Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast
Did a Dingo Really Steal Her Baby? - The Story of Lindy Chamberlain
05 Feb 2025
This is the story of Lindy Chamberlain, the Australian woman whose baby was stolen by a dingo.
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So one night, this English backpacker goes hiking. He's in Australia in the outback. And it's nighttime, and he really wants to go climbing. So he starts climbing up the wall of this bluff. And so he climbs up and up. And when he's a ways up there, suddenly, boom. He loses his footing, and he starts to tumble down the bluff. And bam, he hits his head. And then bam, he hits his head again.
And then finally, he slams into the ground. And then, as if that isn't bad enough, A pack of wild hungry dogs approach him and they... Actually, I'm not ready to talk about this guy yet. We'll get back to him. I actually want to talk about this woman who we'll call Alice because that's her real name.
And Alice is about to experience the worst night of her life because her baby is about to get eaten. So one night she's on a camping trip with her family, her husband and her three kids. And they're at a popular camping spot with a bunch of other families. And they got tents pitched and they're all hanging out and making dinner. And then Alice's youngest daughter, a baby, she gets tired.
And so Alice has to put her in a little crib inside the tent. And then she just goes back to making dinner. And then a little time passes and suddenly they hear the baby cry. And Alice notices some movement in her tent. And then... A dingo runs out of it. So Alice rushes over to check on the baby. But the baby is not in her crib. So then Alice yells, my God, my God, a dingo has my baby.
She then runs out into the darkness, chasing after the dingo. But unfortunately, it's too late. The dingo is long gone. Now, Alice's husband is this guy, Michael. And Alice and Michael and the rest of the families, they start searching for the baby. And eventually, local police arrive. And this kicks off a huge manhunt.
And soon, over 300 campers and other people are combing through the campgrounds looking for this baby and the dingo that took it. And they form a human chain to cover as much ground as possible, but still, they find nothing. So sadly, Alice and Michael return home without their baby, and they are absolutely devastated. I mean, they don't know what to do.
And then, about a week later, a random tourist just happens to be wandering around the area, and he stumbles across the baby's jumpsuit and diaper. but still there's no sign of the missing baby. And unfortunately at this point, it's clear that the baby is no longer alive. And so this story, it starts to blow up in the local media. Like a family's baby got eaten by a dingo? Like that's wild.
And people are just captivated. And so Alice and Michael, they think it would be helpful to do some interviews because they wanna warn other parents out there about how dangerous dingoes are. And this is where they screw up because every time they get on camera, People feel like they don't come across as two parents who just lost a kid.
They feel like they come across as a bit cold and uncaring.
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