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23 Feb

The Scott Johnson Case

Sydney, December 1988. Twenty-seven-year-old American mathematician Scott Johnson is found dead at the base of cliffs at North Head. He had moved to Australia to build a life with his partner, splitting his time between Canberra and Sydney while completing his PhD. His clothes are discovered folded near the cliff edge, and within months his death is ruled a suicide — but over the decades that follow, questions about that conclusion refuse to settle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

23 Feb

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29 min
16 Jun

The Claremont Killings, Part Two

In the years before Sarah Spiers, Jane Rimmer and Siara Glennon vanish from Claremont, three other women are attacked across Perth. One wakes in her own bedroom. One is targeted at work. One is taken after a night out. At first, the cases appear separate. Decades later, they will begin to connect. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

16 Jun

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27 min
10/11/2025

The Baby Farming Murders

Warning: This episode contains descriptions of child murder. In 1892, Sydney was a city balancing progress and poverty. Thanks to social stigma and economic hardship, unwanted pregnancies were growing and as a result “baby farming” began to quietly thrive in backstreets and rented terraces. When workmen uncovered the tiny remains of infants buried beneath a particular house in Macdonaldtown, the discovery unravelled a web of deceit that stretched across the city, exposing a hidden trade built on desperation and betrayal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10/11/2025

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27 min
01/09/2025

The Family Murders, Part One

Warning: This episode contains themes of pedophilia, sexual assault and mutilation. In Adelaide, following the notorious murder of criminal lawyer Derrance Stevenson, dubbed “body in the freezer”, a series of even more horrific murders would occur. This time the victims were young boys and men - drugged, abused, killed, mutilated and discarded. A trail left behind by an underground world of sadism, pedophilia, pornography and exploitation on Adelaide’s most vulnerable. Despite the unrelenting efforts to keep this story hidden, it’s one that continues begging to be heard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

01/09/2025

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35 min
20/10/2025

Mr Cruel, Part One

Warning: This episode contains descriptions of child sexual assault. Between 1987 and the early 1990s, Melbourne’s suburbs experienced a series of highly organised and disturbing home invasions. The intruder would tie up the parents, cut the phone lines, and demand money, but at the centre of each attack was the sexual assault of a young daughter. Police investigations quickly linked the crimes to a single, elusive perpetrator; whose planning, control, and forensic awareness set him apart from typical offenders. The media would refer to him as, Mr Cruel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

20/10/2025

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23 min
28/07/2025 • Ned Kelly Gang Only

The Society Murders: Unearthed

What was the family life like in the Wales household? Why was Matthew pushed to the point of murder? What was the extent of Maritza's involvement? What happened to the inheritance Matthew supposedly killed for? A deep dive into the murder of Melbourne couple Margaret Wales-King and Paul King by Mathew Wales.

28/07/2025

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36 min
29/06/2025

Death of John Pat

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are warned that this story details the accounts and names of deceased persons. Since the fateful day in 1986 when Yindjibarndi boy, John Pat, died in police custody, the 28th of September has been known as John Pat day in Australia. It is a constant reminder of the oppression and injustice that the indigenous people continue to face. His death launched the landmark Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and exposed the fractured relationship between the justice system and First Nations people. To this day, no one has ever been found guilty of an Indigenous death in custody in Australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

29/06/2025

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21 min
08/09/2025

The Family Murders, Part Three

Warning: This episode contains descriptions of sexual assault, child sexual abuse, drug use, torture and mutilation. Only meters from his home, 15 year old Richard Kelvin is hastily abducted by several people. Being the son of a local news presenter, the media is quickly overrun by the story, and with it, police are pressured to make serious progress with their investigation. They close in on an ongoing suspect, Bevan von Einem, but will the other members of the sadistic network known as “the Family” be held accountable? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

08/09/2025

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42 min
3 Mar

The Lindt Cafe Siege

On a Monday morning in December 2014, customers sit down for coffee in Martin Place. Minutes later, a shotgun is produced and the doors are locked. For the next seventeen hours, a group of hostages move when instructed, speak when permitted, and wait while police negotiate from outside. As hours pass and daylight fades, the siege narrows toward a final break. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

3 Mar

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29 min
25/09/2025

The Pink Diamond Heist

The Argyle Diamond Mine - located in the remote East Kimberley region of Western Australia - was producing more than a third of the world’s diamonds by volume. The majority of these diamonds were small and brown-toned, but Argyle’s global reputation was built on its rare pink diamonds; so when they began surfacing in places they were never meant to be, it became Richard Corfield’s responsibility to sleuth the truth. But ow many diamonds will be stolen in the meantime? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

25/09/2025

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22 min

True tales of convict capers, bushranger blunders and political pickles come alive. Unearth the dusty bits of our past you didn’t know you existed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Factual, engaging and succinct retellings of Australia's unique crime. Join the ‘Ned Kelly Gang’ for exclusive episodes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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