Phoebe's Fall

By The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

What's Phoebe's Fall about?

A major investigation by The Age newsroom in Melbourne, Australia, into the death of Phoebe Handsjuk, who was found at the bottom of a garbage chute in a luxury apartment building.

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Phoebe's Fall episodes:

06.14.2023
Coming soon: Naked City season 6
Join John Silvester, Australia’s longest-serving crime reporter, as he talks to the cops and the crims in the sixth season of crime podcast Naked City. The new season will premiere on Wednesday, June 14, and new episodes will drop each Wednesday....
11.03.2022
Out now: The Confession
Premiering on November 4, the astonishing true story of how Melbourne homicide detectives broke all the rules in their quest to have Katia Pyliotis convicted for brutally murdering a dirty old man with a statue of the Virgin Mary. The Confession...
06.22.2022
Available now: All new Naked City
The much anticipated fifth season of Naked City has arrived. Make sure to subscribe now and get all the episodes straight to your device. Search Naked City wherever you get your podcasts. John Silvester, Australia’s longest-serving crime reporter, will take you on...
04.04.2022
Coming soon - Liar, Liar: Melissa Caddick and the Missing Millions
Since late 2020, the case of missing Sydney woman Melissa Caddick has captivated the country. A seemingly successful businesswoman from Sydney's eastern suburbs went missing after authorities raided her Dover Heights home amid questions over an unlicensed financial planning business. Sydney...
07.30.2020
Naked City: A true crime podcast from the makers of Phoebe's Fall
John Silvester, Australia’s longest-serving crime reporter, will take you on a journey through his 40 years of dealing with the nation’s most dangerous criminals. Subscribe now and get all the episodes straight to your device the minute they are published....
09.30.2019
Coming soon - The Last Voyage of the Pong Su
When a dead body and bags of heroin washed up on the southern coast of Australia, a dark tale began to unfold... Richard Baker tells the story of The Last Voyage of the Pong Su in a new podcast from The...
09.20.2018
Introducing...Please Explain
A new podcast from The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, cutting through the noise to give you insight into the stories that drive the nation. Search 'Please Explain' on iTunes now to subscribe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
07.03.2018
Introducing our new podcast - Wrong Skin
Wrong Skin: a relationship banned under traditional law. A new podcast from Richard Baker at The Age, Melbourne, investigating an unsolved, suspicious death and a missing person in the Australian outback. Click the link or search 'Wrong Skin' to subscribe. See...
06.22.2018
Phoebe's Fall - New Laws
Victorian Government announces reforms to Coroner's Act and Phobe's grandfather Lorne responds. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
12.15.2016
Phoebe's Fall - A Fresh Look
The Victorian Government has announced a review of the Coroner's Act amid widespread public concern about the inquest into Phoebe Handsjuk's garbage chute death. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10.27.2016
Episode 6: Inquest & Aftermath
We dissect the coroner's finding in Phoebe's case, raising serious questions about his conclusion and the methods he used to reach it. We examine the consequences of challenging a poor finding. And we reveal the Facebook post that prompted this...
10.25.2016
Mini-episode: The mystery phone number and the litany of unanswered questions
Seven months after Phoebe Handsjuk died, forensic scientists found a piece of paper in the pocket of the jeans she was wearing when she died. Whose number was it? And what did it mean? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10.20.2016
Episode 5: Saying Goodbye
Phoebe is remembered by her friends and family. We chronicle the competing memorials and funerals. And we journey to the shores of her Viking farewell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10.19.2016
No time of death for Phoebe
We explore the difficulties of establishing Phoebe's time of death, and a debate between police and doctors over the value of trying to estimate when somebody has died. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10.13.2016
Episode 4: Policework
We explore Phoebe's tumultuous last week and examine what she and her partner, Ant Hampel, did on her final day. Then we put the blowtorch to failings and omissions in the police investigation following her death, and the early conclusion that...
10.11.2016
Podcast prompts political action
Our investigative journalists Richard Baker and Michael Bachelard report back on the tip-offs we've received and the political developments triggered by Phoebe's Fall since we launched. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10.06.2016
Episode 3: A Secret Tape
Examines the state of Phoebe's mind and the relationship that dominated her life at the time of her death. We find evidence that she was planning to leave her partner, Ant Hampel. And we play audio of a secret recording...
09.28.2016
Episode 2: The Chute
We walk through the final hours of Phoebe Handsjuk's life, challenge the plausibility of the coroner's findings, and examine the gruesome mechanics of her death in a chilling re-enactment. We also hear from a leading forensic pathologist whom we commissioned to review the evidence. See omnystudio.com/listener...
09.22.2016
Episode 1: Knowing Phoebe
Starts with the mysterious and gruesome death of 24yo Phoebe Handsjuk and the open possibilities that it was either murder, suicide or a tragic accident. Then it steps back to hear from Phoebe herself and then her friends and family...
09.21.2016
Live Friday, 23 September - The short life and brutal death of Phoebe Handsjuk
A major investigation by The Age newsroom in Melbourne, Australia, into the death of Phoebe Handsjuk, who was found at the bottom of a garbage chute in a luxury apartment building. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
09.16.2016
Coming soon - Phoebe's Fall - a podcast from The Age
A new podcast series from The Age, Melbourne, Australia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What's Phoebe's Fall about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Phoebe's Fall episodes:

Coming soon: Naked City season 6

Out now: The Confession

Available now: All new Naked City

Coming soon - Liar, Liar: Melissa Caddick and the Missing Millions

Naked City: A true crime podcast from the makers of Phoebe's Fall

Coming soon - The Last Voyage of the Pong Su

Introducing...Please Explain

Introducing our new podcast - Wrong Skin

Phoebe's Fall - New Laws

Phoebe's Fall - A Fresh Look

Episode 6: Inquest & Aftermath

Mini-episode: The mystery phone number and the litany of unanswered questions

Episode 5: Saying Goodbye

No time of death for Phoebe

Episode 4: Policework

Podcast prompts political action

Episode 3: A Secret Tape

Episode 2: The Chute

Episode 1: Knowing Phoebe

Live Friday, 23 September - The short life and brutal death of Phoebe Handsjuk

Coming soon - Phoebe's Fall - a podcast from The Age