Australian True Crime

This is a re-issue of episode #146, Paul Dale Pt 2. The Crimes in Question #146   This week, we released an episode with Retired Homicide Detective, Charlie Bezzina, regarding the murders of Terrence and Christine Hodson.   We're re-issuing our two part episode in conversation with Paul Dale, so that he can tell his side of the story, and so that we can go further into detail regarding t...

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.    Retired Victorian Homicide Detective Charlie Bezzina joins us to discuss his connection to Nicola Gobbo, also known as Informer 3838.   Gobbo, a high-profile lawyer with underworld clients, was also a police informant.   While it'...

Retired Victorian Homicide Detective Charlie Bezzina joins us to discuss his connection to Nicola Gobbo, also known as Informer 3838.   Gobbo, a high-profile lawyer with underworld clients, was also a police informant.   While it's disputed who in Victoria Police knew about Gobbo's informant status, it's clear that homicide squad leaders were unaware.   Charlie Bezzina, on call on M...

Megan Norris joins us again to talk about the case of Robert Farquharson.   Farquharson is the Victorian man who was twice convicted of deliberately driving his car into a dam on the night of Father's Day 2005 for the purpose of murdering his three children, Jai, 10, Tyler, 7, and Bailey, 2.   He also launched two failed appeals against his convictions.   Recently 60 Minutes devoted...

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.    Forensic anthropologist and Criminologist, Dr Xanthé Mallett, has become something of a true crime superstar in recent years.   She's extremely qualified, having studied at Cambridge and received a scholarship from the FBI, amon...

Forensic anthropologist and Criminologist, Dr Xanthé Mallett, has become something of a true crime superstar in recent years.   She's extremely qualified, having studied at Cambridge and received a scholarship from the FBI, among other achievements.   We're getting to know Dr. Mallett in this episode of Australian True Crime in the lead up to her appearances as our special guest l...

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.    Alan Bond, "Bondy" as he was known by Prime Ministers and Aussie battlers alike, was unlike the other Australia flamboyant billionaires of the 1980s.    He and his wife Eileen, whom he called Big Red, built their fortune from noth...

Alan Bond, "Bondy" as he was known by Prime Ministers and Aussie battlers alike, was unlike the other Australia flamboyant billionaires of the 1980s.    He and his wife Eileen, whom he called Big Red, built their fortune from nothing in the suburbs of Perth, and they still wore their humble beginnings on their sleeves when they socialised with royalty.   Of course, it all came crash...

The true-poo-crime podcast that took 2023 by storm, "Who Shat On The Floor At My Wedding?", is back with a second series.   Blushing brides Helen and Karen whose beautiful wedding was sullied by the fact that one of their guests shat on the floor, return with their friend, lead detective Lauren to investigate a new case.   And as usual, they will go to extraordinary lengths to crack a ca...

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.    Some of you will remember Jodie Bilborough from her appearance on A Current Affair in 2019.   One of their reporters traveled to Jordan in the Middle East to meet Jodie, who just won custody of her son, Laith, through the Jordanian cou...

Some of you will remember Jodie Bilborough from her appearance on A Current Affair in 2019.   One of their reporters traveled to Jordan in the Middle East to meet Jodie, who just won custody of her son, Laith, through the Jordanian courts after his father, her ex-husband, Ismat, had prevented her from seeing him for four years. An allegation in which he denies.   The report left us on an...

Today I'm showcasing another True Crime podcast I highly recommend you check out. It’s called ‘True Crime City” and spends 12 episodes on the most notorious crimes in each city before moving onto the next city somewhere in the world.   So far “True Crime City” has focused its first season on the city of London starting off with the Teddington Towpath Murders&rdqu...

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.    On the night of November 16th, 2020, 23 year old Celeste Manno was stabbed to death in her bed.   The murderer was a man she'd met very briefly at work over a year before who'd been stalking her relentlessly ever since.   Luay Sak...

On the night of November 16th, 2020, 23 year old Celeste Manno was stabbed to death in her bed.   The murderer was a man she'd met very briefly at work over a year before who'd been stalking her relentlessly ever since.   Luay Sako, 39, smashed through her bedroom window with a hammer and stabbed Celeste 23 times in two and a half minutes.   By the time her mother, Aggie, was woken...

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.    David Ranson is one of Australia's most experienced forensic pathologists.   I wrote a chapter about him in my book CSI I Told You Lies, in which he described traveling to Holland in 2014 to join the International Victim Identification...

David Ranson is one of Australia's most experienced forensic pathologists.   I wrote a chapter about him in my book CSI I Told You Lies, in which he described traveling to Holland in 2014 to join the International Victim Identification Team after MH17 was shot down over Ukraine. David also worked in victim identification after the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004 and the Black Saturday bushfires in...

We're bringing a LIVE show of Australian True Crime to Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne this July! You can click here to find tickets for your city.   This is an unlocked episode of ATC Plus. To listen to all ATC Plus episodes, plus gain extra benefits such as access to our first 100 episodes, early listening and ad-free episodes, sign up to ATC Plus on Apple Podcats or Acast.   Teenagers...

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.    It's been quite a season of high-profile defamation cases in Australia in recent years.   Geoffrey Rush, Craig McLachlan, Ben Roberts-Smith, and Bruce Lehrmann, to name a few.   Along with the risks of airing all of your dirty lau...

It's been quite a season of high-profile defamation cases in Australia in recent years.   Geoffrey Rush, Craig McLachlan, Ben Roberts-Smith, and Bruce Lehrmann, to name a few.   Along with the risks of airing all of your dirty laundry for the world to see, a defamation case doesn't come cheap either. Lehrmann, who recently lost his defamation lawsuit against Channel 10, is rumoured to ha...

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.    Anne Manne is a journalist and social philosopher.   Her new book, "Crime of the Cross", is about a paedophile network run by members of the Anglican Church in Newcastle in the 1980s and 1990s.   It's made me realise that the shoc...

Anne Manne is a journalist and social philosopher.   Her new book, "Crime of the Cross", is about a paedophile network run by members of the Anglican Church in Newcastle in the 1980s and 1990s.   It's made me realise that the shocking details of the crimes committed by the Catholic clergy have almost blinded me to some of the other revelations brought into the light by the Royal Commissi...

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.    Adrian Trevor Moore is one of Australia's worst rapists, and also a former member of the WA Police.   In 2018, investigators began contacting women to tell them that Moore had used the police computer system to run background checks on...

Adrian Trevor Moore is one of Australia's worst rapists, and also a former member of the WA Police.   In 2018, investigators began contacting women to tell them that Moore had used the police computer system to run background checks on them. This lead to accusations of predatory behaviour, and eventually a warrant was executed on his home which uncovered a trove of photographs and videos of h...

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.    Our guest today is Michelle Liddle. In February this year, she watched for the second time as two teenagers fought for their freedom after taking the life of her fifteen year old son, Angus Beaumont, in a Brisbane park in 2020.   They...

Our guest today is Michelle Liddle. In February this year, she watched for the second time as two teenagers fought for their freedom after taking the life of her fifteen year old son, Angus Beaumont, in a Brisbane park in 2020.   They were aged just 13 and 14 at the time of the lethal stabbing. One was on bail for armed robbery and the other was on probation.   They both had significant...