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True Crime Conversations

True Crime Conversations explores the world’s most notorious crimes by speaking to the people who know the most about them. Hosted by Gemma Bath.

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The Case Of The Bowraville Murders Jul 10, 2019

Show notes

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners should be advised that this episode contains the naming of deceased people, and the recounting of the circumstances leading to their deaths.

Colleen Walker, Evelyn Greenup and Clinton Speedy-Duroux. These are the names of three children from the town of Bowraville who were murdered over five months across 1990 and 1991. There has only ever been one suspect in their murders but to this day they’ve never stood trial for those crimes. Author Dan Box covered the case and he joins us to explore what could have happened to these three kids. And why Australia still doesn’t care enough about the lives of these Indigenous children to bring justice to the families and the Bowraville community.

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CREDITS

GUEST: Dan Box

HOST: Jessie Stephens

PRODUCER: Elise Cooper

RESEARCH

‘Bowraville’ by Dan Box - https://bit.ly/2LczKCK
ABC News ‘Unsolved Bowraville Murders to be Reconsidered’ - https://bit.ly/2XDgPaM
NITV ‘Justice, Just Us’ Bowraville Special Forum https://bit.ly/2Xzc8i0
NSW Aboriginal Land Rights Council Bowraville protest https://bit.ly/2G4VbBj
NITV News ‘Failed By The System: The Bowraville Children’s Murders’ https://bit.ly/2SeSfHr

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Angel of Death: The Curse Of Dulcie Markham Jul 03, 2019

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Dulcie Markham, better known as The Angel Of Death, has been called Australia’s most beautiful bad woman. A key figure in the underworld gangs of Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, Dulcie used her Hollywood good looks, rosy pink lips and whip smart mind to manipulate the most evil of mobsters. Author and historian Leigh Straw joins Jessie for this episode where she takes us through the life of Dulcie; how the 15-year-old started out in sex work in 1920s Wooloomooloo, rose to become one of the most influential female crime figures in Australia’s history only to wind up disappearing into suburban obscurity in her old age.

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CREDITS
GUEST: Leigh Straw https://bit.ly/2LxjQCn

HOST: Jessie Stephens
SENIOR PRODUCER/EDITOR: Elise Cooper

RESEARCH

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No Footprints: The Mysterious Disappearance Of Maura Murray Jun 26, 2019

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On Monday 9th February 2004 Maura Murray vanished. She had crashed her car on a winding stretch of road in Woodsville New Hampshire USA.

A local man named Butch Atwood witnessed the crash and called out to Maura asking if she needed him to call the police. She told him she’d already called car towing services and not to worry about it.

But the problem was there was no phone service. Maura hadn’t called for help. Instead, in the 19 minutes it took for law enforcement to arrive, Maura’s car was locked, and she was nowhere to be seen.

James Renner is an author who has spent his professional life wrapped up in this mystery, desperate to find out just what happened to Maura Murray.

Was she murdered? Kidnapped? Or did Maura want to vanish and start another life?

James explores all these options, the people of interest, what happened in the days leading up to her disappearance, and whether he thinks we’ll ever know what really happened to Maura Murray.

You can see a map of Maura’s proposed drive from UMASS to Bethlehem here http://tiny.cc/50iv8y

The UMASS outing club and cabin listing can be found on the university website https://www.umass.edu/umoc/cabin/

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CREDITS

GUEST: James Renner

HOST: Jessie Stephens

SENIOR PRODUCER/EDITOR: Elise Cooper

RESEARCH

True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself In The Case Of Maura Murray by James Renner - http://tiny.cc/v2iv8y
107 Degrees podcast episode with Fred Murray
Disappeared: 'Miles To Nowhere'
WBZ TV CBS Boston ‘No New Evidence Found In Maura Murray Case’
WMUR NEWS 'Search Suspended for Maura Murray'
WMUR NEWS 'Local Missing Woman Maura Murray'

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"I've Been Kidnapped" The Case Of Belgian Backpacker Davine Arckens Jun 19, 2019

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When 24-year-old Belgian backpacker Davine Arckens reached out to a man on Gumtree about working on his farm she was excited. The 88 days of labour would mean she could stay in Australia on a tourist visa for an extra year. She couldn’t wait to spend more time in a country she thought was safe and full of nice people.

When Davine met the man it didn’t take long for her to realise she’d made a terrible mistake.

Driven to what felt like the middle of nowhere, Davine was convinced she was hours from the nearest town. What followed was two harrowing days where she was held against her will and an escape that made national headlines.

Walkley award winning journalist Richard Guilliatt reported on the story and he joins Jessie Stephens to walk us through it.

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CREDITS

GUEST: Richard Guilliatt
HOST: Jessie Stephens
SENIOR PRODUCER/EDITOR: Elise Cooper

RESEARCH

Richard Guilliatt for The Weekend Australian "I’ve Been Kidnapped. No Joke"

Sentencing remarks from South Australian District Court

9 News Adelaide Nightly News

7 News Adelaide Farmer who chained and raped backpacker in Meningie pig shed sentenced

60 minutes Backpacker kidnapped and shackled in abandoned pig shed by madman

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