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For our final episode of 2024  and our 50th episode!!!!
We're bringing you an intriguing mystery from Australia which is all about shared psychosis so this episode might not be for everyone, if you don't feel in a place to listen to this episode right now please give this one a miss.

On Monday 29 August 2016 Mark Tromp and his wife Jacoba got into a car for a “tech-free road trip” with their three adult children Riana, 29, Mitchell, 25, and Ella 22.
 
They headed north in Ella's car only to turn up one by one a week later having travelled more than (995 miles) and ended with a police investigation and two of the family members in psychiatric care.

One investigating police officer from the Silvan district described it as "the most bizarre case I've seen in 30 years".

We also talk about Christmas, ( a lot ) Santa warning for this episode, though if you have anyone young enough to believe in the magic of Christmas, they probably shouldn't be listening to this podcast!  The Gilmore Girls, Wham - standard, road trips and imaginary friends.. 

Sources for this episode are:
BBC News 
Listverse 
Mamamia 

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For our November episode, Effie is covering a Scottish mystery, something we've never touched on before but glossed over.  UFO's!!
 
Bonniebridge is a little town, it's a small town, that just looks like your average British town about 4 miles west of Falkirk in central Scotland but its harbouring a very strange secret....
 
It has had the largest number of UFO sightings in the world!
Just sit back and take that in! 
 
So much so that since 1992 there have been 300 incidents reported every single year!

36% of locals have seen something unusual in this area known as the Falkirk triangle..... 

We also talk about the usual stuff - Halloween, our thoughts on the Menendez brothers, what we've been watching of course, how we're too lazy to see the northern lights, Effie's end of the world experience and how long ago the 90s were... 

Sources for this episode are:
Bonniebridge UFO capital of Scotland documentary
The government silenced us documentary
 The Herald Newspaper
The Daily Mail newspaper
Paranormal files
Scotclans.com
BBC radio.com
 
We'd love to hear your thoughts on aliens and this episode. 
Are you a believer?

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Trigger warning* There is a lot of chat in this episode around suicide so if this episode is not for you, or you're not able to listen just now please give this episode a miss.  

Sources for this episode are: 

ABC News 
Office of the state coroner inquest report Brisbane 2013 
Daily mail interview with Robert Reid investigative journalist 

Australian true crime podcast Episode A convenient murder-suicide https://open.spotify.com/episode/4yhwWkmlqIXHKTS8KUrk4Y?si=6wg6C2NxQnOUfy17GyvtUw&t=1769

There is a casefile episode on this  174

On the 26th of July 1991 at 4 pm Alan Leahy reported to police that his wife Julie -Ann Leahy and her friend Vicki Arnold had gone fishing  in the early hours of that morning and not returned.  They were living in Atherton Queensland and had three children. Julie Anne was 26, her friend Vicki was 27 and they were never seen alive again. 

We also talk about winter coats ( boring ) Marti's fear of bats, perfectly acceptable thank you very much, drunken night-out transportation and night fishing, yes night fishing! 

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This month Effie is covering an Aberdeen case from back in 1983.
George Murdoch, also known as Dodd, a taxi driver in the area, a family man, much loved by the community who was brutally murdered at the age of 58.   

Sources for this episode are:
BBC News
The Scottish Sun 
Sky News
STV documentary Unsolved
Who is the cheese wire killer - podcast

We also chat random bus stop altercations, road rage cone throwing, which weapon we would choose if we had to murder someone, what we were doing in 1983 - yes Wham is mentioned,  Australian neighbours, Effie's problem with the name Brooke (Shields) and talking watch recommendations ( of course ) 

Granite Harbour on BBC on Effie's recommendation 

How to be in the spotlight Podcast recommendation 
https://open.spotify.com/show/3hzwGsMRqsZPcwyjkrE8xm

Our Little Edey - Australian podcast recommendation 
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Ih3QzsWbJIa0XXdWxe33T

The death of Brenda Paige podcast recommendation 
https://open.spotify.com/show/1QgWghFfk3woD0CQa7TPqD

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* Warning *
In this episode, we talk about school shootings in Dunblane Scotland and in the US, we also talk about violence against young children and gun laws. 
If this episode is not for you, please give this episode a miss. 

The sound is not fantastic on this episode, we were having a few issues with Effie's microphone, so please bear with us. 

We were lucky enough to meet N Leigh Hunt at Crimecon in Glasgow and he had a huge effect on us both, so we felt so honoured when he agreed to come on the podcast and talk about his book "I dont like Mondays" and school shootings. 

N Leigh Hunt is a South African-born author, crime historian and broadcaster. He is a member of the American Society of Criminology and considered an expert on California school shootings. He graciously received the High Commended award for Best New Author at the Inaugural True Crime Awards in 2023. He was recently a speaker at Crime Con in Glasgow - where he must us!

His book - ‘I Don’t Like Monday’s - The True Story Behind America's First Modern School Shooting’ took years of interviews and research to accurately record the horrifying event. The information collected in his book had never been published previously. He graciously received the High Commended award for Best New Author at the Inaugural True Crime Awards in 2023 

He is currently a director of a radio station and produces shows and podcasts in the Midlands, UK. He lives with his wife in Olney, Bucks but still thinks of San Diego as his hometown.

He is currently working on the Cokeville Wyoming school crisis, the crimes of Craig C Price (the youngest serial killer convicted in the USA) and the possible wrongful conviction of Amanda Lewis in Esto, Florida.

It is such a fascinating conversation about not only school shootings but so many other tough conversations around gun laws, Bob Geldof, speaking to school shooters in prison, the FBI and MAFS! Bet you didn't expect that one! 

Think of it as our 3rd Birthday gift to you!
Thanks for listening.

You can buy the Book I Dont Like Mondays 
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dont-Like-Mondays-Americas-Shooting/dp/B0BYTDGRYR/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3E62FBZAFC8P2&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.4nwuqx3F43wY8lMZmesqFKmml4eC4ZCLiGmvCnxJeN1B0DywEKX8tYlEtDhsbofUi1lQPrj2-SlI_ndRNIL9d4k0G2x9QU5EbpDnI4GnyQ8BU1U5anQ4026-WlGHJTxM7z_405H_jD4qG3hGrc8Edyf23vSSQ-UnN69wEkhVJc5sk48dqUd9SZ3WFhiOMx4epLUHpeI7l4l1t1B8WyLNkiiypxfBsbYyVNEs2gGcoLg.eZ9381mQ6gu2VJn4HVFMQm4YXhsLrhU0bwioCD5RpJM&dib_tag=se&keywords=i+don%27t+like+mondays&qid=1723733359&sprefix=i+dont+like+mondays+%2Caps%2C198&sr=8-1

Go follow him on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/nleighhunt/
 
Listen to In Esto
https://shows.acast.com/in-esto-podcast

https://www.nleighhunt.com/ and drop him an email with the subject - Overnight Oats 

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It's our 3rd Birthday!!!!!
Thank you for listening to us talk a lot about random things!
And to "celebrate" Marti is covering the tragic and horrendous death of Dianne Brimble onboard the cruise ship P & O Pacific Sky in 2002. 
Dianne Brimble aged 42 and her 12-year-old daughter Tahlia boarded the ship, along with Dianne’s sister, Alma Wood, and Alma’s daughter, Kari Ann.  All four girls shared a cabin for the 10-day cruise.  A cruise they had saved for 2 years for, it was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime with family!

Dianne didn't get to enjoy the ten-day cruise because Less than 24 hours later Dianne Brimble was found dead on the floor of a cabin.
 
We also talk quite a lot about chocolate biscuits,
school holidays and teenagers' faces.
And of course lots and lots of cruise ship facts and chat

Sources for this episode are: 
The Telegraph newspaper
60 minutes - ships of shame
True crime conversations - the cruise ship death of Dianne Brimble
Australian true crime podcast - Dianne Brimble - ep 126 by her ex-husband Mark
World metrics.org
9 news Australia

If you have any Scottish or Australian cases you'd like us to cover please give us a shout over on Instagram or drop us an email at [email protected]

Podcast recommendations mentioned in this ep:
 
Lets Not Meet https://open.spotify.com/show/5mrS2aDwNdAAwlqRkvNVFd?si=babbd2b01fd942db

Murder They Wrote https://open.spotify.com/show/4fwIxNTytZiAmmDKIjHq4v?si=53d9ffa0dd3c4544 with Iain Stirling & Laura Whitmore 

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In this episode Effie is covering the Scottish Witch Trials and we cover myths and lots of other witchy stuff!   The Scottish Witchcraft Act was introduced in 1563 and followed on from trials that had taken place across Europe.
We are delighted to be bringing you this episode as we've had so many requests for the witch trials!

We also talk about tarring people and putting them in barrels, Jeremy Clarkson, annoying Tik Tokers and what we've been watching!

Sources for this episode are: 
BBC News
BBC Documentary – Lucy Worsely
Historic UK.com
The Last Witch- Philip Paris
The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft – a database
Scottish Murders Podcast – which is hilarious with our friend Dawn
And We are History Podcast.

In the introduction of this episode we talk a little bit about Kirsty Maxwell and if you'd like to find out more and donate to her family's charity please go to Kirstymaxwellcharity.co.uk

And if you'd like to hear some AirBNB horror stories as mentioned in this episode 
https://youtu.be/7-6OivmgXY0?si=GxUaxITcT4e6D0Fv

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This month we are doubling up on the Australian stories with Marti covering the devastatingly sad story of the murder of Graeme Thorne

We also talk a lot about the amazing Penny Farmer and the tragic murder of her brother Chris and his girlfriend Peta in Belize- we highly recommend listening to her podcast Paradise  listen here:   https://open.spotify.com/episode/4FPAufGAWaKEy6fwTbtVqK?si=OXmJ99iVQtCQVdCTiPSsiw

We also talk a LOT about the building of the Sydney Opera House - which is entangled heavily in this story, Paul Robinson from Neighbours and lottery winners. 

Sources for this episode:
Sydney Morning Herald 
Herald Sun 
Sydney Opera House website 

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 Trigger warning for this episode, dealing with suicide.

This month Marti is covering the tragic death of Caroline Byrne in NSW Australia in 1995 and it might ring some familiar bells with the Melissa Caddick case we covered recently. 

Caroline Byrne was a normal 24-year-old living a normal life with a boyfriend she had just moved in with, started a new job she loved and had a relatively happy family life, why then on the 7th of June would she suddenly take her own life, or was she murdered?

We also talk about the UK apparently being in the top 5  most depressing places to live in the world! - guess where we fared? 

Effie's latest obsession, makeover shows, fashion in the 2000s  and morgue visits in primary school!  Yes you read that right, no wonder we're so screwed up.

Sources for this episode
A model daughter  the killing of Caroline Byrne 2009 tv movie 
Four Corners Trial & Error Documentary
ABC news reports 

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In this episode, (this is a listener request from our amazing friend Wayne over at Eerie Edinburgh) - go check out his podcast and youtube channel.
 
Effie covers the 1893  Ardlamont Estate Mystery in Argyll & Bute - a peninsula off the West Coast Of Scotland and a horrible murder/accident that occurred?
 This one is a brilliant ep for our historical pod fans!

We also talk about Saltburn for way too long!!!! ( spoilers if you haven't seen it!)

Sources for this episode:
The book Ardlamont Mystery the real-life mystery behind  Sherlock Holmes - by Daniel Smith 
The Poisoner Cabinet Podcast
The Scotsman
The National 
The Daily Mail
The Surgeons Hall Museum 

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