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Retired detectives and victims' families walk through Australian murder cases with host Meshel Laurie.
Australian True Crime treats real cases as long conversations, not spectacle. Recent episodes move from Peter Dupas and the Stoccos to Julie Hatton, Brianna Maitland, and Desi Freeman, with careful attention to victims, families, investigators, and unresolved details.
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Australian True Crime is hosted by Meshel Laurie, who conducts long-form interviews, typically 40 to 70 minutes, with people connected to Australian criminal cases. A recurring guest is Charlie Bezzina, a retired Victoria Police homicide detective who has appeared across multiple episodes discussing crime scene procedure, forensic reasoning, and internal police practice on cases ranging from staged burglaries to dismemberment. Other episodes feature family members of victims, such as Tracy Corbett Lynch and Sarah Corbett, discussing the long aftermath of a relative's murder years after it drew documentary or television coverage. Lawyers and advocates, including Andrew Carpenter and Adam Washbourne, also appear to discuss legal reform campaigns tied to child abuse compensation and offender asset seizure. The "ATC International" segment extends the same interview format to overseas cases with an Australian or Irish connection. Content leans heavily on procedural and forensic detail, including crime scene staging, entomology, and autopsy findings, alongside the emotional and legal aftermath for survivors and families. A number of episodes cover active legislative debates, such as proposed changes letting survivors access convicted offenders' superannuation. The tone is investigative and direct, with descriptions of violent death, sexual assault, and child abuse discussed without euphemism. Some episodes are labelled "Re-Issue," indicating the show republishes earlier interviews. The format suits listeners drawn to procedural and legal detail over dramatized narration.
Made for: Australian true crime listeners who want procedural, forensic and legal detail from detectives, survivors and family members rather than dramatized retellings.
What sets it apart: Pairs first-person interviews with retired homicide detectives and victims' relatives alongside coverage of live Australian legal reform campaigns, rather than narrated case recaps alone.
Think nothing ever happens in your town? Australia's suburbs are home to some of the most mysterious and disturbing true crime cases in the world. Meshel Laurie is a true crime obsessive, and with the help of expert interviews with writers, victim/survivors, investigators and perpetrators, she probes the underbelly of our towns and suburbs, and uncovers the darkness at the heart of Australian life.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Australian True Crime makes aftermath central, pairing survivor and family testimony with close attention to justice, memory, and responsibility.
Australian True Crime gives its cases room to be discussed by the people closest to their consequences. Meshel Laurie moves between survivor testimony, family accounts, and conversations with journalists, keeping attention on how violence continues through court proceedings,…
Courtroom transcripts meet survivor testimony, and you are asked to sit with what communities excuse.
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A TikTok trend sits inside a troubling timeline of a protective order, a 911 call, and a child at home.
Sarah Gilson's TikTok becomes the unnerving hinge in Australian True Crime International's account of domestic danger, public storytelling, and the murder-suicide police allege was carried out by her estranged husband, Jeremiah Sean Duffy.
A former Supreme Court judge reflects on murder trials, wrongful convictions and the danger of legal error.
Lex Lasry's account of nearly two decades presiding over significant murder trials gives this conversation its weight. The law is handled by people, and people can get it wrong.
A grounded look at the Murdoch murders through family loss, jailhouse calls, and a longtime housekeeper's account.
Kayla Brantley brings a crime correspondent's eye to the Murdoch murders, starting with her work in New York City before moving into the South Carolina case and its recently overturned guilty verdict.
A careful, morally serious look at vulnerability, attachment and responsibility.
Australian True Crime revisits Rochelle Jackson's Partners in Crime through Tanya's relationship with Joe, keeping the focus on women who married offenders and were left with damaged lives. Jackson does not make Tanya's attachment feel tidy or easily solved.
A family's search for Anna Jenkins exposes the cost of waiting for a thorough investigation.
Eight years after Anna Jenkins disappeared in Malaysia, her son Greg Jenkins is still pressing for a fuller, clearer investigation into her death, described here as a suspected murder.
Charlie Bezzina turns strange case details and quiet behavioral tells into grounded, unsettling true-crime listening.
Charlie Bezzina returns to Australian True Crime with Michelle Laurie for a case-led conversation about the strange, stubborn logic of homicide work.
A victim-centred look at mental impairment law, an ambush, and the fear that follows release decisions.
Australian True Crime keeps the mental impairment defence close to the people left living with its consequences. It begins at Thomas Embling Hospital in Melbourne, explaining the two legal pathways into the secure psychiatric facility, including cases where a court finds someone…
A careful, troubling look at a rape case where a country town's loyalties hardened around the accused.
Balmoral's response to Elise's rape report gives this Australian True Crime episode its weight. Michelle Laurie speaks with Hometown Boys journalists Andy Burns and Charlotte King about a small Western Victorian farming town where football sat close to civic identity, and where…
A dark calendar of consequential cases.
True crime with blunt questions and rough edges.
Appalachian case files, told from the record.
Southern cases, sharp context, steady storytelling.
Historical mysteries built from the smallest clues.
South Carolina true crime, locally told.
Australian True Crime examines Sarah Gilson’s July 11 TikTok about a Netflix documentary concerning her soon-to-be ex-husband, Sean Duffy.
Former Supreme Court of Victoria Justice Lex Lasry tells Michelle Lorry why he retired after 19 years as a judge and 34 years at the bar.
Australian True Crime host Michelle Laurie interviews Daily Mail crime correspondent Kayla Brantley about the South Carolina murders of Maggie Murdoch and her 22-year-old son Paul at the family's Moselle estate on June 7, 2021.
Australian True Crime host Michelle Laurie interviews journalist Rochelle Jackson about Partners in Crime, her book on women connected to convicted criminals.
Australian True Crime host Michelle Laurie speaks with Adelaide man Greg Jenkins about his mother Anna Jenkins, who disappeared in Penang on 13 December 2017 after a 3 p.m.
True Crime Tonight, hosted by Michelle Laurie with Matthew Tankard and Ruby Barces, covers Katie Walker's disappearance, the Homeless Children's Refuge, and an interview with Belinda Bates.
Australian True Crime hosts Michelle Laurie, Matthew Tankard, and Ruby Bartz examine Pete Bates's guide, "10 Red Flags You're Living With a Dangerous Man," with Belinda Bates.
This episode recounts the story of Nicky Patterson, a counselor for sex workers who became a victim of Australian serial killer Peter Dupas, as told by a former brothel receptionist.
This episode recounts the story of Nicky Patterson, a counselor for sex workers who became a victim of Australian serial killer Peter Dupas, as told from the perspective of a brothel receptionist in 1999.
This episode explores the 1978 death of Julie Hatton, officially ruled a suicide but now being questioned by her daughter Natalie, who is appealing the decision due to unresolved inconsistencies in the investigation.
This episode explores the disappearance of 17-year-old Brianna Maitland in Vermont in 2004, drawing parallels to the Maura Murray case and detailing her last known movements after leaving work.
This episode discusses the disappearance of Brianna Maitland, connecting it to the Maura Murray case, with insights from the hosts of the Missing Maura Murray podcast.
This episode re-releases a true crime story about father and son fugitives Gino and Mark Stocco, who committed a multi-state crime spree including murder before being captured in 2015, featuring an interview with author Nino Bucci.
This episode revisits the case of father-son fugitives Gino and Mark Stocko, who went on an eight-year crime spree across Australia.
This episode examines the case of fugitive Desi Freeman, who was shot dead by police after killing two officers and hiding for seven months.
This episode examines the case of fugitive Desi Freeman, who was shot dead after a seven-month manhunt following the murder of two police officers.
Former homicide detective Charlie Bezzina discusses memorable cases from his 38-year career, including a suspicious suicide re-investigation, a family murder for inheritance, an accidental asphyxiation cover-up, and gruesome dismemberment cases.
Former Victoria Police homicide detective Charlie Bezzina, who handled 14 homicides in a single year across his 38-year career, discusses cases including the murder of 80-something Phyllis Hocking in Box Hill — killed by her grandson at her son's direction because they were impatient for her $300,000-plus inheritance.
Lawyer Andrew Carpenter and Adam Washbourne, founder of Fighters Against Child Abuse Australia, discuss the Albanese government's newly introduced Survivors' Law, which aims to let victim-survivors access superannuation held by convicted child sex abusers.
Jason Lawrence shares the decades-long search for his mother, Pauline Sowry, who vanished from Wollongong in 1993.
Jason Lawrence is still looking.
This episode features David Camerata, who shares his harrowing experience as a victim of his former best friend Jonathan Dick, a forensic patient at Thomas Embling Hospital diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.
David Camerata still lives on alert.
This episode investigates the 2016 sexual assault of Elise in Balmoral, Western Victoria, exploring how the case divided the community.
Balmoral is small, and that changes everything.
A missing boy lingers over Jim Cosgrove's childhood.
Carol Williams says she can pick up energy.
Alicia is back after eight years.
Survivor Alicia returns to update on her childhood sexual assault case, revealing that her offender Sterling Bower has been released from prison after serving a six-year sentence.
Alicia shares her experience of being abducted and sexually assaulted at age seven in 1989, describing the attack, escape, and long-term impact.
Alicia was seven.
Hedley Thomas is back.
Investigative journalist Hedley Thomas discusses his investigation into Dr.
This episode investigates the 2017 Delphi murders of Abby Williams and Libby German, featuring an interview with author Susan Hendricks.
On 13 February 2017, Abby and Libby disappeared after a Snapchat photo on the Monon High Bridge.
This episode explores the story of John Friedrich, a conman who transformed the National Safety Council into an elite international rescue unit while scamming banks out of nearly a billion dollars.
John Friedrich is the mystery.
Michelle Laurie and Matthew Tankett discuss Lucy Letby after watching the Netflix documentary.
Former detective Charlie Bezzina discusses strange and unpredictable cases from his career, including an elderly woman's death initially thought to be murder but revealed as a bizarre accident, and a man's intricate suicide setup.
Charlie returns with grim tradecraft.
Charlie lets the crime scene speak first.
This episode investigates the crimes of Dita Fenwick, a former teacher convicted of abducting and murdering children in South Australia, including Louise Bell and Michael Black.
Dita Fenig says he was doing time for something he had not done.
Jonathan Todd Schwartz, a former Hollywood business manager, discusses how he embezzled millions from A-list clients like Beyonce and Linkin Park to fund his gambling and cocaine addictions.
Jonathan Todd Schwartz stole from superstar clients.
A foster mother shares her harrowing experience raising a daughter who became a youth offender, detailing incidents from school suspensions to violent assaults and credit card fraud.
An unnamed foster mother answers a call no parent ever wants.
Jason Corbett's family return to the story.
Jason Corbett's sister Tracy and daughter Sarah discuss the murder case where Molly Martins and her father Tom were convicted, later overturned.
Criminal lawyer Peter Breen discusses his book 'Shorty, Mistaken Identity or Stitch Up', arguing that Stephen 'Shorty' Jamison and Gary Murphy may be wrongfully convicted in two infamous 1980s murder cases.
A Sydney case is moving toward another judicial inquiry.
A little boy was found face up.
Investigative journalists Melanie Reid and Bonnie Sumner discuss the mysterious death of 3-year-old Lachie Jones in New Zealand, exploring contradictions in the police's accidental drowning ruling, unreliable witness testimony, and the father's relentless pursuit of truth.
Bill says he had to do it.
This episode explores the life of William Wallace, Australia's oldest prisoner, through an interview with author Gideon Hay.
Forensic psychologist Pamela Nathan discusses her work with Australia's most extreme offenders, revealing how childhood trauma drives violent behavior and sharing personal stories of risk assessment failures.
Pamela Nathan did not expect Pentridge.
Rob Bailey opens with his police diary, then the conversation moves into the Russell Street bombing, the 1986 car bomb outside Russell Street Police Headquarters that killed Constable Angela Taylor and injured 22 people.
A failed bank robbery turns into a spectacle.
Australian True Crime interviews Joe Frost, a young Australian who organized a group trip to Bali in October 2005 that brought over 40 people including teenagers and their parents to Jimbaran Bay on the night three bombs were detonated there, killing and injuring people dining on the beach.
Bali, 2005.
Adelaide carries old stains.
Neil Mitchell weighs crime, fear, and responsibility.
This episode explores the 1999 murder of Joey Armstrong, the fourth woman killed near Yosemite National Park, suggesting a serial killer was active in the area.
Australian True Crime covers the 1999 Yosemite murders, in which four women were killed in Yosemite National Park within six months.
This episode features an interview with lawyer Judy Curtin about institutional child abuse and victim advocacy in Australia.
This episode discusses institutional child abuse in Australia with lawyer and advocate Judy Curtin.
This episode features an interview with Andrew Stamper, a 40-year veteran of the Victorian Police Service, discussing his experiences investigating homicide and missing persons cases.
This episode features an interview with former police officer Jason Semple discussing his experiences and the dark side of Australian policing.
This episode promotes a new podcast about femicide victims and then interviews former police officer Jason Semple about his career and personal tragedy.
This episode discusses the 1970 abduction of three-year-old Cheryl Grimmer and the legal challenges surrounding a confession.
The episode opens with a promo for a related podcast, then introduces a cold case from 1970 involving the abduction of a three-year-old girl.
Host Meshel Laurie discusses recent high-profile murder trials in Victoria, Australia, and interviews a retired Supreme Court judge about the legal process.
This episode promotes a new podcast about femicide victims and then continues with true crime case analysis.
A true crime podcast exploring mysterious and disturbing cases in Australian suburbs, with expert interviews.
This episode examines the unsolved 2013 murder of sex worker Tracey Connolly in St Kilda, featuring an interview with her sister.
The episode promotes a new podcast about women and children killed in Australia and discusses forced adoption of babies in Australia.
The episode begins with a promo for a new podcast about women killed in Australia, then transitions into an interview with a person recounting their difficult childhood in Australia.
This episode explores the life and crimes of Abe Saffron, a notorious Australian crime figure, through an interview with author Stuart Coop.
A true crime podcast episode featuring a forensic psychologist discussing lone actor grievance-fuelled violence and its profiling.
An interview with former police officer Craig Semple about his career in high-risk law enforcement and his experience with burnout.
This episode examines the Sovereign Citizen Movement in Australia through the lens of a recent police ambush murder case, connecting it to broader conspiracy theories and previous violent incidents.
A nursing educator shares his traumatic childhood experience of domestic violence and his mother's murder by his father in an arson attack, discussing the lifelong impact on him and his brother.