono appears out of the blue and attacks his childhood friend, David Cammarata, with a hammer, but he botches the attack and suffers...
In Plain Sight: Part 1 - Brothers
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan 'Jono' Dick brutally murders his brother with a samurai sword and evades capture for two and a half years. Many people think he’s dead... u...