Lynn Cannon, an adored Perth mother of two, was brutally murdered by her ex husband Paul Cannon in late 2022. The day before she was murdered, Paul learned she was in a new relationship. Under false pretences, he convinced her to come to his house the next day. An argument escalated, prompting neighbours to call the police. Despite multiple calls to 000, police took an hour and 15 minutes to arrive. Lynn was an adored mother, daughter, sister and friend. Her loved ones are now taking action to e...
Oct 15, 2023•49 min•Season 1Ep. 390
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 Leek is a retired member of the New South Wales Police Service, in which he served for 34 years. In the early 1990s, Alan was rewarded for his excellence in management. When he was made the head police officer in Cabramatta, it was at the time the largest heroin distribution point in the country, a growing political flashpoint and spiraling ever faster, out ...
Oct 08, 2023•14 min•Season 1Ep. 389
Alan Leek is a retired member of the New South Wales Police Service, in which he served for 34 years. In the early 1990s, Alan was rewarded for his excellence in management. When he was made the head police officer in Cabramatta, it was at the time the largest heroin distribution point in the country, a growing political flashpoint and spiraling ever faster, out of control. The unique set of challenges that beset Cabramatta from the late 1980s created a criminal and cultural misery unlike anythi...
Oct 08, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 388
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 October 2019, Natalie Sands, her children and her mother suffered an unthinkably brutal attack at the hands of her father. Natalie was doused in petrol and set alight by her father. Despite being able to escape her burning house with burns to 75 percent of her body, she watched helplessly as her five year old son, Orlando, and mother Antoinette, perished. Afte...
Oct 04, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 387
In October 2019, Natalie Sands, her children and her mother suffered an unthinkably brutal attack at the hands of her father. Natalie was doused in petrol and set alight by her father. Despite being able to escape her burning house with burns to 75 percent of her body, she watched helplessly as her five year old son, Orlando, and mother Antoinette, perished. After leaving the scene, her father drove to the local Tamworth police station and handed himself in. It was decided in 2021 that Natalie's...
Oct 04, 2023•46 min•Season 1Ep. 386
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 1995, Adrian Pendergast accepted an exciting job opportunity in South Africa. Less than a week after he got there, he was found dead in a jail cell. For almost 30 years, his family have been trying to understand what happened and how he died. But it seems that everything new that they learn, it only leads to more questions. Our guest today is Adrian's younger ...
Oct 01, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 385
In 1995, Adrian Pendergast accepted an exciting job opportunity in South Africa. Less than a week after he got there, he was found dead in a jail cell. For almost 30 years, his family have been trying to understand what happened and how he died. But it seems that everything new that they learn, it only leads to more questions. Our guest today is Adrian's younger sister, Courtney. Courtney only got to know her older brother until she was 15. She has asked for our listener's to reach out if anyone...
Oct 01, 2023•42 min•Season 1Ep. 384
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. Our guest today, Nathan Crisfield, embodies a story of duality like no other. From Albury, He was born into a tumultuous home life, with his father taking him under his wing at an early age to steal whatever they could off the back of trucks. From ages 15 to 19, Nathan was out of school, using and dealing any drugs he could get his hands on. Remarkably though, he...
Sep 24, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 383
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. Our guest today, Nathan Crisfield, embodies a story of duality like no other. From Albury, He was born into a tumultuous home life, with his father taking him under his wing at an early age to steal whatever they could off the back of trucks. From ages 15 to 19, Nathan was out of school, using and dealing any drugs he could get his hands on. Remarkably though, he...
Sep 24, 2023•49 min•Season 1Ep. 382
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. Mary (not her real name) is a recently retired Victoria Police officer. Mary's husband and father of her two children committed serious family violence for many years. He was also a Victoria Police officer - a very high ranking one. Mary joins us to tell us about the attempts she and her children have made to have their allegations of family violence fully invest...
Sep 16, 2023•20 min•Season 1Ep. 379
Mary (not her real name) is a recently retired Victoria Police officer. Mary's husband and father of her two children committed serious family violence for many years. He was also a Victoria Police officer - a very high ranking one. Mary joins us to tell us about the attempts she and her children have made to have their allegations of family violence fully investigated by Victoria Police. In 2021, Victoria Police announced the formation of a specialist unit to investigate cases of family violenc...
Sep 16, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 378
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. Sex trafficking of overseas women to Australia is far more widespread than you may believe. The Sex Work industry can be one of empowerment and autonomy for many workers. On this episode however, we discuss its dark corner controlled my organised crime and exploitation. Investigative journalist Nick McKenzie joins us to discuss the major sex trafficking rings he ...
Sep 10, 2023•13 min•Season 1Ep. 377
Sex trafficking of overseas women to Australia is far more widespread than you may believe. The Sex Work industry can be one of empowerment and autonomy for many workers. On this episode however, we discuss its dark corner controlled my organised crime and exploitation. Investigative journalist Nick McKenzie joins us to discuss the major sex trafficking rings he exposes in his documentary "Revealed: Trafficked". "Revealed: Trafficked" can be streamed now only on Stan. Nick Mckenzie's book "Cross...
Sep 10, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 376
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. Ray and Jennie Kehlet's much loved Great Dane, Ella, wandered alone and dehydrated into a caravan park in Sandstone, WA in March 2015. The phone calls that resulted from local police scanning Ella's microchip alerted both Ray and Jennie's families to the fact that something had gone terribly wrong during their latest adventure. Eight years and one inquest later, ...
Sep 03, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 375
Ray and Jennie Kehlet's much loved Great Dane, Ella, wandered alone and dehydrated into a caravan park in Sandstone, WA in March 2015. The phone calls that resulted from local police scanning Ella's microchip alerted both Ray and Jennie's families to the fact that something had gone terribly wrong during their latest adventure. Eight years and one inquest later, many questions still remain. Ray's brother Dave joins us on this episode of Australian True Crime to tell us the story of the last eigh...
Sep 03, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 374
This is the story of the unlikely killer who hid in plain sight in the tiny and terrified community of Camberley for two years. This is an unlocked episode of Australian True Crime Plus. To access all ATC Plus episodes, plus ad free and early listening of all Australian True Crime episodes, you can subscribe on Apple Podcasts. If you have been affected by anything discussed in this episode you can contact: Lifeline on 13 11 14 13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal an...
Aug 27, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 373
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. This is episode 2 of a 2 part series on the murder of Cecilia Haddad, and the multinational effort to bring her killer to justice. Journalist Ashlea Hansen joins us again to discuss the trial of Mario Marcelo Santoro, the unusual witnesses called to testify, and his shocking confession. For Support: Lifeline on 13 11 14 13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support ph...
Aug 25, 2023•15 min•Season 1Ep. 372
This is episode 2 of a 2 part series on the murder of Cecilia Haddad, and the multinational effort to bring her killer to justice. Journalist Ashlea Hansen joins us again to discuss the trial of Mario Marcelo Santoro, the unusual witnesses called to testify, and his shocking confession. For Support: Lifeline on 13 11 14 13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples) 1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732 CREDITS: Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on...
Aug 25, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 371
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. On the day Cecilia Haddad's body was discovered in Sydney's Lane Cove River, her ex partner Mario Marcelo Santoro was on a flight home to Brazil. Our guest for today's episode, journalist Ashlea Hansen, has been following this story for the very beginning. This episode is part 1 of a 2 part series on the murder of Cecilia Haddad, and the multinational effort to b...
Aug 20, 2023•16 min•Season 1Ep. 370
On the day Cecilia Haddad's body was discovered in Sydney's Lane Cove River, her ex partner Mario Marcelo Santoro was on a flight home to Brazil. Our guest for today's episode, journalist Ashlea Hansen, has been following this story for the very beginning. This episode is part 1 of a 2 part series on the murder of Cecilia Haddad, and the multinational effort to bring her killer to justice. For Support: Lifeline on 13 11 14 13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and To...
Aug 20, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 369
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. Sarah spent decades explaining her self-destructive behaviour to people as a consequence of one terrible year of bullying in primary school. Her abuser wasn't another child, but her principal, an elderly Catholic nun. But while Sarah tried to overcome the trauma of that experience, and of one terrible incident in particular, by talking about it with friends and s...
Aug 16, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 368
Sarah spent decades explaining her self-destructive behaviour to people as a consequence of one terrible year of bullying in primary school. Her abuser wasn't another child, but her principal, an elderly Catholic nun. But while Sarah tried to overcome the trauma of that experience, and of one terrible incident in particular, by talking about it with friends and seeking counselling, it wasn't until she heard a line in a true crime podcast while driving her car that she realised the one detail she...
Aug 16, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 367
This is a re-issue of episode 99 from May 2019 2019 Dassi Erlich is living a life today she literally could never have imagined as a child. She couldn’t have imagined it because so much of what the rest of us take for granted was hidden from her by her parents and the other adults around her. Dassi and her six siblings were raised in the ultra-Orthodox Adass Israel community of Melbourne. you may have seen Dassi and two of her sisters on Australian Story , because their conservative sheltered up...
Aug 13, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 365
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. This is a re-issue of episode 99 from May 2019 2019 Dassi Erlich is living a life today she literally could never have imagined as a child. She couldn’t have imagined it because so much of what the rest of us take for granted was hidden from her by her parents and the other adults around her. Dassi and her six siblings were raised in the ultra-Orthodox Adass Isra...
Aug 13, 2023•20 min•Season 1Ep. 366
Susan Warren, 15 years old in the year of 1965, ran away with a man 8 years her senior, Arthur Thomson. The next 34 years of her life are quite frankly, a complete mystery. She had no friends, no community, and hardly any family contact. In fact, her life was so isolated that when she went missing in 1999, there wasn’t a missing persons report with the police until 2006. And this wasn’t because Arthur reported her missing - it was actually the subsequent result after both he and his mother, were...
Aug 06, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 363
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. Susan Warren, 15 years old in the year of 1965, ran away with a man 8 years her senior, Arthur Thomson. The next 34 years of her life are quite frankly, a complete mystery. She had no friends, no community, and hardly any family contact. In fact, her life was so isolated that when she went missing in 1999, there wasn’t a missing persons report with the police unt...
Aug 06, 2023•15 min•Season 1Ep. 364
We return this episode with our guests Jon Rouse APM and Akhim Dev, answering your questions about the fight against online exploitation of children. Akhim Dev is the creator of The Children In the Pictures, a documentary and podcast that looks into the amazing and unrelenting work of members at Task Force Argos, of which Jon Rouse was a founding member of. For those not in the know, Task Force Argos is a world renowned branch of the Queensland police force responsible for the investigation of o...
Aug 02, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 361
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. We return this episode with our guests Jon Rouse APM and Akhim Dev, answering your questions about the fight against online exploitation of children. Akhim Dev is the creator of The Children In the Pictures, a documentary and podcast that looks into the amazing and unrelenting work of members at Task Force Argos, of which Jon Rouse was a founding member of. For t...
Aug 02, 2023•16 min•Season 1Ep. 362
Task Force Argos is a world renowned branch of the Queensland Police Service, responsible for the investigation of online child exploitation and abuse. Our guests for this episode are Jon Rouse APM and Akhim Dev. Rouse was one of the founding members of the Argos Task Force, and Dev is a documentary film maker, whose film and podcast "The Children in the Pictures" featured the work of the Rouse's team. Next episode will feature Rouse and Dev answering our listeners' questions, but on this episod...
Jul 30, 2023•42 min•Season 1Ep. 359
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. Task Force Argos is a world renowned branch of the Queensland Police Service, responsible for the investigation of online child exploitation and abuse. Our guests for this episode are Jon Rouse APM and Akhim Dev. Rouse was one of the founding members of the Argos Task Force, and Dev is a documentary film maker, whose film and podcast "The Children in the Pictures...
Jul 30, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 360
