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Introducing: Diagnosing Murder Sep 30, 2025

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For decades, families in Australia and overseas, have been accused of one of the worst crimes imaginable. Diagnosing Murder is an investigative podcast about parents who've had their children taken away, sat in the dock and even done time in prison. All for something they insist they didn't do – shake their baby. Can we trust the science behind shaken baby syndrome? Or are innocent people being locked up for a crime they never committed?
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Trial By Water, Episode 1: Father's Day May 31, 2024

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On Father’s Day, 2005, Robert Farquharson crashed his car into a dam. He survived, but his three children who were in the car with him didn’t. At first it seemed like a tragic accident. But quickly, it turned into a murder investigation.

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Phoebe's Fall - New Laws Jun 22, 2018

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Victorian Government announces reforms to Coroner's Act and Phobe's grandfather Lorne responds.

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Phoebe's Fall - A Fresh Look Dec 15, 2016

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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.

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Episode 6: Inquest & Aftermath Oct 27, 2016

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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 podcast.

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Mini-episode: The mystery phone number and the litany of unanswered questions Oct 25, 2016

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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?

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Episode 5: Saying Goodbye Oct 20, 2016

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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.

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No time of death for Phoebe Oct 19, 2016

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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.

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Episode 4: Policework Oct 13, 2016

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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 it was a suicide.

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Podcast prompts political action Oct 11, 2016

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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.

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