Australian True Crime

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. 

Frank La Rosa and his wife Kim were murdered at a Welshpool (WA) factory on June 13, 2008.

Along with being a convicted heroin importer and notorious underworld figure in Western Australia, Frank La Rosa was also a father to three children.

Lisa Mahoney is one of those children. She joins us on this episode of Australian True Crime to discuss the collateral damage her father's actions have had on her own life and the lives of many others.

Lisa has written a memoir about her life and her father's life as seen through her eyes, titled 'Collateral Damage'. You can purchase it by clicking here.

You can also keep up to date with Lisa by following her Facebook page here.

For Support: 

Lifeline  on 13 11 14

13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)

1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732

CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram 

Guest: Lisa Mahoney

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

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Follow the show on Instagram @australiantruecrimepodcast and Facebook 

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Frank La Rosa and his wife Kim were murdered at a Welshpool (WA) factory on June 13, 2008.

Along with being a convicted heroin importer and notorious underworld figure in Western Australia, Frank La Rosa was also a father to three children.

Lisa Mahoney is one of those children. She joins us on this episode of Australian True Crime to discuss the collateral damage her father's actions have had on her own life and the lives of many others.

Lisa has written a memoir about her life and her father's life as seen through her eyes, titled 'Collateral Damage'. You can purchase it by clicking here.

You can also keep up to date with Lisa by following her Facebook page here.

For Support: 

Lifeline  on 13 11 14

13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)

1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732

CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram 

Guest: Lisa Mahoney

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

GET IN TOUCH:

Follow the show on Instagram @australiantruecrimepodcast and Facebook 

Email the show at [email protected]

Build your pro podcast with The Audio College

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. 

Founded in 1972, "The 12 Tribes" presents itself as a welcoming religious sect. However, the accounts from those who have managed to escape tell a very different story.

The group maintains global locations and communities, including two communities in NSW: Katoomba and Picton.

Our guest for this episode is Tim Elliiott. Tim is Walkley nominated journalist who has been investigating and reporting on their activities since 2007.

His podcast on The 12 Tribes "Inside The Tribe" won Best True Crime Podcast at the 2023 Australian Podcast Awards, and can be streamed wherever you get your podcasts.

For Support: 

Lifeline  on 13 11 14

13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)

1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732

CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram 

Guest: Tim Elliott

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

This episode contains an audio grab from A Current Affair

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Follow the show on Instagram @australiantruecrimepodcast and Facebook 

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Founded in 1972, "The 12 Tribes" presents itself as a welcoming religious sect. However, the accounts from those who have managed to escape tell a very different story.

The group maintains global locations and communities, including two communities in NSW: Katoomba and Picton.

Our guest for this episode is Tim Elliiott. Tim is Walkley nominated journalist who has been investigating and reporting on their activities since 2007.

His podcast on The 12 Tribes "Inside The Tribe" won Best True Crime Podcast at the 2023 Australian Podcast Awards, and can be streamed wherever you get your podcasts.

For Support: 

Lifeline  on 13 11 14

13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)

1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732

CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram 

Guest: Tim Elliott

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

This episode contains an audio grab from A Current Affair

GET IN TOUCH:

Follow the show on Instagram @australiantruecrimepodcast and Facebook 

Email the show at [email protected]

Build your pro podcast with The Audio College

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 is the second part of a two part series with our guest, Arthur Bolkas.

In his late teens and early twenties, Arthur was pulling double duty as a promising young law student and an armed robber.

We discovered at the end of part one that Arthur was eventually captured after a very dramatic car chase through the streets of a busy inner Melbourne suburb.

We now pick up our conversation with Arthurs memories and reflections from his sentencing, incarceration and life after prison.

Arthur has now worked for many years as a Criminologist, activist and public speaker. He can best be contacted here on his Facebook page.

For Support: 

Lifeline  on 13 11 14

13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)

1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732

CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram 

Guest: Arthur Bolkas

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

GET IN TOUCH:

Follow the show on Instagram @australiantruecrimepodcast and Facebook 

Email the show at [email protected]

Build your pro podcast with The Audio College

This is the second part of a two part series with our guest, Arthur Bolkas.

In his late teens and early twenties, Arthur was pulling double duty as a promising young law student and an armed robber.

We discovered at the end of part one that Arthur was eventually captured after a very dramatic car chase through the streets of a busy inner Melbourne suburb.

We now pick up our conversation with Arthurs memories and reflections from his sentencing, incarceration and life after prison.

Arthur has now worked for many years as a Criminologist, activist and public speaker. He can best be contacted here on his Facebook page.

For Support: 

Lifeline  on 13 11 14

13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)

1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732

CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram 

Guest: Arthur Bolkas

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

GET IN TOUCH:

Follow the show on Instagram @australiantruecrimepodcast and Facebook 

Email the show at [email protected]

Build your pro podcast with The Audio College

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're going back to the "stick ups" this week with Arthur Bolkas.

He's a Criminologist, actor, public speaker and proud father of two.

However, before he was all of these things, he was a very promising young law student, and a flamboyant armed robber.

Part two of this two part series will be released later on this week.

For Support: 

Lifeline  on 13 11 14

13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)

1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732

CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram 

Guest: Arthur Bolkas

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

GET IN TOUCH:

Follow the show on Instagram @australiantruecrimepodcast and Facebook 

Email the show at [email protected]

Build your pro podcast with The Audio College

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're going back to the "stick ups" this week with Arthur Bolkas.

He's a Criminologist, actor, public speaker and proud father of two.

However, before he was all of these things, he was a very promising young law student, and a flamboyant armed robber.

Part two of this two part series will be released later on this week.

For Support: 

Lifeline  on 13 11 14

13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)

1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732

CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram 

Guest: Arthur Bolkas

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

GET IN TOUCH:

Follow the show on Instagram @australiantruecrimepodcast and Facebook 

Email the show at [email protected]

Build your pro podcast with The Audio College

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. 

Over the past eight months, more than 30 tobacco stores in Victoria have fallen victim to a series of fire bombings due to a burgeoning turf war.

Marta Pascual Juanola is a crime reporter for The Age, and has written a series of stories on Victoria's illegal tobacco industry.

She joins us on this episode of Australian True Crime to talk about the increasing violence in this industry, and the surprisingly big players involved.

For Support: 

Lifeline  on 13 11 14

13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)

1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732

CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram 

Guest: Marta Pascual Juanola

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

This episode contains audio grabs from Channel 9 News.

GET IN TOUCH:

Follow the show on Instagram @australiantruecrimepodcast and Facebook 

Email the show at [email protected]

Over the past eight months, more than 30 tobacco stores in Victoria have fallen victim to a series of fire bombings due to a burgeoning turf war.

Marta Pascual Juanola is a crime reporter for The Age, and has written a series of stories on Victoria's illegal tobacco industry.

She joins us on this episode of Australian True Crime to talk about the increasing violence in this industry, and the surprisingly big players involved.

For Support: 

Lifeline  on 13 11 14

13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)

1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732

CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram 

Guest: Marta Pascual Juanola

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

This episode contains audio grabs from Channel 9 News.

GET IN TOUCH:

Follow the show on Instagram @australiantruecrimepodcast and Facebook 

Email the show at [email protected]