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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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46:18

The Narelle Fraser Conversations - Patrick Tidmarsh -...

Australian True Crime ·

2020/04/29

Patrick Tidmarsh is a leading authority on sexual offending, and the investigation of sexual crime. He trains and lectures investigators all over the world on how to improve their response to both offenders and victims.Narelle Fraser is a former Rape Squad and the Homicide Squad Detective with a focus on victims.Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content.Show notes for Episode 155:Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbWith thanks to Patrick Tidmarsh and Narelle FraserLike

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46:14

The Narelle Fraser Conversations – Retired Victoria...

Australian True Crime ·

2020/04/15

Retired Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Sandra Nicholson isn’t the kind of person who seeks attention. Fortunately Narelle knows what an impressive copper lurks beneath the mild-mannered exterior of this quietly spoken lady. She’s even sent other coppers to jail. Sandra Nicholson is a hands-on, supportive leader, but she’s no pushover.Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content.Show notes for Episode 153:Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbWith thanks to Retired

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49:16

Do Policemen Have a Soul? With Gary Raymond - #152

Australian True Crime ·

2020/04/08

Gary Raymond worked some of the highest profile and most challenging cases in NSW policing in living memory, including the brutal abduction and murder of Anita Cobby and the drive-by shooting of 5-year-old Tess Debrincat.He was also deployed to assist Sri Lankan authorities in body recovery after the 2006 Boxing Day Tsunami. His life outside of policing is unlike any we’ve heard described on the podcast before.Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content.Show notes for Episode

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47:22

The Narelle Fraser Conversations – Michele Williams...

Australian True Crime ·

2020/04/01

Narelle Fraser dusts off her celebrated interviewing skills for a special series of episodes of Australian True Crime to be featured intermittently throughout the year.In this episode the speaks to legendary Senior Crown Prosecutor Michele Williams QC.Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content.Show notes for Episode 151:Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbWith thanks to Narelle Fraser and Michele Williams QC.Like us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram or TwitterSupport

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25:17

Welcome To Hell: Yvie Jones

Australian True Crime ·

2020/03/30

We caught up with Yvie Jones from Gogglebox and I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here for a YouTube Livestream on Friday night. Here are some highlights.We’ll be doing it again this Friday from 6pm and we’d love you to join us on the Australian True Crime Podcast YouTube channel.Subscribe to Welcome To Hell on the Nitty Gritty CommitteeSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/australiantruecrime. Become a subscriber to Australian True Crime Plus here: https://plus.acast.com/s/australiantruecrime.

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33:04

Where did Elmer Crawford go? (After murdering his...

Australian True Crime ·

2020/03/25

Greg Fogarty, author of ALMOST PERFECT: The true story of the Crawford family murders joins us to discuss the story of Elmer Crawford, the "ordinary" family man who hatched an extraordinary plan.Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content.Show notes for Episode 150:Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbWith thanks to Greg FogartyLike us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram or TwitterSupport us on PatreonVisit our BookshopPurchase Greg's book ALMOST PERFECTListen on Apple

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45:13

Welcome to Hell Trailer

Australian True Crime ·

2020/03/21

Meshel is locked inside with her children and her mother. It's only been a week and it's hell. Her friend comedian Nelly Thomas has a bit of practice but she still loses it sometimes. They have some interesting, unexpected guests lined up, and there's already an episode to sample on Meshel's Nitty Gritty feed. https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/meshel-lauries-nitty-gritty-committee/id980139628#episodeGuid=4c9c8dc6-1d26-4445-9a3b-cc9cbfbebf81Support this show

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42:40

Tara Schultz and the Price of Survival - #149

Australian True Crime ·

2020/03/18

Tara Schultz is a survivor of many crimes perpetrated against her in childhood. She joins us to share some uncomfortable truths about the difficulties of meeting the ongoing financial costs of her survival.Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content.Show notes for Episode 149:Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbWith thanks to Tara SchultzFollow Tara on TwitterLike us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram or TwitterSupport us on PatreonVisit our BookshopListen on Apple

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45:08

Narelle Fraser meets Victor Peirce at the shops - #148

Australian True Crime ·

2020/03/11

Narelle Fraser thought her number was up when she ran into the notorious armed robber Victor Peirce at the shops. She also gives us an update on an unsolved case from her days in the sex crimes squad.Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content.Show notes for Episode 148:Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbWith thanks to Narelle FraserGet tickets to Narelle's live show on March 28thLike us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram or TwitterSupport us on PatreonVisit our

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32:15

Journalist Anthony Dowsley on Paul Dale, Lawyer X et...

Australian True Crime ·

2020/03/11

Anthony Dowsley’s dogged reporting over several years unmasked lawyer Nicola Gobbo as a police informant and has played a significant role in exposing some of the unorthodox methods employed by Victoria Police in their desperate war against the underworld in the early 2000s.Entire interview available on Patreon.Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content.Show notes for Episode 147:Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbWith thanks to Anthony DowsleyListen to Part 1 of our

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59:57

Paul Dale Pt 2. The Crimes in Question #146

Australian True Crime ·

2020/03/04

“Disgraced former Drug Squad Detective” Paul Dale was charged with robbery, and then with murder. Some find it hard to believe he’s not in jail or dead, he says he’s an innocent victim of the Lawyer X scandal.You be the judge.Purchase COPS, DRUGS, LAWYER X AND ME by Paul Dale and Vikki Petraitis.Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content.Show notes for Episode 146:Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbWith thanks to Paul Dale and Vikki PetraitisListen to Part 1 of our

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52:22

“Disgraced” Paul Dale. Victim or Villain? - #145

Australian True Crime ·

2020/02/26

“Disgraced former Drug Squad Detective” Paul Dale has seen his reputation so destroyed that his lawyer says he’s virtually beyond defamation.As his biographer Vikki Petraitis puts it, he’s been accused of everything, and yet, he’s never been convicted of anything. Is he the victim of a huge conspiracy, or the luckiest villain in the ongoing saga of the Melbourne Gang war?You be the judge as he joins us to tell his story over two weeks.Purchase COPS, DRUGS, LAWYER X AND ME by Paul Dale and Vikki

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32:48

Missing No More – the Gruesome Truth of the barrel at...

Australian True Crime ·

2020/02/19

Two “missing” women are found to have suffered similar gruesome fates.Author and journalist Liz Porter returns to tell us the truth about Sylvia Cave andEdwina Boyle.Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content.Show notes for Episode 144:Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbWith thanks to Liz PorterLike us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram or TwitterSupport us on PatreonVisit our BookshopListen on Apple PodcastsListen on Google PodcastsListen on SpotifyIf you have any

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50:14

Defending the Indefensible - #143

Australian True Crime ·

2020/02/12

Tim Marsh defends people we call monsters. He’s Chief Counsel at Victoria Legal Aid, and in the last year alone he’s represented 2 men charged with crimes that rocked the nation. Tim joins us to tell us why he does it, how he copes with it, and about the surprising encounter with a victim’s family member that devastated him.Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content.Show notes for Episode 143:Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbWith thanks to Tim Marsh.Like us on

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59:02

105 signs of Recent Injury - #142

Australian True Crime ·

2020/02/05

Jamie Pultz is a former Queensland police officer who’ll soon be launching a podcast investigation into the murder of Leanne Holland.He talks to us about that and about his last podcast project, Beenham Valley Road. We also check up on one of the most memorable guests from Beenham Valley Road.This episode features the Beenham Valley Road theme song, “Piece is Heaven” by Pete Allen Music. Available on itunes.Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content.Show notes for Episode

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24:49

Special Extra: Clunes Cluedo Episode One

Australian True Crime ·

2020/01/29

This is the first episode of Alice Mitchell’s podcast about Nina Nicholson’s unsolved murder, Clunes Cluedo. You’ll find it sometimes overlaps with this week’s episode of ATC, but it’s well worth listening to both because there are some really special details included in this one.You can subscribe to Clunes Cluedo wherever you get your podcasts.Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbWith thanks to Alice MitchellMore about #JusticeforNina at Instagram/clunescluedoLike us on Facebook Follow us on

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47:48

Justice for Nina - Clunes Unsolved - #141

Australian True Crime ·

2020/01/29

Alice Mitchell is the second cousin of a young woman called Nina Nicholson who was murdered in 1991 on the porch of her home in Clunes, Ballarat (VIC). Nina was a paediatric nurse who was heading out to work when she was attacked. Her murder is still unsolved.Alice, who is a private investigator, has become the family sleuth in this case and is letting people know about Nina's case and wants to get a second coronial inquest to look at the murder.Warning: please be advised this episode contains

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57:10

Ram Tiwary: The miscarriage of justice you’ve...

Australian True Crime ·

2020/01/22

Author Liz Porter, Author of Crime Scene Asia, tells us the unbelievable and disturbing case of Sydney-based Singaporean student Ram Tiwary who spent eight years in a NSW jail for a doublemurder that he didn't commit.Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content.Show notes for Episode 140:Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbWith thanks to Liz PorterLike us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram or TwitterSupport us on PatreonPurchase Crime Scene Asia in our Bookshop or Visit

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40:11

Arson. - #139

Australian True Crime ·

2020/01/15

“Two things can be true at once,” and arson is part in Australia’s bushfire story.Dr Troy McEwan is an associate professor in clinical and forensic psychology at Monash university.Her research is focussed on the assessment and treatment of stalking, domestic violence and arson.Chloe Hooper, author of excellent books The Arsonist and The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island.Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content.Show notes for Episode 139:Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and

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34:56

Fiona’s fight to find her husband Bruce’s body - #138

Australian True Crime ·

2020/01/08

Fiona Splitt started an intense advocacy campaign in Queensland to have the "no body, no parole" legislation introduced after the murder of her partner Bruce Schuler in 2012. Bruce was gold fossicking in the remote Palmerville Station area in Cape York, Australia when he was murdered. His body has never been found and a rogue, outback couple Stephen and Dianne Struber were convicted of his murder.Thanks to Fiona’s immense efforts The “no body, no parole” legislation was introduced. The Strubers will

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