Podcast
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.
- True Crime chart
- #157
- Episodes
- 441
- Releases
- Twice a week
- Typical length
- 44 min
- On air since
- 2019
- Latest episode
- 6 days ago
Episodes
441 episodes, newest first
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1 hr 30 min
Anastasia Was Left Unable To Sit. Her Attacker Didn’t Spend A Single Night In A Cell.
Show notes
In July 2026, Anastasia Treharne sat in a Sydney courtroom waiting to hear her rapist’s sentence. She had been through a gruelling trial and cross-examined at length, and a jury had found him guilty. The maximum penalty was 14 years in prison.
Instead, he was given a three-year community corrections order and 100 hours of community service. He won’t spend a single night behind bars.
It wasn’t the first time Anastasia had faced the court system. She was also sexually assaulted at 16, and the two cases played out in very different ways.
In this episode, Anastasia tells Gemma about both experiences, from her first assault as a teenager to the sentence she believes is grossly inadequate. She also explains why she refuses to go quietly, and how she is fighting to make sure no one else is let down the way she was.
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CREDITS
Host & Executive Producer: Gemma Bath
Guests: Anastasia Treharne
Produced by Ella Maitland
Video Editor: Lisa Chen
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1 hr 9 min
Kristi Locked Up Paedophiles For 10 Years. This Is What She Learnt.
Show notes
In 2008, Kristi McVee was a new mum flicking through the newspaper when a WA Police recruitment ad caught her eye. Less than two years later, she was sworn in as a police officer.
Kristi went on to build a career catching child abuse predators, interviewing child victims and putting their abusers behind bars. But one question kept coming back to her: how do you protect these kids before the harm happens?
After a decade in the force, she left to focus on prevention education. Now she has dedicated herself to giving parents and caregivers the conversations, tips and advice she believes will help keep children safe.
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CREDITS
Host & Executive Producer: Gemma Bath
Guests: Kristi McVee
Produced by Ella Maitland
Video Editor: Lisa Chen
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56 min
The Honeymoon Drowning That Turned A Groom Into A Murder Suspect [re-release]
Show notes
In October 2003, newlyweds Gabe and Tina Watson travelled from Alabama to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef for their dream honeymoon. Just 11 days after their wedding, the couple prepared to dive the SS Yongala shipwreck, one of the world’s most famous dive sites. But within minutes of entering the water, Tina was pulled to the surface unconscious. Despite desperate attempts to save her, she could not be revived.
What began as a heartbreaking accident soon raised chilling questions. Why were Gabe’s stories inconsistent? And what really happened underwater that day?
In this episode, host Gemma Bath speaks with journalist and author Lindsay Simpson, co-author of Honeymoon Dive, to explore a case that captivated the world and still divides opinion more than 20 years on. You can find the book here.
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CREDITS
Guest: Lindsay Simpson
Host: Gemma Bath
Senior Producer: Tahli Blackman
Audio Producer: Jacob Round
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1 hr 1 min
10,000 Letters And The Problem With How America Prosecutes Women Who Kill
Show notes
In March 2019, journalist Justine van der Leun sat in a New York courtroom for the murder trial of Nicole Addimando. After years of abuse, Nikki had shot and killed the father of her two young children after he violently raped her. As the prosecution painted her as a “master manipulator”, Justine was left wondering: was this normal?
Determined to find out, she surveyed 10,000 incarcerated women across 27 American states. More than 90 per cent of those who responded reported a history of abuse, and 28 per cent said their crime was a direct act of survival.
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CREDITS
Host & Executive Producer: Gemma Bath
Guests: Dominique Lee
Produced by Ella Maitland
Video Editor: Jacob Round
Audio Design: Tegan Sadler
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31 min
The Disappearance Of 12-year-old Rhianna Barreau [re-release]
Show notes
In October 1992, 12-year-old Rhianna Barreau disappeared.
On the day she went missing it was school holidays, and Rhianna had spent the morning wandering to the local shops to buy her American pen pal a Christmas card. When her mother got home at 4pm, expecting to find Rhianna, she was nowhere to be found.
It's one of South Australia's most enduring cold cases. Her disappearance didn’t just change the lives of her family, it changed her community and the streets of Adelaide forever.
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If you have any details about this case, you can contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or on their website.
Guest: Rebecca Brice
Host: Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Scott Stronach
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
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1 hr 10 min
A Doctor Was Assaulted By Her Boss. She Knows She's Not The Only One
Show notes
In November 2013, Dr Dominique Lee arrived at the Sydney apartment of her mentor, Professor John Kearsley, for dinner. He was head of radiation oncology at St George Hospital, and he had been guiding her as she prepared to become a specialist consultant. By the end of the night, her life and career would be derailed for the next decade.
Dominique's case was the first in Australian history in which a doctor was sent to jail for sexually assaulting another doctor. In 2026, she remains the only junior doctor to win a criminal case against a senior doctor for sexual assault.
In this episode, she tells Gemma about the night that changed everything and the long fight for justice that followed. She also talks about what her case reveals about the culture inside Australian medicine.
Purchase Dominique's book, What's Been Broken Is All the More Sharp here.
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CREDITS
Host & Executive Producer: Gemma Bath
Guests: Dominique Lee
Produced by Ella Maitland
Video Editor: Jacob Round
Audio Design: Tegan Sadler
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10 min
The Lindsay Clancy Mini Series: An Unexpected Update
Show notes
Lindsay Clancy's trial for the 2023 killings of her three children ended in a mistrial, but the case has been far from quiet since.
In this episode of our mini series, Gemma unpacks everything that has happened since the hung jury. Jurors have spoken out about the one holdout who stopped them reaching a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. Reports have since emerged about that juror's past, and he has now given his own side of the story.
Patrick Clancy has also spoken publicly. He and his new wife sat down with 60 Minutes, where he addressed the online conspiracy theories about him and shared what Lindsay told him about the day his children died.
Back in court this week, Lindsay's defence made a dramatic shift. At trial, her lawyer argued she wasn't criminally responsible because of mental illness. Now he says prosecutors never proved she killed her children at all.
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CREDITS
Host & Executive Producer: Gemma Bath
Producer: Ella Maitland
Video Editor: Jess Chan
Audio Design: Tegan Sadler
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1 hr 5 min
Josephine Greensill Was Wrongly Convicted Of Assaulting Her Students
Show notes
In March 2008, 57-year-old semi-retired schoolteacher Josephine Greensill opened her front door in suburban Melbourne to find three detectives waiting to arrest her. Two men had accused her of sexually abusing them at a backyard sleepover almost 30 years earlier, when they were eight-year-old boys in her class.
No medical experts were ever called, and the jury believed them. Jo spent two and a half years in prison as a convicted child sex offender before her conviction was quashed. The court found the men had colluded and had a financial motive, and that what they described was physically impossible.
Award-winning crime reporter Neil Mercer investigated her case, along with eight others, for his book Falsely Convicted. In this episode he tells Gemma about the common sense failures that sent an innocent woman to jail and what her life looked like once she was released. Neil also looks at the cases of Eric Honeysett framed by NSW police in 1983, and Gene Gibson's case.
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CREDITS
Host & Executive Producer: Gemma Bath
Guests: Paul Warren
Produced by Ella Maitland
Video Editor: Artemi Kokkaris
Audio Design: Tegan Sadler
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42 min
Jill Meagher Was Attacked 400 Metres From Home [re-release]
Show notes
On Friday September 21, 2012, Jill Meagher went out for celebratory drinks with her colleagues at ABC Melbourne. That night she didn't make it home.
What happened to Jill continues to haunt the women of Australia, as they do something as simple, as walking home alone.
In this episode, Gemma Bath is joined by journalist and author Megan Norris to discuss the investigation that brought Jill's killer to justice.
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You can find out more about her new book Out Of The Ashes here.
Host: Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Rhiannon Mooney
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1 hr 5 min
For 10 Years Paul Has Been Hunting His Daughter's Killer
Show notes
Melbourne woman Elly Warren was a seasoned traveller, despite only being 20 years old.
In 2016, she travelled to Mozambique, Africa, on a month long trip volunteering in marine conservation. Just days before she was due to return to Australia, Elly's body was found at Tofo beach.
The circumstances around her death have never made sense, but after getting limited help from both Australian and Mozambique authorities, Elly's dad Paul has taken it upon himself to investigate and hunt for a killer.
Over the past ten years he has spent countless hours discovering new evidence, inconsistencies in official reports and forensic findings.
In this episode of True Crime Conversations, Paul talks Gemma Bath through Elly's final moments, the evidence that points to homicide, and his heartbreak as he still, all these years later, fights for justice for his little girl.
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Purchase Paul’s book, Hunting Elly's Killer.
Find out more about Elly's case on Paul's website, here.
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CREDITS
Host & Executive Producer: Gemma Bath
Guests: Paul Warren
Produced by Tahli Blackman & Ella Maitland
Video Editor: Julian Rosario
Audio Design: Tegan Sadler
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54 min
UPDATE: One Of The Snowtown Murderers Is A Free Man
Show notes
In May 1999, two detectives followed a trail of suspicious missing persons cases to an old, red-brick bank in Snowtown, South Australia.
As they head inside, they head straight for the bank’s vault where they find six large plastic barrels containing human remains. They also find handcuffs, knives, a saw, boxes of disposable gloves and bottles of hydrochloric acid.
They’d come to realise they'd found the dumping grounds of Australia’s worst serial killings, crimes that would see four men sent to prison with lengthy sentences.
But now in 2026, James Vlassaki is set to walk free.
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Guest: Jeremy Pudney
You can find more info about his book Snowtown: The Bodies in Barrels Murders here.
Host: Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Scott Stronach
The story is not the first time we've covered the Snowtown Murders. Hear our past episode with Debi Marshall here.
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If any of the contents in this episode have caused distress, know that there is help available viaLifeline on 13 11 14 orBeyond Blue on 1300 22 4636
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1 hr 6 min
Ivan Milat’s Missing Victims & The Six Australians Who Vanished
Show notes
Every year in Australia, nearly 50,000 people are reported missing. While the vast majority are located within days, thousands of families are left navigating the harrowing journey of ambiguous loss, fighting every day to keep their loved one's name alive.
In this episode of True Crime Conversations, Gemma Bath speaks with Nicole Morris, founder and director of the Australian Missing Persons Register and author of the new book Lost. For over 20 years, Nicole has voluntarily advocated for missing individuals and provided a vital lifeline to grieving families who often feel unheard by system-level responses.
Together, they delve into the complex realities behind missing persons statistics, the controversial disparity of police rewards across states, and six cases Nicole discusses in her book —including 1970s cold cases with potential links to Ivan Milat.
LINKS
Purchase Nicole’s book ‘Lost: More true stories from families of Australian missing person’ here.
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If any of the contents in this episode have caused distress, know that there is help available via Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636.
Contact Full Stop Australia on 1800 385 578, 7 days, 24 hours.
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CREDITS
Host & Executive Producer: Gemma Bath
Guests: Nicole Morris
Produced by Tahli Blackman & Ella Maitland
Video Editor: Julian Rosario
Audio Design: Tegan Sadler
Mamamia acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which we have recorded this podcast.
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38 min
As ‘Below Deck’ Airs Something Sinister Was Happening Behind The Scenes
Show notes
Gael and Nathan fell in love onscreen during season 9 of Bravo's hit reality TV show Below Deck Med, airing in 2024; but, as Season 11 airs right now, a lot has happened off screen.
Two days after Christmas in 2025, a terrifying assault took place inside an apartment in Sydney’s north-west. New parents Nathan Gallagher and Gael Cameron were arguing when Nathan escalated the fight covering Gael's mouth, suffocating her, and squeezing her neck. Gael eventually broke free and went straight to the police.
But just months later, the couple's relationship and their journey into parenthood with their six-month-old son was broadcast to millions of viewers on Bravo's hit reality TV franchise, Below Deck Mediterranean as they returned for season 11. Fans watched their relationship play out on screen, completely unaware of the horrific domestic violence that had already taken place off-camera. Now, 28-year-old Nathan Gallagher is a convicted criminal on the run. With an active warrant for his arrest, NSW Police have warned the public not to approach him as the manhunt continues.
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CREDITS
Host & Executive Producer: Gemma Bath
Guests: Lucy Ballenden & Eliza Barr
Producer: Ella Maitland
Video Editor: Julian Rosario
Audio Design: Tegan Sadler
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15 min
The Lindsay Clancy Trial Mini Series: The Verdict
Show notes
After more than three weeks of emotional and harrowing testimony, the jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial was handed the difficult task of deciding her fate. With five possible outcomes on the table ranging from first-degree murder to not guilty by reason of insanity, the nine women and three men entered deliberations.
What followed was a tense seven days. In this final episode of our mini-series (for now), we walk you through the dramatic conclusion of the trial. Despite repeated encouragement from Judge William F. Sullivan, the jury remained hopelessly deadlocked, with reports of a single holdout juror refusing to follow guidance on reasonable doubt. Following heated exchanges between defence attorney Kevin Reddington, prosecutors, and the judge, a mistrial was officially declared.
LINKS
If any of the contents in this episode have caused distress, know that there is help available via Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636.
Contact Full Stop Australia on 1800 385 578, 7 days, 24 hours.
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CREDITS
Host & Executive Producer: Gemma Bath
Producer: Ella Maitland
Video Editor: Julian Rosario
Mamamia acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which we have recorded this podcast.
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1 hr 9 min
Zoe’s Husband Drugged Her Evening Tea. For Years He Assaulted Her While She Slept
Show notes
In 2018 Zoe Watts' family believed her 16-year marriage was ending due to an affair. Struggling with debilitating panic attacks, sleeplessness, and nervous breakdowns, she finally confided in her sister, revealing a far more horrifying reality. Her husband hadn't just splintered their family with infidelity; he confessed to secretly drugging her with their son's sleeping medication and sexually abusing her while she was unconscious.
Years before the world learned the name Gisèle Pelicot, Zoe was forced to navigate the shadowed, rarely discussed reality of spousal drug-facilitated rape. After seeing her husband sentenced to 11 years in prison, Zoe waived her legal anonymity to share her story as part of a global CNN investigation exposing online "rape academies"—hidden communities where thousands of men swap tips for drugging their partners. In this episode of True Crime Conversations, Gemma Bath speaks with Zoe Watts about surviving unimaginable betrayal, standing up against secret online networks, and her crusade to reform the laws that allow this crime to fester in the dark.
Listen to 'Inside The Hidden Network Of Men Drugging And Raping Their Wives' here.
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If any of the contents in this episode have caused distress, know that there is help available via Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636.
Contact Full Stop Australia on 1800 385 578, 7 days, 24 hours.
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Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @truecrimeconversations
Want us to cover a case on the podcast? Email us at truecrime@mamamia.com.au or send us a voice note.
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CREDITS
Host & Executive Producer: Gemma Bath
Guest: Zoe Watts
Senior Producer: Tahli Blackman
Producer: Ella Maitland
Video Editor: Julian Rosario
Audio Design: Tegan Sadler
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12 min
The Lindsay Clancy Trial Mini Series: The Defence's Case
Show notes
After 14 days of testimony and nearly 70 witnesses presented by the prosecution, the defence in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial took the floor. Their core argument? That Lindsay should not be held criminally responsible for the deaths of her three children because she was in the depths of severe postpartum psychosis.
In the latest episode of our mini-series tracking the trial, we walk through the defence's argument, led by attorney Kevin Reddington. Featuring powerful testimony from Lindsay’s mother, mother-in-law, and key psychiatric experts, the defence presents evidence to show a devoted mother begging for help, misdiagnosed, and allegedly failed by a fragmented medical system. We also examine the prosecution's rebuttal, including testimony from FBI psychiatrist Dr. Gregory Saathoff, who challenged the credibility of Lindsay’s auditory hallucinations.
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CREDITS
Host & Executive Producer: Gemma Bath
Producer: Ella Maitland
Video Editor: Julian Rosario
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17 min
The Lindsay Clancy Mini Series: A World Obsessed
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Why is the world so obsessed with the Lindsay Clancy trial? While she admits to the unimaginable act of killing her three children, the public reaction has been unusually complex. Instead of universal vilification, there is a profound wave of sympathy for a mother who sought help for severe postpartum psychosis. In the latest episode of our mini-series tracking the trial, we explore the Prosecution's case and the key evidence that has been presented to the court.
LINKS
If any of the contents in this episode have caused distress, know that there is help available via Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636.
Contact Full Stop Australia on 1800 385 578, 7 days, 24 hours.
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CREDITS
Host & Executive Producer: Gemma Bath
Producer: Ella Maitland
Video Editor: Julian Rosario
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21 min
The Lindsay Clancy Trial Mini Series: The Prosecution’s Argument
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In episode three of our mini-series tracking the trial of Lindsay Clancy, we unpack the prosecution's opening statements and core arguments. Through 14 days of testimony and over 70 witnesses, prosecutors detailed Lindsay’s digital footprint, hospital records, and phone notes expressing maternal burnout. We examine key testimony from her ex-husband, Patrick Clancy, who recently filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her medical providers, as the court analyses Apple Watch health data, step counts, and the precise timeline of the evening Cora, Dawson, and Callan were killed.
LINKS
If any of the contents in this episode have caused distress, know that there is help available via Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636.
Contact Full Stop Australia on 1800 385 578, 7 days, 24 hours.
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CREDITS
Host & Executive Producer: Gemma Bath
Producer: Ella Maitland
Video Editor: Julian Rosario
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1 hr 19 min
Katherine Knight Killed Her Boyfriend. Then She Served Him For Dinner
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In October 2000, the small Hunter Valley town of Aberdeen, New South Wales, became the scene of one of the most horrific crimes in Australian history. John Price was brutally murdered in his home by his partner, Katherine Knight, an abattoir worker with a long, history of domestic violence against the men in her life but with no criminal record to show for this. What police discovered inside the house shocked even the most seasoned investigators: Knight had skinned, decapitated, and cooked parts of her partner, creating a horrific crime scene that remains etched in true crime history.
Katherine Knight was the first, and to this day only, woman in Australian history to be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. In this episode of True Crime Conversations, Gemma Bath sits down with author Roje Augustine, who spent three years researching Knight's life to unpack her upbringing in Aberdeen, her fascination with the abattoir kill rooms, and the escalation of her violent relationships.
LINKS
Buy Roje's book The Butcher of Aberdeen: An Australian Story of Sex, Madness, and Murder here.
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Host & Executive Producer: Gemma Bath
Producer: Ella Maitland
Video Editor: Julian Rosario
Audio Design: Tegan Sadler
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6 min
The Lindsay Clancy Trial Mini Series: The Aftermath
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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 two of our mini-series tracking the trial, we explore the immediate aftermath of the killings, including Lindsay’s initial hospital assessments, psychiatric evaluations, and the care she has received in the three year lead up to the trial.
We also discuss what Patrick Clancy's life looked like in the years leading up to the trial from establishing a foundation in honour of Cora, Dawson, and Callan, to running the Boston Marathon in their memory, relocating to New York, and eventually rebuilding his life.
LINKS
If any of the contents in this episode have caused distress, know that there is help available via Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636.
Contact Full Stop Australia on 1800 385 578, 7 days, 24 hours.
GET IN TOUCH
Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @truecrimeconversations
Want us to cover a case on the podcast? Email us at truecrime@mamamia.com.au or send us a voice note.
Make sure to leave us a rating and review on Apple & Spotify to let us know how you're liking the episodes.
CREDITS
Host & Executive Producer: Gemma Bath
Producer: Ella Maitland
Video Editor: Julian Rosario
Mamamia acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which we have recorded this podcast.
Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe
See https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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