Today's episode is the story of one of Australia's infamous, flamboyant 1980s high fliers, the one and only Christopher Skase. Christopher Skase was an Australian businessman who gained notoriety in the 1980s and 1990s. Skase's empire collapsed in the early 1990s due to massive debts and allegations of corporate misconduct. He fled Australia for Spain in 1991 to avoid legal proceedings, leading to a highly publicised extradition battle. Skase remained in Mallorca, Spain, until his death in 2001,...
Apr 10, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 466
This is a re-issue of episode #14. Originally aired July 13th, 2017. Sent on a simple errand to the local shops by her mother, six-year-old Kylie Maybury never made it home alive. Her body was found the following day, discarded in a gutter, but the circumstances of her death, and the identity of her killer remained unknown for 33 years. In the end, he was eerily close to home all along. Veteran crime reporter Keith Moor talks us through the details of the case, and the strange twists and turns i...
Apr 07, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 465
We are shining a light on another podcast today. "Real Property" is a podcast building a community of people who are interested in Australia's property market. Join "Real Property" as we discuss the current trends and what's happening in the rapidly moving property market. Find "Real Property" on all major podcast platforms. Become a subscriber to Australian True Crime Plus here: https://plus.acast.com/s/australiantruecrime . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 04, 2024•16 min•Season 1Ep. 464
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 truly heartbreaking case from Melbourne's gold rush heyday. Although Australia is considered a youthful and progressive nation, we didn't start decriminalising homosexual acts until 1975. On this episode, we travel back to the 1870s, when Melbourne was blossoming. Shaking off her convict roots and making her mark on the world stage as a prosperous...
Apr 03, 2024•16 min•Season 1Ep. 463
This is a truly heartbreaking case from Melbourne's gold rush heyday. Although Australia is considered a youthful and progressive nation, we didn't start decriminalising homosexual acts until 1975. On this episode, we travel back to the 1870s, when Melbourne was blossoming. Shaking off her convict roots and making her mark on the world stage as a prosperous European-inspired capital. She could still be pretty inhospitable though, for anyone who didn't fit the mould... Michael Adams' 4-part serie...
Apr 03, 2024•58 min•Season 1Ep. 462
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 is Nicole Edwards. She served in the Western Australian Police Force for 17 years until she retired on mental health grounds in 2023. Nicole was a victim of serial rapist Adrian Trevor Moore, who was found guilty in 2022 of assaulting 13 women. He was also a WA Police Officer. Nicole's position within WA police didn't mean her case was exped...
Mar 31, 2024•16 min•Season 1Ep. 461
Our guest today is Nicole Edwards. She served in the Western Australian Police Force for 17 years until she retired on mental health grounds in 2023. Nicole was a victim of serial rapist Adrian Trevor Moore, who was found guilty in 2022 of assaulting 13 women. He was also a WA Police Officer. Nicole's position within WA police didn't mean her case was expedited or even that it was treated within the normal parameters of a sexual assault case. You see, because of Adrian Moore's position within WA...
Mar 31, 2024•42 min•Season 1Ep. 460
Today we're featuring an episode from a new podcast, True Crime Bedtime Stories. Click here to listen to their episodes on Apple Podcasts , or simply search for them on your favourite podcast app. Show notes: In today's episode, we'll learn about the kind of man your mother always warned you about. A charming stranger with a camera full of flattery and mystique, a man with a knack for spotting vulnerable young women with stars in their eyes and convincing them they were safe with him. Christophe...
Mar 27, 2024•26 min•Season 1Ep. 459
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 episode #342 of Australian True Crime, we met a man named Glen Fisher, who told us about the abuse he suffered in a so-called youth refuge in 1980s Kings Cross. The place in question was called the "Homeless Children's Association Refuge", and it was run by one Simon Davies. In 2022, Simon Davies was convicted of historical child sex offences against two...
Mar 24, 2024•16 min•Season 1Ep. 458
In episode #342 of Australian True Crime, we met a man named Glen Fisher, who told us about the abuse he suffered in a so-called youth refuge in 1980s Kings Cross. The place in question was called the "Homeless Children's Association Refuge", and it was run by one Simon Davies. In 2022, Simon Davies was convicted of historical child sex offences against two boys in 1980s. One of those boys was Glen Fisher. After that episode was published, we were contacted by a woman named Marie, who said she h...
Mar 24, 2024•54 min•Season 1Ep. 457
Today we're featuring an episode from a new podcast, True Crime Bedtime Stories. Click here to listen to their episodes on Apple Podcasts , or simply search for them on your favourite podcast app. Show notes: On this episode we delve into the chilling crimes of a man who cast a dark shadow across the UK for over six decades. We’re tracing the sinister path of Peter Tobin, a name that evokes fear and intrigue in the annals of criminal history. Get ready to dive deep into a tale of brutality, cunn...
Mar 20, 2024•27 min•Season 1Ep. 456
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're 11 weeks into 2024 and 18 Australian women have been murdered so far this year. Today we are releasing a re-issue of episode #18, a case I know many of us have been remembering as the search for Samantha Murphy goes on. It was 12 years ago that we first heard the name Allison Baden-Clay. Like Samantha Murphy, we were told that Allison, a success...
Mar 17, 2024•15 min•Season 1Ep. 455
We're 11 weeks into 2024 and 18 Australian women have been murdered so far this year. Today we are releasing a re-issue of episode #18, a case I know many of us have been remembering as the search for Samantha Murphy goes on. It was 12 years ago that we first heard the name Allison Baden-Clay. Like Samantha Murphy, we were told that Allison, a successful, vibrant pillar of the community, had disappeared into thin air after going for a walk. Her husband and family had also made tearful play...
Mar 17, 2024•45 min•Season 1Ep. 454
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. Brisbane Journalist Nicole Madigan's experience of stalking isn't the one we've grown used to. She was stalked by her husband's ex partner for over three years, and she wrote a very thought provoking book about it, titled "Obsession". You can find links to Nicole Madigan's journalism, social media, and where to buy a copy of her book "Obsession" at www.nico...
Mar 10, 2024•14 min•Season 1Ep. 453
Brisbane Journalist Nicole Madigan's experience of stalking isn't the one we've grown used to. She was stalked by her husband's ex partner for over three years, and she wrote a very thought provoking book about it, titled "Obsession". You can find links to Nicole Madigan's journalism, social media, and where to buy a copy of her book "Obsession" at www.nicolemadigan.com For Support: Lifeline on 13 11 14 13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Str...
Mar 10, 2024•46 min•Season 1Ep. 452
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. It's estimated that around one third of sexual assaults committed against Australian children are carried out by other children, according to the Australian Center for Child Protection. Australian children are increasingly displaying harmful sexual behaviours and there's a tendency within our society to minimise it and characterise it as normal sexual devel...
Mar 06, 2024•17 min•Season 1Ep. 451
It's estimated that around one third of sexual assaults committed against Australian children are carried out by other children, according to the Australian Center for Child Protection. Australian children are increasingly displaying harmful sexual behaviours and there's a tendency within our society to minimise it and characterise it as normal sexual development. Our guest on Australian True Crime today, Emma, was the victim of other children's harmful sexual behaviours when she was 13 years ol...
Mar 06, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 450
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. A couple of years ago, there was a lady called Lynda living in a small community in Australia, who had bright pink keys. She wanted them to be very visible so that she could find them quickly and get inside her house or car in the event that she was ambushed by her ex-partner. One in night in 2020, though, she didn't make it inside in time, and was bashed a...
Mar 02, 2024•14 min•Season 1Ep. 449
A couple of years ago, there was a lady called Lynda living in a small community in Australia, who had bright pink keys. She wanted them to be very visible so that she could find them quickly and get inside her house or car in the event that she was ambushed by her ex-partner. One in night in 2020, though, she didn't make it inside in time, and was bashed and stabbed to death outside her own front door. The following day, when her murder was reported on the news, it was particularly shocking for...
Mar 02, 2024•39 min•Season 1Ep. 448
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. Charlie Bezzina is a former Homicide Detective who has been part of some of the biggest murder trials this country has ever seen. Charlie remains in very high demand, both as a media commentator and as a private investigator. He joins us today to talk about the process of taking a big homicide investigation to trial from the perspective of the detectives in...
Feb 25, 2024•14 min•Season 1Ep. 447
Charlie Bezzina is a former Homicide Detective who has been part of some of the biggest murder trials this country has ever seen. Charlie remains in very high demand, both as a media commentator and as a private investigator. He joins us today to talk about the process of taking a big homicide investigation to trial from the perspective of the detectives involved. The alleged High Country murder trial regarding former Jetstar pilot, Gregory Lynn, is about to begin in the Supreme Court of Melbour...
Feb 25, 2024•45 min•Season 1Ep. 446
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. Dr Renee Zahnow is an Urban Criminologist, and an Australian Research Council (ARC) Senior Research Fellow in the School of Social Science at the University of Queensland. She joins us today on Australian True Crime to discuss productive ways of thinking about those who criminally offend, keys to prevention for at risk youths, and the harmful results of peo...
Feb 21, 2024•16 min•Season 1Ep. 445
Dr Renee Zahnow is an Urban Criminologist, and an Australian Research Council (ARC) Senior Research Fellow in the School of Social Science at the University of Queensland. She joins us today on Australian True Crime to discuss productive ways of thinking about those who criminally offend, keys to prevention for at risk youths, and the harmful results of people taking justice into their own hands. For Support: Lifeline on 13 11 14 13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line fo...
Feb 21, 2024•47 min•Season 1Ep. 444
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. Dr. Hamish Mckenzie is the Detective Superintendent of the Western Australia Sex Crimes Division. That means he's the boss. As you're about to hear, Sex Crimes is a very challenging area of policing, and Western Australia is the largest single policing jurisdiction in the world. Policing, like everything else, is done differently in WA. But according to Ham...
Feb 18, 2024•14 min•Season 1Ep. 443
Dr. Hamish Mckenzie is the Detective Superintendent of the Western Australia Sex Crimes Division. That means he's the boss. As you're about to hear, Sex Crimes is a very challenging area of policing, and Western Australia is the largest single policing jurisdiction in the world. Policing, like everything else, is done differently in WA. But according to Hamish McKenzie, child sexual assault is the one area of law enforcement where egos really do take a backseat to results. He joins us on Austral...
Feb 18, 2024•44 min•Season 1Ep. 442
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. Like many of us, our guest today has researched her family tree using an online ancestry website. Unlike most of us, Julie DiBella found a serial killer lurking in hers. Julie has spent the last couple of years researching the crimes of her great great grandfather, Robert Francis Burns, who has gone down in the histroy books as potentially Australia's first...
Feb 11, 2024•13 min•Season 1Ep. 441
Like many of us, our guest today has researched her family tree using an online ancestry website. Unlike most of us, Julie DiBella found a serial killer lurking in hers. Julie has spent the last couple of years researching the crimes of her great great grandfather, Robert Francis Burns, who has gone down in the histroy books as potentially Australia's first serial killer. Julie is writing a book about her infamous ancestor, and she joins us on Australian True Crime today to tell us what she's di...
Feb 11, 2024•39 min•Season 1Ep. 440
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. Scott Keighran is a published poet. If you Google him, though, you're more likely to find him described as an associate of the Rebels Motorcycle Club, an arsonist, a kidnapper, a home invader, and an attempted murderer. Scott is well aware that his rap sheet is nothing short of terrifying. He has hurt and traumatized a lot of people. However, in 2016, when ...
Feb 07, 2024•17 min•Season 1Ep. 439
Scott Keighran is a published poet. If you Google him, though, you're more likely to find him described as an associate of the Rebels Motorcycle Club, an arsonist, a kidnapper, a home invader, and an attempted murderer. Scott is well aware that his rap sheet is nothing short of terrifying. He has hurt and traumatized a lot of people. However, in 2016, when an attempt to intimidate went wrong, he ended up paying a very high price himself. Scott Keighran joins us on Australian True Crime today to ...
Feb 07, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 438
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. CW: This episode contains discussions of child sexual assault. Retired Detective Sergeant John Breda narrowly escaped being murdered by an alleged child sex offender, Nick Newman, on January 26th, 2018. It is alleged that Nick Newman was 26 when he entered a sexual relationship with a 14 year old relative of his ex wife. After the child reported Newman to t...
Feb 04, 2024•14 min•Season 1Ep. 437
