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True Crime Conversations
True Crime Conversations explores the world's most notorious crimes by speaking to the people who know the most about them. Hosted by Gemma Bath.
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True Crime ConversationsThe Lindsay Clancy Trial Mini Series: The Aftermath
Following the devastating events of January 2023, the fallout of the Lindsay Clancy case left a family shattered and a public desperate for answers. In part…
True Crime ConversationsThe Lindsay Clancy Trial Mini Series: The Family
In January 2023, 36-year-old labor and delivery nurse Lindsay Clancy strangled her three young children, Cora, Dawson, and Callan, in the basement of their…
True Crime ConversationsTCC Exclusive: Inside A DV Police Operation
In a True Crime Conversations first, Gemma Bath is embarking on an exclusive ride along with the New South Wales Police Force for Operation Amarok. A…
True Crime ConversationsIn Eight Minutes Of Footage Jessica Zrinski Doesn’t Get Out Of The Car Once
At 8:49am on a Tuesday morning in November 2022, 30-year-old Jessica Zrinski was captured on CCTV in the passenger seat of a blue Holden Commodore pulling into…
True Crime ConversationsUPDATE: The Idaho Four Killer Wants To Withdraw His Guilty Plea
In November 2022, four college students: Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin, were brutally stabbed to death in their off-campus…
True Crime Conversations‘Just A Witness.’ Inside A Sexual Assault Trial In Australia
In October 2019, 23-year-old Sarah Rosenberg went on a date at Sydney’s noodle markets with a man she had recently met on a dating app. But when they…
True Crime ConversationsAfter 6000 Autopsies, This Was The Case That Broke Him
In March 2021, police in South Australia’s Flinders Ranges uncovered a shallow grave containing the body of 21-year-old Jasmeen Kaur. What forensic…
True Crime ConversationsDaniel Mancuso's Father Killed His Mother. The Grief Feels Different This Year.
It’s a cold July night in Melbourne in 2013 when an elderly neighbour hears terrifying screams coming from the home next door. When police arrive, they…
True Crime ConversationsPart 2: We Spoke To A Victim And Her Perpetrator. This Is Kai's Story.
Listen to Part 1 with Alena here. In 2000, Alena Turley was held at knifepoint by a man she had previously been in a relationship with. The terrifying incident…
True Crime ConversationsPart 1: We Spoke To A Victim And Her Perpetrator. This Is Alena's Story.
Listen to Part 2 with *Kai here. In 2000, Alena Turley was held at knifepoint by a man she had previously been in a relationship with. The terrifying incident…
True Crime ConversationsWhat's Next For The Aussie Charged With Murdering A Teen In Thailand?
It’s late June 2026, and police in Pattaya, Thailand, are retracing the movements of Australian man Simon Carman through hours of CCTV footage. At first…
True Crime ConversationsThe 84-Year-Old Mum Kidnapped In The Middle Of The Night
An 84-year-old grandmother vanishes from her Tucson home in the middle of the night after spending an evening with family, leaving behind chilling doorbell…
True Crime ConversationsThe Overnight Daycare ‘House Of Horror’
For years, parents trusted David Tuck to care for their children at Bluemoor Family Day Care in Batemans Bay on the NSW South Coast. Decades later, the full…
True Crime ConversationsUPDATE: The Long Island Serial Killer Finally Learns His Fate
Rex Heuermann, known as the Long Island Serial Killer in the Gilgo Beach murders, has now been sentenced to life in prison without parole after pleading guilty…
True Crime ConversationsA Families’ Fight For Answers After A Death In Paradise
When 40-year-old Australian hotel manager Jason Rigby was found stabbed to death in his luxury Fijian resort apartment, local authorities instantly ruled it a…
True Crime ConversationsThe Woman Tasked With Fixing Australia's Most Controversial Police Force
We don't often have politicians on True Crime Conversations. But when a domestic violence incident is reported to police every three minutes, the people making…
True Crime ConversationsThe Three Mums Who Teamed Up To Solve Their Children’s Crimes
When three adult children vanish or turn up murdered back-to-back in Bakersfield, California, their heartbroken mothers refuse to wait for answers. Banding…
True Crime ConversationsInside The Hidden Network Of Men Drugging And Raping Their Wives
In 2024, the world learned the name Gisele Pelicot. Between 2011 and 2020, she was drugged and raped in her home in France by her husband, Dominique, and…
True Crime ConversationsUPDATE: Inside The ‘Dezi Freeman’ Inquest & The New Courtroom Revelations
Just over a week after we covered the murders of Victorian police officers Vadim De Waart-Hottart and Neal Thompson, we've learned more information about the…
True Crime ConversationsAfter 34 Years We Finally Know Who Killed The Yoghurt Shop Girls
In 1991, a fire at an Austin yoghurt shop led firefighters to a scene so horrific it would haunt them forever: four teenage girls murdered in one of…
True Crime ConversationsHow Cop Killer 'Dezi Freeman' Became Australia’s Most Wanted Fugitive
In August 2025, two Victoria Police officers were shot and killed while executing a search warrant at a regional Victorian property linked to Desmond Filby…
True Crime ConversationsInside The World Of A Crime Scene Cleaner
What happens after police leave a crime scene? For six years, Donna Nayler was the person called in to deal with what remained. Wearing full protective gear…
True Crime ConversationsUPDATE: The New Search For The Australia's Missing Family Cult
WA Police have acknowledged that earlier searches in the investigation into the Nannup Four were conducted in the wrong location. Retired detective Barry…
True Crime ConversationsKatie Never Thought Her Partner Was Violent Until He Killed Her
29-year-old Katie Haley arrived home on a Friday night in March 2018 after a long shift at a Melbourne tavern. Her partner Shane had been messaging throughout…
True Crime ConversationsPart 2: Nina Funnell Has A New Fight. This One Will Shock You
This is Part 2 of Nina Funnell’s story. You can listen to Part 1 here. Nina Funnell survived a violent assault as a young woman, fighting off her…
True Crime ConversationsPart 1: Nina Funnell Has A New Fight. This One Will Shock You
Find Part 2 of this conversation with Nina Funnell here. Nina Funnell survived a violent assault as a young woman, fighting off her attacker and escaping to…
True Crime ConversationsThe Young Mum Who Disappeared In The Blue Mountains
In January 1993, 20-year-old Tracey Valesini appeared at the Campbelltown Courthouse in Sydney for a legal matter. She was last seen sitting inside the…
True Crime ConversationsHow Natascha Kampusch Survived Eight Years In Captivity
On March 2, 1998, 10-year-old Austrian girl Natascha Kampusch disappeared on her way to school. What followed was 3,096 days in captivity, hidden inside a…
True Crime ConversationsJoe’s Chilling Escape From The 'Forgotten' Bali Bombing
On October 1, 2005, terror struck Bali when three suicide bombings ripped through crowded restaurants in Jimbaran Bay and Kuta, killing 20 people and injuring…
True Crime ConversationsInside The Minds Of Australia’s Worst Female Killers
Katherine Knight, Sarah Makin, Caroline Grills, Catherine Birnie, Helen Moore, and Rachel Pfitzner are among the most notorious female killers in Australian…
True Crime ConversationsThe Podcast Uncovering The New Victims Of Serial Killer Christopher Wilder
In 1984, Terry Ferguson was approached in a busy Florida mall by a charming photographer with an Australian accent. He promised her stardom; instead, she…
True Crime ConversationsThe Australian Family Cult That Vanished Overnight
In 2007, a family of three and their friend vanished from their secluded home in Nannup, Western Australia, leaving only a cryptic note claiming they had moved…
True Crime ConversationsThe Family Friend No One Suspected
Her life changed forever when her five-year-old daughter, Rose, bravely spoke up about a trusted family friend sexually assaulting her. That moment led…
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How Jemma Lilley's Fascination With Serial Killers Turned Deadly
Some women dream of launching a career before 25. Some dream of owning their first home. Jemma Lilley had a different goal: she wanted to kill someone before…
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The Husband Who Played Grieving Widower After Killing His Wife
In June 2016, Karen Ristevski vanished from her home. Her husband, Borce, told their daughter she had gone for a walk and never returned. For months, police…
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Darryl Used To Be A Violent Man. Now He Stops Them.
Darryl Gardiner grew up in a home ruled by unimaginable violence... and it almost destroyed him. Witnessing and experiencing abuse from a terrifyingly young…
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Trenny Gibson Went On A School Trip And Never Came Home
In October 1976, 16-year-old Trenny Gibson boarded a school bus in Knoxville, Tennessee, expecting a routine day. Instead, her horticulture class was taken on…
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The Brutal Melbourne Killer Who Never Went To Prison
In May 2019, 25-year-old Courtney Herron was murdered after a night out in Melbourne’s CBD. What happened next would ignite national outrage and raise…
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The Deadly Obsession That Drove Jodi Arias To Murder Her Lover
The case of Jodi Arias, the woman who murdered her former lover, Travis Alexander, in 2008, captivated audiences around the world. When the trial began in…
True Crime ConversationsThe Missing Australians You’ve Never Heard Of
Two 15-year-olds vanish after heading to a disco in Wollongong. An 18-year-old Belgian backpacker disappears after a night out in Byron Bay. A 20-year-old Navy…
True Crime ConversationsWhat Happens When Your Ex Hires A Hitman To Have You Killed
Who would try to hire a hitman to kill an innocent young girl? In early 2021, Riley ended a relationship with a man she had been in a year-long online…
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He Killed His Entire Family, Then Walked Free To Start Another
On September 7, 1971, at a remote farmhouse 40 kilometres south of Adelaide, Clifford Bartholomew killed 10 people. His wife, his seven children, his…
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The Adelaide Schoolgirl Abducted From Her Bed Without A Trace
On a summer evening in January 1983, 10-year-old Louise Bell went missing from her bedroom in Adelaide's Hackham West. It was a case that horrified Australia…
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The Prison Guard Who Fell In Love With An Inmate
In 1992, career criminal Peter Gibb met prison guard Heather Parker while serving a 12-year sentence at the Melbourne Remand Centre. Heather claimed she…
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Should My Father Be Free? The Son of Australia's Most Notorious Bank Robber Speaks
Brenden Abbott, known as The Postcard Bandit, is one of Australia’s most notorious bank robbers and prison escapees. He's the guy who developed the…
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Michelle Steck Found Her Ex Hiding In The Roof, Weeks Later Her Daughter Was Dead
On New Year’s Day 1993, Perth woman Michelle Steck, 24, packed her bags and left her abusive four-year relationship with her violent partner’s…
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Australia's Dark History Of Forced Adoptions
For nearly half a century, Australia was engaged in a shameful and shocking practice that would tear babies from the arms of their mothers, sometimes before…
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The Russian Woman Who Hijacked A Helicopter To Free Her Aussie Lover
John Killick is one of Australia's most infamous criminals. Why? Because in 1999, he escaped from Sydney’s Silverwater Correctional Complex on a…
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The Murder Of Australian Schoolgirl Masa Vukotic
On March 17, 2015, 17-year-old Masa Vukotic left her Doncaster home for an evening walk through her local park, a routine she had followed countless times…
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The Man Who Wouldn’t Die: Inside The Nine Lives Of Untouchable Iron Mike
“Iron Mike” Malloy survived not one, not two, but more than nine attempts on his life before he finally met his end. Malloy became the target of a…
True Crime ConversationsInside The Kidnapping Where 26 Kids Were Buried Alive
On July 15, 1976, a school bus carrying 26 children and their beloved driver, Ed Ray, left Chowchilla, California, after a hot day at summer school and never…
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Australia’s Forgotten Teens: The Vanishing Of Elaine Johnson & Kerry Joel
If two teenage girls went missing today, would police just assume they’d run away from home? That assumption is why two Australian teenagers, Elaine…
True Crime ConversationsThe Killer Clown Used Magic Tricks To Lure His Victims
Sixteen-year-old Timothy “Jack” McCoy spent Christmas 1971 with his relatives in Michigan, leaving on January 2, 1972, to return home to Nebraska…
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Who Killed John Furlan? The Car Bombing Case Australia Forgot
On the morning of August 3rd, 1998, Melbourne businessman John Furlan followed his usual routine: coffee, newspaper, and off to work at his Coburg auto salvage…
True Crime ConversationsOnce Called "Australia's Worst Female Serial Killer." Kathleen Folbigg Sets The Record Straight
She was once called "Australia’s worst female serial killer." Kathleen Folbigg spent 20 years imprisoned for the deaths of her four children, convicted…
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The Real Story Of Ed Gein: The Original Psycho
On September 8, 1960, Psycho shocked cinema audiences with a level of psychological horror never seen before. But Psycho wasn’t pure fiction. It was…
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The Double Life Of Dennis Rader: The BTK Killer
On January 15, 1974, 15-year-old Charlie Otero and his siblings came home in Wichita, Kansas, to find their family murdered - the first known victims of the…
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Unmasking Chopper Read: The Infamous Australian Criminal
Part criminal, part storyteller, and part myth. Mark “Chopper” Read is one of Australia’s most polarising figures. Today, we dive into the…
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We Take You Inside The New Amanda Knox Series And Real-Life Case
On a summer night in Italy in 2007, the brutal murder of Meredith Kercher shocked the world. Her American flatmate Amanda Knox, and her new boyfriend Raffaele…
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"I Was Held In A Soundproof Bunker By My Stalker": Samantha Stites Speaks Out
In October 2022, Samantha Stites was kidnapped and assaulted by a man who had stalked her for over a decade. After breaking into her Michigan home, he…