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Real Crime with Adam Shand

Join investigative journalist Adam Shand each week as he takes you into his world of real crime, honed from forty years of covering Australia"s biggest law and order stories. These are the firsthand stories of the cops, robbers, and victims who lived them.

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All Episodes

30:07

Confessions and Consequences: The Grimmer Case Update...

Real Crime with Adam Shand ·

2026/03/15

Join host Adam Shand in this episode of Real Crime as he delves into the ongoing quest for justice in the tragic case of Cheryl Grimmer, featuring an update from her brother, Ricky Nash. After years of fighting for recognition, the New South Wales DPP has agreed to review the admissibility of critical confessions made in the 1971 case. In this discussion, Ricky shares the emotional toll of seeking justice for his sister and reflects on the impact of the case on his family, including his estranged

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43:14

The Parole of a Monster: Twenty Years Later | Lauren...

Real Crime with Adam Shand ·

2026/03/10

In November 2005, 18-year-old Lauren Huxley was at home alone in Sydney when her life was changed forever. Randomly targeted by violent offender Robert Black Farmer — Lauren was brutally attacked, bound, beaten, doused in petrol and left for dead as her family home was set alight. It was a crime that shocked Australia. Against all odds, Lauren survived.Now, nearly 20 years later, Farmer is eligible for parole. In this powerful and emotional episode of Real Crime, Adam sits down with Lauren and

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40:37

The Corrections Officer and the Prisoner | Peter and...

Real Crime with Adam Shand ·

2026/03/08

In this episode ofReal Crime with Adam Shand, Adam sits down with Peter and Belinda Bates — a couple whose love story began behind prison walls and whose shared mission now is to stop the cycle of violence before it destroys more lives. Raised in a home defined by extreme domestic violence, coercion and control, Peter grew up believing brutality was strength and drugs were survival. By 19 his life had spiralled into tragedy. A confrontation ended in a young man’s death. Charged with

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24:51

Kerry Packer's Gold: The Sydney Bullion Mystery

Real Crime with Adam Shand ·

2026/03/03

In April 1995, Australia’s richest man, Kerry Packer, reported that 285 kilograms of gold bullion had been stolen from a safe inside his Sydney office. It was the largest gold theft in Australian history — a brazen break-in that appeared to be the work of a master safecracker who slipped past 24-hour security without a trace. But what if the robbery was never a robbery at all? In this episode of Real Crime, Adam Shand reopens the cold case of “Packer’s Gold.” Three

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49:01

Authority and Humanity: Policing with Heart | Corey...

Real Crime with Adam Shand ·

2026/03/01

In this episode of Real Crime with Adam Shand, Adam sits down with recently retired Queensland Police Chief Inspector Corey Allen — a cop who never quite fit the mould. As a teenager, Corey dreamed of becoming a writer. Instead, he spent nearly four decades inside the Queensland Police Service — stretching himself (literally and figuratively) to get in the door. What followed was a career that took him from tactical response units and protest lines to becoming one of the strongest

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36:25

The Cleary Legacy: A Sister’s Fight for Justice |...

Real Crime with Adam Shand ·

2026/02/24

In 1987, Vicki Cleary was murdered by her ex-partner, Peter Keogh. In the first part of this series, Adam spoke with her brother Phil about the legal battle that followed — and the fight to abolish the provocation defence that allowed Keogh to serve just three years and eleven months for her killing. In this second part, Adam sits down with Vicki’s younger sister Lizzy Cleary, who was just 14 years old when her sister was killed. Lizzy takes us back to the day she was pulled from school

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28:20

The Cleary Legacy: A Brother’s Fight for Justice |...

Real Crime with Adam Shand ·

2026/02/22

In this first episode of a two-part series, Real Crime with Adam Shand examines the deadly risks women face when leaving violent relationships. Adam speaks with former federal MP and long-time advocate Phil Cleary about the 1987 murder of his sister, Vicki Cleary, by her ex-partner — a killing that exposed deep flaws in Australia’s legal system, including the now-abolished provocation defence that reduced her killer’s charge to manslaughter. Cleary reflects on decades of

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55:22

War in the Suburbs: Inside Victoria’s Armed Robbery...

Real Crime with Adam Shand ·

2026/02/17

In the 1970s and ’80s, Victoria was in the grip of an armed robbery epidemic. Banks, newsagents and small businesses were hit daily. Gunmen didn’t hesitate. Police were targets. And the Armed Robbery Squad was on the front line. In this episode of Real Crime, Adam Shand sits down with former Victoria Police detective Rod Porter, a proud member of the Armed Robbery Squad during its most violent era. Rod takes us inside a time when policing was raw, relentless and often deadly. He recounts

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42:21

The Girl Taken, The Family Left Behind | Melanie Grimmer

Real Crime with Adam Shand ·

2026/02/15

The disappearance of three-year-old Cheryl Grimmer from Fairy Meadow Beach in 1970 has haunted Australia for more than five decades. But the impact of that crime didn’t stop on the sand dunes that day — it rippled through generations of one family. In this episode ofReal Crime, Adam Shand speaks with Melanie Grimmer, Cheryl’s niece and the daughter of Cheryl’s brother, Ricky. Melanie shares what it’s like to grow up in the long shadow of an unresolved crime —

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77:25

Inside Australia’s Most Dramatic Airport Robbery |...

Real Crime with Adam Shand ·

2026/02/10

On July 28, 1992, a meticulously planned armed robbery at Melbourne Airport ended in bloodshed.More than a million dollars was stolen from an Ansett Freight terminal — but the gang never made their escape. In this episode of Real Crime with Adam Shand, Adam speaks exclusively with Steve Barci, the third member of the crew — a seasoned armed robber who has never spoken publicly about the crime until now.But this conversation goes far deeper than the robbery itself. Barci breaks his

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51:02

From Heroin to Redemption: Making Your Own Luck |...

Real Crime with Adam Shand ·

2026/02/08

Between the ages of 13 and 27, Dean King didn’t spend a single full year out of jail. A hardened criminal shaped by violence, addiction and the prison system, he was destined to die behind bars — until one explosive moment in rehab changed everything. Dean recounts the day the floodgates finally opened, forcing him to confront decades of buried pain — a turning point that led him away from crime and into an extraordinary second life. Today, Dean is a successful businessman, author

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42:16

Iboga: Facing Trauma at the Root | Lewis Mbwela

Real Crime with Adam Shand ·

2026/02/03

In this episode of Real Crime with Adam Shand,Adam sits down with Lewis Mbwela, an Iboga practitioner trained in the traditional West African medicine used for centuries by the Bwiti people. Unlike clinical Ibogaine treatments now appearing in the West, this experience involves the full Iboga root — a powerful plant medicine said to confront trauma at its source. What begins as an observational journey becomes personal when Adam decides to undergo the treatment himself. He shares his

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85:28

A Mother Taken, A Family Broken | Daphne Enid Sansbury

Real Crime with Adam Shand ·

2026/02/01

In March 1982, Daphne Enid Sansbury’s body was found at Victoria Park Racecourse in Adelaide. No one was ever held accountable. More than forty years later, her children and grandchildren are still living with the trauma of her death — and of a system that took her children, silenced her voice and failed to deliver justice. Through intimate family testimony, archival evidence and investigative reporting, Adam Shand retraces Daphne’s life: from government policies of assimilation

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42:10

Florence Broadhurst: The Evidence Left Behind | Tony...

Real Crime with Adam Shand ·

2026/01/27

On his first day at Paddington Police Station, 19-year-old Tony Russell attended a welfare check at the Sydney factory of celebrated wallpaper designer Florence Broadhurst. What he discovered inside would become one of Australia’s most notorious unsolved murders — and the beginning of a lifetime of unanswered questions. In this powerful episode of Real Crime with Adam Shand, Tony Russell speaks publicly about that day for the first time. He describes finding Florence Broadhurst’s

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50:26

Five Years for a Crime He Didn’t Commit | John Button

Real Crime with Adam Shand ·

2026/01/25

In 1963, a 19-year-old Perth man became the face of one of Australia’s most devastating miscarriages of justice. In this episode of Real Crime with Adam Shand, Adam speaks directly with John Button, now in his 80s, about the night that changed his life, the brutality of a forced confession, and the system that chose expediency over justice. Button recounts living under the shadow of a wrongful conviction for nearly 40 years, the toll it took on his mental health and family and the bitter

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43:22

Thirteen Years On: Living With the Attack | Lance White

Real Crime with Adam Shand ·

2026/01/20

In this episode of Real Crime with Adam Shand, Adam speaks with former radio newsreader Lance White, who was the victim of a savage attack at a suburban Perth train station. Set upon by a group of young men simply looking for someone to bash, Lance survived — but the long-term psychological toll would change his life forever. Thirteen years on, the attackers have never been caught. Despite CCTV footage and detailed descriptions, justice never came. But the story takes an extraordinary and

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52:59

A Nationwide Reckoning: Reopening the Milat Files |...

Real Crime with Adam Shand ·

2026/01/18

In this episode of Real Crime with Adam Shand, Adam sits down with NSW Legislative Council member Jeremy Buckingham, chair of a parliamentary inquiry into unsolved murders and missing persons cases. What begins as a New South Wales investigation is rapidly expanding into a nationwide probe, uncovering chilling links between Milat and dozens, possibly scores, of unsolved killings across Australia. From lovers’ lane executions to savage stabbings, from Queensland highways to Victorian

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44:20

Cold Cases, Hard Truths: Retired Detective on Justice...

Real Crime with Adam Shand ·

2026/01/13

In this episode of Real Crime with Adam Shand, Adam sits down with retired NSW Detective Sergeant Damian Loone, a relentless investigator whose 35-year career spanned some of Australia’s most haunting cold cases. From the murder of Lynette Dawson, to the disappearance of Cheryl Grimmerand the killing of Rachel Childs - Loone reflects on the victories, the heartbreaks and the cases that still refuse to let go.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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49:47

Russell St Police HQ: Melbourne’s Most Feared Police...

Real Crime with Adam Shand ·

2026/01/11

In this episode of Real Crime with Adam Shand, Adam sits down with Mark De Bono — a man whose life collided head-on with Melbourne’s criminal justice system during one of its most notorious eras. Mark recounts a chilling firsthand experience inside Russell Street Police Headquarters in the mid-1980s, where he says detectives dangled him out a window to force cooperation. A story whispered about for decades, but rarely spoken about publicly. The conversation spirals into a raw and

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59:32

Inside Pentridge: The Chaplain Who Knew Them All |...

Real Crime with Adam Shand ·

2026/01/06

In this episode of Real Crime with Adam Shand, Adam sits down with Father Peter Norden — the former Catholic chaplain of Melbourne’s notorious Pentridge Prison and one of the most trusted figures inside Australia’s criminal underworld. From the brutality of the infamous H Division, Norden offers a rare, first-hand account of life behind the bluestone walls. He speaks candidly about prison violence, institutional abuse and how harsh punishment often turned petty offenders into

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