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The Teacher's Pet Crime X
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Lyn and Chris Dawson appear to have the perfect marriage. He's a star footballer and popular high school teacher. She's a devoted wife and mother. They share a beautiful home above Sydney's northern beaches. But when Lyn goes missing, dark secrets are buried. This is no fairytale, but a sordid story of strangely close twin brothers, teenage student lovers, and probable murder. The Australian's Hedley Thomas digs deep into a cold case which has been unsolved for 36 years, uncovering startling new evidence.
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Bonus episode: Hedley Thomas talks The Teacher's Pet with Raymond Bonner
Hedley Thomas sits down with Pulitzer Prize-winner and former NYT foreign correspondent Raymond Bonner to discuss his new book, The Teacher's Pet, at Bookoccino book shop on Sydney's Northern Beaches.
The book is published by Pan Macmillan and is available at all good bookstores, and wherever you get audiobooks.
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From I Catch Killers with Gary Jubelin: Remembering Lynette with Hedley Thomas (Part 2)
Lynette Dawson, now remembered as Lynette Simms, went missing from her Bayview home in 1982. But it would take another 40 years for her husband Chris Dawson to be convicted of her murder.
In this special episode of the I Catch Killers podcast, Hedley Thomas shares his personal connection to Lyn’s story with host Gary Jubelin.
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From I Catch Killers with Gary Jubelin: Catching A Killer with Hedley Thomas (Part 1)
A school teacher, a missing wife, and the student caught in the middle. The Teacher’s Pet was the podcast that captivated the world.
In this special episode of the I Catch Killers podcast, award-winning journalist Hedley Thomas joins host Gary Jubelin to discuss the ins and outs of the investigation into Lynette Dawson’s disappearance — ultimately landing murderer Chris Dawson behind bars.
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Bonus episode: Hedley reads Chapter 1 of his new book, The Teacher's Pet
Listen to Hedley Thomas reading Chapter 1 of his new book, The Teacher's Pet.
The book is published by Pan Macmillan and is available at all good bookstores, and wherever you get audiobooks.
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From The Front: Three more years for Chris Dawson
Grey, shrunken and hiding his face, Chris Dawson is sentenced for unlawful carnal knowledge of a schoolgirl. Hedley Thomas joins us.
Find out more about The Front podcast here and read about this story and more on The Australian's website or search for The Australian in your app store.
This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Original music is composed by Jasper Leak.
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The Front: Inside podcasting with Hedley Thomas and David Murray
Hedley Thomas, Claire Harvey and David Murray reveal how our smash-hit podcasts get made.
Find out more about The Front podcast here and read about this story and more on The Australian's website or search for The Australian in your app store.
This episode of The Front is presented and produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Our regular host is Claire Harvey and original music is composed by Jasper Leak.
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Customer Reviews
Mindblowing podcast
Mindblown. Thanks to Hedley and his podcast, going through this “journey” you can’t not feel like you’re part of Lyn’s family. The family that’s getting bigger and bigger by more people joining by listening to this podcast or following the news. I check the news everyday to see if the case is going further... I just hope that there will be justice for Lyn sooner than later. Wishing her lovely family all the best and sending lots of love. You’re all on my mind every single day.
Victim blaming
In many ways this is a good podcast and if justice is finally achieved then it will have resulted in positive change. But the repeated blaming of the first (chronologically) victim is inexcusable and smacks of misogyny. She was a minor and he was her teacher. She was a victim of grooming, coercion and sexual assault. Had the perpetrator been called to account for these crimes then perhaps he would not have been at liberty to murder his wife. The school authorities and police are culpable, not the child victim of a predator. End of. To show it any other light is irresponsible and a disservice to all victims of such abuse.
Interesting, but..
... I must say, as someone who works with sexually exploited girls and women, I'm deeply troubled by the fact that Joanna is called "The girlfriend" and she is discribed as someone "culpable" for any of the the things happened.
No matter the "age of consent" - he was her teacher, due to this already he had power over her, she was in a vulnerable situation because of her family and needed an adult to show attention to her: and he tood advantage of that. This is not a "relationship", this is clear exploitation no matter if the young person "consented". For a young person to say no to an adult that shows them attention and has power over them, requieres that the young person has a strong support system and knowledge of healthy relationships - and someone to turn to. It's common for youth to have feelings for their exploiters and think they were the active part in "the relationship". This is also a mean of survival. It's also common for other adults to blame the young persons in these situations and even punish them for the actions of the perpetrators.