Crim City

A young woman murdered in an Australian country town. People too afraid to speak for decades are finally breaking their silence.  What happened in 23-year-old Rachelle Childs' final nine hours?  

Now, 24 years since Rachelle was murdered, an unstoppable cold case team has assembled to drive this live investigation.

Tips from the public are pouring in - could you hold the missing piece that cracks the case?

Dear Rachelle is hosted and investigated by journalist Ashlea Hansen, who teams up with retired detective and renowned cold case specialist Damian Loone.

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A killer is on the loose in an Australian country town.

Excited for the June long weekend, bubbly 23-year-old Rachelle Childs leaves work, calls her sister, and is dead within hours. Her burning, partially naked body is found nine hours later in bushland on a lonely coastal road. Her killer has never been caught.

Now innocent people, once too afraid to speak, are breaking their silence.

If you’re looking for your next true crime podcast obsession, search out Dear Rachelle.

An unstoppable cold case team is reinvestigating and uncovering damning new evidence. Could this finally be the break the family needs?

Dear Rachelle is hosted and investigated by journalist Ashlea Hansen, who teams up with retired detective and renowned cold case specialist Damian Loone.

The first episode of Dear Rachelle is now available on all podcast platforms. If you’re looking for your next true crime podcast binge and you want to be first to hear what’s next, visit dearrachelle.com.au - your News Corp Australia subscription grants you access to podcast episodes three weeks before everyone else, as well as exclusive access to videos, interactive evidence, behind-the-scenes content, and more.

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Josh is back to talk about how crime is changing in Crim City, including the return of the Postcode Wars, a rising force in organised crime, and a look (back) to the future with the return of heroin.

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Listen to episode 1 of our new series inside the global cocaine industry - where profits are counted up in millions and losses measured out in murders.

This worldwide investigation from The Times, Sunday Times and NewsCorp Australia, reveals how the drug business works like any multi-billion dollar corporation.

Cocaine Inc. is hosted by Fiona Hamilton, chief reporter at The Times, David Collins, northern editor at The Sunday Times, and Stephen Drill, national correspondent at News Corp Australia.

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Moz is joined by Daily Telegraph senior reporter Clementine Cuneo to discuss two of the best and worst cases they’ve covered - the fake collar bomb attack on Maddie Pulver and Liam Knight, who was speared in the head with a metal pole.

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Moz goes back to the vault, digging out an interview with Detective Superintendent Joe Doueihi. He’s seen the worst humanity has to offer - but was still shocked by the brutality of the kidnappings now happening in Crim City. 

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Greg Goold knows Crim City’s secrets. Moz and Josh listen to his stories, talking about everyone from John Ibrahim, the legendary ‘King of the Cross’, to Sallie-Anne Huckstepp, who threatened to bring down the police force and was murdered. 

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Moudi Tajjour is one of Crim City’s survivors. A cousin of John ‘the King of the Cross’ Ibrahim, he became a senior bikie, founded a new gang in prison and was jailed over a killing. Moudi knows those who’ve died on both sides in the city’s gang wars. A warning - this is confronting listen.

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Moz issues a warning about modern-day pickpocket gangs and Josh takes a deep dive into the ANOM operation used by the cops to listen in as crooks commit their crimes.

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The inside story of the supergrass who’s helped bring peace to Sydney’s gang war,  rumours spread about a looming contract killing and Moz wonders if he needs artificial stimulation. 

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