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Trial By Wine

Schmidty, Swanny and Clarky revisit crimes and run them through their jury of three, debating both sides of the case to agree an appropriate (if totally fictitious) sentence.

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All Episodes

91:29

Episode 221 School Shootings

Trial By Wine ·

2026/01/18

Swanny tackles the horrendous stories of the Dunblane and Sandy Hook school massacres, highlighting the different government and social responses to these tragedies. Trigger warnings abound.

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73:07

Episode 220 Code name Skora

Trial By Wine ·

2026/01/11

Schmidty tells the disturbing story of Katarzyna Zowada who went missing in late 1998. Her remains were found in the Vistula river in 1999, and the investigation became known for both the macabre circumstances and the first use of DNA in Poland to identify the victim.

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51:39

Episode 219 Davine v Gene

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2026/01/04

Clarky tells the story of Davine, a young Belgian backpacker in Australia who answered an ad for work in a rural setting only to found herself in a living nightmare.

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78:43

Episode 218 Joanna Simpson

Trial By Wine ·

2025/12/28

Swanny tells the story of Joanna Simpson, a successful business woman who fell for the wrong man and was let down by the legal system.

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41:21

Episode 217 Not Die Hard

Trial By Wine ·

2025/12/21

Clarky brings a Christmas crime story to the jury, in celebration of the silly season. It's about as Christmassy as Die Hard, only there isn't a hero saving the day.

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71:54

Episode 216 Body Brokers

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2025/12/14

Schmidty delves into the dubious ethics of body brokering - inspired by the internet search "human remains in the mail".

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43:29

Episode 215 Murderous Mother

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2025/12/07

Clarky’s on a roll with murderous mothers. This week it’s the story of Donna Fitchett who decided her only course of action was to murder her two sons, because her husband was passive aggressive.

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54:03

Episode 214 Unreliable Historian

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2025/11/30

Clarky tells the disturbing story of Hakyung Lee, a New Zealand citizen originally from South Korea who took the lives of her children and then fled the country. Lee was sentenced to life imprisonment on the 26th of November (4 days ago as this story is published).

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97:22

Episode 213 Nothing to see

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2025/11/23

Swanny tells the story of Stephen Port, also known as the Grinder Killer, who got away with murder for a time as the police thought there was nothing to see here.

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74:53

Episode 212 Drugs, dogs and gators

Trial By Wine ·

2025/11/16

Schmidty takes us to Florida, where the air is humid, the gators are huge and the meth is rife. Not to mention the curiosity shops are amazing!

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53:46

Episode 211 Scam Hostages

Trial By Wine ·

2025/11/09

Clarky follows up the AI Scams episode, with this very educational piece on human trafficking and scam call centres. It takes us back to the good old days of call centre work in Moonee Ponds....

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78:41

Episode 210 No legs, no problem

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2025/11/02

Swanny tells the story of Dr Neil Hopper who tragically lost his legs and became an amazing and inspiring pillar of the community. Until.....

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65:26

Episode 209 Casey Anthony Part 2

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2025/10/26

Schmidty concludes the Casey Anthony story with Clarky and Swanny being left annoyed at no one behaving properly and no real conclusion as to what happened to Caylee Anthony.

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54:04

Episode 208 Casey Anthony Part 1

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2025/10/19

Schmidty delves into the weird case of the disappearance of Caylee Anthony and her mother Casey's strange behaviour and lies, which confuses Clarky and Swanny to no end.

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78:42

Episode 207 Not a boy scout

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2025/10/12

Swanny tells the story of Allison Bayden Clay, a remarkable woman who made the mistake of marrying the great grandson of Lord Robert Bayden Powell. A man who liked to talk about his heritage, but did not uphold the tenants of the boy scouts.

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74:19

Episode 206 Susan Kuhnhausen

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2025/10/05

Schmidty tells the story of Susan Walters (nee Kuhnhausen) who didn't listen to her intuition, but used her particular set of skills to her advantage. Always listen to your intuition folks!

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86:53

Episode 205 AI Scams

Trial By Wine ·

2025/09/28

Clarky brings a fantastic palate cleanser after the last few dark episodes. This is the story of AI scamming and how it caught a couple of ladies out. Just remember, if someone contacts you and asks for money, it's probably a scam.

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60:59

Episode 204 The Family part 2

Trial By Wine ·

2025/09/21

Schmidty continues the appalling story of the Family Murders which saw only one suspect, Bevan Spencer Von Einem, charged and sentenced.

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50:24

Episode 203 The Family SA Part 1

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2025/09/14

Schmidty continues her South Australian crimes with the Family, allegedly a ring of murderous paedophiles preying on young men in Adelaide.

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57:50

Episode 202 Graves defence

Trial By Wine ·

2025/09/07

Clarky tells the story of Scott Amedure who was murdered by Jonathan Schmitz after appearing on a daytime TV talk show and telling Schmitz he was his same sex crush.

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