Australian True Crime

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.    Susan grew up in the UK, enduring years of highly abusive relationships at the hands of her mother and her pimp husband.    In her thirties, she moved to Australia and begun working at Brisbane's infamous Boggo Road prison. ...

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.    Lynn Cannon, an adored Perth mother of two, was brutally murdered by her ex husband Paul Cannon in late 2022.   The day before she was murdered, Paul learned she was in a new relationship.   Under false pretences, he convinced her...

Lynn Cannon, an adored Perth mother of two, was brutally murdered by her ex husband Paul Cannon in late 2022.   The day before she was murdered, Paul learned she was in a new relationship.   Under false pretences, he convinced her to come to his house the next day. An argument escalated, prompting neighbours to call the police.   Despite multiple calls to 000, police took an hour an...

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 Leek is a retired member of the New South Wales Police Service, in which he served for 34 years.    In the early 1990s, Alan was rewarded for his excellence in management. When he was made the head police officer in Cabramatt...

Alan Leek is a retired member of the New South Wales Police Service, in which he served for 34 years.    In the early 1990s, Alan was rewarded for his excellence in management. When he was made the head police officer in Cabramatta, it was at the time the largest heroin distribution point in the country, a growing political flashpoint and spiraling ever faster, out of control.   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.    In October 2019, Natalie Sands, her children and her mother suffered an unthinkably brutal attack at the hands of her father.   Natalie was doused in petrol and set alight by her father. Despite being able to escape her burning house w...

In October 2019, Natalie Sands, her children and her mother suffered an unthinkably brutal attack at the hands of her father.   Natalie was doused in petrol and set alight by her father. Despite being able to escape her burning house with burns to 75 percent of her body, she watched helplessly as her five year old son, Orlando, and mother Antoinette, perished.   After leaving the scene,...

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 1995, Adrian Pendergast accepted an exciting job opportunity in South Africa. Less than a week after he got there, he was found dead in a jail cell.   For almost 30 years, his family have been trying to understand what happened and...

In 1995, Adrian Pendergast accepted an exciting job opportunity in South Africa. Less than a week after he got there, he was found dead in a jail cell.   For almost 30 years, his family have been trying to understand what happened and how he died. But it seems that everything new that they learn, it only leads to more questions.   Our guest today is Adrian's younger sister, Courtney. &nb...

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, Nathan Crisfield, embodies a story of duality like no other.   From Albury, He was born into a tumultuous home life, with his father taking him under his wing at an early age to steal whatever they could off the back o...

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, Nathan Crisfield, embodies a story of duality like no other.   From Albury, He was born into a tumultuous home life, with his father taking him under his wing at an early age to steal whatever they could off the back o...

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.    Mary (not her real name) is a recently retired Victoria Police officer.   Mary's husband and father of her two children committed serious family violence for many years. He was also a Victoria Police officer - a very high ranking one....

Mary (not her real name) is a recently retired Victoria Police officer.   Mary's husband and father of her two children committed serious family violence for many years. He was also a Victoria Police officer - a very high ranking one.   Mary joins us to tell us about the attempts she and her children have made to have their allegations of family violence fully investigated by Victoria Po...

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.    Sex trafficking of overseas women to Australia is far more widespread than you may believe.   The Sex Work industry can be one of empowerment and autonomy for many workers. On this episode however, we discuss its dark corner controlled...

Sex trafficking of overseas women to Australia is far more widespread than you may believe.   The Sex Work industry can be one of empowerment and autonomy for many workers. On this episode however, we discuss its dark corner controlled my organised crime and exploitation.   Investigative journalist Nick McKenzie joins us to discuss the major sex trafficking rings he exposes in his docume...

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.    Ray and Jennie Kehlet's much loved Great Dane, Ella, wandered alone and dehydrated into a caravan park in Sandstone, WA in March 2015.   The phone calls that resulted from local police scanning Ella's microchip alerted both Ray and Jen...

Ray and Jennie Kehlet's much loved Great Dane, Ella, wandered alone and dehydrated into a caravan park in Sandstone, WA in March 2015.   The phone calls that resulted from local police scanning Ella's microchip alerted both Ray and Jennie's families to the fact that something had gone terribly wrong during their latest adventure.   Eight years and one inquest later, many questions still...

This is the story of the unlikely killer who hid in plain sight in the tiny and terrified community of Camberley for two years.   This is an unlocked episode of Australian True Crime Plus. To access all ATC Plus episodes, plus ad free and early listening of all Australian True Crime episodes, you can subscribe on Apple Podcasts.   If you have been affected by anything discussed in this e...

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.    This is episode 2 of a 2 part series on the murder of Cecilia Haddad, and the multinational effort to bring her killer to justice.   Journalist Ashlea Hansen joins us again to discuss the trial of Mario Marcelo Santoro, the unusual wit...

This is episode 2 of a 2 part series on the murder of Cecilia Haddad, and the multinational effort to bring her killer to justice.   Journalist Ashlea Hansen joins us again to discuss the trial of Mario Marcelo Santoro, the unusual witnesses called to testify, and his shocking confession.   For Support:    Lifeline  on 13 11 14   13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis suppo...

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 day Cecilia Haddad's body was discovered in Sydney's Lane Cove River, her ex partner Mario Marcelo Santoro was on a flight home to Brazil.   Our guest for today's episode, journalist Ashlea Hansen, has been following this story...

On the day Cecilia Haddad's body was discovered in Sydney's Lane Cove River, her ex partner Mario Marcelo Santoro was on a flight home to Brazil.   Our guest for today's episode, journalist Ashlea Hansen, has been following this story for the very beginning.   This episode is part 1 of a 2 part series on the murder of Cecilia Haddad, and the multinational effort to bring her killer to ju...

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 spent decades explaining her self-destructive behaviour to people as a consequence of one terrible year of bullying in primary school.   Her abuser wasn't another child, but her principal, an elderly Catholic nun.   But whil...

Sarah spent decades explaining her self-destructive behaviour to people as a consequence of one terrible year of bullying in primary school.   Her abuser wasn't another child, but her principal, an elderly Catholic nun.   But while Sarah tried to overcome the trauma of that experience, and of one terrible incident in particular, by talking about it with friends and seeking counselling, i...

This is a re-issue of episode 99 from May 2019 2019   Dassi Erlich is living a life today she literally could never have imagined as a child. She couldn’t have imagined it because so much of what the rest of us take for granted was hidden from her by her parents and the other adults around her. Dassi and her six siblings were raised in the ultra-Orthodox Adass Israel community of Melbou...