Two wealthy Sydney-siders get more than they bargain for when they team up with 2 small-time criminals in this extraordinary depression-era story of two unsolved murders and one nauseous shark. Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content. Show notes for Episode 161: Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb With thanks to Kevin Meagher and Phillip Roope Like us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram or Twitter Support us on Patreon Visit our Bookshop to find Shark Arm: A Sha...
Jun 03, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 163
Paul Bellia was just 16, hanging out with his friend Ricky Balcombe in the local shopping mall on a Friday afternoon when an older man walked up to them and stabbed Ricky to death in 1995. Paul spent the following 23 years caught between police asking him to testify against their main suspect and the many intimidating people in his community warning him not to. Some of whom had once been his friends. He also had his own demons to deal with. The events during and after the trial that saw Ricky’s ...
May 27, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 162
Janelle O’Connor was the first person in the State of Tasmania to exercise her right to be named as a rape survivor, on the 24th of April 2020. Up until then it was illegal for rape survivors to self-identify. Janelle and Nina Funnel, the founder of the #LetHerSpeak campaign join us to explain the legal changes, and Janelle tells us her story. WARNING – This is an extremely disturbing story, please exercise discretion. Show notes for Episode 159: Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb With ...
May 20, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 161
Although Queensland police visited Brett Peter Cowan just days after Daniel Morcombe first disappeared in 2003, it took 8 years, an inquest and an incredibly intricate covert operation for them to find a way to convict him of Daniel’s abduction and murder. Journalist Kate Kyriacou covered the case and wrote a book about the covert operation THE STING: The Undercover Operation That Caught Daniel Morcombe's Killer Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content. Show notes for Epi...
May 13, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 160
To celebrate our first Australian True Crime online livestream this Saturday Night, starring Narelle Fraser and Ron Iddles, we’re releasing an extra episode this week. It’s another in the series of Narelle Fraser Conversations. Join us for our very first video live stream event, this Saturday May 16th at 8pm, Narelle Fraser and Ron Iddles, and some other surprises. Purchase your tickets here > https://bit.ly/2L1XK9m Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content. Show notes ...
May 12, 2020•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 159
The rape and murder of country schoolteacher Stephanie Scott just a week before her wedding shocked Australia. Journalist Monique Patterson was the editor of the local paper The Leeton Irrigator at the time, and her reflections are detailed in her book UNITED IN GRIEF. BUY Monique's book UNITED IN GRIEF Plus we catch up with Jamie Pultz from “ Beenham Valley Road ” about his latest podcast, “ Who Killed Leanne Holland .” Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content. Show note...
May 06, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 158
Patrick Tidmarsh is a leading authority on sexual offending, and the investigation of sexual crime. He trains and lectures investigators all over the world on how to improve their response to both offenders and victims. Narelle Fraser is a former Rape Squad and the Homicide Squad Detective with a focus on victims. Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content. Show notes for Episode 155: Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb With thanks to Patrick Tidmarsh and Narelle Fr...
Apr 29, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 157
Retired Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Sandra Nicholson isn’t the kind of person who seeks attention. Fortunately Narelle knows what an impressive copper lurks beneath the mild-mannered exterior of this quietly spoken lady. She’s even sent other coppers to jail. Sandra Nicholson is a hands-on, supportive leader, but she’s no pushover. Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content. Show notes for Episode 153: Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb With thanks to Re...
Apr 15, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 155
Gary Raymond worked some of the highest profile and most challenging cases in NSW policing in living memory, including the brutal abduction and murder of Anita Cobby and the drive-by shooting of 5-year-old Tess Debrincat. He was also deployed to assist Sri Lankan authorities in body recovery after the 2006 Boxing Day Tsunami. His life outside of policing is unlike any we’ve heard described on the podcast before. Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content. Show notes for Epi...
Apr 08, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 154
Narelle Fraser dusts off her celebrated interviewing skills for a special series of episodes of Australian True Crime to be featured intermittently throughout the year. In this episode the speaks to legendary Senior Crown Prosecutor Michele Williams QC. Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content. Show notes for Episode 151: Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb With thanks to Narelle Fraser and Michele Williams QC. Like us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram or Twitt...
Apr 01, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 153
We caught up with Yvie Jones from Gogglebox and I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here for a YouTube Livestream on Friday night. Here are some highlights. We’ll be doing it again this Friday from 6pm and we’d love you to join us on the Australian True Crime Podcast YouTube channel . Subscribe to Welcome To Hell on the Nitty Gritty Committee Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 30, 2020•26 min
Greg Fogarty, author of ALMOST PERFECT: The true story of the Crawford family murders joins us to discuss the story of Elmer Crawford, the "ordinary" family man who hatched an extraordinary plan. Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content. Show notes for Episode 150: Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb With thanks to Greg Fogarty Like us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram or Twitter Support us on Patreon Visit our Bookshop Purchase Greg's book ALMOST PERFECT Liste...
Mar 25, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 152
Tara Schultz is a survivor of many crimes perpetrated against her in childhood. She joins us to share some uncomfortable truths about the difficulties of meeting the ongoing financial costs of her survival. Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content. Show notes for Episode 149: Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb With thanks to Tara Schultz Follow Tara on Twitter Like us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram or Twitter Support us on Patreon Visit our Bookshop Listen ...
Mar 18, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 151
Narelle Fraser thought her number was up when she ran into the notorious armed robber Victor Peirce at the shops. She also gives us an update on an unsolved case from her days in the sex crimes squad. Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content. Show notes for Episode 148: Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb With thanks to Narelle Fraser Get tickets to Narelle's live show on March 28th Like us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram or Twitter Support us on Patreon Visi...
Mar 11, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 150
Anthony Dowsley’s dogged reporting over several years unmasked lawyer Nicola Gobbo as a police informant and has played a significant role in exposing some of the unorthodox methods employed by Victoria Police in their desperate war against the underworld in the early 2000s. Entire interview available on Patreon . Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content. Show notes for Episode 147: Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb With thanks to Anthony Dowsley Listen to Part ...
Mar 11, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 149
“Disgraced former Drug Squad Detective” Paul Dale was charged with robbery, and then with murder. Some find it hard to believe he’s not in jail or dead, he says he’s an innocent victim of the Lawyer X scandal. You be the judge. Purchase COPS, DRUGS, LAWYER X AND ME by Paul Dale and Vikki Petraitis. Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content. Show notes for Episode 146: Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb With thanks to Paul Dale and Vikki Petraitis Listen to Part 1 ...
Mar 04, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 148
“Disgraced former Drug Squad Detective” Paul Dale has seen his reputation so destroyed that his lawyer says he’s virtually beyond defamation. As his biographer Vikki Petraitis puts it, he’s been accused of everything, and yet, he’s never been convicted of anything. Is he the victim of a huge conspiracy, or the luckiest villain in the ongoing saga of the Melbourne Gang war? You be the judge as he joins us to tell his story over two weeks. Purchase COPS, DRUGS, LAWYER X AND ME by Paul Dale and Vik...
Feb 26, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 147
Two “missing” women are found to have suffered similar gruesome fates. Author and journalist Liz Porter returns to tell us the truth about Sylvia Cave and Edwina Boyle. Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content. Show notes for Episode 144: Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb With thanks to Liz Porter Like us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram or Twitter Support us on Patreon Visit our Bookshop Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Google Podcasts Listen on Spotify I...
Feb 19, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 146
Tim Marsh defends people we call monsters. He’s Chief Counsel at Victoria Legal Aid, and in the last year alone he’s represented 2 men charged with crimes that rocked the nation. Tim joins us to tell us why he does it, how he copes with it, and about the surprising encounter with a victim’s family member that devastated him. Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content. Show notes for Episode 143: Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb With thanks to Tim Marsh. Like us o...
Feb 12, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 145
Jamie Pultz is a former Queensland police officer who’ll soon be launching a podcast investigation into the murder of Leanne Holland. He talks to us about that and about his last podcast project, Beenham Valley Road. We also check up on one of the most memorable guests from Beenham Valley Road. This episode features the Beenham Valley Road theme song, “Piece is Heaven” by Pete Allen Music. Available on itunes. Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content. Show notes for Episo...
Feb 05, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 144
This is the first episode of Alice Mitchell’s podcast about Nina Nicholson’s unsolved murder, Clunes Cluedo. You’ll find it sometimes overlaps with this week’s episode of ATC, but it’s well worth listening to both because there are some really special details included in this one. You can subscribe to Clunes Cluedo wherever you get your podcasts. Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb With thanks to Alice Mitchell More about #JusticeforNina at Instagram/clunescluedo Like us on Facebook Fo...
Jan 29, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 143
Alice Mitchell is the second cousin of a young woman called Nina Nicholson who was murdered in 1991 on the porch of her home in Clunes, Ballarat (VIC). Nina was a paediatric nurse who was heading out to work when she was attacked. Her murder is still unsolved. Alice, who is a private investigator, has become the family sleuth in this case and is letting people know about Nina's case and wants to get a second coronial inquest to look at the murder. Warning: please be advised this episode contains...
Jan 29, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 142
Author Liz Porter, Author of Crime Scene Asia, tells us the unbelievable and disturbing case of Sydney-based Singaporean student Ram Tiwary who spent eight years in a NSW jail for a double murder that he didn't commit. Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content. Show notes for Episode 140: Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb With thanks to Liz Porter Like us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram or Twitter Support us on Patreon Purchase Crime Scene Asia in our Booksh...
Jan 22, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 141
“Two things can be true at once,” and arson is part in Australia’s bushfire story. Dr Troy McEwan is an associate professor in clinical and forensic psychology at Monash university. Her research is focussed on the assessment and treatment of stalking, domestic violence and arson. Chloe Hooper, author of excellent books The Arsonist and The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island. Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content. Show notes for Episode 139: Your hosts are Meshel L...
Jan 15, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 140
Fiona Splitt started an intense advocacy campaign in Queensland to have the "no body, no parole" legislation introduced after the murder of her partner Bruce Schuler in 2012. Bruce was gold fossicking in the remote Palmerville Station area in Cape York, Australia when he was murdered. His body has never been found and a rogue, outback couple Stephen and Dianne Struber were convicted of his murder. Thanks to Fiona’s immense efforts The “no body, no parole” legislation was introduced. The Strubers...
Jan 08, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 139
Graham Stafford served 15 years for the brutal rape and murder of his girlfriend's 12-year-old sister Leanne. The conviction was overturned in 2009, but Stafford is still locked in a legal battle with the QLD Police Service to have a report into their handling of the case made public. In the meantime he still faces scepticism and innuendo, including from a controversial episode of Channel 7's recently axed Sunday night program. Patrons will receive an extra episode in coming weeks, in which Grah...
Dec 04, 2019•51 min•Season 1Ep. 138
12-year-old Leanne Holland was brutally raped and murdered in Ipswich, QLD in 1991. Her sister's boyfriend, Graham Stafford was convicted of the crime, but he maintains his innocence, and the investigation has been found wanting. Robin Bowles included his story in her book Rough Justice, and she joins us to talk us through the case. NEXT WEEK, Graham Stafford joins us. Show notes for Episode 136: Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb With thanks to Robin Bowles For more about the case: htt...
Nov 27, 2019•39 min•Season 1Ep. 137
Perth Brothel owner Shirley Finn's 1975 unsolved murder looms large over the city, with men at the highest levels of government and policing suspected of involvement. Journalist Juliet Wills, author of Dirty Girl: The State Sanctioned Murder of Brothel Madam Shirley Finn , joins us. Show notes for Episode 135: Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb With thanks to Juliet Wills For more about the campaign to get the palace letters released: https://chuffed.org/project/release-the-palace-lette...
Nov 20, 2019•42 min•Season 1Ep. 136
From bank robbing football players to drug-dealing football players and stand-over men, (who used to be football players). Ok, they're not all football players. In their new book "Gangland, this Unsporting Life" Susanna Lobez and James Morton have applied their meticulous reporting skills to the intersection of Australian sport and Australian crime. It's very fertile ground. Purchase Gangland: This Unsporting Life Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content. Show notes for E...
Nov 13, 2019•42 min•Season 1Ep. 135
When Julie was a teenager in 1970s Australia, she and her friends decided to try their hands at drug smuggling. It didn't turn out well, despite the assistance of the Victorian Narcotics Squad. Show notes for Episode 133: Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb With thanks to Julie Like us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram or Twitter Support us on Patreon Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Google Podcasts Listen on Spotify If you have any information on the cases covered by this podcast, ...
Nov 06, 2019•45 min•Season 1Ep. 134
