Mother's Guilt

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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. In 2003, Kathleen Folbigg was found guilty for the deaths of four of her children, and sentenced to 25 years in prison. All her children died as infants, and Kathleen has always maintained her innocence. But in the eyes of the law, she is Australia’s worst female serial killer. But now, almost two decades on, 151 scientists are petitioning for Kathleen Folbigg's release. They have found a gene mutation in two of Kathleen’s children and believe they died of natural causes. In this podcast Jane Hansen looks into the Kathleen Folbigg case. She tries to find out who Kathleen really is. Jane will give you insights into the history of her case, and then follow the inquiry into the new genetic discovery that could prove her innocence.  This podcast is written and hosted by Jane Hansen, and produced and edited by Andrea Thiis-Evensen.

Episodes

  1. 05/06/2023

    A Free Woman

    Subscribe to Crime X+ today. In this bonus episode, journalists Jane Hansen and Dan Box sit down to discuss the extraordinary series of events that saw Kathleen Folbigg walk free from prison today after 20 years behind bars. The pair talk about how we got to this point, and what happens from here.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    33 min

  2. 05/06/2023

    His Honour is not impressed

    Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Tom Bathurst KC vents his frustration with the last-minute revelation of 500+ hours of police-recorded listening device audio from Kathleen Folbigg’s home. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    16 min

  3. 05/06/2023

    In Her Own Words

    Subscribe to Crime X+ today. The inquiry has turned its attention to the diaries that helped to convict Kathleen Folbigg for the murder of her four children more than 20 years ago. But experts are reluctant to say definitively if Folbigg’s own reflections are evidence of her guilt – or if a rare genetic mutation could be to blame. In this case, you’ve got to get comfortable in the grey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    34 min

  4. 05/06/2023

    New Science. Old Conviction

    Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Cutting-edge science raises questions over the 20-year-old conviction of Kathleen Folbigg for killing four of her own children. As the inquiry chair accepts another explanation may be plausible, even critics of this new scientific evidence concede there is a possibility the law got it wrong.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    23 min

  5. 05/06/2023

    Meadow's Law in the shadows

    Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Did the police and prosecution pursuing Kathleen Folbigg for murder rely on a pseudo-scientific theory to explain her children’s deaths - and did that lead them to overlook other possible explanations? A second woman with a story that is eerily similar to Folbigg’s also shares her devastation at being denied access to her daughter after being labeled a child-killer due to the same, now-discredited theory. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    37 min

  6. 05/06/2023

    Folbigg Inquiry - Striking New Evidence

    Subscribe to Crime X+ today. In the first week of the new Kathleen Folbigg inquiry explosive fresh evidence from Danish professors has not only forced the adjournment of the much anticipated inquiry but strengthened the belief that a new genetic mutation is responsible for the deaths of two of the four Folbigg children. Jane talks to the experts themselves and Kathleen's friends who have travelled from around the country to be there, but the inquiry takes an unexpected turn.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    39 min

  7. 05/06/2023

    The Folbigg Diaries

    Subscribe to Crime X+ today. One of the main reasons Kathleen Folbigg was found guilty for the deaths of her four children, was her diary entries. Kathleen kept diaries over the decade of her children dying, and the entries were used as circumstantial evidence in the 2003 trial. And, some of them are harrowing. But - were they taken out of context? We hear Kathleen Folbigg answer questions about what she really meant in these entries. We also meet a linguistic expert who has worked for the CIA and FBI who has developed a computer program, to analyse texts for evidence of guilt, authenticity, hidden motives and lies. What does the program tell us about Kathleen’s diaries? We find out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    40 min

  8. 05/06/2023

    Another Lindy Chamberlain?

    Subscribe to Crime X+ today. In this special episode of Mother’s Guilt Jane talks to Legal expert Dr Robert Moles who specialises in miscarriages of justice. He looks at the latest evidence and talks through the legal implications of the Folbigg case, and argues the case cannot stand under the current legal framework. He also says the Folbigg case is bigger than the Lindy Chamberlain case in terms of injustice, and he would know. He was one of the people responsible for clearing Lindy Chamberlain's name. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    31 min

  9. 05/06/2023

    Science versus the law

    Subscribe to Crime X+ today. The whisper of injustice that became a roar. There were holes in the trial from the start as the infamous Meadow’s Law came into play. Laura, the fourth child to die, had an obvious cause of death, myocarditis from a viral infection. Myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle which can cause fatal arrhythmias, especially if you have a mutation on the gene that regulates heart rhythm. And it turns out - she did. Scientific experts face off against the law, forcing a new inquiry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    42 min

  10. 05/06/2023

    The Sisterhood

    Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Born into violence and tragedy, with a father who killed her own mother, Kathleen became a ward of the state, but when she was fostered into the Marlborough family, she forged close friendships at school in Newcastle and a remarkable sisterhood was formed, friends for life who have stuck by her and take us back. Jane also discovers an incident that supports the new science, where one of Kathleen’s friends found her daughter Laura not breathing, one day while babysitting. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    32 min

  11. 05/06/2023

    Reasonable Doubt

    Subscribe to Crime X+ today. In 2003, Kathleen Folbigg was found guilty for the deaths of four of her children, and sentenced to 25 years in prison, but - Kathleen has always maintained her innocence. Now, 151 scientists are petitioning for her release, saying they believe two of the four children died by natural causes. They will present their evidence in an upcoming inquiry. In the first episode of Mother’s Guilt Jane Hansen goes back to the beginning, and looks into how a mother became known as Australia’s worst female serial killer. We meet Tracy Chapman, Kathleen Folbigg’s oldest friend from school who tells us why she stands by the Kathleen she knows as opposed to the villain painted in the press. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    38 min

  12. 24/10/2022

    Introduction

    In 2003, Kathleen Folbigg was found guilty for the deaths of four of her children, and sentenced to 25 years in prison. All her children died as infants, and Kathleen has always maintained her innocence. But in the eyes of the law, she is Australia’s worst female serial killer. But now, almost two decades on, 151 scientists are petitioning for Kathleen Folbigg's release. They have found a gene mutation in two of Kathleen’s children and believe they died of natural causes.

    1 min

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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. In 2003, Kathleen Folbigg was found guilty for the deaths of four of her children, and sentenced to 25 years in prison. All her children died as infants, and Kathleen has always maintained her innocence. But in the eyes of the law, she is Australia’s worst female serial killer. But now, almost two decades on, 151 scientists are petitioning for Kathleen Folbigg's release. They have found a gene mutation in two of Kathleen’s children and believe they died of natural causes. In this podcast Jane Hansen looks into the Kathleen Folbigg case. She tries to find out who Kathleen really is. Jane will give you insights into the history of her case, and then follow the inquiry into the new genetic discovery that could prove her innocence.  This podcast is written and hosted by Jane Hansen, and produced and edited by Andrea Thiis-Evensen.

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  • Channel
    Crime X
  • Creator
    True Crime Australia
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    12
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2024 News Corp Australia
  • Show Website
    Mother's Guilt
  • Provider
    News Corp Australia

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