Suburban Legends

After four days supervising teenagers on the Murray River, a teacher borrows a pair of her colleagues' runners and heads into the bush for a jog and some peace and quiet. Turns out the teenagers were the least of her worries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An Easter Sunday drive takes a decidedly Halloween turn when a couple stumble across a bloke with something to hide, and the world's worst attitude towards witnesses. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A fugitive vanishes into the Australian bush, leaving police with a seven-year headache, and the locals with considerably emptier pantries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two fourteen-year-old boys, a Friday night without parental supervision, and the entire internet at their fingertips — what could possibly go wrong? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Carly travels to England to mind some kids and travel on the weekends, but discovers before she even arrives that wiping noses and bums is going to be the least of her problems. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Lang thought Fresno police were harassing him. He started filming them, posting the videos to YouTube, telling the internet who to look at if he died. Then he died. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There’s not much to Dean’s night shift at the cold store — move pallets, keep warm, go home. Until someone starts turning up down Aisle Seven who probably shouldn’t be there. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Australia’s most haunted house is up for sale — complete with 140 years of death, murder, and enough ghosts to seriously complicate the conveyancing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Melbourne, December 1995. Tony Romano and his girlfriend knocked off work, cracked a couple of beers, and headed into King Street. It should’ve been an ordinary Friday night. Then Tony noticed the bloke with the dark rings under his eyes. At the time, he was just another face in the crowded Sports Bar. He wouldn’t stay that way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew WK: rockstar or doppelgänger conspiracy in plain sight? Ray’s barking his thoughts, and we’ll sift through the madness. Dave Grohl rears his head—both the big and little one, according to the latest reports. Fact or fiction? I’ll unpack it all while you party hard. Like the show? Buy Me A Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/suburbanlegends Thanks for listening and cheers big ears! Follow Subur...

It’s magpie season. Do the eyes on the back of the helmet work? Let’s ask Amber. And what other victims did Ivan swoop during his time out there in the wilderness? Lord only knows… but we’ll discuss it anyway. Like the show? Buy Me A Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/suburbanlegends Thanks for listening and cheers big ears! Follow Suburban Legends on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/suburban_l...

Clinton says he was just waiting for his mate, James. But who was Ivan Milat’s mate during his heinous killing spree? Like the show? Buy Me A Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/suburbanlegends Fuel my caffeine addiction with a one-off donation and help keep the lights on. Thanks for listening and cheers big ears! Follow Suburban Legends on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/suburban_legends_podca...

“The idea that there’s political violence in America like this is just unheard of” - President Joe Biden. And Donald J Trump, the 45th US President, loves big strong guys.  Like the show? Buy Me A Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/suburbanlegends Fuel my caffeine addiction with a one-off donation and help keep the lights on. Want more? Sign up for a monthly donation and get bonus content, incl...

The enduring mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle meet the enigmatic mind of maverick North Queensland MP, Bob Katter Jnr. Like the show? Buy Me A Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/suburbanlegends Fuel my caffeine addiction with a one-off donation and help keep the lights on. Want more? Sign up for a monthly donation and get bonus content, including weekly ‘Reviews Are In’ minisodes, sneak previews, a...

A succulent Chinese ghost ship -  where the high seas mystery of the High Aim 6 meets the dine-and-dashing exploits of Mr Democracy Manifest himself. Like the show? Buy Me A Coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/suburbanlegends Fuel my caffeine addiction with a one-off donation and help keep the lights on. Want more? Sign up for a monthly donation and get bonus content, including weekly ‘Reviews A...

NEW SHOW! Hi everyone Shaun here with a quick update on a new show. While Chloe is busy with all things life, I'm back with a new show called Suburban Legends. Episodes featuring crimes, mysteries, conspiracies and hauntings, and ending with something lighter from pop culture or politics. First episode drops next week! I’ll have a Buy Me a Coffee page to support the show, with one-off or recurring...

Welcome to Urban Legends #3, the final episode of this series. Join us as we chat about the Westall UFO, which allegedly flew over a school in Melbourne’s southeast some 40 years ago, and the mysterious ghost of Frederick Federici, who is rumoured to haunt the Princess Theatre. This episode was produced by True Blue Media using the open source materials referenced below: https://whatsonblog.melbou...

Welcome to Urban Legends #2! Join us to discuss what allegedly happens when you order a pineapple smoothie, in a specific way, from a particular Melbourne venue, before we cross the Yarra River and take a look at the urban legend of the cavernous morgue within the chilly bowels of Crown Casino. Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/380493356066315/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/truebl...

Welcome to the first episode in a series of upcoming quirky stories about Urban Legends, originally released on Patreon when we were making episodes. All have an element of criminal seediness or conspiracy about them. And as they play out, we’ll get to the bottom of whether there’s any truth to these tales or if they’re purely myths. In this first episode, we explore the rumours and realities of f...

A special edition episode originally recorded for Patreon members on Mark 'Chopper' Read Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have decided to finish up making episodes for True Blue Crime. This will undoubtedly be a surprise and disappointing for many people, but we want to finish things on our terms and now feels like the right time to do that. It’s a decision that we don't take lightly and we’ve been discussing for a while now, and we’ve reached it together. When we started this show, we committed to ten episodes, a...

Robbie and Amber spoke on the phone regularly, but fell out of touch as time went on. But then one day, all of a sudden, Amber was moving into Robbie’s house, which was a surprise to him. He asked his Mum, Anne, why Amber was there, was she boarding with them now or something? Anne said words to the effect of ‘you know what your father’s like...” Join Shaun and Chloe as they cover the disappearanc...

It was mid afternoon on May the 7th 1990, and Wendy Davis was working at the Hollywood Hospital in Nedlands.  She was at her desk, immersed in her work, when she heard a voice behind her ask ‘is it okay if I use the toilet?’ Wendy swivelled in her chair and saw a young Telecom worker, all of 20, 21 years old. She nodded. A moment later Wendy felt a hand on her shoulder and another hand over h...

Nicole awoke in her bed with someone next to her, but it wasn’t her boyfriend like she first thought. It was someone else. She grabbed his face, dug her fingernails in hard, and the man jumped up from the bed. He was tall and wearing a light coloured silk kimono. Nicole screamed for her father in the next room, and the man fled from the house. Nicole called the police and they attended the house,...

It was the 17th of April, 1999, and in Adelaide, South Australia, two rookie police officers were coming to the end of their shift. As the two young officers returned to their vehicle, they noticed a handwritten note on their windscreen, wedged under the wipers. It read: ‘There’s a dead girl's body in the shrubs of the grounds near the main road of the Payneham Police Station. This is no joke.’ Jo...