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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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56:30

Banquet: The Untold Story of Adelaide’s Family...

Australian True Crime ·

2021/09/09

Show Notes Ep 228 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbVeteran journalist and True Crime author Debi Marshall joins us to talk about her new book, Banquet: The Untold Story of Adelaide’s Family Murders. It follows on from her Foxtel series and podcast, Frozen Lies.You can subscribe to the podcast here.You can buy the book HERE.Buy CSI Told You Lies by Meshel Laurie hereIn PaperbackAs an ebookAs an audiobook read by MeshelYou can support us with a one-off contribution here.You

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32:53

Chapelwaite Special Extra Episode

Australian True Crime ·

2021/09/01

Show Notes Ep 226 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbThis is a special extra episode of ATC to celebrate the release of ‘Chapelwaite’, inspired by the Stephen King short story ‘Jerusalem’s Lot’ on Stan. You can sign up for your 30-day free trial at stan.com.auBuy CSI Told You Lies by Meshel LaurieIn PaperbackAs an ebookAs an audiobook read by MeshelYou can support us with a one-off contribution here.You can become a patron here.You can subscribe to Calm Ya Farm here.You can

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54:35

Dr Joanna Glengarry Forensic Pathologist

Australian True Crime ·

2021/08/29

Show Notes Ep 225 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbDr Joanna Glengarry studied for 8 years to be a surgeon but not long after completing her studies and entering the theatre she realised her true passion was forensic pathology. In her native Auckland, that meant another 5 years of formal study, just to get an introduction at the city mortuary. She was taken on as a Saturday volunteer.Fortunately for Joanna, but unfortunately for Auckland, the mortuary was severely

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56:31

Squizzy Taylor Australia’s first flashy Gangster

Australian True Crime ·

2021/08/22

Show Notes Ep 224 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbSquizzy Taylor was Australia’s first flashy Gangster. He set the standard so many still try to emulate today. Squizzy courted the media, flaunted an extravagant lifestyle and never laid low. Historian Roy Malloy joins us to talk about the incredible exploits of Squizzy and his associates.You can buy Roy’s book, Squizzy Taylor, The Forensics, The Man, The Vendetta, here.You can also keep up with Roy on

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42:18

Bikies, the Mount Panorama riots and the lure of the...

Australian True Crime ·

2021/08/15

Boris Mihailovic is a former outlaw motorcycle club member, a journo and magazine editor and writer, and author of three books - My mother Warned Me about Blokes Like Me, At the Altar Altar of theRoad Gods and The Wisdom of the Road Gods.You can find out more about Boris and read his provocative musings at his website borismihailovic.com Boris co-hosts a popular podcastMotoPG.Buy Meshel’s book “CSI Told You Lies” here.You can support us with a one-off contribution here.You can become a patron

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42:21

New Hope for the Unidentified

Australian True Crime ·

2021/08/08

Show Notes Ep 222 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbNew Hope for the UnidentifiedThere are around 500 sets of unidentified human remains stored in mortuaries around Australia. There are also over 2000 people registered as long-term missing persons. No doubt, some of them are the same people, so why have none of these mysteries been solved?There is new hope.For more information about Australian Missing Persons -https://www.missingpersons.gov.au/The Victorian Institute of

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56:02

Missing Suzie Lawrance

Australian True Crime ·

2021/08/01

Suzanne Lawrance, known as Suzie, has been missing from Healesville, Victoria since February 7 1987 after walking home from a 21st birthday party at the town’s Memorial Hall.We speak to Suzie’s family - Liz Westwood and Tony Lawrance and Suzie’s friends, Tracey Squires, Natalie Tulipano, Matthew Hughes and Glenn Taylor in this episode.If you have any information that could help find out what happened to Suzanne Lawrance call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or report online at

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38:17

The Coffin Confessor spills people’s secrets from...

Australian True Crime ·

2021/07/25

CONTENT WARNING: this episode discusses suicide, sexual abuse and assault.Private investigator and entrepreneur Bill Edgar had a traumatic childhood. Childhood sexual assault, life on the streets and a stint in Brisbane’s notorious Boggo Road Jail with some of Australia’s worst criminals, Bill found many ways to survive. In adulthood, Bill has built a loving home and family life with his wife Lara and their children and grandchildren.He’s a voice for thevoiceless and has carved a unique position for

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37:55

The Abortion Clinic Murder and the High Court drama...

Australian True Crime ·

2021/07/19

Show Notes Ep 219 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb:On 16 July 2001, security guard Steven Rogers was shot dead at his workplace, a Fertility Control Clinic in East Melbourne. Clinical psychologist Dr Susie Allanson who worked at the clinic was on-sight that day and she joins us to tell us about it, along with lawyer Lizzie O’Shea who represented the clinic in the Supreme Court Case against protesters who'd harassed staff and patients for years before the crime.They’ve

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51:11

Vale Sandra Pankhurst The Trauma Cleaner

Australian True Crime ·

2021/07/11

Show Notes Ep 218 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbThe legendary Sandra Pankhurst, made famous as The Trauma Cleaner in the brilliant book by Sarah Krasnostein, passed away last week. Although she battled health issues for some years, Sandra never lost her sense of humour, her incredible generosity or her capacity for love. She was genuinely one of the most loving human beings I’ve ever met.A lot of the actual cleaning that Sandra and her team of trauma cleaners did, was in

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34:44

Online Child Exploitation – Lux’s Destruction

Australian True Crime ·

2021/07/04

Show Notes Ep 217 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbAustralian journalist Eileen Ormsby literally wrote the book on the Dark Web. In fact, she’s written 7 books about it, but it was her first book, “Silk Road”, released in 2014, about the so-called eBay of hard drugs, that began the exposure of the darkest corners of the internet to the world.A year after Silk Road’s release, Eileen sat in a courtroom looking at a man who was once the internet’s most wanted and illusive

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52:49

The good old mental health defence.

Australian True Crime ·

2021/06/27

Show Notes Ep 216 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbDr Danny Sullivan is the Executive Director of Clinical Services at Thomas Embling hospital, Melbourne's Secure Mental Health Hospital, which houses patients with varying levels of security clearance including some who've committed extremely violent acts, but who the court has deemed to ill to be held responsible. You can find out more about the work of Forensicare at https://www.forensicare.vic.gov.au/Book tickets to the

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29:59

The Devil is in the detail. Where is Amber Haigh?

Australian True Crime ·

2021/06/20

Show Notes Ep 215 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbAmber Haigh has been on the missing persons list since 2002. At that time, she was 19 years old, the mother of a newborn, residing in the NSW town of Young, with the parents of her former boyfriend, who were reportedly the last people to see her alive.Shaun McMahon, from the True Blue Crime podcast joins us to tell us the chilling story of Amber’s disappearance.You can pre order Meshel’s book CSI Told You Lies here.You can

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34:07

Beenham Valley Update

Australian True Crime ·

2021/06/13

Show Notes Ep 214 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbMany things have changed since Jamie Pultz and I last spoke about KirraMcLoughlin’s death and the podcast it inspired, called Beenham Valley Road.Most notably, we don’t have to use the pseudonym “Jason” when talking about herpartner anymore. That’s because Queensland’s Deputy Coroner named him as theperson responsible for her death last week in the inquest brought about in nosmall part by Jamie’s podcast.He joins us again to

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29:14

On the Trail of the Serpent

Australian True Crime ·

2021/06/08

Show Notes Ep 213 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbJulie Clarke and her husband Richard Neville wrote the book On the Trail of the Serpent, The Life and Crimes of Charles Sobhraj upon which theNetflix series The Serpent is based. Julie is our guest this week.You can support us with a one-off contribution here.You can become a patron here.You can subscribe to Calm Ya Farm here.You can visit the Calm Ya Farm website here.Like us onFacebookFollow us onInstagramorTwitterSupport

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15:20

Short Cut Troll Hunter Ginger Gorman

Australian True Crime ·

2021/05/30

This is an Australian True Crime short cut. It’s an abridged version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbGinger Gorman is an award-winning journalist and the author of Troll Hunter. She’s always had great passion for her work, and she’s been driven by equal parts creativity and curiosity. In 2011, those forces led her to a home in Far North Queensland to record an interview with a family.It was meant to

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53:36

Troll Hunter Ginger Gorman

Australian True Crime ·

2021/05/30

Show Notes Ep 212 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbGinger Gorman is an award-winning journalist and the author of Troll Hunter. She’s always had great passion for her work, and she’s been driven by equal parts creativity and curiosity. In 2011, those forces led her to a home in Far North Queensland to record an interview with a family.It was meant to be a short radio piece about diverse families, but Ginger had no way of knowing that it would change her life and lead her

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Short Cut My Father The Murderer

Australian True Crime ·

2021/05/23

This is an Australian True Crime short cut. It’s an abridged version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.Journalist Nina Young made a podcast documenting her search for the truth about her father. It’s called My Father the Murderer.Nina uncovered much more than she could ever have imagined, and more than her mother Denise had ever wanted to know. Both Nina and Denise join us to talk about their impressions of the man in question, Allen Ladd and his crimes

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40:47

My Father the Murderer

Australian True Crime ·

2021/05/23

Show Notes Ep 211Journalist Nina Young made a podcast documenting her search for the truth about her father. It’s called My Father the Murderer.Nina uncovered much more than she could ever have imagined, and more than her mother Denise had ever wanted to know. Both Nina and Denise join us to talk about their impressions of the man in question, Allen Ladd and his crimes. We’ll also talk about the profound impact on their relationship of not talking enough about him for most of Nina’s life and then

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44:29

Dr Ahona Guha works with stalkers

Australian True Crime ·

2021/05/16

Melbourne-based forensic and clinical psychologist Dr Ahona Guha joins us to discuss her work with people who display abnormal behaviours from stalking to arson. You can ask Ahona questions on Instagram or TwitterLike us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram or TwitterSupport us on PatreonVisit our BookshopSupport 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

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