Podcast Episodes

25 Years Ago, A Revengeful Man Set Fire To A Queensland Hostel

On June 23rd, 2000, just after midnight, Robert Paul Long set fire to the Childers Palace Backpackers Hostel in Queensland. He had recently been evicted for not paying his rent and in his anger, he s…

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

We’re Finally Telling The True Story About The Slender Man Stabbing

What started as a typical sleepover in Wisconsin in 2014 turned into one of the most chilling true crime stories in America.

Twelve-year-olds Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier lured their friend, Payton …

Published on 10 months, 4 weeks ago

The Man Who "Knows What Happened" To The Beaumont Children [re-release]

The disappearance of The Beaumont Children is burned into the collective conscious of Australia. It’s one of the longest-running cases in the nation’s history and has baffled law enforcement for more…

Published on 11 months ago

Australia's Worst Mass Family Killer & His Shocking Second Life

On September 7, 1971, at a remote farmhouse 40 kilometres south of Adelaide, Clifford Bartholomew killed 10 people. His wife, his seven children, his sister-in-law and her 19-month-old son. He shot t…

Published on 11 months ago

Meet The Former Australian Prosecutor With A Target On Her Back

Margaret Cunneen SC was one of Australia’s top Crown Prosecutors, renowned for securing convictions against some of the country’s most notorious criminals, including the Butcher of Bega and Robert “D…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

According To A Criminologist, Keli Lane Shouldn’t Be In Prison.

On September 12, 1996, Keli Lane gave birth to a baby girl at Auburn Hospital in western Sydney. Two days later that baby seemingly disappeared. 

After years of investigation, Keli was convicted of h…

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago

How ‘Cocaine Cassie’ Really Survived Three Years In A Colombian Prison

After she was caught trying to smuggle 5.8kg of cocaine out of Colombia in 2017, the media nicknamed her ‘Cocaine Cassie’. But Cassie Sainsbury’s life in a tough Colombian prison was so much more com…

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Why Women Kill And The Lives They Live Behind Bars [fresh episode]

Women are responsible for only 10 per cent of homicides in Australia, Canada, England, and the US, and because it’s such a small sample size not much research has been done into the motives and behav…

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

With Her Abuser Behind Bars, Dassi Erlich Is Ready To Talk

In 2023, Malka Leifer was sentenced to 15 years in prison for 18 counts of sexual abuse against Dassi Erlich and her little sister.

Leifer was the sisters' former high school principal, and when whis…

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

Eve Wiley’s Father Was A Serial Sperm Donor… And He’s Not Alone

Eve Wiley is one of the featured voices in the Netflix series The Man with 1000 Kids, but the story of how she came to be a fierce advocate for victims of fertility fraud is a deeply personal one…and…

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago