Australian Crime Stories

By Australian Stories

Factual, engaging and succinct retellings of Australia's unique crime. Join the ‘Ned Kelly Gang’ for exclusive episodes.

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The podcast currently has 36 episodes available.

Australian Crime Stories episodes:

October 13, 2025 The Brownout Strangler
Warning: This episode contains descriptions of violence against women.
In 1942, wartime Melbourne lived under the dim, uneasy glow of the brownout; a city cloaked in half-darkness to hide from Japanese bombers. By day it bustled with soldiers, trams, and factory workers, but by night the familiar streets turned dark and silent. Within the shadows, crime escalated with one predator in particular. Three women were found strangled to death within days of each other. What was implemented for safety quickly became the advantage of a killer.
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24min
October 06, 2025 The Shark Arm Murder
In April 1935, a tiger shark at Sydney’s Coogee Aquarium regurgitated a human arm, setting in motion one of Australia’s most bizarre crimes. The case quickly grew into a tangled investigation, involving a crime underworld, a high-speed chase and the murder of a key witness. The story often feels stranger than fiction, yet it endures as a landmark case in Sydney’s history.
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22min
September 29, 2025 Mornington Monster
Warning: This episode contains graphic descriptions of violence, child murder and domestic violence
In March 2004, Anna Kemp and her toddler daughter, Gracie, vanished from their home in Mornington, Victoria. The case began as a simple missing persons report assigned to Detective Narelle Fraser but would quickly became her most haunting case. Over the weeks that followed, the search revealed a trail of strange messages, hidden evidence, and a mystery that would shock the community.
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27min
September 25, 2025 The Pink Diamond Heist
The Argyle Diamond Mine - located in the remote East Kimberley region of Western Australia - was producing more than a third of the world’s diamonds by volume. The majority of these diamonds were small and brown-toned, but Argyle’s global reputation was built on its rare pink diamonds; so when they began surfacing in places they were never meant to be, it became Richard Corfield’s responsibility to sleuth the truth. But ow many diamonds will be stolen in the meantime?
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22min
September 08, 2025 The Family Murders, Part Three
Warning: This episode contains descriptions of sexual assault, child sexual abuse, drug use, torture and mutilation.
Only meters from his home, 15 year old Richard Kelvin is hastily abducted by several people. Being the son of a local news presenter, the media is quickly overrun by the story, and with it, police are pressured to make serious progress with their investigation. They close in on an ongoing suspect, Bevan von Einem, but will the other members of the sadistic network known as “the Family” be held accountable?
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42min
September 01, 2025 The Family Murders, Part Two
Warning: This episode contains descriptions of sexual assault, child sexual abuse, drug use, torture and mutilation.
The murders in Adelaide didn’t stop with Alan Barnes and Neil Muir. Two more boys - 14 year old Peter Stogneff and 18 year old Mark Langley — would vanish under eerily familiar circumstances. As the investigation unfolds, it starts to become alarmingly clear; these crimes weren’t committed by a sole perpetrator and they aren’t slowing down. Whoever these people were, they held a chilling confidence in committing such heinous crimes.
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29min
September 01, 2025 The Family Murders, Part One
Warning: This episode contains themes of pedophilia, sexual assault and mutilation.
In Adelaide, following the notorious murder of criminal lawyer Derrance Stevenson, dubbed “body in the freezer”, a series of even more horrific murders would occur. This time the victims were young boys and men - drugged, abused, killed, mutilated and discarded. A trail left behind by an underground world of sadism, pedophilia, pornography and exploitation on Adelaide’s most vulnerable. Despite the unrelenting efforts to keep this story hidden, it’s one that continues begging to be heard.
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36min
August 11, 2025 Body in the Freezer
In June 1979, the quiet suburb of Parkside was rocked by a chilling discovery—a prominent barrister found dead, concealed inside a freezer in his own home. The case that followed gripped South Australia, weaving together a tangled web of secrets, complex relationships, and shadowy figures. What seemed at first like a straightforward murder quickly unraveled into a mystery filled with unanswered questions and disputed evidence, and a young man’s life forever changed. This is the story behind one of the state’s most infamous murder trials.
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27min
August 04, 2025 The Disappearance of Jill Meagher
On a cool spring night in September 2012, a young woman named Jill Meagher vanished from the streets of Brunswick, just minutes from her home. In a city known for its safety and vibrant culture, her disappearance struck a nerve. As days passed with no sign of her, the public watched in growing horror. What began as a missing persons case soon spiralled into a national reckoning—exposing deep failures in the justice system, igniting outrage, and leaving a community forever changed.
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23min
July 27, 2025 The Society Murders
In April 2002, a well-known Melbourne couple vanished without a trace after a quiet family dinner in the affluent suburb of Glen Iris. Their disappearance would spark a major police investigation, drawing in detectives, media, and a stunned public. What began as a missing persons case soon quickly revealed itself to be a double homicide.
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25min

FAQs about Australian Crime Stories:

How many episodes does Australian Crime Stories have?

The podcast currently has 36 episodes available.