Dying Rose
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How a small team of reporters from a city best known for its churches and festivals uncovered a national shame.
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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.
He was born Hamish Watson, a surfie dude from Sydney – but he could morph into whatever you needed him to be. Hamish is due to be sentenced to jail in early 2019 for swindling a handful of victims out of more than $7m. But these crimes are just the final pages in a resume too thick to staple; for decades he’s duped victims in the US, Canada, Britain, Hong Kong and Australia. How did he do it? How did he evade authorities around the world for so long and what’s he done with all those tens of millions of dollars he stole?
Shandee Blackburn was brutally murdered as she walked home from work - but this cold-case can still be solved. Gold Walkley-winning journalist Hedley Thomas - who created The Teacher’s Pet and The Night Driver - goes deep to find out who killed Shandee, and why. Episodes of the podcast first, plus exclusive stories, videos, pictures and extraordinary evidence are available with a subscription through The Australian's app, or at shandee.com.au To contact Hedley Thomas anonymously with any information on Shandee's Story email here - Shandee@theaustralian.com.au
Theo Hayez is missing in Byron Bay, a beautiful beachside town on Australia’s most easterly mainland point, frequently in the spotlight for its famous residents. Theo's from Brussels. He's 18 and on a backpacking holiday when he vanishes in May 2019. Behind the scenes local volunteers who've never met Theo begin searching and investigating with his family, parallel to a major police investigation. At the request of Theo's family, The Australian newspaper's national crime correspondent David Murray joins the unofficial search party to investigate the mysterious disappearance for a new podcast series, The Lighthouse. Theo left a local bar around 11pm. As the search narrows to the area around the 118-year-old Cape Byron Lighthouse, a range of theories emerge. From the newspaper that brought you The Teacher's Pet and Who The Hell is Hamish, The Lighthouse investigates all possible scenarios as it takes you inside an extraordinary search. To read more about the disappearance of Theo Hayez, and access exclusive photos and video material, go to www.lighthousepodcast.com.au.
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Good reporting, not what I anticipated though
11/17/2023
I enjoyed the podcast and agree it’s vital to continue the discussions on the treatment of minorities across the world. My only issue is I felt that there were alot of loose ends with these stories, and the summary of the podcast eluded to a much more powerful ending than just shining a light on the issue of racism. We know there is still a horrific problem with racism. So that was a bit of a letdown.
Interesting & informative
10/25/2023
As an American, it was interesting to hear these stories of systemic racism (an issue we all know well) in an Australian context. I’m frustrated by the comments on here saying this podcast is about drugs and poverty. It isn’t and that’s the whole message. I do wish the last episode (7) was done differently. It mainly summarized things they’d been discussing throughout the podcast and heard more meaningless defense from the police.
Brave and thoughtful
10/25/2023
The reporting and story telling is well done in a way that only an insider from the community can accomplish. So important to have these tragedies investigated and have questions asked that the authorities have ignored. Appreciate the voices being raised through this podcast.
Cringe
09/12/2023
Not trying to be mean, just honest, the reporting is good and I applaud the compassion and empathy shown by the podcasters/reporters, but the families denial of the situations is a little hard to listen to. I’m not saying I don’t understand because if the police aren’t willing to work you through the whole situation that’s obviously frustrating, the obvious profiling like “oh well indigenous what do you expect?” is awful, but the police can’t do anything after someone has k**led themselves or overdosed and the family just refuses to understand or accept the truth. Very sad honestly. But I stopped listening at the fourth episode. The vehement denial is too depressing.
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- CreatorTrue Crime Australia
- Episodes8
- Seasons1
- RatingClean
- Copyright© 2024 News Corp Australia
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- ProviderNews Corp Australia