Unravel True Crime: Snowball

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Unravel True Crime is a podcast where, each season, some of Australia's best journalists investigate unsolved crimes. Season 4: Snowball tells how an average family's encounter with a charismatic Californian con woman cost them everything.

  • 21 March 2024, 10:00 pm
    PRESENTS | Mushroom Case Daily

    Follow the case involving accused triple murderer, Erin Patterson, and an allegedly poisonous mushroom lunch. Once the proceedings begin, the Mushroom Case Daily podcast will bring you all the key updates from court. If and when the case proceeds to a full trial, we'll cover it daily.

    Press 'Follow' on Mushroom Case Daily now to be the first to hear updates from the case.

    2 minutes 30 seconds
  • 9 October 2023, 2:00 pm
    BONUS | Behind the scenes

    Go behind the scenes of the podcast with co-reporters Crispian and Alex as they describe how they made this season of Unravel True Crime.

    31 minutes 30 seconds
  • 25 September 2023, 3:00 pm
    07 | Close to Home

    Crispian and Alex find troubling signs among current-day extremist groups. Meanwhile, in this episode of Unravel True Crime the restaurant kids discuss how they processed what happened to their families.

    48 minutes
  • 18 September 2023, 3:00 pm
    06 | Track Jack

    Crispian and Alex hit the road to track down the gang's leader, Jack Van Tongeren. It turns out that Jack's past contains some big surprises. Meanwhile, in this episode of Unravel True Crime a former member of the gang reveals its secrets.

    49 minutes
  • 11 September 2023, 2:30 pm
    05 | The Gang Rises

    A decade later, the gang reemerges. In this episode of Unravel True Crime, Crispian and Alex come face to face with a former follower of the gang at a men's health and yoga retreat, sparking a bizarre and emotional reckoning.

    More Information

    • Host and co-reporter: Crispian Chan
    • Co-reporter: Alex Mann
    • Producer and researcher: Dunja Karagic
    • Research and fact checking: Johnny Lieu
    • Rollout producer: Amelia Mertha
    • Theme and music composition: Martin Peralta
    • Sound design and additional music: Simon Branthwaite
    • Commissioning editor: Alice Brennan
    • Executive Producer: Tim Roxburgh
  • 4 September 2023, 3:00 pm
    04 | Operation Jackhammer

    A risky undercover operation strikes at the heart of the firebombing gang. But in this episode of Unravel True Crime, hatred reverberates around the city, and lives are lost. 

    (Audio of Russell Willey courtesy of Anthony Buckley AM, from the film ‘Nazi Supergrass’)

    44 minutes 30 seconds
  • 28 August 2023, 3:00 pm
    03 | Punks and Ninjas

    As police struggle to keep up with a wave of terrorism, unlikely defenders emerge to confront the city's gangs.

    In this episode of Unravel True Crime, activists are badly beaten, and the neo-Nazi gang is starting to push its luck, but the police still can't nail anyone over the restaurant firebombings.

    41 minutes 12 seconds
  • 21 August 2023, 3:00 pm
    02 | The Posters

    The city has been blanketed in threatening posters. The list of suspects narrows as the fire bombers' potential motivations become clearer.

    In this episode of Unravel True Crime, Police become suspicious of a hardened and fanatical group of neo-Nazi activists, who are thumbing their nose at law enforcement and threatening Asian communities in Perth.

    37 minutes 6 seconds
  • 14 August 2023, 3:00 pm
    01 | The Man Lin

    Chinese restaurants are being firebombed in the dead of night. As the attacks spread, police scramble to work out what is happening in the city.

    In this episode of Firebomb, host Crispian Chan sets out to investigate the events surrounding the fire that destroyed his family's restaurant.

    25 minutes 30 seconds
  • 31 July 2023, 3:00 pm
    INTRODUCING — Firebomb

    Chinese restaurants are being firebombed in the dead of night. The police arson squad is racing against the clock to stop the next attack. Along the way, there are buried weapons, secret informers, punks, ninjas, and political manoeuvres.

    As the rest of Australia celebrates the nation's bicentenary, a campaign of terror is getting underway in Perth. Now, in this deeply personal season of Unravel True Crime, Crispian Chan will investigate what really happened after his family's restaurant went up in flames.

    Episode 1 will be released on the 15th of August 2023. Unravel True Crime is the ABC's award-winning true crime podcast. Previous seasons include 'Blood on the Tracks', 'Barrenjoey Road', 'Last Seen: Katoomba' and 'Snowball'.

    3 minutes 40 seconds
  • 2 September 2019, 7:00 am
    07 | The Morning After

    After the confrontation in the supermarket carpark, Ollie is left feeling confused — has he been charmed just like everyone else in this story? Will Lezlie fail to keep her promises to Ollie or leave him and his family hanging?

    23 minutes 35 seconds
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