Show Notes Ep 219 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb: On 16 July 2001, security guard Steven Rogers was shot dead at his workplace, a Fertility Control Clinic in East Melbourne. Clinical psychologist Dr Susie Allanson who worked at the clinic was on-sight that day and she joins us to tell us about it, along with lawyer Lizzie O’Shea who represented the clinic in the Supreme Court Case against protesters who'd harassed staff and patients for years before the crime. They’ve...
Jul 19, 2021•39 min•Season 1Ep. 219
Show Notes Ep 218 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb The legendary Sandra Pankhurst, made famous as The Trauma Cleaner in the brilliant book by Sarah Krasnostein, passed away last week. Although she battled health issues for some years, Sandra never lost her sense of humour, her incredible generosity or her capacity for love. She was genuinely one of the most loving human beings I’ve ever met. A lot of the actual cleaning that Sandra and her team of trauma cleaners did, w...
Jul 11, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 218
Show Notes Ep 217 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb Australian journalist Eileen Ormsby literally wrote the book on the Dark Web. In fact, she’s written 7 books about it, but it was her first book, “ Silk Road ”, released in 2014, about the so-called eBay of hard drugs, that began the exposure of the darkest corners of the internet to the world. A year after Silk Road’s release, Eileen sat in a courtroom looking at a man who was once the internet’s most wanted and illusi...
Jul 04, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 217
Show Notes Ep 216 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb Dr Danny Sullivan is the Executive Director of Clinical Services at Thomas Embling hospital, Melbourne's Secure Mental Health Hospital, which houses patients with varying levels of security clearance including some who've committed extremely violent acts, but who the court has deemed to ill to be held responsible. You can find out more about the work of Forensicare at https://www.forensicare.vic.gov.au/ Book tickets to ...
Jun 27, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 216
Show Notes Ep 215 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb Amber Haigh has been on the missing persons list since 2002. At that time, she was 19 years old, the mother of a newborn, residing in the NSW town of Young, with the parents of her former boyfriend, who were reportedly the last people to see her alive. Shaun McMahon, from the True Blue Crime podcast joins us to tell us the chilling story of Amber’s disappearance. You can pre order Meshel’s book CSI Told You Lies here . ...
Jun 20, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 215
Show Notes Ep 214 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb Many things have changed since Jamie Pultz and I last spoke about Kirra McLoughlin’s death and the podcast it inspired, called Beenham Valley Road. Most notably, we don’t have to use the pseudonym “Jason” when talking about her partner anymore. That’s because Queensland’s Deputy Coroner named him as the person responsible for her death last week in the inquest brought about in no small part by Jamie’s podcast. He joins ...
Jun 13, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 214
Show Notes Ep 213 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb Julie Clarke and her husband Richard Neville wrote the book On the Trail of the Serpent, The Life and Crimes of Charles Sobhraj upon which the Netflix series The Serpent is based. Julie is our guest this week. You can support us with a one-off contribution here . You can become a patron here . You can subscribe to Calm Ya Farm here . You can visit the Calm Ya Farm website here . Like us on Facebook Follow us on Instag...
Jun 08, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 213
This is an Australian True Crime short cut. It’s an abridged version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb Ginger Gorman is an award-winning journalist and the author of Troll Hunter. She’s always had great passion for her work, and she’s been driven by equal parts creativity and curiosity. In 2011, those forces led her to a home in Far North Queensland to record an interview with a family. It was m...
May 30, 2021•16 min•Ep. 2
Show Notes Ep 212 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb Ginger Gorman is an award-winning journalist and the author of Troll Hunter. She’s always had great passion for her work, and she’s been driven by equal parts creativity and curiosity. In 2011, those forces led her to a home in Far North Queensland to record an interview with a family. It was meant to be a short radio piece about diverse families, but Ginger had no way of knowing that it would change her life and lead h...
May 30, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 212
This is an Australian True Crime short cut. It’s an abridged version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Journalist Nina Young made a podcast documenting her search for the truth about her father. It’s called My Father the Murderer . Nina uncovered much more than she could ever have imagined, and more than her mother Denise had ever wanted to know. Both Nina and Denise join us to talk about their impressions of the man in question, Allen Ladd and his c...
May 23, 2021•13 min•Ep. 1
Show Notes Ep 211 Journalist Nina Young made a podcast documenting her search for the truth about her father. It’s called My Father the Murderer . Nina uncovered much more than she could ever have imagined, and more than her mother Denise had ever wanted to know. Both Nina and Denise join us to talk about their impressions of the man in question, Allen Ladd and his crimes. We’ll also talk about the profound impact on their relationship of not talking enough about him for most of Nina’s life and ...
May 23, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 211
Melbourne-based forensic and clinical psychologist Dr Ahona Guha joins us to discuss her work with people who display abnormal behaviours from stalking to arson. You can ask Ahona questions on Instagram or Twitter Like us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram or Twitter Support us on Patreon Visit our Bookshop Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 16, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 210
This is a special mother’s day edition if Australian true crime. Both Emily and Meshel have a favourite TV show they share with their 11-year-old daughters called “ Superstore ”. All four of them share the same favourite character – assistant manager Dina Fox , played by Canadian actress Lauren Ash, and would you believe it? Lauren co-hosts her own True Crime podcast, called True Crime and Cocktails with her best friend who also happens to be her cousin, Christy Oxborrow. In this week’s Australi...
May 09, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 209
In this episode we hear from Dimity about the night she was sexually assaulted by a stranger in 2019, the investigation from her perspective, why she chooses to speak about her experience and how she feels about it now. Most importantly though, we learn lots of other things about Dimity. You can support us with a one-off contribution here . You can become a patron here . You can subscribe to Calm Ya Farm here . You can visit the Calm Ya Farm website here . When it comes to reporting a sexual ass...
May 02, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 209
Detective Leading Senior Constable Brett Sniegowski takes us through the investigation into the 2019 sexual assault of Dimity, who joins us next week. We discuss the criticisms levelled at police by sexual assault victims and their families in the past and how investigators are working to improve their methods. Thank you to Detective Leading Senior Constable Brett Sniegowski and Detective Inspector Juliann Goldrick, and thank to Victoria Police Media. You can support us with a one-off contributi...
Apr 26, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 208
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. You can support us with a one-off contribution here . You can become a patron here . You can subscribe to Cal...
Apr 18, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 207
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 Like us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram or Twitter Support us on Patreon Visit our Booksh...
Apr 18, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 172
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 Ha...
Apr 04, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 206
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. You can support us with a one-off contribution here . You can become a patron here . Show notes for Episode 206: Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb With thanks to Narelle Fraser and Lorraine Bl...
Mar 29, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 206
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. You can support us with a one-off contribution here . You can become a patron here . You can subscribe to Calm Ya Farm here . You can visit the Calm Ya Farm website here . 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 Like us on Facebook ...
Mar 28, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 205
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 hos...
Mar 21, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 205
Travis Winks talks about the chain reaction of events that turned his normal, Queensland family into a tragic, sensational headline. You can support us with a one-off contribution here . You can become a patron here . You can subscribe to Calm Ya Farm here . You can visit the Calm Ya Farm website here . Show notes for Episode 204: Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb With thanks to Travis Winks. Shattered, 67 days to a family’s Self-Destruction Like us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram...
Mar 14, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 204
Phia Power’s brother Corey wasn’t exactly a model citizen, but should that make us any less interested in seeing justice for his murder? You can support us with a one-off contribution here . You can become a patron here . Show notes for Episode 203: Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb With thanks to Phia Power. 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 If you have a...
Mar 07, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 203
Neil Mercer and Ruby Jones are still investigating the crimes of Neville Tween, who stalked Sydney’s Northern Beaches without apparent impunity in the 70s and 80s. He trained up dozens of other sex offenders and released them into the community too. How did he get away with so much for so long? The unsolved disappearance of Trudy Adams was just the beginning. The book, Barrenjoey Road is out now, through ABC books. You can go back to the beginning with the ABC podcast, Barrenjoey Road, here . Yo...
Feb 28, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 202
Sydney experienced a noticeable uptick in homicides post WWII, and as police made more and more arrests the startling truth emerged. Women represented a much higher proportion of offenders than ever before and their MO struck fear into husbands nation wide. Dr Tanya Bretherton joins us to discuss the phenomenon and her book, THE HUSBAND POISONER Show notes for Episode 192: Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb With thanks to Dr Tanya Bretherton Like us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram ...
Feb 21, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 201
Author Brian Willams is back with another deep dive into crime - this time the baffling Tynong and Frankston North Serial Killings that are still unsolved 40 years since the discovery of three female murder victims who were ritualistically concealed in Victorian bushland. We also spoke to Brian for Episode #59 about his book about serial killer Martha Needle . Show notes for Episode 191: Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb With thanks to Brian Williams Like us on Facebook Follow us on ...
Feb 14, 2021•45 min•Ep. 200
There was a time in Australia where crime was hectic - armed robberies, a racket in stolen goods like stereos that could be sold quickly, an explosion in the heroin trade, shocking gun crimes including at Hoddle Street Melbourne, Strathfield Plaza in Sydney and Port Arthur in Tasmania . Even former Prime minister the late Bob Hawke and his family were directly touched by the impacts of the drug trade when he and then wife Hazel spoke to the nation about their daughter’s heroin addiction. By 2000...
Feb 07, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 199
The Claremont Serial Killer. Bret Christian is a journalist from Perth, in fact he's a newspaper owner and he's been following the Claremont serial killer case from the very beginning. Now, after sitting through every day of the trial he's written the definitive book, Stalking Claremont, and he joins us exclusively to talk about it. I've read it and it's great. It's a very intense story, especially when you think about what a great mystery it was for so long. To find out how obvious this guy act...
Jan 31, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 198
Hi friend. We're back next week with all new Australian True Crime but in the meantime, please give our new show Calm ya Farm a try. It’s a short drop of practical wisdom from unlikely gurus. This one is Home and Away’s Irene! More calming ideas at our website . Thank you to Uncle Jack Charles for the Acknowledgement of Country. How do YOU #CalmYaFarm? Leave us a voice message via our Speakpipe! It's free! And we'll share our favourites in upcoming podcasts / newsletters. Record your message her...
Jan 27, 2021•9 min
Another instalment of our Spotlight series, where we showcase one of our favourite podcasts. Stalking is prevalent in Australia. There are hundreds of cases reported every year. These people’s existence have been besieged by a stalker. Survivors often are voiceless and have no place to tell their stories. This podcast is giving a voice to these victims. A place to tell their stories. Hopefully we can help others who are in this terrible situation to fight back. Bringing up children is a hard job...
Jan 26, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 197
