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In 2003, Kathleen Folbigg was found guilty for the deaths of four of her children, and sentenced to 25 years in prison. All her children died as infants, and Kathleen has always maintained her innocence. But in the eyes of the law, she is Australia’s worst female serial killer. But now, almost two decades on, 151 scientists are petitioning for Kathleen Folbigg's release. They have found a gene mutation in two of Kathleen’s children and believe they died of natural causes. In this podcast Jane Hansen looks into the Kathleen Folbigg case. She tries to find out who Kathleen really is. Jane will give you insights into the history of her case, and then follow the inquiry into the new genetic discovery that could prove her innocence. 

This podcast is written and hosted by Jane Hansen, and produced and edited by Andrea Thiis-Evensen.

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In 2003, Kathleen Folbigg was found guilty for the deaths of four of her children, and sentenced to 25 years in prison. All her children died as infants, and Kathleen has always maintained her innocence. But in the eyes of the law, she is Australia’s worst female serial killer. But now, almost two decades on, 151 scientists are petitioning for Kathleen Folbigg's release. They have found a gene mutation in two of Kathleen’s children and believe they died of natural causes. In this podcast Jane Hansen looks into the Kathleen Folbigg case. She tries to find out who Kathleen really is. Jane will give you insights into the history of her case, and then follow the inquiry into the new genetic discovery that could prove her innocence. 

This podcast is written and hosted by Jane Hansen, and produced and edited by Andrea Thiis-Evensen.

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    A Free Woman

    A Free Woman

    Subscribe to Crime X+ today. In this bonus episode, journalists Jane Hansen and Dan Box sit down to discuss the extraordinary series of events that saw Kathleen Folbigg walk free from prison today after 20 years behind bars. The pair talk about how we got to this point, and what happens from here. 
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    • 33 min
    His Honour is not impressed

    His Honour is not impressed

    Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Tom Bathurst KC vents his frustration with the last-minute revelation of 500+ hours of police-recorded listening device audio from Kathleen Folbigg’s home.
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    • 15 min
    In Her Own Words

    In Her Own Words

    Subscribe to Crime X+ today. The inquiry has turned its attention to the diaries that helped to convict Kathleen Folbigg for the murder of her four children more than 20 years ago. But experts are reluctant to say definitively if Folbigg’s own reflections are evidence of her guilt – or if a rare genetic mutation could be to blame. In this case, you’ve got to get comfortable in the grey.
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    • 34 min
    New Science. Old Conviction

    New Science. Old Conviction

    Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Cutting-edge science raises questions over the 20-year-old conviction of Kathleen Folbigg for killing four of her own children. As the inquiry chair accepts another explanation may be plausible, even critics of this new scientific evidence concede there is a possibility the law got it wrong. 
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    • 23 min
    Meadow's Law in the shadows

    Meadow's Law in the shadows

    Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Did the police and prosecution pursuing Kathleen Folbigg for murder rely on a pseudo-scientific theory to explain her children’s deaths - and did that lead them to overlook other possible explanations? A second woman with a story that is eerily similar to Folbigg’s also shares her devastation at being denied access to her daughter after being labeled a child-killer due to the same, now-discredited theory.
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    • 36 min
    Folbigg Inquiry - Striking New Evidence

    Folbigg Inquiry - Striking New Evidence

    Subscribe to Crime X+ today. In the first week of the new Kathleen Folbigg inquiry explosive fresh evidence from Danish professors has not only forced the adjournment of the much anticipated inquiry but strengthened the belief that a new genetic mutation is responsible for the deaths of two of the four Folbigg children. Jane talks to the experts themselves and Kathleen's friends who have travelled from around the country to be there, but the inquiry takes an unexpected turn. 
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    • 39 min

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