Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Born into violence and tragedy, with a father who killed her own mother, Kathleen became a ward of the state, but when she was fostered into the Marlborough family, she forged close friendships at school in Newcastle and a remarkable sisterhood was formed, friends for life who have stuck by her and take us back. Jane also discovers an incident that supports the new science, where one of Kathleen’s friends found her daughter Laura not breathing, one day while babysitting.

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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. In 2003, Kathleen Folbigg was found guilty for the deaths of four of her children, and sentenced to 25 years in prison, but - Kathleen has always maintained her innocence. Now, 151 scientists are petitioning for her release, saying they believe two of the four children died by natural causes. They will present their evidence in an upcoming inquiry. In the first episode of Mother’s Guilt Jane Hansen goes back to the beginning, and looks into how a mother became known as Australia’s worst female serial killer. We meet Tracy Chapman, Kathleen Folbigg’s oldest friend from school who tells us why she stands by the Kathleen she knows as opposed to the villain painted in the press.

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