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.    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 w...

Susan Warren, 15 years old in the year of 1965, ran away with a man 8 years her senior, Arthur Thomson.   The next 34 years of her life are quite frankly, a complete mystery.   She had no friends, no community, and hardly any family contact.   In fact, her life was so isolated that when she went missing in 1999, there wasn’t a missing persons report with the police until 2006....

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 Warren, 15 years old in the year of 1965, ran away with a man 8 years her senior, Arthur Thomson.   The next 34 years of her life are quite frankly, a complete mystery.   She had no friends, no community, and hardly any fami...

We return this episode with our guests Jon Rouse APM and Akhim Dev, answering your questions about the fight against online exploitation of children.   Akhim Dev is the creator of The Children In the Pictures, a documentary and podcast that looks into the amazing and unrelenting work of members at Task Force Argos, of which Jon Rouse was a founding member of.    For those not in 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.    We return this episode with our guests Jon Rouse APM and Akhim Dev, answering your questions about the fight against online exploitation of children.   Akhim Dev is the creator of The Children In the Pictures, a documentary and podcast...

Task Force Argos is a world renowned branch of the Queensland Police Service, responsible for the investigation of online child exploitation and abuse.   Our guests for this episode are Jon Rouse APM and Akhim Dev. Rouse was one of the founding members of the Argos Task Force, and Dev is a documentary film maker, whose film and podcast "The Children in the Pictures" featured the work of the R...

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.    Task Force Argos is a world renowned branch of the Queensland Police Service, responsible for the investigation of online child exploitation and abuse.   Our guests for this episode are Jon Rouse APM and Akhim Dev. Rouse was one of the...

Introducing " Can We Be Real? " - our new podcast that delves deep into the realm of authenticity and vulnerability.   Join us as we encourage our listeners to share their most intimate secrets, creating an atmosphere of connection and openness.   In this episode, we're thrilled to unveil some of our favourite secrets shared by our incredible listeners so far. Prepare to be moved, entert...

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.    During the Great Depression, 32% of working age men were put out of work, with many of them resorting to drunken and violent lifestyles.   During this time, there was a significant spike in Australia's murder rate, with many so called...

During the Great Depression, 32% of working age men were put out of work, with many of them resorting to drunken and violent lifestyles.   During this time, there was a significant spike in Australia's murder rate, with many so called "monsters" being birthed from the era.   Michael Adams from the "Forgotten Australia" podcast, joins us to tell us the story of one of those "monsters", Wi...

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 part two of a two part series with our anonymous guest. If you haven’t yet listened to our previous episode, we highly suggest you go and listen to that one first.   Our guest is a recovering heroin addict, and in our pre...

This is part two of a two part series with our anonymous guest. If you haven’t yet listened to our previous episode, we highly suggest you go and listen to that one first.   Our guest is a recovering heroin addict, and in our previous episode, we delved into her early childhood years, and the chaos brought into her life at the hands of her mother.    Concurrently to that, howe...

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.    Today's episode is part one of a two part series. Part two will be available this coming Thursday.   For reasons that will become apparent, our guest has chosen to remain anonymous.   Raised mostly in a single father household alo...

Today's episode is part one of a two part series. Part two will be available this coming Thursday. For reasons that will become apparent, our guest has chosen to remain anonymous. Raised mostly in a single father household alongside her sister, our guest's upbringing was far from ordinary. Her relationship with her turbulent mother added to the complexity of her early years, as her mother's attemp...

Have you ever wondered if there is a dark side to your neighbour? The cashier at the supermarket? The delivery driver? The person that sleeps beside you?   Delving into UK cases that are scarily close to home, They Walk Among Us explores both, lesser-known crimes committed by seemingly ordinary people, along with examining the infamous cases that are splashed across the headlines.   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.    On the 20th of June, 2009, a heavily pregnant Krystal Fraser, 23 years old, checked herself out of hospital to go to a party in Pyramid Hill. A country town in the far north of Victoria.    Krystal was intellectually disabled, and...

On the 20th of June, 2009, a heavily pregnant Krystal Fraser, 23 years old, checked herself out of hospital to go to a party in Pyramid Hill. A country town in the far north of Victoria.    Krystal was intellectually disabled, and did not have any credit left on her phone to make any calls. One of the last sightings of Krystal that night, was meeting an unknown, well dressed man, who was...

Meshel recently went on Straight Talk with Mark Bouris, and a whole lot of their conversation was about true crime.   So what we've done is edit together all of the true crime bits for an extra bonus episode this week. If you want to listen to their full episode, go check out "Straight Talk with Mark Bouris" wherever you get your podcasts.   Straight Talk with Ma...

This is a story about a man and his young son, Brad and Bevin Simmonds, who disappeared out in Cape York 20 years ago.   How could an experienced fisherman's boat disappear without a trace in broad daylight? In good weather and calm seas? How could everything on board, all the gear designed to float in case it fell overboard, disappear with it, and never, ever show up or wash ashore?   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.    This is a story about a man and his young son, Brad and Bevin Simmonds, who disappeared out in Cape York 20 years ago.   How could an experienced fisherman's boat disappear without a trace in broad daylight? In good weather and calm se...

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.    Many of Australia's systems failed Glen Fisher during his adolescence.   Coming from a broken home, Glen had to endure a horrifying stint while in custody of the Daruk Training Center for Boys in Sydney's Penrith.   Not being able...

Many of Australia's systems failed Glen Fisher during his adolescence.   Coming from a broken home, Glen had to endure a horrifying stint while in custody of the Daruk Training Center for Boys in Sydney's Penrith.   Not being able to return home, Glen was rejected and abandoned to the streets of Kings Cross.   Over the past four decades, Glen has tirelessly fought to hold his abuser...

In 2018, Ben Roberts-Smith, a decorated Australian war veteran who had won the Victoria Cross for his actions in Afghanistan, sued The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times.   The above newspapers had alleged that Roberts-Smith committed acts of war crimes, bullying and domestic violence.   The civil trial ended in July 2022 after 110 days of evidence and legal submission...

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 2018, Ben Roberts-Smith, a decorated Australian war veteran who had won the Victoria Cross for his actions in Afghanistan, sued The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times.   The above newspapers had alleged that Rober...

Tony Ryan's sister Marcia disappeared in 1996 after leaving her Melbourne home.   Marcia told her family she was going on a road trip with her dog Ziggy to see their parents in Queensland. But as you'll hear from Tony, Marcia's car was found abandoned in the Latrobe Valley in Victoria with no sign of Marcia or Ziggy.   Tony's been relentless in trying to find out what happened to Marcia,...