Australian True Crime

Dr. Hamish Mckenzie is the Detective Superintendent of the Western Australia Sex Crimes Division. That means he's the boss.   As you're about to hear, Sex Crimes is a very challenging area of policing, and Western Australia is the largest single policing jurisdiction in the world.   Policing, like everything else, is done differently in WA. But according to Hamish McKenzie, child sexual...

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.    Like many of us, our guest today has researched her family tree using an online ancestry website.   Unlike most of us, Julie DiBella found a serial killer lurking in hers.   Julie has spent the last couple of years researching the...

Like many of us, our guest today has researched her family tree using an online ancestry website.   Unlike most of us, Julie DiBella found a serial killer lurking in hers.   Julie has spent the last couple of years researching the crimes of her great great grandfather, Robert Francis Burns, who has gone down in the histroy books as potentially Australia's first serial killer.   Juli...

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.    Scott Keighran is a published poet.   If you Google him, though, you're more likely to find him described as an associate of the Rebels Motorcycle Club, an arsonist, a kidnapper, a home invader, and an attempted murderer.   Scott...

Scott Keighran is a published poet.   If you Google him, though, you're more likely to find him described as an associate of the Rebels Motorcycle Club, an arsonist, a kidnapper, a home invader, and an attempted murderer.   Scott is well aware that his rap sheet is nothing short of terrifying. He has hurt and traumatized a lot of people.   However, in 2016, when an attempt to intimi...

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.    CW: This episode contains discussions of child sexual assault.   Retired Detective Sergeant John Breda narrowly escaped being murdered by an alleged child sex offender, Nick Newman, on January 26th, 2018.   It is alleged that Nick...

CW: This episode contains discussions of child sexual assault.   Retired Detective Sergeant John Breda narrowly escaped being murdered by an alleged child sex offender, Nick Newman, on January 26th, 2018.   It is alleged that Nick Newman was 26 when he entered a sexual relationship with a 14 year old relative of his ex wife. After the child reported Newman to the police, he had made thre...

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.    Sarah's grandfather murdered her grandmother and hid her under the floorboards.   This event has long since fallen from the news, but she joins us to share the many ways it has affected and still affects her family.   Sarah is a p...

Sarah's grandfather murdered her grandmother and hid her under the floorboards.   This event has long since fallen from the news, but she joins us to share the many ways it has affected and still affects her family.   Sarah is a professional woman. She's married with young children, and she takes great pride in the ordered nature of her life.   It's a far cry from the chaos left beh...

Infamous corrupt NSW police officer, Roger Rogerson, has died this week at the age of 83 from suffering a brain aneurism.   Rogerson was serving a life sentence for the murder of a 20 year old Jamie Gao. His conviction for that murder was somewhat ironic, given he proudly boasted of killing three drug dealers during his police career and gotten away with it.   The true extent of Rogerson...

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.    Infamous corrupt NSW police officer, Roger Rogerson, has died this week at the age of 83 from suffering a brain aneurism.   Rogerson was serving a life sentence for the murder of a 20 year old Jamie Gao. His conviction for that murder...

Our guest today is Angie. She was a sex worker and drug user for some years and she sustained a brain injury through an unsuccessful suicide attempt, which accounts for her struggle to think of words sometimes.   Angie is one of a kind, as is her wife, Luna, who sat beside her during this recording. And you may hear her chime in from time to time.   We've spoken to sex workers before, bu...

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 Angie. She was a sex worker and drug user for some years and she sustained a brain injury through an unsuccessful suicide attempt, which accounts for her struggle to think of words sometimes.   Angie is one of a kind...

On this week of Australian True Crime, we are playing an episode from one of our favourite true crime podcasts, Wanted.   Wanted is a show where host Jack Laurence sits down and interviews men and women from around the world who have been or who are currently wanted by authorities.   This episode is part one of a three part series on David McMillan. To listen to parts two and three, as w...

Australian True Crime is taking a well earned week off this week and we wanted to take this opportunity to shine a light on our second podcast called "Can We Be Real?' which is a weekly podcast where our amazing listeners share their deep secrets with us to dissect on the show.   So while we take a short break we would love if you could support "Can We Be Real?" which is hosted by Meshel Laur...

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.    In the last episode of Australian True Crime, our guest Arman Abrahimzadeh OAM told the story of his childhood and adolescence. It was an existence characterized by fear and violence in which he, his sisters and their mother eventually made...

In the last episode of Australian True Crime, our guest Arman Abrahimzadeh OAM told the story of his childhood and adolescence. It was an existence characterized by fear and violence in which he, his sisters and their mother eventually made a pact never to allow anyone to be left alone with his father.    The patriarch of the family ruled with violence and financial control. Nevertheless...

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.    Arman is a high achiever by anyone standards, except possibly those of his own father.    As you'll come to learn, Arman grew up in a home ruled by fear, and I must warn you that this will likely be a triggering conversation for a...

Arman is a high achiever by anyone standards, except possibly those of his own father.    As you'll come to learn, Arman grew up in a home ruled by fear, and I must warn you that this will likely be a triggering conversation for anyone with experience of family violence. Arman's storytelling is vivid, and as much as every family is different, he manages to capture so many ways in which h...

This episode was originally aired on April 12th, 2017.   Sallie-Anne Huckstepp had never intended to be a whistleblower, but when her drug dealer boyfriend Warren Lanfranchi was shot and killed by crooked cop Roger Rogerson, she decided to speak out. A call that would eventually end her own life, but she took it regardless. 31 years on since her body was found floating in a duck pond in Sydne...

On this episode of Australian True Crime, we're playing an episode from Brent Simpson's podcast, The Clink. .   Brent Simpson , who joined us on Monday's Australian True Crime episode, has a story so deep and large, that we've decided to showcase the episode where he provides an in-depth account of his childhood in his own words.   It's part 1 of a 2 part series. Be sure to check out the...

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.    Brent Simpson is a former sergeant-at-arms for the Bandidos Motorcycle Club.   Considering his childhood was marked by poverty, physical and sexual abuse, it's almost easy to imagine how he found community and connection within the bik...

Brent Simpson is a former sergeant-at-arms for the Bandidos Motorcycle Club.   Considering his childhood was marked by poverty, physical and sexual abuse, it's almost easy to imagine how he found community and connection within the bikie gang.   What is hard to imagine, however, is how someone could leave that club and commit their life to mental health advocacy - a path Brent has not on...

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.    Frank La Rosa and his wife Kim were murdered at a Welshpool (WA) factory on June 13, 2008.   Along with being a convicted heroin importer and notorious underworld figure in Western Australia, Frank La Rosa was also a father to three ch...

Frank La Rosa and his wife Kim were murdered at a Welshpool (WA) factory on June 13, 2008.   Along with being a convicted heroin importer and notorious underworld figure in Western Australia, Frank La Rosa was also a father to three children.   Lisa Mahoney is one of those children. She joins us on this episode of Australian True Crime to discuss the collateral damage her father's action...