Mums Mysteries & Murder · Marti & Cheryl

The Murder of Julie-Anne Leahy & Vicky Arnold

·1 hr 24 min·10 clips

Marty and Effie open the episode with their familiar chatty rhythm before turning to the case. They mention CrimeCon and listener messages, including the ongoing debate over how to say Brookie Shields. Then they move into the disappearance of Vicky and Julianne. The tone stays loose, but the case keeps tightening around them. Vicky had borrowed around $3,000 from her mother to give to Roy. She never paid that money back. By the time she went missing, she had started legal proceedings to try to recover it. The hosts spend time on the odd things Vicky said about herself. She told people she had a kidney issue. She said she was going in for a transplant. That turned out not to be true. There was also a boyfriend story that did not hold up. So the episode keeps circling back to whether she was attention-seeking or just trying to make her life sound more interesting. Marty and Effie talk through the idea that she may have had a difficult childhood. She lost her father when she was 13. They also note that she seemed to really want a family. People described her as quiet and shy. She was said to write things down a lot. That makes her feel almost like the opposite of Julianne. The contrast between the two women gives the story a sharper edge. The hosts also point out that colleagues said Vicky seemed normal the day before the women went missing. That detail hangs there, awkward and plain. The episode keeps its warm, conversational feel even while the subject gets bleak. It sounds like two people thinking out loud, but they never lose sight of how grim the story is.

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A conversational missing-women case that turns ordinary details into quiet unease.

This episode of Mums Mysteries & Murder follows the disappearance of Julie-Anne Leahy and Vicky Arnold with an easy, conversational pace. Marty and Effie move from light banter into the case details without rushing, and the money trouble, the legal proceedings, and Vicky's false…

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