Greetings dear listeners, this is a short announcement to say we'll be taking our annual break a little earlier than in the past  but we'll be back soon! Thanks, love you - bye! xxx
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Welcome to episode 97, in which Claire is joined by her brother Matt as she tells the story of a Tasmanian case that was one of the earliest in Australia to use DNA technology to help bring a murderer to justice.
It began in 1980, when Amanda Carter was out in Hobart celebrating her upcoming 22nd birthday with her sister. But after leaving a pub in the early hours of the morning, the pair walked to a taxi rank with two men they had befriended and Amanda was never seen alive again...
Despite an exhaustive police investigation it would be another 13 years before technology had advanced far enough to help convict her killer.
And to finish things off Matt delivers on his promise from the last time they all recorded together to share the tale of Charles 'Boney' Anderson, the hapless convict who was punished by being chained to a rock on an island in Sydney Harbour for two years!
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Welcome to episode 96, in which Claire is again joined by special guest forensic psychologist Sam.
This time Sam tells the main story about a case which she was familiar with from her time living in Adelaide.
Carolyn Matthews was a hardworking mother and wife from suburban West Lakes who was found stabbed to death in her home. But the shocking crime wasn't a random attack and the truth behind her death revealed a sordid tale of lust, greed and a killer for hire...
To finish things off Claire has two tales of intriguing men - Mark DeFriest, known as the Houdini of Florida, and Christopher Knight, the North Pond Hermit - and the criminal ways they adopted to cope with their lives over the course of decades.
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Welcome to episode 95 and another instalment of The Itty Bitty Nitty Gritty with Claire and Kitty!
This episode just so happens to fall on Halloween, so of course that's the theme for this month's offering.
Kitty tells the tale of the trick or treat murder - the 1957 shooting of Peter Fabiano in California by a masked person who'd knocked on his door late one night. However, the paper bag they held up wasn't to collect some candy - instead, it concealed the weapon that gunned Peter down. Hear the scandalous revelations that came out of the police investigation into who would have wanted him dead...
And Claire has a collection of spooky stories of ghostly sightings collected from all over Tasmania. Whether you believe that such spectres and apparitions really exist or not, they are tales of crimes that left their mark in communities around the state, long after they happened.
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Welcome to episode 94, in which Claire is joined by special returning guest, forensic psychologist Sam, in Ben's absence.
Claire talks about a fairly recent Tasmanian case - the sad and disturbing story of 22-year-old Bradley Breward, who found himself the focus of attention when former bodybuilder Mark Jones became obsessed with finding his stolen vehicle.
After offering a reward for information about the car and receiving a tip-off, Jones and an accomplice ambushed Bradley and subjected him to a torturous interrogation in a Launceston home on New Year's Day, 2017.
Hear what Bradley's response was to the violent questioning, how the brutal morning attack ended and what was revealed about Jones' past...
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Welcome to episode 93, in which Ben tells the story of the shocking mass shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida in 2016.
Hear about the background of the shooter, 29-year-old Omar Mateen, what unfolded during the hostage situation that became a three-hour standoff, and his supposed motivation for the deadly attack.
To end the episode, after Ben had to head off Claire is joined once more by special guest Matt Turfrey (who happens to be her brother). He talks about David Hahn, a teenager with a fascination for chemistry whose experimenting eventually attracted the attention of not only local police but federal agencies...
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Welcome to episode 92, in which Ben and Claire are again joined by special guest Matt Turfrey for a journey back to ye olde Van Diemen's Land!
Claire tells the story of John 'Rocky' Whelan, an Irish-born convict whose rampage in the mid-1850s earned him many names, including the Huon Terror.
Hear about the torturous punishments he endured over nearly 20 years for the dozens of offences he racked up after being transferred from NSW to Norfolk Island that no doubt contributed to him later becoming a 'monster in human form'.
After finally making it to Tasmania Whelan seemed to be getting his life on track for a time but he soon returned to a life of crime and it wasn't until he was facing the ultimate punishment that he finally confessed to a string of brutal murders...
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Welcome to episode 91, in which Ben and Claire are joined - in person for the first time since the podcast began - by special guest (and Claire's brother) Matt Turfrey!
He tells the story of a case which had police in the Brittany region of France perplexed. In 1989 a shocking  murder in broad daylight eventually leads detectives to drifter Francis Heaulme. 
The strange character seems to have a solid alibi but then he begins talking and the bits and pieces of information he gives start to add up to a horrendous career of crime.  
To finish things off Ben has a sad story of mental illness that spirals out of control and results in a feline hostage situation, which culminates in police action that receives widespread condemnation... 
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Welcome to episode 90 and another instalment of the Itty Bitty Nitty Gritty with Claire and Kitty!
This month the ladies prove that diamonds really are a girl's best friend when they explore the theme of all things bling - jewellery.
Kitty talks about Dr Maria Maclennan, the world's first forensic jeweller, who uses jewellery principles to help solve crimes and identify bodies.
And Claire shares the story of another bad-ass woman - one of Britain's most notorious diamond thieves, Joan Hannington. In 1980s London she redefined what it meant to be a crime boss, and earned herself the title of the Godmother.
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Welcome to episode 89, in which Claire looks into the case of 26-year-old German tourist Nancy Grunwaldt, who was on a planned year-long trip through New Zealand and Australia when she went missing while riding a hired bike on the East Coast of Tasmania in 1993.
Hear about her movements once she arrived in the state, the theories about what may have happened to her and some other notable cases which have been linked to her disappearance.
To finish things off Ben has a collection of stories about how some notorious serial killers met their ends...
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