14 episodes
Trace ABC Podcasts
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- True Crime
Who killed Maria James? June, 1980, suburban Melbourne: Mother of two Maria James is stabbed to death in the back of her bookshop. Her killer has never been found.
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INTRODUCING – Unravel Season 3
Trace fans should know that there are now three seasons of the Unravel True Crime podcast available. Their latest story Last Seen Katoomba takes a deep dive into the case of 19-year-old Belinda Peisley who went missing from the Blue Mountains in September 1998.
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07 | Hope
More than a year on from their plea for a new coronial inquest, the James brothers get a decision.
Will they finally get answers to the burning questions they've carried for 38 years about the murder of their mother?
And what about those items Trace has been given that might have DNA on them?
Can they identify the killer?
We take them to one of the world's best DNA labs, with some of the most sensitive equipment, to find out. -
SPECIAL EVENT: The Trace team talks tactics for finding Maria James' killer
In their first reunion since Trace launched, former detective Ron Iddles, Maria James’s son Mark James and journalist Rachael Brown got together for a special live event at the Wheeler Centre.
They discuss the challenges of reviving the cold case, its insistent questions, and the uncommon task of investigating a murder in the public arena.
This special one hour event is hosted by Myf Warhurst. -
Trace | 06 Limbo
New evidence has been found. So can police test it for a trace of the killer? What happened to crucial documents? And a new confession.
It is nearly a year since the James brothers applied for a new coronial inquest into their mum's murder, but the case hangs in legal limbo. -
Introducing… UNRAVEL
Get a sneak preview of UNRAVEL, a new ABC podcast that follows Australia's best journalists as they investigate unsolved crimes. Our Season 1 story, Blood On The Tracks, investigates the suspicious death of 17-year-old Mark Haines, whose body was found on the railway line outside Tamworth in January 1988. We follow indigenous reporter Allan Clarke’s five year investigation to its explosive conclusion.
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Someone Knows Something – preview
This original Canadian true-crime podcast examines unsolved cases of the missing or murdered. Each season focuses on a single cold case in the hope of uncovering new information, while also exploring the affects each case has had on the families and communities involved. In this special preview, we share an excerpt from the show with you.
Customer Reviews
Great work
Great investigative journalism in a podcast medium.
Enthralling
A fascinating cold case told with empathy which clearly demonstrates the research undertaken
A grim cold case that may or may not have some answers
This podcast was well researched, although I did find the presenter to be somewhat irritating for some reason. Nevertheless, I followed the case closely and felt great sympathy for Maria James and her sons. If I were to compare this podcast with Bowraville, Dan Box did a superb job there. Likewise, the anonymous Australian narrator of the inimitable Casefile, with an almost flat affect is able to tell a story compellingly. Moving away from Australia, a number of female narrators manage to deliver and tell a story with conviction in their own signature styles, such as Connie Walker, from the CBC, Sarah Koenig, of Serial fame, and Madeline Baran, from ‘in the dark’ to name two from a crowded field.
