Uncovered | Unmasking the alleged torturer turned Bondi nanny | Part 1
Mar 23, 2026•22 min•Season 9Ep. 21
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Episode description
A CIA-backed coup. A hidden Australian connection. And a suburban nanny with a secret past.
In Part 1 of Unmasking the alleged torturer turned Bondi nanny, Uruguayan-Australian journalist Florencia Melgar takes us inside her groundbreaking investigation, The Other 9/11, and how she uncovered the secret role Australian spies played in the Pinochet coup in Chile in 1973.
What began as a deep dive into Cold War espionage led somewhere unexpected: to Bondi, and to a woman accused of being part of Chile’s machinery of torture.
- The Other 9/11
- ABC Foreign Correspondent, Facing the Past
- More on Australia’s involvement in Chile: 'Last thing he wanted was to embarrass the CIA': Inside Whitlam's 'agonising' decision to shut Australian spy operation in Chile
Got any tips? Email us at secretswekeep@sca.com.au.
Credits:
- Host: Joey Watson
- Supervising Producer: Claudianna Blanco
- Sound Design: Matt Nikolic
- Head of Factual: Clair Weaver
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