Not Another Crime Podcast

They thought they were publishing poetry by a mysterious male writer…but they were actually publishing a furious joke written by Gwen Harwood. In 1961, Harwood fooled The Bulletin into printing two poems containing a hidden message aimed directly at its editors, exposing the sexism of Australia's literary establishment in spectacular fashion. But the hoax was only the beginning of the extra...

In January 2022, Boston police officer John O’Keefe was found dying in the snow outside the home of fellow officer Brian Albert, and his girlfriend, Karen Read, was accused of hitting him with her SUV and leaving him to die. What followed was a sensational murder case involving disputed forensic evidence, a suspicious Google search, allegations of a police cover-up and explosive messages fro...

Pedro Rodrigues Filho was a Brazilian serial killer who claimed to have killed more than 100 people; and became known as “Pedrinho Matador,” or “Little Pedro the Killer.” But what makes his story so bizarre is that he said many of his victims were criminals themselves, including people he claimed deserved to die. He was eventually convicted of numerous murders, spent decade...

Christa Pike was 18 when she took part in the brutal murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, a crime that ultimately sent her to Tennessee's death row for more than three decades. Now, after years of appeals and a failed execution attempt in September 2026, Pike's case has taken an extraordinary new turn. The state tried to kill her, but Christa Pike survived. Story starts at 3:50. Full video: watc...

The Bricks & Minifigs LEGO scandal: how a family's $200,000 Star Wars LEGO collection allegedly vanished, and how YouTuber Reckless Ben blew it wide open. It began when a family placed a huge LEGO Star Wars collection with a Bricks & Minifigs store in Oregon on consignment, only for a large portion of it to allegedly disappear after the store changed ownership. The dispute, involving claim...

Former American Idol contestant and worship pastor Caleb Flynn is on trial in Ohio, accused of killing his wife Ashley. Sammy breaks down the evidence so far. At 2:30am on February 16, 2026, Caleb Flynn called 911 and said an intruder had shot his wife. Prosecutors say that intruder never existed. In this bonus episode, Sammy walks through the secret affair, more than 107,000 messag...

Edmund Kemper, known as the “Co-ed Killer,” murdered his grandparents as a teenager before later killing six young women in California, followed by his mother and her friend in 1973. After killing his mother, Kemper confessed to the murders over the phone to police and was arrested, eventually receiving multiple life sentences after a trial in which psychiatrists debated his sanity and...

This week Scott tells Sammy all about the many cases of Insane Automatism. It's a legal defense where a person performs an involuntary act caused by an underlying internal "disease of the mind," meaning a mental health or cognitive impairment that is prone to recur . Full video:  watch here Follow us: instagram and TikTok Follow Sammy: @sammypetersenunofficial Buy me a coffee: here Leave us a...

He confessed to killing 93 women and, for decades, nobody knew. Samuel Little is considered the most prolific serial killer in American history, confessing to murders across the United States over more than 30 years. He wasn't some mysterious figure hiding in the shadows. He was arrested repeatedly, spent years in prison, and crossed paths with police again and again. So how did he get away with i...

In 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally murdered inside their home, and suspicion quickly fell on Andrew’s youngest daughter, Lizzie. With no eyewitness, no confession and a mountain of circumstantial evidence, Lizzie went on trial for a double murder that captivated America. She was acquitted…but if Lizzie didn’t kill them, who did? Story starts at 4:40 Watch full video:&...

For months, residents of a Brisbane apartment complex were plagued by a mysterious stranger who repeatedly left human faeces outside their building. After failed attempts to catch him, one neighbour launched an early-morning stakeout; and finally captured the culprit on camera. But when his identity was revealed, the story went from bizarre neighbourhood mystery to an international media sensation...

Between 1992 and 1999, a group led by John Bunting carried out a series of murders across South Australia, targeting friends, family members, neighbours and people they considered undesirable. When police discovered eight bodies hidden inside barrels in the vault of an abandoned bank in the small town of Snowtown, they uncovered one of Australia's most horrifying murder cases…a story of man...

A celebrity chef disappears. An abandoned Kombi. A mysterious phone call at 3am. Nearly fifty years later, nobody knows what happened to Willie Koeppen. As the owner of Olinda's famous Cuckoo Restaurant, Willie was a Melbourne success story, but behind the scenes his life was unravelling. On a summer night in 1976 he vanished, leaving behind a trail of unanswered questions, suspicious characters,...

Two young university lovers. Two brutally murdered parents. A confession that changed the course of international human rights law…but decades later, people are still asking the same question: did the right person go to prison? This is the chilling and deeply contested case of Elizabeth Haysom and Jens Söring. Story starts at: 5:01. Full video: watch here Follow us: instagram and TikTo...

In 2004, Australian woman Schapelle Corby was arrested at Bali's Denpasar Airport after Indonesian authorities found 4.2 kilograms of marijuana inside her boogie board bag. Convicted of drug smuggling and sentenced to 20 years in prison, her case became one of Australia's most controversial true crime stories, sparking years of debate over whether she was guilty or the victim of a sophisticated dr...

In November 2022, four University of Idaho students; Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, were brutally stabbed to death inside an off-campus share house in Moscow, Idaho, in a crime that shocked the world. After a seven-week investigation involving DNA, cellphone records and surveillance footage, criminology PhD student Bryan Kohberger was arrested, later pleading guil...

This week we explore the tragic case of 11-year-old Luke Batty, who was killed by his father at cricket training in 2014, and how his mother turned her grief into a powerful national movement against family violence in Australia. Story starts at: 3 minutes, 38 seconds Full video:  watch here Follow us: instagram and TikTok Follow Sammy: @sammypetersenunofficial Leave us a voicemail: here Want...

Erin Patterson (the Mushroom Cook) is back in court, fighting to overturn her convictions for murdering three people and attempting to murder a fourth with a meal containing deadly death cap mushrooms. Her lawyers are arguing that serious flaws in the original trial, including how the jury was accommodated, the admission of certain evidence and the way Patterson was cross-examined, compromised the...

The Tinder Swindler is Shimon Hayut, an Israeli conman who posed as a wealthy diamond heir named Simon Leviev on dating apps like Tinder. He would match with women, quickly charm them with a lavish lifestyle—private jets, luxury hotels, expensive gifts—then fabricate emergencies (like threats from “enemies”) to convince them to send him large sums of money. He often used fu...

In 2016, Sherri Papini vanished while out for a jog in Redding, sparking a frantic search and national concern. When she reappeared weeks later with a harrowing story, the case seemed to grip the country—but questions soon began to surface. Because sometimes, the truth isn’t just hidden… it’s something else entirely. Story starts at 15:54. Full video: watch here Follow us:...

In 1988, a gruesome discovery inside a rusted drum on the outskirts of Sydney revealed a victim who would become known only as the Rack Man. Decades later, despite countless theories and suspects, his identity, and the truth of what happened to him, remains a haunting mystery. Because some cases don’t just go cold… they disappear into silence. Follow us: instagram and TikTok Full vide...

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, when New Orleans was left fractured and eerily quiet, a young couple’s intense love story began to unravel behind closed doors. Addie Hall and Zack Bowen had once seemed inseparable...but what unfolded next would turn devotion into something far darker. Because sometimes, the most dangerous storms aren’t the ones outside… they’re the...

In 1991, 78-year-old grandmother Lucille Johnson was found brutally beaten to death inside her Utah home, with jewelry missing and strange Lego bricks scattered across the living room floor. For more than two decades the case remained unsolved...until investigators realised those toys might hold the identity of the killer. Today we are joined by the great Lewis Meeny to tell us all about this case...

On a quiet Melbourne night, 23-year-old Celeste Manno went to sleep, unaware that someone had been watching her far more closely than anyone realised. What followed was a crime that would shock a nation...not just for its brutality, but for the warning signs that were missed. Because sometimes, the most dangerous threats aren’t strangers at all… they’re already inside your world...

As a continuation from Monday's episode on Rachel Barber, today we are re-releasing an episode of 'Everyone Has An Ex' where Georgia sat down with Manny, Rachel's boyfriend at the time she went missing and who was unfairly treated when all he wanted to was help find his love. In 1999, 15-year-old ballet student Rachel Barber vanished from her home in Melbourne after leaving to meet someone she tru...