
213 episodes

Australian True Crime Smart Fella
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- True Crime
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4.6 • 488 Ratings
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Think nothing ever happens in your town? Australia's suburbs are home to some of the most mysterious and disturbing true crime cases in the world.
Meshel Laurie is a true crime obsessive. Emily Webb is a true crime author. And together with expert interviews with writers, victims, investigators and perpetrators, they probe the underbelly of our towns and suburbs, and uncover the darkness at the heart of Australian life. Support this show at http://supporter.acast.com/australiantruecrime
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Re Issue - Golden Age of Australian Armed Robbery
Bank robbers like Russell ‘Mad Dog’ Cox and Ray Denning were household names in Australia in the 1980s, when they brazenly escaped prison and taunted police for years. Author Mark Dapin joins us to talk about this period in Australian history.
Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content.
Show notes for Episode 172:
Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb
With thanks to Mark Dapin
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Inside the Real Animal Kingdom
Show notes for Episode 207:
Your hosts are MeshelLaurie and EmilyWebb
With thanks to Joe Noonan.
“Breaking Ranks: An Amazing true Story of a cop on the line.”
Former Detective Joe Noonan’s time in Victoria Police happened to coincide with a very hectic period in history - the 1980s when a bloody battle raged between the armed robbery squad and the fearless armed robbery gangs of the day.
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Can Hard Cuddles End Family Violence?
Show notes for Episode 206:
Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb
With thanks to James Harding and Steve.
For one family at least, connecting with James Harding’s Hard Cuddles organisation was the intervention that made the difference. Steve was fresh out of jail when he met James Harding. He was a convicted domestic abuser, helpless against his addiction, on the verge of losing his children and still blaming his partner for his troubles. He’s now sober and helping other men through the Hard Cuddles program.
Both Steve and James Harding join Emily Webb for this episode of Australian True Crime.
You can find out more about James Harding and Hard Cuddles here.
For free phone counselling 24 hours a day you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14
For help with addiction issues,
Alcoholics Anonymous Australia
Narcotics Anonymous Australia
If you need help coping with the effects of someone else’s drinking, you can get support through Al-Anon here.
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SOCIT Explainer with Narelle Fraser and her mentor Lorraine Blackwell
Narelle Fraser and her mentor Lorraine Blackwell discuss the beginning of Victoria Police’s SOCIT, the Sexual Offence and Child Abuse Investigation Teams , among other things. This was originally a Patreon-only episode but we’ve released it as a special companion episode to this week’s main show.
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Show notes for Episode 206:
Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb
With thanks to Narelle Fraser and Lorraine Blackwell.
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If you have any information on the cases covered by this podcast, please contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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The System’s Victims
A mother from country Victoria wants us to know what it’s really like, day-by-day, for a family after they report their daughter’s rape by a family friend.
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Show notes for Episode 205:
Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb
With thanks to Travis Winks.
Shattered, 67 days to a family’s Self-Destruction
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Prison Forensic Psych
Ellery Kane’s life is non-stop crime. By day Ellery is a forensic psychologist and she evaluates prison inmates in California, most of whom have committed murder or another serious crime and have been in jail for a very long time, and are coming up for parole. Ellery’s the author of the detective thriller series featuring Criminal Psychologist Olivia Rockwell and Detective Will Decker. The first book in this series is Watch Her Vanish.
An episode of Crime Fiction Friday with Emily Webb.
Your host is Emily Webb
Emily is the author of Angels of Death: Doctors and Nurses Who Kill http://clandestinepress.net/products/angels-of-death
Thanks to Ellery Kane
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Customer Reviews
Love your work
My daily walk around Hermosa Beach in LA has become so more invigorating. As an Aussie from Mornington , your stuff weirdly enough makes me even more homesick
Amazing grace
Episode 183 was so amazing and inspiring. Thank you for letting her share. People really need God in such a cruel world. Always know Jesus is just a whisper away.. I love this podcast
Podcast of March 7th 2021
The woman who her brother was killed and then the guy posted that’s how the cookie crumbles.
What about having someone check on the well being of the child. And have them see if there are things going on in front of the child and check her behaviors.