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Australian True Crime

Think nothing ever happens in your town? Australia"s suburbs are home to some of the most mysterious and disturbing true crime cases in the world. Meshel Laurie is a true crime obsessive, and with the help of expert interviews with writers, victim/survivors, investigators and perpetrators, she probes the underbelly of our towns and suburbs, and uncovers the darkness at the heart of Australian life.

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I was stalked by my husband's ex partner

Australian True Crime ·

2024/03/10

Brisbane Journalist Nicole Madigan's experience of stalking isn't the one we've grown used to.She was stalked by her husband's ex partner for over three years, and she wrote a very thought provoking book about it, titled "Obsession".You can find links to Nicole Madigan's journalism, social media, and where to buy a copy of her book "Obsession" at www.nicolemadigan.comFor Support:Lifeline on 13 11 1413 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

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Shortcut: Going to the same school as your abusers

Australian True Crime ·

2024/03/06

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.It's estimated that around one third of sexual assaults committed against Australian children are carried out by other children, according to the Australian Center for Child Protection. Australian children are increasingly displaying harmful sexual behaviours and there's a tendency within our society to minimise it and characterise it as normal sexual development. Our

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Going to the same school as your abusers

Australian True Crime ·

2024/03/06

It's estimated that around one third of sexual assaults committed against Australian children are carried out by other children, according to the Australian Center for Child Protection.Australian children are increasingly displaying harmful sexual behaviours and there's a tendency within our society to minimise it and characterise it as normal sexual development.Our guest on Australian True Crime today, Emma, was the victim of other children's harmful sexual behaviours when she was 13 years old.We

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Shortcut: My violent ex became a murderer

Australian True Crime ·

2024/03/03

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.A couple of years ago, there was a lady called Lynda living in a small community in Australia, who had bright pink keys.She wanted them to be very visible so that she could find them quickly and get inside her house or car in the event that she was ambushed by her ex-partner.One in night in 2020, though, she didn't make it inside in time, and was bashed and stabbed to

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39:27

My violent ex became a murderer

Australian True Crime ·

2024/03/03

A couple of years ago, there was a lady called Lynda living in a small community in Australia, who had bright pink keys.She wanted them to be very visible so that she could find them quickly and get inside her house or car in the event that she was ambushed by her ex-partner.One in night in 2020, though, she didn't make it inside in time, and was bashed and stabbed to death outside her own front door.The following day, when her murder was reported on the news, it was particularly shocking for one

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Shortcut: How a Homicide Detective Prepares for a...

Australian True Crime ·

2024/02/25

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.Charlie Bezzina is a former Homicide Detective who has been part of some of the biggest murder trials this country has ever seen.Charlie remains in very high demand, both as a media commentator and as a private investigator.He joins us today to talk about the process of taking a big homicide investigation to trial from the perspective of the detectives involved.The

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How a Homicide Detective Prepares for a Murder Trial

Australian True Crime ·

2024/02/25

Charlie Bezzina is a former Homicide Detective who has been part of some of the biggest murder trials this country has ever seen.Charlie remains in very high demand, both as a media commentator and as a private investigator.He joins us today to talk about the process of taking a big homicide investigation to trial from the perspective of the detectives involved.The alleged High Country murder trial regarding former Jetstar pilot, Gregory Lynn, is about to begin in the Supreme Court of Melbourne

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Shortcut: Why you should think twice about online...

Australian True Crime ·

2024/02/21

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.Dr Renee Zahnow is an Urban Criminologist, and an Australian Research Council (ARC) Senior Research Fellow in the School of Social Science at the University of Queensland.She joins us today on Australian True Crime to discuss productive ways of thinking about those who criminally offend, keys to prevention for at risk youths, and the harmful results of people taking

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Why you should think twice about online vigilantism

Australian True Crime ·

2024/02/21

Dr Renee Zahnow is an Urban Criminologist, and an Australian Research Council (ARC) Senior Research Fellow in the School of Social Science at the University of Queensland.She joins us today on Australian True Crime to discuss productive ways of thinking about those who criminally offend, keys to prevention for at risk youths, and the harmful results of people taking justice into their own hands.For Support:Lifeline on 13 11 1413 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and

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Shortcut: The Work of WA Police's Sex Crimes Division

Australian True Crime ·

2024/02/18

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.Dr. Hamish Mckenzie is the Detective Superintendent of the Western Australia Sex Crimes Division. That means he's the boss.As you're about to hear, Sex Crimes is a very challenging area of policing, and Western Australia is the largest single policing jurisdiction in the world.Policing, like everything else, is done differently in WA. But according to Hamish McKenzie,

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The Work of WA Police's Sex Crimes Division

Australian True Crime ·

2024/02/18

Dr. Hamish Mckenzie is the Detective Superintendent of the Western Australia Sex Crimes Division. That means he's the boss.As you're about to hear, Sex Crimes is a very challenging area of policing, and Western Australia is the largest single policing jurisdiction in the world.Policing, like everything else, is done differently in WA. But according to Hamish McKenzie, child sexual assault is the one area of law enforcement where egos really do take a backseat to results. He joins us on Australian

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Shortcut: Was my ancestor Australia's first serial...

Australian True Crime ·

2024/02/11

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.Like many of us, our guest today has researched her family tree using an online ancestry website.Unlike most of us, Julie DiBella found a serial killer lurking in hers.Julie has spent the last couple of years researching the crimes of her great great grandfather, Robert Francis Burns, who has gone down in the histroy books as potentially Australia's first serial

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Was my ancestor Australia's first serial killer?

Australian True Crime ·

2024/02/11

Like many of us, our guest today has researched her family tree using an online ancestry website.Unlike most of us, Julie DiBella found a serial killer lurking in hers.Julie has spent the last couple of years researching the crimes of her great great grandfather, Robert Francis Burns, who has gone down in the histroy books as potentially Australia's first serial killer.Julie is writing a book about her infamous ancestor, and she joins us on Australian True Crime today to tell us what she's

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Couple recount a 'frightening' encounter near the...

Australian True Crime ·

2024/02/09

This week we launched the worlds first AI daily news called 'Real News' which will be hosted by Meshel Laurie and Simon Baggs. Subscribe and follow this new podcast to get daily updates each morning. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/australiantruecrime. Become a subscriber to Australian True Crime Plus here: https://plus.acast.com/s/australiantruecrime.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Troubling development in search for missing mum

Australian True Crime ·

2024/02/08

Today we are excited to launch a world first podcast and our Australian True Crime audience are the first to hear this. The podcast is called 'Real News' and is a daily new podcast hosted by Meshel Laurie and Simon Baggs using AI. Please subscribe and follow on your favourite listening device to get the latest episode in your feed each morning and thank you for your support. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/australiantruecrime. Become a subscriber to Australian True Crime Plus here:

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Shortcut: The poet who was once a bikie associate

Australian True Crime ·

2024/02/07

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.Scott Keighran is a published poet.If you Google him, though, you're more likely to find him described as an associate of the Rebels Motorcycle Club, an arsonist, a kidnapper, a home invader, and an attempted murderer.Scott is well aware that his rap sheet is nothing short of terrifying. He has hurt and traumatized a lot of people.However, in 2016, when an attempt to

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The poet who was once a bikie associate

Australian True Crime ·

2024/02/07

Scott Keighran is a published poet.If you Google him, though, you're more likely to find him described as an associate of the Rebels Motorcycle Club, an arsonist, a kidnapper, a home invader, and an attempted murderer.Scott is well aware that his rap sheet is nothing short of terrifying. He has hurt and traumatized a lot of people.However, in 2016, when an attempt to intimidate went wrong, he ended up paying a very high price himself.Scott Keighran joins us on Australian True Crime today to talk

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Shortcut: The day this police officer was stabbed by...

Australian True Crime ·

2024/02/04

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.CW: This episode contains discussions of child sexual assault.Retired Detective Sergeant John Breda narrowly escaped being murdered by an alleged child sex offender, Nick Newman, on January 26th, 2018.It is alleged that Nick Newman was 26 when he entered a sexual relationship with a 14 year old relative of his ex wife. After the child reported Newman to the police, he

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The day this police officer was stabbed by an alleged...

Australian True Crime ·

2024/02/04

CW: This episode contains discussions of child sexual assault.Retired Detective Sergeant John Breda narrowly escaped being murdered by an alleged child sex offender, Nick Newman, on January 26th, 2018.It is alleged that Nick Newman was 26 when he entered a sexual relationship with a 14 year old relative of his ex wife. After the child reported Newman to the police, he had made threats of "wanting to hunt her down" as well as issuing death threats to his ex-wife and family.He was wanted by the police

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Shortcut: My grandfather's vicious act created...

Australian True Crime ·

2024/01/28

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.Sarah's grandfather murdered her grandmother and hid her under the floorboards.This event has long since fallen from the news, but she joins us to share the many ways it has affected and still affects her family.Sarah is a professional woman. She's married with young children, and she takes great pride in the ordered nature of her life.It's a far cry from the chaos

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