This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. The 2011 death of Louisa Ioannidis was deemed as not suspicious according to the investigating police at the time. That simply didn't make sense to those who knew her. Including her big brother, Tass who contacted the private investigator, Julie Robson, asking for help in seeking an inquest. Julie joins us on Australian True Crime to discuss the results of her In...
Jul 21, 2024•16 min•Season 1Ep. 505
The 2011 death of Louisa Ioannidis was deemed as not suspicious according to the investigating police at the time. That simply didn't make sense to those who knew her. Including her big brother, Tass who contacted the private investigator, Julie Robson, asking for help in seeking an inquest. Julie joins us on Australian True Crime to discuss the results of her Investigative Podcast around Louisa's death, "Troubled Waters". Julia's podcasts "Chasing Charlie" and Troubled Waters" are available whe...
Jul 21, 2024•53 min•Season 1Ep. 504
Our live show for "Australian True Crime" kicks off this weekend and at our Melbourne show we will be unpacking the recent High Country Murders trial with former homicide detective Charlie Bezzina. In Sydney and Brisbane, I’ll be joined on stage by criminologist Dr Xanthe Mallett. Right now, we are running a last minute ticket offer, but as soon as the tickets are gone, they are gone so be quick. Click the link below and we can’t wait to see you this weekend for Australian True Crime live. Click...
Jul 18, 2024•3 min
This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. The Sharpies were probably Australia's most fashionable gang in 1960s/70s Australia. Their clothing was custom made from European tailors and their hairstyles were unmistakable. Our guest for today's episode is Author and Social Worker, Julie Mac. Julie herself was a proud Sharpie in the 1970s, and she's here to tell us who the Sharpies really were beyond the vio...
Jul 17, 2024•14 min•Season 1Ep. 503
The Sharpies were probably Australia's most fashionable gang in 1960s/70s Australia. Their clothing was custom made from European tailors and their hairstyles were unmistakable. Our guest for today's episode is Author and Social Worker, Julie Mac. Julie herself was a proud Sharpie in the 1970s, and she's here to tell us who the Sharpies really were beyond the violent headlines. You can purchase Julie's latest book "TAILS" here. You can purchase signed copies of Julie's work here. Australian True...
Jul 17, 2024•42 min•Season 1Ep. 502
This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Professor Richard Bassed is the Deputy Director at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine and the Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine at Monash University. I had the opportunity to interview Richard for my book "CSI Told You Lies" about his work in identifying victims in mass casualty events, such as the Black Saturday Bushfires and the 2004 Indian ...
Jul 14, 2024•12 min•Season 1Ep. 501
Professor Richard Bassed is the Deputy Director at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine and the Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine at Monash University. I had the opportunity to interview Richard for my book "CSI Told You Lies" about his work in identifying victims in mass casualty events, such as the Black Saturday Bushfires and the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. Currently, Richard is deeply invested in researching and utilising AI technology, as it has the potential to make a sign...
Jul 14, 2024•31 min•Season 1Ep. 500
This is a preview of our recent ATC Plus episode. To listen to the whole episode, you can subscribe now to ATC Plus and get your first week free on Apple Podcasts. Ljupka Subeska, also known as LJ, is a criminal lawyer and Principal at Astoria Lawyers in Sydney. For this episode, she is here to take us behind the curtain and see how a criminal lawyer prepares for a case, as well as to debunk some common misconceptions about her job. This interview is led by veteran broadcast journalist (and frie...
Jul 10, 2024•16 min•Season 1Ep. 499
This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Former VicPol Detective Senior Sergeant, Tim Peck, has just released a book entitled The Invisible Obvious about his miraculous recovery from alcoholism and severely compromised mental health. He's unflinchingly honest about the depths of despair that took him very close to taking his own life in 2014 at the peak of his career, and the circumstances that prevente...
Jul 07, 2024•18 min•Season 1Ep. 498
Former VicPol Detective Senior Sergeant, Tim Peck, has just released a book entitled The Invisible Obvious about his miraculous recovery from alcoholism and severely compromised mental health. He's unflinchingly honest about the depths of despair that took him very close to taking his own life in 2014 at the peak of his career, and the circumstances that prevented him from accepting help until it was almost too late. Click here to purchase Tim Peck's book "The Invisible Obvious" Australian True ...
Jul 07, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 497
This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Hedley Thomas is the National Chief Correspondent for The Australian and the investigative journalist behind Australia's most groundbreaking True Crime podcasts. Many of you will be familiar with Hedley's podcasts. Titles such as The Teacher's Pet, Shandee's Story and The Night Driver. Now Hedley's back with a new series called Bronywn, in which he's investigatin...
Jul 03, 2024•18 min•Season 1Ep. 496
Hedley Thomas is the National Chief Correspondent for The Australian and the investigative journalist behind Australia's most groundbreaking True Crime podcasts. Many of you will be familiar with Hedley's podcasts. Titles such as The Teacher's Pet, Shandee's Story and The Night Driver. Now Hedley's back with a new series called Bronywn, in which he's investigating the 1993 disappearance of Lennox Head woman Bronwyn Whitfield. Hedley Thomas joins us on Australian True Crime to talk about Bronwyn,...
Jul 03, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 495
This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. In 2006, Adelaide teenager Carly Ryan thought she'd met the boy of her dreams on social media by the name of Brandon Kane. Brandon was a character invented by pedophile Garry Francis Newman, who was in his fifties at the time and communicating with literally hundreds of underage girls around the world, posing as a boy their age. Newman enlisted his own teenage so...
Jun 30, 2024•17 min•Season 1Ep. 494
In 2006, Adelaide teenager Carly Ryan thought she'd met the boy of her dreams on social media by the name of Brandon Kane. Brandon was a character invented by pedophile Garry Francis Newman, who was in his fifties at the time and communicating with literally hundreds of underage girls around the world, posing as a boy their age. Newman enlisted his own teenage son to help him groom the girls and try to persuade them to meet him in person. In February 2007, Newman and his son traveled to Adelaide...
Jun 30, 2024•59 min•Season 1Ep. 493
This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Captain Moonlite was a very different character compared to other famous Australian Bushrangers. Despite the fantastic nickname there's been conspicuously little information available about him. That was until journalist and author, Garry Linnell started looking into the story. The result is a great book that uncovers some surprising aspects of Moonlite story. As...
Jun 23, 2024•16 min•Season 1Ep. 491
Captain Moonlite was a very different character compared to other famous Australian Bushrangers. Despite the fantastic nickname there's been conspicuously little information available about him. That was until journalist and author, Garry Linnell started looking into the story. The result is a great book that uncovers some surprising aspects of Moonlite story. Aspects some say are the reason he hasn't been eulogised like his contemporaries. Click here to purchase Garry's book "Moonlite: The Trag...
Jun 23, 2024•45 min•Season 1Ep. 490
This is a preview of our recent ATC Plus episode with Dassi Erlich. Subscribe now to ATC Plus to listen to the whole hour long conversation. Many of you will know the name Dassi Erlich. Along with her sisters, Elly Sapper and Nicole Meyer, Dassi fought a ten year battle to have her former head mistress, Malka Leifer, extradited from Israel to Australia to face trial for sexually abusing them when they were students at the ultra orthodox Adass Israel School in Melbourne. Malka Leifer was found gu...
Jun 19, 2024•15 min•Season 1Ep. 489
This is a re-issue of episode #145, “Disgraced” Paul Dale. Victim or Villain? This week, we released an episode with Retired Homicide Detective, Charlie Bezzina, regarding the murders of Terrence and Christine Hodson. We're re-issuing our two part episode in conversation with Paul Dale, so that he can tell his side of the story, and so that we can go further into detail regarding the many key players involved. Don't forget that Australian True Crime LIVE is coming to Melbourne, Sydney and Queens...
Jun 16, 2024•43 min•Season 1Ep. 487
This is a re-issue of episode #146, Paul Dale Pt 2. The Crimes in Question #146 This week, we released an episode with Retired Homicide Detective, Charlie Bezzina, regarding the murders of Terrence and Christine Hodson. We're re-issuing our two part episode in conversation with Paul Dale, so that he can tell his side of the story, and so that we can go further into detail regarding the many key players involved. Don't forget that Australian True Crime LIVE is coming to Melbourne, Sydney and Quee...
Jun 16, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 488
This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Retired Victorian Homicide Detective Charlie Bezzina joins us to discuss his connection to Nicola Gobbo, also known as Informer 3838. Gobbo, a high-profile lawyer with underworld clients, was also a police informant. While it's disputed who in Victoria Police knew about Gobbo's informant status, it's clear that homicide squad leaders were unaware. Charlie Bezzina...
Jun 16, 2024•18 min•Season 1Ep. 486
Retired Victorian Homicide Detective Charlie Bezzina joins us to discuss his connection to Nicola Gobbo, also known as Informer 3838. Gobbo, a high-profile lawyer with underworld clients, was also a police informant. While it's disputed who in Victoria Police knew about Gobbo's informant status, it's clear that homicide squad leaders were unaware. Charlie Bezzina, on call on May 16, 2004, when Terrence and Christine Hodson were found executed in their Melbourne home, was kept in the dark about c...
Jun 16, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 485
Megan Norris joins us again to talk about the case of Robert Farquharson. Farquharson is the Victorian man who was twice convicted of deliberately driving his car into a dam on the night of Father's Day 2005 for the purpose of murdering his three children, Jai, 10, Tyler, 7, and Bailey, 2. He also launched two failed appeals against his convictions. Recently 60 Minutes devoted an entire episode to the story in which they called for yet another review of the evidence. No one knows this case like ...
Jun 12, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 484
This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Forensic anthropologist and Criminologist, Dr Xanthé Mallett, has become something of a true crime superstar in recent years. She's extremely qualified, having studied at Cambridge and received a scholarship from the FBI, among other achievements. We're getting to know Dr. Mallett in this episode of Australian True Crime in the lead up to her appearances as our s...
Jun 09, 2024•16 min•Season 1Ep. 483
Forensic anthropologist and Criminologist, Dr Xanthé Mallett, has become something of a true crime superstar in recent years. She's extremely qualified, having studied at Cambridge and received a scholarship from the FBI, among other achievements. We're getting to know Dr. Mallett in this episode of Australian True Crime in the lead up to her appearances as our special guest live on stage in Brisbane and Sydney in July. There'll be a Q&A during the show, so if this interview with Xanthé spar...
Jun 09, 2024•42 min•Season 1Ep. 482
This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Alan Bond, "Bondy" as he was known by Prime Ministers and Aussie battlers alike, was unlike the other Australia flamboyant billionaires of the 1980s. He and his wife Eileen, whom he called Big Red, built their fortune from nothing in the suburbs of Perth, and they still wore their humble beginnings on their sleeves when they socialised with royalty. Of course, it...
Jun 02, 2024•16 min•Season 1Ep. 487
Alan Bond, "Bondy" as he was known by Prime Ministers and Aussie battlers alike, was unlike the other Australia flamboyant billionaires of the 1980s. He and his wife Eileen, whom he called Big Red, built their fortune from nothing in the suburbs of Perth, and they still wore their humble beginnings on their sleeves when they socialised with royalty. Of course, it all came crashing down in those brutal post stock exchange crash days in the early nineties. Bryce and Alec from our favourite millenn...
Jun 02, 2024•51 min•Season 1Ep. 486
The true-poo-crime podcast that took 2023 by storm, "Who Shat On The Floor At My Wedding?", is back with a second series. Blushing brides Helen and Karen whose beautiful wedding was sullied by the fact that one of their guests shat on the floor, return with their friend, lead detective Lauren to investigate a new case. And as usual, they will go to extraordinary lengths to crack a case that's not quite serious enough for the police to be interested in. I caught up with Karen Whitehouse and Laure...
May 30, 2024•38 min•Season 1Ep. 485
This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed. Some of you will remember Jodie Bilborough from her appearance on A Current Affair in 2019. One of their reporters traveled to Jordan in the Middle East to meet Jodie, who just won custody of her son, Laith, through the Jordanian courts after his father, her ex-husband, Ismat, had prevented her from seeing him for four years. An allegation in which he denies. The...
May 26, 2024•17 min•Season 1Ep. 484
Some of you will remember Jodie Bilborough from her appearance on A Current Affair in 2019. One of their reporters traveled to Jordan in the Middle East to meet Jodie, who just won custody of her son, Laith, through the Jordanian courts after his father, her ex-husband, Ismat, had prevented her from seeing him for four years. An allegation in which he denies. The report left us on an optimistic note, although Jodie was still waiting to bring Laith home to live with her as his father had launched...
May 26, 2024•45 min•Season 1Ep. 483
Today I'm showcasing another True Crime podcast I highly recommend you check out. It’s called ‘True Crime City” and spends 12 episodes on the most notorious crimes in each city before moving onto the next city somewhere in the world. So far “True Crime City” has focused its first season on the city of London starting off with the Teddington Towpath Murders” Take a listen to True Crime City wherever you get your podcasts. Listen here on Apple Show Notes: Step into the shadows of London's tranquil...
May 22, 2024•25 min•Season 1Ep. 482
