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Think nothing ever happens in your town? Australia's suburbs are home to some of the most mysterious and disturbing true crime cases in the world. Meshel Laurie is a true crime obsessive, and with the help of expert interviews with writers, victims, investigators and perpetrators, she probes the underbelly of our towns and suburbs, and uncovers the darkness at the heart of Australian life.
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Australian True Crime Australian True Crime

    • True Crime
    • 4.6 • 10.6K Ratings

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Think nothing ever happens in your town? Australia's suburbs are home to some of the most mysterious and disturbing true crime cases in the world. Meshel Laurie is a true crime obsessive, and with the help of expert interviews with writers, victims, investigators and perpetrators, she probes the underbelly of our towns and suburbs, and uncovers the darkness at the heart of Australian life.
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/australiantruecrime.

Become a subscriber to Australian True Crime Plus here: https://plus.acast.com/s/australiantruecrime.



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    Shortcut: Dabbling in Defamation

    Shortcut: Dabbling in Defamation

    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. 
    It's been quite a season of high-profile defamation cases in Australia in recent years.
    Geoffrey Rush, Craig McLachlan, Ben Roberts-Smith, and Bruce Lehrmann, to name a few.
    Along with the risks of airing all of your dirty laundry for the world to see, a defamation case doesn't come cheap either. Lehrmann, who recently lost his defamation lawsuit against Channel 10, is rumoured to have legal fees amounting to more than 8 million dollars.
    We're joined on Australian True Crime today by Victoria-Jane Otavski, a litigator with over 20 years of experience specialising in defamation law, to explain what defamation is and why these cases so rarely succeed in court.
    You can click here to learn more or get in contact with Victoria-Jane Otavski at Blackbay Lawyers
    For Support: 
    Lifeline  on 13 11 14
    13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)
    1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732
    CREDITS:
    Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram 
    Guest: Victoria-Jane OtavskiExecutive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard
    This episode contains extra content from ABC News and 10 News First
    GET IN TOUCH:
    https://www.australiantruecrimethepodcast.com/
    Follow the show on Instagram @australiantruecrimepodcast and Facebook 
    Email the show at AusTrueCrimePodcast@gmail.com
    Build your pro podcast with The Audio College
    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/australiantruecrime.
    Become a subscriber to Australian True Crime Plus here: https://plus.acast.com/s/australiantruecrime.



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    • 13 min
    Dabbling in Defamation

    Dabbling in Defamation

    It's been quite a season of high-profile defamation cases in Australia in recent years.
    Geoffrey Rush, Craig McLachlan, Ben Roberts-Smith, and Bruce Lehrmann, to name a few.
    Along with the risks of airing all of your dirty laundry for the world to see, a defamation case doesn't come cheap either. Lehrmann, who recently lost his defamation lawsuit against Channel 10, is rumoured to have legal fees amounting to more than 8 million dollars.
    We're joined on Australian True Crime today by Victoria-Jane Otavski, a litigator with over 20 years of experience specialising in defamation law, to explain what defamation is and why these cases so rarely succeed in court.
    You can click here to learn more or get in contact with Victoria-Jane Otavski at Blackbay Lawyers
    For Support: 
    Lifeline  on 13 11 14
    13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)
    1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732
    CREDITS:
    Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram 
    Guest: Victoria-Jane OtavskiExecutive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard
    This episode contains extra content from ABC News and 10 News First
    GET IN TOUCH:
    https://www.australiantruecrimethepodcast.com/
    Follow the show on Instagram @australiantruecrimepodcast and Facebook 
    Email the show at AusTrueCrimePodcast@gmail.com
    Build your pro podcast with The Audio College
    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/australiantruecrime.
    Become a subscriber to Australian True Crime Plus here: https://plus.acast.com/s/australiantruecrime.



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    • 41 min
    Shortcut: The Anglican Paedophile Network of Newcastle

    Shortcut: The Anglican Paedophile Network of Newcastle

    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. 
    Anne Manne is a journalist and social philosopher.
    Her new book, "Crime of the Cross", is about a paedophile network run by members of the Anglican Church in Newcastle in the 1980s and 1990s.
    It's made me realise that the shocking details of the crimes committed by the Catholic clergy have almost blinded me to some of the other revelations brought into the light by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (2013).
    This story has many similarities to those we've heard of the paedophile priest cluster in Ballarat, and the measures the Catholic Church went to to silence victims and protect offenders. However, there are also many significant differences.
    We urge you to purchase a copy of Anne Manne's book "Crimes of the Cross", which can be accessed by clicking this link.
    For Support: 
    Lifeline  on 13 11 14
    13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)
    1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732
    CREDITS:
    Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram 
    Guest: Anne ManneExecutive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard
    This episode contains extra content from ABC News.
    GET IN TOUCH:
    https://www.australiantruecrimethepodcast.com/
    Follow the show on Instagram @australiantruecrimepodcast and Facebook 
    Email the show at AusTrueCrimePodcast@gmail.com
    Build your pro podcast with The Audio College
    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/australiantruecrime.
    Become a subscriber to Australian True Crime Plus here: https://plus.acast.com/s/australiantruecrime.



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    • 16 min
    The Anglican Paedophile Network of Newcastle

    The Anglican Paedophile Network of Newcastle

    Anne Manne is a journalist and social philosopher.
    Her new book, "Crime of the Cross", is about a paedophile network run by members of the Anglican Church in Newcastle in the 1980s and 1990s.
    It's made me realise that the shocking details of the crimes committed by the Catholic clergy have almost blinded me to some of the other revelations brought into the light by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (2013).
    This story has many similarities to those we've heard of the paedophile priest cluster in Ballarat, and the measures the Catholic Church went to to silence victims and protect offenders. However, there are also many significant differences.
    We urge you to purchase a copy of Anne Manne's book "Crimes of the Cross", which can be accessed by clicking this link.
    For Support: 
    Lifeline  on 13 11 14
    13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)
    1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732
    CREDITS:
    Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram 
    Guest: Anne ManneExecutive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard
    This episode contains extra content from ABC News.
    GET IN TOUCH:
    https://www.australiantruecrimethepodcast.com/
    Follow the show on Instagram @australiantruecrimepodcast and Facebook 
    Email the show at AusTrueCrimePodcast@gmail.com
    Build your pro podcast with The Audio College
    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/australiantruecrime.
    Become a subscriber to Australian True Crime Plus here: https://plus.acast.com/s/australiantruecrime.



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    • 1 hr 19 min
    ATC Plus: My brother's continued abuse after murdering our mother

    ATC Plus: My brother's continued abuse after murdering our mother

    This episode is only available for subscribers 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 or Acast.

    Amy B. Chesler is an award winner blogger, actress and author from Southern California. She's also the host of a podcast called "What Came Next".

    She's uniquely qualified to discuss true crime, because she's suffered a lifetime of abuse at the hands of her brother, Jesse.

    That abuse continues, despite the fact that he's incarcerated for the 2007 murder of their mother, Hadas.

    Amy joins us today to talk about the slow build up of abusive behaviour that led to her mother's attack, and the ongoing threat her brother poses from behind bars.

    Click here to purchase Amy's book "Working for Justice: One Family's Tale of Murder, Betrayal and Healing"

    Click here to listen to Amy's podcast "What Came Next".

    Lifeline on 13 11 14

    13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people)

    CREDITS:

    Host: Meshel Laurie

    Guest: Amy B. Chesler

    Executive Producer: Matthew Tankard

    GET IN TOUCH:

    Follow the show on Instagram @australiantruecrimepodcast and Facebook

    https://www.facebook.com/AustralianTrueCrimePod/

    Shortcut: One of Australia's worst serial rapists was also a WA Police Officer - Part Two

    Shortcut: One of Australia's worst serial rapists was also a WA Police Officer - Part Two

    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. 
    Adrian Trevor Moore is one of Australia's worst rapists, and also a former member of the WA Police.
    In 2018, investigators began contacting women to tell them that Moore had used the police computer system to run background checks on them. This lead to accusations of predatory behaviour, and eventually a warrant was executed on his home which uncovered a trove of photographs and videos of him sexually abusing heavily sedated women.
    Over 200 individual women were featured in that material. One of those women, Josie, is today's guest on Australian True Crime.
    In episode #460 of Australian True Crime, we interviewed Nicole Edwards, a former WA Police Officer who is also a survivor of Adrian Trevor Moore.
    Like Nicole, Josie is critical of WA Police's decision to have the case investigated initially (and for some years) by Internal Affairs, rather than the Sex Crimes unit, and she's joined Nicole's campaign calling for a thorough external enquiry into the handling of the case.
    For Support: 
    Lifeline  on 13 11 14
    13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)
    1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732
    CREDITS:
    Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram 
    Guest: JosieExecutive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard
    This episode contains extra content from 9 News.
    GET IN TOUCH:
    https://www.australiantruecrimethepodcast.com/
    Follow the show on Instagram @australiantruecrimepodcast and Facebook 
    Email the show at AusTrueCrimePodcast@gmail.com
    Build your pro podcast with The Audio College
    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/australiantruecrime.
    Become a subscriber to Australian True Crime Plus here: https://plus.acast.com/s/australiantruecrime.



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    • 14 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
10.6K Ratings

10.6K Ratings

Mosy Girl ,

Unfiltered and educational truths

Meshels approach is educational yet compassionate creating a unique and engaging listener experience for those craving a true crime podcast with depth and empathy. Meshel insite is a must listen.

Maxtopia ,

Dreadful

Can’t listen to her droning on about god knows what

Strobe 55 ,

Am authentic voice.

Meshel’s easy, conversational and natural interaction with guests is refreshing. I’m enjoying the content and the way she’s never obsequious towards her guests and is prepared to ask some difficult questions of them from time to time. Also, another bonus… she has NO VOCAL FRY!!! Yay!

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