Narelle Fraser Interviews

Leonie’s childhood was marred with the death of her parents – one from drugs and the other from cancer. At 16 she decided she didn’t want to live with her extended family anymore and discovered that working in the sex industry paid the bills, particularly her time working as an escort.

In her role as an escort, she met and fell in love with a man 15yrs her senior who introduced her to drugs, she quickly became addicted. And there began a relationship with a man who over time, she realised was a narcissist, who she found was constantly cheating on her, he abused her physically and sexually, stalked her, harassed her, threatened to humiliate her, gaslight her …..and she couldn’t escape. She was stuck and fearful of her life if she did find the courage to leave.

This is Leonie's survival story in her own words.

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Leonie’s childhood was marred with the death of her parents – one from drugs and the other from cancer. At 16 she decided she didn’t want to live with her extended family anymore and discovered that working in the sex industry paid the bills, particularly her time working as an escort.

In her role as an escort, she met and fell in love with a man 15yrs her senior who introduced her to drugs, she quickly became addicted. And there began a relationship with a man who over time, she realised was a narcissist, who she found was constantly cheating on her, he abused her physically and sexually, stalked her, harassed her, threatened to humiliate her, gaslight her …..and she couldn’t escape. She was stuck and fearful of her life if she did find the courage to leave.

This is Leonie's survival story in her own words.

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For most of us, our knowledge of hostage negotiation is taken directly from the movies or TV. However, for John O’Neil, it was his job in the police force.

When called upon he would attend a hostage situation and do his very best to de-escalate the crisis and find a peaceful resolution. Unfortunately not all negotiations ended well, and his longest job was 41 hours.

John talks to Narelle about his on-the-job experiences in what was a very colourful career.

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For most of us, our knowledge of hostage negotiation is taken directly from the movies or TV. However, for John O’Neil, it was his job in the police force.

When called upon he would attend a hostage situation and do his very best to de-escalate the crisis and find a peaceful resolution. Unfortunately not all negotiations ended well, and his longest job was 41 hours.

John talks to Narelle about his on-the-job experiences in what was a very colourful career.

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The wrongful conviction of a young 19 year old Somali man named Mr Jama Abdulkadir. Jama, with no prior convictions, who was convicted of Rape in the County Court here in Melbourne on 21 July 2008.

It was a case which stayed with me because of the injustice and the fact a young man had been incarcerated for 15 months before it was found that he had not committed the rape and had never been in the area the rape had allegedly occurred, evidence which was seemingly ignored or dismissed quickly.

This is Jama’s story

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Stacey was a Detective for 16 years and was drawn to sexual assault investigations and un-natural/unexpected deaths. The Intuitive Detective has received FIVE awards including 2nd place in ‘Autobiography – True Crime category and most recently it won a silver award in the 2022 Global Book Awards.

Not everybody is a talker or feels comfortable talking about their trauma – that’s where Stacey’s areas of expertise comes in. And being a Detective for 16 years, I think she’d have a pretty good idea of dealing with trauma and grief. 

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Narelle discusses her own personal experience with surviving a flood of mammoth and unheard of proportions and the devastating impact it has had on her and her husbands life.

A raw and emotional listen.

"Please forgive me as I'm deviating from my normal podcast with something completely different. I've had so many messages about how I am and if I've been impacted by the floods, so thought I'd take you through the last 3 weeks of whats been a whirlwind. Thanks. I read every message but just can't respond to them all"💜💜

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Narelle discusses her own personal experience with surviving a flood of mammoth and unheard of proportions and the devastating impact it has had on her and her husbands life.

A raw and emotional listen.

"Please forgive me as I'm deviating from my normal podcast with something completely different.  I've had so many messages about how I am and if I've been impacted by the floods, so thought I'd take you through the last 3 weeks of whats been a whirlwind.  Thanks. I read every message but just can't respond to them all"💜💜

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