Australian True Crime

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Australian True Crime episodes

June 21, 2020 The Childers Backpackers Fire - #164
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 the excellent podcast 'Childers The Full Story' and he joins us to tell us about it.

Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content.

Show notes for Episode 164:
Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb
With thanks to Paul Cochrane
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41 min
June 17, 2020 How Lisa Harnum Changed the Conversation - #163
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 Dale, reporter and author of THE FALL : How Simon Gittany killed Lisa Harnum joins us to explain.

Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content.

Show notes for Episode 163:
Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb
With thanks to Amy Dale
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If you or someone you know has been the victim of a sexual assault call 1800Respect for help, advice and further referral.
That’s 1800 737 732

If you have any information on the cases covered by this podcast, please contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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47 min
June 10, 2020 The Unsolved Disappearance of Revelle Balmain - #162
Stunning young model and dancer Revelle Balmain disappeared in November 1994, just days before realising her dream off moving to Japan to perform. When the police got involved, they discovered her secret life.

Guest John Dale wrote a crime fiction loosly based on Revelle's disappearance called DETECTIVE WORK.

Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content.

Show notes for Episode 162:
Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb
With thanks to John Dale and Clinton Barter
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If you have any information on the cases covered by this podcast, please contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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40 min
June 03, 2020 Shark Arm - #161
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 two unsolved murders and one nauseous shark.

Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content.

Show notes for Episode 161:
Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb
With thanks to Kevin Meagher and Phillip Roope
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Visit our Bookshop to find Shark Arm: A Shark, A Tattooed Arm and Two Unsolved Murders
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45 min
May 27, 2020 A witness finds his courage and a killer is convicted - #160
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 them and stabbed Ricky to death in 1995. Paul spent the following 23 years caught between police asking him to testify against their main suspect and the many intimidating people in his community warning him not to. Some of whom had once been his friends. He also had his own demons to deal with.
The events during and after the trial that saw Ricky’s killer finally convicted, seemed to prove Paul was right to be intimidated.

Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content.

Show notes for Episode 160:
Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb
With thanks to Greg Dundas
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36 min
May 20, 2020 #LetHerSpeak Janelle O’Connor’s sexual assault. WARNING – VIOLENT CONTENT - #159
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 until then it was illegal for rape survivors to self-identify.
Janelle and Nina Funnel, the founder of the #LetHerSpeak campaign join us to explain the legal changes, and Janelle tells us her story.

WARNING – This is an extremely disturbing story, please exercise discretion.

Show notes for Episode 159:
Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb
With thanks to Janelle O’Connor and Nina Funnell
Support #LetHerSpeak
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If you or someone you know has been the victim of a sexual assault call 1800Respect for help, advice and further referral.
That’s 1800 737 732

Or contact Lifeline on 13 11 14

If you have any information on the cases covered by this podcast, please contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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55 min
May 13, 2020 The Sting – Catching Daniel Morcombe’s Killer - #158
Although Queensland police visited Brett Peter Cowan just days after Daniel Morcombe first disappeared in 2003, it took 8 years, an inquest and an incredibly intricate covert operation for them to find a way to convict him of Daniel’s abduction and murder. Journalist Kate Kyriacou covered the case and wrote a book about the covert operation THE STING: The Undercover Operation That Caught Daniel Morcombe's Killer

Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content.

Show notes for Episode 158:
Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb
With thanks to Kate Kyriacou
BUY Kate's book THE STING: The Undercover Operation That Caught Daniel Morcombe's Killer
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47 min
May 12, 2020 The Narelle Fraser Conversations - Kira Olney - #157
To celebrate our first Australian True Crime online livestream this Saturday Night, starring Narelle Fraser and Ron Iddles, we’re releasing an extra episode this week. It’s another in the series of Narelle Fraser Conversations.

Join us for our very first video live stream event, this Saturday May 16th at 8pm, Narelle Fraser and Ron Iddles, and some other surprises. Purchase your tickets here > https://bit.ly/2L1XK9m

Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content.

Show notes for Episode 157:
Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb
With thanks to Narelle Fraser and Kira Olney
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If you have any information on the cases covered by this podcast, please contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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1 hr 27 min
May 06, 2020 The shocking murder of Bride-to-be Stephanie Scott - #156
The rape and murder of country schoolteacher Stephanie Scott just a week before her wedding shocked Australia. Journalist Monique Patterson was the editor of the local paper The Leeton Irrigator at the time, and her reflections are detailed in her book UNITED IN GRIEF.

BUY Monique's book UNITED IN GRIEF

Plus we catch up with Jamie Pultz from “Beenham Valley Road” about his latest podcast, “Who Killed Leanne Holland.”

Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content.

Show notes for Episode 156:
Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb
With thanks to Monique Patterson and Jamie Pultz
Like us on Facebook
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Support us on Patreon
Visit our Bookshop
Listen on Apple Podcasts
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If you or someone you know has been the victim of a sexual assault call 1800Respect for help, advice and further referral.

If you have any information on the cases covered by this podcast, please contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Thank you for listening!
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52 min
April 29, 2020 The Narelle Fraser Conversations - Patrick Tidmarsh - #155
Patrick Tidmarsh is a leading authority on sexual offending, and the investigation of sexual crime. He trains and lectures investigators all over the world on how to improve their response to both offenders and victims.
Narelle Fraser is a former Rape Squad and the Homicide Squad Detective with a focus on victims.

Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content.

Show notes for Episode 155:
Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb
With thanks to Patrick Tidmarsh and Narelle Fraser
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Instagram or Twitter
Support us on Patreon
Visit our Bookshop
Listen on Apple Podcasts
Listen on Google Podcasts
Listen on Spotify

If you or someone you know has been the victim of a sexual assault call 1800Respect for help, advice and further referral.

If you have any information on the cases covered by this podcast, please contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Thank you for listening!
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47 min

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