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Vanished West

Vanished West Podcast

Vanished West is an Australian true crime and documentary podcast exploring unsolved missing-person cases across Western Australia. Through careful research and narrative storytelling, each episode examines the lives behind the disappearances, the investigations that followed and the questions that remain unanswered. Drawing on coronial findings, news reports and available records, Vanished West keeps these stories in the public eye. Follow Vanished West for new episodes every Thursday.

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00:20:49

Justyna Kozioł: Three Days from Home

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2026/10/07

Justyna Kozioł was nearing the end of six months in Western Australia when a family trip took her more than 800 kilometres north of Perth to Shark Bay.On a Monday morning in March 2014, the 28-year-old Polish woman disappeared from the small coastal town of Denham. More than twelve years later, one question remains: what happened to Justyna?Vanished West examines the known timeline, the search that followed and the unanswered questions surrounding her disappearance.Follow Vanished West wherever

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00:40:32

Rigby Fielding: He Said He Was Coming Home

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2026/09/23

In August 2015, Rigby Fielding spent a Saturday afternoon in East Perth. He called his mother and said he was heading home to Rockingham.He never arrived.Months later, some of Rigby’s belongings were found in bushland south of Perth. Rigby wasn’t with them.More than a decade later, questions remain about where he went after leaving East Perth, who he may have spoken to that day, and how his belongings came to be separated from him.What happened after Rigby said he was coming home?If you have

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00:18:45

Kichae Kwon: Beyond Belmont Street

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2026/09/16

In February 2021, 57-year-old Kichae Kwon left his home in Kenwick for what appeared to be an ordinary walk.Witnesses saw him heading along Kenwick Road before turning into Belmont Street. After that, no verified sighting of him has ever been made.Follow Vanished West wherever you're listening, and on social media, so you never miss a new episode.Vanished West is independently researched and produced by me. If you'd like to help keep these stories being told, you can support the podcast

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00:15:54

Joseph Da Silva: Where the City Meets the Sea

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2026/08/26

Joseph da Silva was 34 years old when he disappeared from Perth in April 2017. In the days before he vanished, he returned several times to City Beach, a place he knew well. When his family realised something was wrong, they found his apartment untouched, with his phone, wallet, passport and keys still inside.This episode follows Joseph's final known movements, the investigation that followed, and the questions that remain after an inquest into his disappearance.Follow Vanished West wherever you're

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00:30:25

Rebecca Anne Delalande: Looking for a Witness

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2026/08/19

Rebecca Anne Delalande was 23 years old when she disappeared from Perth in November 2001. For more than sixteen years, her family believed she had left Western Australia. Then Cold Case detectives investigating the disappearance of Lisa Jane Brown went looking for Rebecca as a witness and discovered she was missing too.This episode follows Rebecca's final known movements, the investigation that eventually uncovered her disappearance, the murder trial that followed, and the difficult questions

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00:19:58

Michael Graham: Walking Very Weak

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2026/08/05

In January 2013, Michael Keith Graham travelled to Western Australia's remote Goldfields for a prospecting trip. Days later, he vanished. Searchers eventually discovered two handwritten messages in the dirt: "Walking very weak" and "Help". Despite an extraordinary search involving police, specialist trackers and aircraft, Michael was never found. .Follow Vanished West wherever you're listening, and on social media, so you never miss a new episode.Vanished West is

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00:47:55

William French: The Last Call from Carnarvon

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2026/06/17

In December 1997, 24-year-old William Maddison French travelled north through Western Australia hoping for a fresh start.After a final call from Carnarvon, he vanished.What followed would become one of Western Australia's most unusual missing persons investigations. A case spanning multiple states, borrowed identities and decades of unanswered questions.Some stories feel stranger than fiction. This is one of them.In this episode of Vanished West, we explore William's life, the events leading

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00:20:54

Sally Greenham: The Silence at Bootenal

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2026/06/03

In August 1987, 28-year-old Sally Greenham failed to arrive at a work meeting in Geraldton, Western Australia.At first, there appeared to be a simple explanation. But as days turned into weeks, and weeks into years, Sally vanished not only from public view, but from every part of her life.Nearly four decades later, she has never been found.In this episode of Vanished West, we explore Sally's life in rural Bootenal, the unanswered questions surrounding her disappearance, the investigation that

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00:26:55

Petronella Albert: The Last Night in Broome

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2026/04/15

In 1999, 22-year-old Petronella Albert disappeared after a night out in Broome, Western Australia. She was known in the community and rarely out of contact for long. Then, sometime between late April and early May… she was gone.In this episode of Vanished West, we explore Petronella’s final movements and the questions that still remain.If you have any information, contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or report anonymously at crimestopperswa.com.au.🎧 Follow Vanished West on Spotify, Apple Podcasts

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00:27:37

Instinct. Proof. Blame.: Justice, Sentencing and the...

Vanished West ·

2026/03/18

In this special milestone episode of Vanished West, we step away from a single case to examine something that sits beneath many true crime stories — the gap between what we feel happened, and what the law can actually prove.Why do people often blame police when a case goes cold?What does “beyond reasonable doubt” really mean in the Australian justice system?Why can serious crimes sometimes result in sentences that feel too short?Drawing on the kinds of cases often discussed in Western Australian

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00:42:29

Guido Michel: Beneath the Jarrah Trees

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2026/03/11

In January 2022, 54-year-old Fremantle electrician Guido Michel drove into State Forest near Christmas Tree Well in Western Australia — and never returned.What began as a personal retreat into the WA bush soon became a missing person investigation that raised difficult questions about isolation, survival in remote environments, and the quiet struggles many people carry beneath the surface.Phone data placed Guido Michel near Christmas Tree Well days after he left home. After that, the trail goes

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00:23:16

Cheryl Renwick: Long-Term Parking

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2026/03/04

In May 1986, 33-year-old Cheryl Renwick vanished from Como, Western Australia. Days later, her car was found parked at Perth Airport — but there was no record of her boarding a flight.Nearly four decades on, Cheryl remains missing. Was she the victim of foul play? Could her disappearance be linked to the Birnie murders, domestic proximity, or other unsolved crimes in Perth’s history? And why was her vehicle left in long-term parking?In this episode of Vanished West, we examine the timeline, the

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00:15:27

Wayne Dennis George Drewett: Diamonds That Never Existed

Vanished West ·

2026/02/25

A diamond deal.Hundreds of thousands of dollars.A man who vanished without a trace.In April 2003, Wayne Dennis George Drewett disappeared in Perth, Western Australia. What remains is a coronial finding — and a silence that has never been resolved.

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00:46:51

Jorn Jesper Jensen: The Blood That Didn't Follow

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2026/02/18

In June 2017, Jorn Jesper Jensen vanished from his Ocean Reef home.He left behind blood on the floor.A broken internal door.And days later, his car was found more than an hour away in Lancelin — parked neatly, keys still in the ignition.No body has ever been found.An inquest determined Jesper is deceased, but how he died remains officially unascertained. Within his own family, two very different narratives endure.This episode walks carefully through what is known, what is alleged, and what still

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00:42:23

Kate Campbell Haythornwaite: The Walk That Never Ended

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2026/01/28

In January 1968, Kate Campbell Haythornthwaite began a familiar walk home in Boulder, Western Australia — and never arrived.Independent and routine-driven, Kate did not leave by choice. Decades later, a coroner would conclude she died that night, and that her body was concealed.

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00:53:30

The Silence in the Trees: Part Two

Vanished West ·

2026/01/07

In Part Two, the focus shifts away from what was left behind and toward what was happening quietly in the months before the disappearance.This episode examines the beliefs, communications, and influences that shaped the decisions leading up to July 2007 — including the ideology at the centre of the group, the role of control and persuasion, and why this case cannot be explained as a simple disappearance or spontaneous act.What emerges is a story where certainty replaced doubt, and preparation

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00:45:01

The Silence in the Trees: Part One

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2025/12/31

Four people vanished from Nannup, Western Australia, without leaving a trace.This two-part investigation explores what happened before the silence — the beliefs, the movements, and the unanswered questions that still remain.Part One examines how this story began.

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00:53:59

Sarah Anne McMahon: The Call That Changed Everything

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2025/12/24

Her car was found. Sarah Anne McMahon was not.This episode examines what is known and what remains unanswered about her disappearance in Western Australia.

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00:40:58

Glenyce Rae McGowan: Northbound Into Silence

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2025/12/17

She planned to leave at first light.By morning, she was gone.In December 1975, 19-year-old Glenyce Rae McGowan vanished overnight from a crowded campsite at Nanutarra Roadhouse in Western Australia’s Pilbara. This is her story.

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00:51:07

Sara-Lee Davey: The Scream on Broome Wharf

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2025/12/10

A young Bardi woman walks into the shadows of Broome Wharf with a man she barely knows. Moments later a scream cuts through the air and only one of them returns. Decades a secret confession will change everything.

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