Australian True Crime

Retired Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Sandra Nicholson isn’t the kind of person who seeks attention. Fortunately Narelle knows what an impressive copper lurks beneath the mild-mannered exterior of this quietly spoken lady. She’s even sent other coppers to jail. Sandra Nicholson is a hands-on, supportive leader, but she’s no pushover.

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Show notes for Episode 153:

Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb

With thanks to Retired Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Sandra Nicholson

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Gary Raymond worked some of the highest profile and most challenging cases in NSW policing in living memory, including the brutal abduction and murder of Anita Cobby and the drive-by shooting of 5-year-old Tess Debrincat. He was also deployed to assist Sri Lankan authorities in body recovery after the 2006 Boxing Day Tsunami. His life outside of policing is unlike any we’ve heard described on the podcast before.

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Show notes for Episode 152:

Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb

With thanks to Gary Raymond

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Narelle Fraser dusts off her celebrated interviewing skills for a special series of episodes of Australian True Crime to be featured intermittently throughout the year. In this episode the speaks to legendary Senior Crown Prosecutor Michele Williams QC.

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Show notes for Episode 151:

Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb

With thanks to Narelle Fraser and Michele Williams QC.

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We caught up with Yvie Jones from Gogglebox and I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here for a YouTube Livestream on Friday night. Here are some highlights.

We’ll be doing it again this Friday from 6pm and we’d love you to join us on the Australian True Crime Podcast YouTube channel. 

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Greg Fogarty, author of ALMOST PERFECT: The true story of the Crawford family murders joins us to discuss the story of Elmer Crawford, the "ordinary" family man who hatched an extraordinary plan.

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Show notes for Episode 150:

Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb

With thanks to Greg Fogarty

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Tara Schultz is a survivor of many crimes perpetrated against her in childhood. She joins us to share some uncomfortable truths about the difficulties of meeting the ongoing financial costs of her survival.

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Show notes for Episode 149:

Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb

With thanks to Tara Schultz

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If you are a victim of sexual assault or domestic & family violence, call 1800 RESPECT for counselling, information & referrals.

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Narelle Fraser thought her number was up when she ran into the notorious armed robber Victor Peirce at the shops. She also gives us an update on an unsolved case from her days in the sex crimes squad.

Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content.

Show notes for Episode 148:

Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb

With thanks to Narelle Fraser

Get tickets to Narelle's live show on March 28th

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Anthony Dowsley’s dogged reporting over several years unmasked lawyer Nicola Gobbo as a police informant and has played a significant role in exposing some of the unorthodox methods employed by Victoria Police in their desperate war against the underworld in the early 2000s. 

Entire interview available on Patreon.

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Show notes for Episode 147:

Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb

With thanks to Anthony Dowsley

Listen to Part 1 of our interview with Paul Dale

Listen to Part 2 of our interview with Paul Dale

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“Disgraced former Drug Squad Detective” Paul Dale was charged with robbery, and then with murder. Some find it hard to believe he’s not in jail or dead, he says he’s an innocent victim of the Lawyer X scandal. You be the judge.

Purchase COPS, DRUGS, LAWYER X AND ME by Paul Dale and Vikki Petraitis.

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Show notes for Episode 146:

Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb

With thanks to Paul Dale and Vikki Petraitis

Listen to Part 1 of our interview with Paul Dale

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“Disgraced former Drug Squad Detective” Paul Dale has seen his reputation so destroyed that his lawyer says he’s virtually beyond defamation. As his biographer Vikki Petraitis puts it, he’s been accused of everything, and yet, he’s never been convicted of anything. Is he the victim of a huge conspiracy, or the luckiest villain in the ongoing saga of the Melbourne Gang war? You be the judge as he joins us to tell his story over two weeks.

Purchase COPS, DRUGS, LAWYER X AND ME by Paul Dale and Vikki Petraitis.

Show notes for Episode 145:

Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb

With thanks to Paul Dale and Vikki Petraitis.

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