Podcast Episodes

How a nightmare became a beacon of hope

Season 1 Episode 172

When a group of young people took their own lives in a suicide cluster in the Macedon Ranges, local parents vowed to give kids the language to cope with the once-taboo subject of mental health. This …

Published on 2 months ago

A battler truckie vs the law

Season 1 Episode 171

Peter Boland is the sole carer for his quadriplegic, brain-injured son “PJ”. An obscure glitch in a gearbox upgrade  left the veteran truck driver, who has never lost his license, navigating a legal …

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Out of bounds

Season 1 Episode 170

When former AFL umpire Troy Pannel's car crashed last week it ended a story of shipping, racing and elite sport. And it may have started another one that plays out in court.

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Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Machete madness

Season 1 Episode 169

What once was a tool for the tropics is causing havoc on southern streets. Andrew Rule looks at the recent ban on machetes.

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Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

A poachers' paradise?

Season 1 Episode 168

Early morning bayside walkers often spot masked men with a bag in one hand and a speargun in the other. Here’s what they’re really up to and why our government is turning a blind eye.

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Published on 3 months ago

Ballarat bullets and where not to find them

Season 1 Episode 167

How do you lose thousands of rounds of ammunition? Andrew Rule outlines how a dispute with a real estate agent can turn into a safe full of missing bullets.

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Published on 3 months ago

The mafia month of May

Season 1 Episode 166

The Ides of March finished off Julius Caesar but May is the toughest month for wannabe bosses in Australia’s Calabrian mafia.

Editing assistance for this episode by Jasmine Geddes.

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Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Murder she wrote: the life of Mary Fortune

Season 1 Episode 165

Author Lucy Sussex joins the podcast to discuss the life of one of Australia's first female crime writers, and her criminal son.
Learn more about Lucy at: https://www.sussex.id.au/

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Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

The ghost road of Colac

Season 1 Episode 164

The violent  death of World War 2 veteran Hughie Wilson has cast a long shadow over a small county town - and over  the one cop who fought to find the truth.

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Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

The killer and the thin blue line

Season 1 Episode 163

The identification of the murderer and rapist Mr Stinky is rightly heralded as an extraordinary piece of detective work. What is less told however is the many stumbles that hindered police right from…

Published on 4 months ago