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10 MAR

Told Through Trial: The Chamberlain Case

In 1980, nine-week-old Azaria Chamberlain disappeared from a campsite at Airs Rock. Her mother claims a dingo had taken her. Two years later, the question of what happened was tested in court. Told through the witnesses and evidence presented at trial, this episode follows how the infamous case unfolded before a jury. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10 Mar

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43 min
23 FEB

The Scott Johnson Case

Sydney, December 1988. Twenty-seven-year-old American mathematician Scott Johnson is found dead at the base of cliffs at North Head. He had moved to Australia to build a life with his partner, splitting his time between Canberra and Sydney while completing his PhD. His clothes are discovered folded near the cliff edge, and within months his death is ruled a suicide — but over the decades that follow, questions about that conclusion refuse to settle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

23 Feb

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29 min
12 JAN

The Backpacker Murders, Part One

For decades, the road between Sydney and Melbourne has been a trusted passage — a route taken by families, freight drivers, and young travellers chasing work or experience. In the late 1980s, hitchhiking along this corridor is common and unremarkable. But when multiple travellers vanish without witnesses, a forest just off the highway begins to emerge as something more than a place on the map. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

12 Jan

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26 min
3 MAR

The Lindt Cafe Siege

On a Monday morning in December 2014, customers sit down for coffee in Martin Place. Minutes later, a shotgun is produced and the doors are locked. For the next seventeen hours, a group of hostages move when instructed, speak when permitted, and wait while police negotiate from outside. As hours pass and daylight fades, the siege narrows toward a final break. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

3 Mar

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29 min
16 FEB

The Disappearance of Graeme Thorne

Sydney, July 1960. Eight-year-old Graeme Thorne disappears while waiting for a lift to school in Bondi. His family are ordinary — a travelling salesman, his wife, and their two children, living in a rented duplex. Three weeks earlier, however, Bazil Thorne had won £100,000 in the Opera House Lottery — and the media published their names and home address. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

16 Feb

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29 min
19 JAN

The Backpacker Murders, Part Two

Police have just uncovered a fifth body in Belanglo State Forest. The victims span years of disappearances but a pattern is appearing; they all vanished while hitchhiking along the hume highway. Task Force Air has been formed to coordinate the investigation, bringing together missing-persons cases, forensic evidence, and search operations. What remains unclear is whether the forest has revealed everything it contains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

19 Jan

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23 min
26 JAN

The Backpacker Murders, Part Three

Police have unearthed a total of seven bodies when they conclude their search at Belanglo State Forest. Attention now turns away from the forest and toward finding who is responsible. Thanks to Paul Onions, a survivor of an earlier attack in the same forest, Task Force Air gets its breakthrough. On the 5th of May 1994, police fly Paul to Australia and show him a series of images. He identifies the man he says attacked him. His name is Ivan Milat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

26 Jan

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25 min
12/06/2025

The Moorhouse Murders

The Perth suburbs of 1986 were thrown into fear when multiple young women suddenly started to go missing. Too late for several victims but thanks to one, police eventually discovered the “house of horrors” where sadistic couple Catherine and David Birnie would rape, torture and ultimately, murder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

12/06/2025

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34 min
29/09/2025

Mornington Monster

Warning: This episode contains graphic descriptions of violence, child murder and domestic violence In March 2004, Anna Kemp and her toddler daughter, Gracie, vanished from their home in Mornington, Victoria. The case began as a simple missing persons report assigned to Detective Narelle Fraser but would quickly became her most haunting case. Over the weeks that followed, the search revealed a trail of strange messages, hidden evidence, and a mystery that would shock the community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

29/09/2025

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27 min
13/07/2025

Cannibal Killer Katherine Knight

Katherine Knight is one of the most chilling figures in Australian criminal history, often mentioned in the same breath as Ed Gein and Jeffrey Dahmer. A former abattoir worker from rural New South Wales, she appeared to be just another volatile woman with a troubled past — until one night in 2000, when her unspeakable actions stunned the nation. Her crime wasn’t defined by the number of victims, but by the sheer brutality and grotesque detail. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

13/07/2025

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29 min

Factual, engaging and succinct retellings of Australia's unique crime. Join the ‘Ned Kelly Gang’ for exclusive episodes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

4.8 (18)

TRUE CRIME
True tales of convict capers, bushranger blunders and political pickles come alive. Unearth the dusty bits of our past you didn’t know you existed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

5.0 (5)

HISTORY