Reba McClane

Vanished West

True Crime EN ↓ 52 episodes

Vanished West is a true-crime podcast shining a light on Western Australia’s missing. Told with care and respect, each episode explores not only the mystery of disappearance but also the cracks in our systems - from mental health to policing - that allow people to slip away. This is not sensational true crime, but memory, accountability, and the search for answers.

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Author

Reba McClane

Episodes

Julie Cutler: The Car in the Sea 12.11.2025 16:44

In June 1988, twenty-two-year-old Julie Cutler left a work function at Perth’s Parmelia Hilton. Two days later, her Fiat was found upside down in the surf at Cottesloe Beach. Julie was gone. Decades later, an inquest confirmed she had died but could not say how. Lost evidence, unanswered calls, and the slow erosion of urgency turned her disappearance into one of Western Australia’s most haunting m...

Carole Livesey: The Vanishing of a Life Explorer 10.11.2025 25:34

In 2017, Carole Livesey — traveller, mentor, and self-described “life explorer” — vanished after walking away from Rockingham Hospital in Western Australia. This episode traces her extraordinary life and the systemic failings that followed, revealing how eating disorders can silence even the brightest voices.