Obscura: A True Crime Podcast murder.ly

Writer: Gemma Harris
In Adelaide and around the southern coastline, residents and tourists alike flock to the pristine beaches that offer some respite from the sweltering heat. But if you drive north of the city, the landscape is a different story. Leaving the outskirts of the city, the historic bluestone buildings give way to suburban and industrial sprawl. Aside from the wheat fields, the terrain further inland quickly becomes desolate and harsh. The grass - where there is any - is brown, not green. As you travel along the straight, flat road, the distance between towns becomes greater, and in between there is no sign of human life as far as the eye can see. If you’re unfamiliar with the area, the remoteness of this part of the state seems like the middle of nowhere, and it’s easy to feel completely cut off from civilisation. And while red dirt and flat plains stretch for miles all the way to the horizon, whether in the pitch black of night or the blazing heat of a mid-summers day, there is nowhere to run if you need to make a hasty escape from something. Or someone. In the dead of night, the only light to show the way is the moon overhead. With no one around for miles, the silence is deafening.
CW: Sexual Abuse, Rape, Extreme Violence 
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Writer: Fiona Guy 
Listener, the case you are about to hear is the darkest I’ve covered this season. The acts carried out behind closed doors in this case are among the most heinous that can be imaged. In 2016 in Knoxville, Tennessee, a loving family had their world ripped apart. Evil entered their lives in the days after Thanksgiving in that year. They could never have known it was coming. There were no warning signs. There’s a saying that’s often banded around. That it’s the quiet ones we have to watch and look out for. This case is an example of why sometimes that statement is absolutely true.
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Writer: Gemma Harris
Now more than ever, social media dominates our lives. At the click of a button, it’s easy to connect with people over numerous online platforms whom you’ve never even met in real life. And if someone is a friend of a friend, it’s even easier. Our guard is often immediately lowered.

Relevant help lines:
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Sane 07984 967 708
Canada:
Crisis Services Canada 1 833 456 4566
Australia:
Kids Help Line 1800 55 1800
Lifeline 13 11 14
Australia: 1800RESPECT
US: National Domestic Violence Hotline 1800 799 SAFE
Canada: Assaulted Women’s Helpline 1-866-863-0511
UK: National Domestic Abuse Helpline 0808 2000 247
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Writer: Gemma Harris
Relevant help lines:
US:
Suicide prevention: 1 800 784 2434 or 1 800 273 8255
UK:
Sane 07984 967 708
Canada:
Crisis Services Canada 1 833 456 4566
Australia:
Kids Help Line 1800 55 1800
Lifeline 13 11 14
Australia: 1800RESPECT

US: National Domestic Violence Hotline 1800 799 SAFE

Canada: Assaulted Women’s Helpline 1-866-863-0511

UK: National Domestic Abuse Helpline 0808 2000 247
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