True Crime Cheat Sheet

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Catching you up on the biggest true crime cases in the news from Australia and around the world. 

  • 45 minutes 26 seconds
    Unsolved Crimes part 2: Two deaths, a husband and a hitman

    In 1991, a vehicle was found in the bush containing the bodies of two women, Julie-anne Leahy, 26, and Vicki Arnold, 28. The police initially thought the unusual deaths were a murder-suicide. But three coronial inquests later and a very different story emerged, one involving Alan Leahy, Julie-Anne's husband. Bek takes Nina through this case from 1991 to now.

     

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    24 November 2023, 1:00 pm
  • 37 minutes 36 seconds
    Unsolved Crimes part 1: The Nannup cult mystery

    A charming cult leader, a missing family, and an inquest that raised more questions than answers. Today Nina and Bek deep dive into the mysterious disappearance of Internet cult leader Simon Kadwell, his partner Chantelle McDougall, their five-year-old daughter Leela and their friend Tony Popic from Nannup in Western Australia.  

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    17 November 2023, 1:22 am
  • 31 minutes 10 seconds
    The suspected mushroom poisoning and why we can (finally) talk about it

    Erin Patterson has been charged with three counts of murder and 5 counts of attempted murder after three people died from suspected mushroom poisoning following a lunch at her home. Bek and Nina break down how we got to this point and also discuss the thallium poison craze that gripped Sydney in the 1950s. 

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    15 November 2023, 2:00 pm
  • 37 minutes 7 seconds
    Mass shootings and the conspiracies to deny them

    As America reels from yet another mass shooting, Bek and Nina look back at Australia's history of gun control, from the Port Arthur massacre in 1996 to today. They also discuss the conspiracy theorists that are harming families, spreading misinformation, and potentially putting us all at risk. 

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    8 November 2023, 2:00 pm
  • 36 minutes 24 seconds
    Gary Jubelin takes us inside the police interview room

    We're joined today by former homicide detective and current legend of podcasting, Gary Jubelin. Nina and Gary sit down to talk about what really goes down in the police interview room from the heartbreaking to the hilarious. It's a fascinating inside look into a world most of us will never see. 

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    26 October 2023, 3:22 am
  • 34 minutes 30 seconds
    Halloween special: the great clown panic of 2016

    Remember the killer clown scare, when a plague of red-nosed sightings spread hysteria across Australia and around the world? What caused this global panic? And who was behind the clowns? Five years later Bek and Nina have still not moved on (especially Nina). They deep-dive into a decades-long history of social panics and creepy clowns

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    25 October 2023, 2:00 pm
  • 37 minutes 46 seconds
    Gypsy Rose Blanchard - a killer and a victim

    Gypsy Rose Blanchard and her mother Clauddinnea ‘Dee Dee’ seemed to be as inseparable. Gypsy was known to suffer from multiple health problems and Dee Dee cared for her as a single mum. But when the elder woman was found dead in 2015 and Gypsy was arrested for her murder, the true story of their relationship unravelled. Gypsy has just been granted early release on parole in December, so Bek and Nina dive into the details and discuss Munchausen syndrome by proxy - both in this case and in Australia.

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    12 October 2023, 5:33 am
  • 35 minutes 33 seconds
    Sydney's gay hate killings: a decades long fight for justice

    An inquiry into decades-old suspected gay hate crimes in NSW is revisiting cases and putting a spotlight on the police investigations into these suspected crimes. It comes after families and loved ones have fought and pushed to have their voices heard and get the closure they have wanted for decades. Bek and Nina discuss the findings so far and look at some of the cases highlighted by the inquiry including the death of Scott Johnson.

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    11 October 2023, 2:00 pm
  • 1 hour 5 minutes
    The Delphi murders: Satanic Panic and a case full of red herrings

    The murders of Liberty German and Abigail Williams are making headlines again after the release of an explosive document by the defence team of accused killer Richard Allen. While there is a lot of speculation and chatter happening in the media and online, let's take a pause and look at the case in detail and what this new document really means. 

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    4 October 2023, 2:00 pm
  • 44 minutes 12 seconds
    Control and intimidation: The murder of Allison Baden-Clay

    When Gerrard Baden-Clay reported his wife missing back in 2012 it sparked one of Queensland's largest search efforts. Gerrard's suspicious demeanor and the fresh scratches and bruises on his face and body soon raised the suspicion of police. 

    Today Nina and Bek go through the case and talk about coercive control and the new changes to laws to recognise it as a crime. 

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    27 September 2023, 3:00 pm
  • 36 minutes 52 seconds
    Spy cops: the undercover operations that destroyed lives

    What if you woke up one morning to find that the love of your life wasn't who he said he was? More than 30 women in the UK have discovered that they were in relationships with undercover police officers who were using assumed identities to infiltrate protest groups and other non-criminal organisations. 

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    20 September 2023, 3:00 pm
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