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True Crime Conversations explores the world's most notorious crimes by speaking to the people who know the most about them.

True Crime Conversations Mamamia

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True Crime Conversations explores the world's most notorious crimes by speaking to the people who know the most about them.

    Secrets On Death Row: America’s ‘Killer Clown’

    Secrets On Death Row: America’s ‘Killer Clown’

    John Wayne Gacy is one of the worst serial killers in American history, murdering at least 33 teenage boys and men in the late 1970s.

    He was executed by lethal injection in 1994, but many are confident he killed even more victims than the ones he admitted to, and took plenty more secrets to the grave.

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    CREDITS

    Guest: Karen Conti. You can find out more about her book Killing Time With John Gacy here.

    Host: Gemma Bath

    Executive Producer: Gia Moylan

    Audio Producer: Scott Stronach

    GET IN TOUCH:

    Feedback? We’re listening! Email us at truecrime@mamamia.com.au  

    Tell us what you really think so we can give you more of what you really want. Fill out this survey and you’ll go in the running to win one of five $100 gift vouchers.

    If any of the contents in this episode have caused distress, know that there is help available via Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636

    Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
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    • 45 min
    Inside The Rise & Fall Of Ruby Franke

    Inside The Rise & Fall Of Ruby Franke

    Ruby Franke and her husband Kevin started posting their family online in 2015 under the pseudonym 8 Passengers. Things like birthday parties, grocery hauls, tips on getting toddlers to sleep through the night, and Sunday baking. It was an all-access pass inside their lives, and people loved it.

    But over the years, the criticism grew about the way Ruby and Kevin were choosing to discipline their kids. Fast forward to 2024, and Ruby and her business partner Jodie Hildebrandt were both charged with aggravated child abuse against the YouTuber's youngest two children.

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    CREDITS

    Guest: Paula Barros & Jessica Lowther. 

    You can listen to Episode 1 of their podcast, The Rise And Fall Of Ruby Franke here.

    Host: Gemma Bath

    Executive Producer: Gia Moylan

    Audio Producer: Scott Stronach

    GET IN TOUCH:

    Feedback? We’re listening! Email us at truecrime@mamamia.com.au  

    Tell us what you really think so we can give you more of what you really want. Fill out this survey and you’ll go in the running to win one of five $100 gift vouchers.

    If any of the contents in this episode have caused distress, know that there is help available via Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636

    Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
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    • 59 min
    How A Perth Girl Ended Up In A Thai Prison

    How A Perth Girl Ended Up In A Thai Prison

    Holly Deane-Johns grew up in a wealthy area of Perth. When her family’s real estate business went bust, her mother started a successful escort agency to keep their lavish lifestyle intact. But her parent’s relationship was abusive, and when they finally split Holly’s mum met someone new that changed everything. 

    Simon was a heroin addict. Pretty soon her mother was too, and the family’s comfortable lifestyle collapsed as addiction took over. It didn’t take long for Holly and her siblings to also become reliant on heroin. 

    By the age of 20, Holly was in prison on drugs charges. By the age of 21 her mother had died of an overdose. But Holly’s hell was only just beginning. 

    In August 2000, she was arrested in Thailand on more drugs charges - except there, the ramifications were much, much more serious. 

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    CREDITS

    Guest: Holly Deane-Johns. You can find out more about her book Holly's Hell: Seven Years in a Thai Prison here.

    Host: Gemma Bath

    Executive Producer: Gia Moylan

    Audio Producer: Scott Stronach

    GET IN TOUCH:

    Feedback? We’re listening! Email us at truecrime@mamamia.com.au  

    If any of the contents in this episode have caused distress, know that there is help available via Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636

    Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
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    • 1 hr 9 min
    Scotland’s ‘Lynette Dawson’ Case

    Scotland’s ‘Lynette Dawson’ Case

    In April, 1998, Arlene Fraser disappeared from her home in Elgin, north-east Scotland.

    On a seemingly normal Tuesday morning, the 33-year-old waved her two children off to school and was never seen again.

    Arlene’s disappearance sparked the biggest missing person search in Scotland’s history. To this day her body has never been found.

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    CREDITS

    Guest: Dale Haslam host of Vanished: The Arlene Fraser Murder podcast.

    Host: Gemma Bath

    Executive Producer: Gia Moylan

    Audio Producer: Scott Stronach

    GET IN TOUCH:

    Feedback? We’re listening! Email us at truecrime@mamamia.com.au  

    If any of the contents in this episode have caused distress, know that there is help available via Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636

    Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
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    • 1 hr 7 min
    ‘Sit Down & Shut Up. The Man In The Coffin Has Something To Say’

    ‘Sit Down & Shut Up. The Man In The Coffin Has Something To Say’

    Bill Edgar is the world's only Coffin Confessor.

    He attends people’s funerals, sits quietly amongst the mourners, and then at a time pre-determined by the deceased, he stands up and confesses.

    Sometimes, it’s a shocking secret. Sometimes, it's their last wish. 

    What started as a favour for a friend, has turned into Bill's life calling. And as he’ll tell you, it’s not an easy job, but it’s worth it.

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    CREDITS

    Guest: Bill Edgar

    Host: Gemma Bath

    Executive Producer: Gia Moylan

    Audio Producer: Scott Stronach

    GET IN TOUCH:

    Feedback? We’re listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at truecrime@mamamia.com.au  

    If any of the contents in this episode have caused distress, know that there is help available via Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636

    Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
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    • 42 min
    How Australia’s ‘Bug Whisperer’ Solves Crimes

    How Australia’s ‘Bug Whisperer’ Solves Crimes

    Insects never lie. And in Paola Magni’s job, she's the person who helps translate what these tiny little witnesses have to say to give justice to victims of crime. 

    Known as Australia’s ‘bug whisperer’, Paola is the global face of the specialist forensic science that uses insects and other small creatures to help solve murders, suspicious deaths and cold cases.

    She joins us today to take us behind the scenes of forensic entomology. 

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    CREDITS

    Guest: Paola Magni

    Host: Gemma Bath

    Executive Producer: Gia Moylan

    Audio Producer: Scott Stronach

    GET IN TOUCH:

    Feedback? We’re listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at truecrime@mamamia.com.au  

    If any of the contents in this episode have caused distress, know that there is help available via Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636

    Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
    Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe
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    • 39 min

Customer Reviews

4.4 out of 5
2.6K Ratings

2.6K Ratings

bigben08317 ,

Today’s episode

Police don’t listen to anyone the think they know everything and it’s the same for lawyers regardless of your race or colour 🤯

Jackierussel ,

March 2024 The women was a drug dealer!!!

Why show sympathy for her she made her choices!! She was happy to sell and try import drugs. What about those affected by her actions!!!

Modge1981 ,

Sit down & shut up!

I really enjoyed the interview with Bill Edgar.
Seeing how he’s had a tough life but continues to soldier on is a pretty big thing considering the challenges he’s faced from a young fella.
I’ve never been in a funeral while he’s been there but I reckon it would be great!
Would be a hard thing to do but I can see how people would trust him with what they need done or said as he’s just so straight up, trustworthy & 100% compassionate too!
Thanks Bill, Goodluck with everything, wishing you and your family all the best 👌🏽

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