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True Crime Conversations

By: Mamamia Podcasts
  • Summary

  • True Crime Conversations explores the world's most notorious crimes by speaking to the people who know the most about them.

    2023 Mamamia Podcasts
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Episodes
  • Inside The Mind Of The Hoddle Street Killer
    Dec 6 2023

    On a Sunday night in August 1987, 18-year-old Julian Knight unleashed terror on the streets of Melbourne. 

    It was just after 9:30pm when the recently discharged army cadet opened fire on innocent civilians, murdering seven people and seriously injuring 19 more.

    After the incident, a group of psychologists were tasked with analysing Knight to try to understand the motivations of such a callous, unprovoked attack. Our guest today was part of that team.

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    CREDITS

    Guest: Tim Watson-Munro

    Tim's joined us before to discuss black widow killers and also his career as a criminal psychologist. 

    Host: Gemma Bath

    Executive Producer: Gia Moylan

    Audio Producer: Scott Stronach

    GET IN TOUCH:

    Check out our TikTok here.

    Feedback? We’re listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at truecrime@mamamia.com.au  

    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

    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.

    Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    45 mins
  • The Baby In The Mailbag
    Nov 29 2023

    In May 1965 a horrific discovery was made at a Darwin post office. 

    A package carrying the remains of a newborn baby boy had been sent there from the Russell Street post office in Melbourne. The sender and the intended recipient were unable to be identified at the time.  

    Now, almost 60 years later, there are new leads in the case. Finally, after all this time, detectives might be on the precipice of solving this cold case.

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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.

    CREDITS

    Guest: Meni Caroutas, Host of The Missing Podcast

    Host: Gemma Bath

    Executive Producer: Gia Moylan

    Audio Producer: Scott Stronach

    GET IN TOUCH:

    Check out our TikTok here.

    Feedback? We’re listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at truecrime@mamamia.com.au  

    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

    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.

    Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    34 mins
  • Shanelle Dawson: Coming To Terms With The Teacher's Pet
    Nov 22 2023

    The murder of Lynette Dawson was a crime that unravelled in real-time via a podcast called The Teacher’s Pet in 2018. It was a groundbreaking investigation. One that forced police to re-investigate things they’d filed away as unimportant decades prior. 

    Shanelle Dawson, Lynette's daughter, had already pieced together the truth before investigative journalist Hedley Thomas came knocking. But his podcast helped put her father behind bars. 

    Since then, Shanelle has released her own story, in her own words via a memoir called My Mother’s Eyes. On this episode of True Crime Conversations, she joins Mamamia's Mia Freedman to give incredible insight into what it’s like to grow up with a father who did an unthinkable crime, and spent years lying to her about it.

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    You can hear our recent episode with Hedley Thomas, looking behind the scenes of making The Teacher's Pet podcast here.

    CREDITS

    Guest: Shanelle Dawson

    Interviewer: Mia Freedman

    Host: Gemma Bath

    Executive Producer: Gia Moylan

    Audio Producer: Scott Stronach

    GET IN TOUCH:

    Check out our TikTok here.

    Feedback? We’re listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at truecrime@mamamia.com.au  

    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

    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.

    Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    45 mins

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