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Hunting The Kimberley Killer Oct 18, 2023

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In June 1987, Australia's top end lost it's innocence.

The murders of five tourists across the Northern Territory and Western Australia marred the reputation of this idyllic tourist region, sparking fear in locals and visitors alike.

These horrific events sparked one of the biggest manhunts in Australian history and saw today's guest, Former WA Police Inspector Bob Brown, on the front lines of the hunt for Josef Thomas Schwab: ‘The Kimberley Killer’

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Guest: Former WA Police Inspector Bob Brown

Host: Gemma Bath

Executive Producer: Gia Moylan

Audio Producer: Scott Stronach

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From Journalist To Witness: Inside The Teacher's Pet Podcast Oct 11, 2023

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In 2018, Hedley Thomas’ podcast The Teacher's Pet captivated millions of listeners around the world as he unravelled the disappearance of Lynette Simms in real time, week by week.

Throughout his meticulous investigation more evidence and information came to light, leading to the arrest of Lyn's former husband Chris Dawson.

In 2022, Hedley found himself a witness in Dawson's high-profle murder trial. He joins us today to discuss the podcast that landed Hedley in the courtroom, and Dawson behind bars.

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Guest: Hedley Thomas, host of The Teacher's Pet podcast and author of the newly published book of the same name.

Host: Gemma Bath

Executive Producer: Gia Moylan

Audio Producer: Scott Stronach

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The Wrongful Conviction of Evaristo Salas Oct 04, 2023

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Evaristo Salas Junior was just 16 when he was sent to an adult men’s prison convicted of the murder of Jose Arreola in 1995.

But in the nearly three decades since his conviction, the evidence has been re-examined in great detail. Cracks, lies and omissions have been uncovered by journalists and documentary makers alike, leading to Evaristo's exoneration and release in August of this year.

So how did this happen? How did the justice system fail him so monumentally, and why did it take so long to get him out?

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Guest: Jack Lawrence, host of the One Minute Remaining podcast.

Host: Gemma Bath

Executive Producer: Gia Moylan

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The Disappearance Of Rhianna Barreau Sep 27, 2023

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In October 1992, 12-year-old Rhianna Barreau disappeared.

On the day she went missing it was school holidays, and Rhianna had spent the morning wandering to the local shops to buy her American pen pal a Christmas card. When her mother got home at 4pm, expecting to find Rhianna, she was nowhere to be found.

It's one of South Australia's most enduring cold cases. Her disappearance didn’t just change the lives of her family, it changed her community and the streets of Adelaide forever.

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Guest: Rebecca Brice

Host: Gemma Bath

Executive Producer: Gia Moylan

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Australia’s Biggest Terror Campaign You’ve Never Heard About Sep 20, 2023

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In September 1988 a campaign of terror was unleashed upon Perth’s Chinese community through a series of targeted firebombings that decimated a number of restaurants around the city.

The motive behind the attacks was impossible to ignore, but it would take a drastic escalation of violence for WA police to start taking the firebombs seriously.

Once they finally started to piece the crimes together and close in on the culprits, police realised they’d happened upon a plot in the making that was a lot more sinister than the destroying of restaurants.

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Guest: Alex Mann and Crispian Chan

You can listen to their podcast Firebomb here.

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Executive Producer: Gia Moylan

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Australia's Dark History Of Forced Adoptions Sep 13, 2023

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For nearly half a century, Australia was engaged in a shameful and shocking practice that would tear babies from the arms of their mothers, sometimes before they ever even laid eyes on their precious little faces.

Today, Amelia Oberhart shares with us the journey of her discoveries about her mother’s life before she was born in her podcast, Secrets We Keep, Shame, Lies and Family…and in the process of unveiling her own story, found the buried stories of women whose numbers will shock you.

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Guest: Amelia Oberhardt

You can listen to her podcast Secrets We Keep here.

Host: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Gia Moylan

Audio Producer: Scott Stronach

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The Murder Squad Sep 06, 2023

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In Australia in the 1920s a 'murder wave' gripped the country, as the desperation of The Great Depression rippled through society.

Cases like The Human Glove, The Hammer Horror, The Park Demon, The Bungendore Bones, and most famously The Pyjama Girl, were splashed across tabloid headlines. At the same time a new age of methods and technologies were being rolled out to help investigate crimes that would've previously gone unsolved.

In NSW there was an elite group of hardened and cunning detectives who were tasked with solving all these crimes. They became known as The Murder Squad.

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Guest: Michael Adams

You can find out more about his book The Murder Squad here.

Host: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Gia Moylan

Audio Producer: Scott Stronach

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Inside The Trial Of Lucy Letby Aug 30, 2023

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Last week, 33-year-old nurse Lucy Letby was found guilty of murdering seven newborns, and attempting to kill six others who were under her care in 2015 and 2016.

During her time in the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital in northwestern England, her colleagues noticed a significant rise in the number of babies dying and suffering serious collapses in the unit.

Police and medical experts were called in for a large-scale investigation and discovered one common factor linking these occurrences: Lucy Letby.

She's only the fourth woman in UK history to receive a whole-life sentence, earning her the title of Britain’s worst modern day child serial killer.

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Guest: Caroline Cheetham

You can listen to her podcast The Trial Of Lucy Letby here.

Host: Claire Murphy

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Karen Bell Escaped Her Husband, But She Couldn’t Save Her Children Aug 23, 2023

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Karen Bell met Gary Poxon in 1993. She was 17, he was 29.

By 2008, the pair were living in an isolated farmhouse in Pericoe with their three children - Maddie, Jack and Bon. Their 15 year long relationship was filled with emotional and physical abuse, with multiple AVOs taken out against Gary to protect Karen. He faced charges more than once for assaulting her, but he'd never once hurt their kids.

They were his trump card. Every time Karen tried to leave Gary he would withhold them. 'You can go,' he would tell her, 'but the kids stay with me.' It was an impossible position.

Eventually Karen fled, fearing for her life if she stayed. It would be the last time she ever saw her children alive.

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Guest: Megan Norris

You can find out more details about her book Look What You Made Me Do here.

Host: Claire Murphy

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‘Look What You Made Me Do’: The Murder Of Mimi Acar Aug 16, 2023

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What little kid doesn’t want their Dad to take them to the shop and get them a kinder surprise?

That’s what Ramazan Acar told his ex partner Rachelle D’Argent in November 2010, when he turned up at her Melbourne home, breaking yet another intervention order that she had taken out against him. He just wanted to take his daughter to the little shop down the road and get her a treat.

But Yazmina Acar would never return from that trip with her dad. Angry and upset over his perception that he was being wronged by his ex, Acar took the innocent little girl, just a few days shy of her third birthday, and ran. What happened next will haunt Rachelle for the rest of her life.

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Guest: Megan Norris

You can find out more details about her book Look What You Made Me Do here.

Host: Claire Murphy

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