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Shortcut: What a Forensic Pathologist Actually Does May 12, 2024

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This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.

David Ranson is one of Australia's most experienced forensic pathologists.

I wrote a chapter about him in my book CSI I Told You Lies, in which he described traveling to Holland in 2014 to join the International Victim Identification Team after MH17 was shot down over Ukraine. David also worked in victim identification after the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004 and the Black Saturday bushfires in 2009.

David has given forensic evidence in some of Australia's biggest criminal cases, including those of serial killer Peter Dupas, the Walsh Street police shootings and countless Melbourne underground murders.

These days he's trying to move toward retirement, in his words, and concentrating on teaching, and he joins us on Australian true crime to talk about the kinds of things he's passing on to his students.

Australian True Crime LIVE is coming to Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne this July! It'll be full of special guests and Q+A's, and we can't wait to see you in person. You can find tickets by clicking this link.

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Guest: David Ranson

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What a Forensic Pathologist Actually Does May 12, 2024

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David Ranson is one of Australia's most experienced forensic pathologists.

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Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram

Guest: David Ranson

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

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ATC Plus UNLOCKED: The Delphi Murders May 10, 2024

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We're bringing a LIVE show of Australian True Crime to Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne this July! You can click here to find tickets for your city.

This is an unlocked episode of ATC Plus. To listen to all ATC Plus episodes, plus gain extra benefits such as access to our first 100 episodes, early listening and ad-free episodes, sign up to ATC Plus on Apple Podcats or Acast.

Teenagers Abby Williams and Libby German were dropped off at a popular hiking trail near the Monon High Bridge, just outside their hometown of Delphi, Indiana. About 40 minutes later, Libby posted a picture on her Snapchat account showing Abby carefully walking across the bridge. It was the last time they made contact with the outside world, although it wasn't the last time Libby recorded their surroundings.

The girls were reported missing later that afternoon, and community members searched for them through the night. But sadly, their bodies were discovered nearby the following day.

in October 2022, a local man was taken into custody. Who is he? Did he know the girls? Is there any truth to the rumors that other people may yet to be charged? The best person to ask these questions is without a doubt, journalist Susan Hendricks.

*A note that this conversation was recorded in December 2023, so it may be behind in current trial developments.

Click here to purchase Susan Hendricks' book, "Down the Hill".

Click here to learn more about the Abby and Libby Memorial Park

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Guest: Susan Hendricks

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Extra content from Inside Edition is used in this episode.

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Shortcut: Dabbling in Defamation May 05, 2024

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It's been quite a season of high-profile defamation cases in Australia in recent years.

Geoffrey Rush, Craig McLachlan, Ben Roberts-Smith, and Bruce Lehrmann, to name a few.

Along with the risks of airing all of your dirty laundry for the world to see, a defamation case doesn't come cheap either. Lehrmann, who recently lost his defamation lawsuit against Channel 10, is rumoured to have legal fees amounting to more than 8 million dollars.

We're joined on Australian True Crime today by Victoria-Jane Otavski, a litigator with over 20 years of experience specialising in defamation law, to explain what defamation is and why these cases so rarely succeed in court.

You can click here to learn more or get in contact with Victoria-Jane Otavski at Blackbay Lawyers

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Guest: Victoria-Jane Otavski

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This episode contains extra content from ABC News and 10 News First

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Dabbling in Defamation May 05, 2024

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It's been quite a season of high-profile defamation cases in Australia in recent years.

Geoffrey Rush, Craig McLachlan, Ben Roberts-Smith, and Bruce Lehrmann, to name a few.

You can click here to learn more or get in contact with Victoria-Jane Otavski at Blackbay Lawyers

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1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732

CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram

Guest: Victoria-Jane Otavski

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

This episode contains extra content from ABC News and 10 News First

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Shortcut: The Anglican Paedophile Network of Newcastle Apr 28, 2024

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This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.

Anne Manne is a journalist and social philosopher.

Her new book, "Crime of the Cross", is about a paedophile network run by members of the Anglican Church in Newcastle in the 1980s and 1990s.

It's made me realise that the shocking details of the crimes committed by the Catholic clergy have almost blinded me to some of the other revelations brought into the light by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (2013).

This story has many similarities to those we've heard of the paedophile priest cluster in Ballarat, and the measures the Catholic Church went to to silence victims and protect offenders. However, there are also many significant differences.

We urge you to purchase a copy of Anne Manne's book "Crimes of the Cross", which can be accessed by clicking this link.

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Guest: Anne Manne

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This episode contains extra content from ABC News.

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The Anglican Paedophile Network of Newcastle Apr 28, 2024

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Anne Manne is a journalist and social philosopher.

Her new book, "Crime of the Cross", is about a paedophile network run by members of the Anglican Church in Newcastle in the 1980s and 1990s.

We urge you to purchase a copy of Anne Manne's book "Crimes of the Cross", which can be accessed by clicking this link.

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1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732

CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram

Guest: Anne Manne

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

This episode contains extra content from ABC News.

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Shortcut: One of Australia's worst serial rapists was also a WA Police Officer - Part Two Apr 21, 2024

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This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.

Adrian Trevor Moore is one of Australia's worst rapists, and also a former member of the WA Police.

In 2018, investigators began contacting women to tell them that Moore had used the police computer system to run background checks on them. This lead to accusations of predatory behaviour, and eventually a warrant was executed on his home which uncovered a trove of photographs and videos of him sexually abusing heavily sedated women.

Over 200 individual women were featured in that material. One of those women, Josie, is today's guest on Australian True Crime.

In episode #460 of Australian True Crime, we interviewed Nicole Edwards, a former WA Police Officer who is also a survivor of Adrian Trevor Moore.

Like Nicole, Josie is critical of WA Police's decision to have the case investigated initially (and for some years) by Internal Affairs, rather than the Sex Crimes unit, and she's joined Nicole's campaign calling for a thorough external enquiry into the handling of the case.

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Guest: Josie

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This episode contains extra content from 9 News.

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One of Australia's worst serial rapists was also a WA Police Officer - Part Two Apr 21, 2024

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Adrian Trevor Moore is one of Australia's worst rapists, and also a former member of the WA Police.

Over 200 individual women were featured in that material. One of those women, Josie, is today's guest on Australian True Crime.

In episode #460 of Australian True Crime, we interviewed Nicole Edwards, a former WA Police Officer who is also a survivor of Adrian Trevor Moore.

For Support:

Lifeline on 13 11 14

13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)

1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732

CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram

Guest: Josie

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

This episode contains extra content from 9 News.

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Shortcut: The Stabbing of Angus Beaumont Apr 14, 2024

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This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.

Our guest today is Michelle Liddle. In February this year, she watched for the second time as two teenagers fought for their freedom after taking the life of her fifteen year old son, Angus Beaumont, in a Brisbane park in 2020.

They were aged just 13 and 14 at the time of the lethal stabbing. One was on bail for armed robbery and the other was on probation.

They both had significant histories of violent assaults. But even though Angus's final moments were captured on CCTV, the boys successfully appealed their initial convictions for his stabbing death and won a retrial.

That judge only trial began in December 2023 and ended with one of the boys being found guilty of murder and the other guilty of manslaughter. They were sentenced to nine years and six years respectively.

However, each of them is expected to serve around half of those sentences.

You can support Angus' family by joining the "Justice for Angus Beaumont" page on Facebook.

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Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram

Guest: Michelle Liddle

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