
32 episodes

Unravel True Crime ABC
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- True Crime
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4.6 • 5.4K Ratings
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Unravel True Crime is a podcast where, each season, some of Australia's best journalists investigate unsolved crimes.
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S4 07 | The Morning After
After the confrontation in the supermarket carpark, Ollie is left feeling confused — has he been charmed just like everyone else in this story? Will Lezlie fail to keep her promises to Ollie or leave him and his family hanging?
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S4 06 | Stakeout
Ollie and Simon have criss-crossed California to find themselves parked in a supermarket car park staking out where Lezlie supposedly works. They may only have one shot to talk to her and finally get some answers. It doesn't go the way Ollie imagined.
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S4 05 | Black Widow
Ollie and his brother Simon follow the trail of broken dreams and failed restaurants to Paso Robles, California. It's apparent Lezlie's exploits didn't stop when she left New Zealand. Ollie discovers his former sister-in-law had manufactured an image of a successful restaurateur in Hawaii, Lake Tahoe and New Zealand. Her exotic CV and exciting stories pull a new family into her web — with disastrous consequences.
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S4 04 | Charmed
Following the trail to Lezlie Manukian, Ollie and his other brother Simon end up in California. With a muscle car and loud Hawaiian shirts, the brothers look every bit like '80s TV detectives as they head off on their very first stakeout. But, when the trail runs cold, they decide to chase down a lead at Lezlie's first restaurant in the resort town of Lake Tahoe. Meanwhile, Lezlie's emails become stranger than fiction.
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S4 03 | The Coconut Wireless
Lezlie Manukian's stories about her time in Hawaii usually ended with murderous local mobsters running her off the island. So, to track down his brother Greg's ex-wife, Ollie Wards needs to understand her past. What really happened according to "the coconut wireless"?
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S4 02 | The Great Houdini
Ollie and Greg's dad, David Wards, picks through the clues left behind by Greg's American wife, Lezlie. He realises that the entire family may have been victims of an elaborate con job. David is obsessed with finding answers, launching his own investigations and even becoming a 60-something computer hacker.
Customer Reviews
First class investigative journalism
Brilliant series. Excellent narration, production and research.
These guys really know how to produce a podcast/s that stands head and shoulders above a lot of the stuff floating about.
Intriguing (and tragic, often forgotten) cases, told with integrity, humanity and driven by a quest for the truth.
Highest recommendation.
Wow.
I’ve got 17 minutes left of “blood on the tracks”. I’m just about to hear from a key person (I don’t want to spoil anything). I’m feeling anxious. This podcast is AMAZING journalism and has truely made me feel the whole way through the journey. Well done ABC team
Sound levels
I’ve just started listening to the series about Juanita on my iPad Pro. A topic I’m interested in, but it’s so frustrating to listen to.
The presenter’s voice is hardly captivating, but I gather she’s a print journalist. I don’t know what recording equipment she used, but at the moment, there’s a guy “David” (I think) talking, whose voice is clear as a bell, while her narration sounds like she’s talking on a cheap mic, or not projecting properly, or something I can’t quite put my finger on.
But what’s really getting to me, is the background sound, which is overwhelming. I feel like I’m trying to hear someone in a busy pub.