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Accidental Celebrity

Accidental Celebrity

By: Fiona Reynolds
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Imagine your trauma leads the news. Your private life is then public property. Your anonymity is lost. That’s what it’s like to become an accidental celebrity. Now, the spotlight is turned around. Each weekly episode offers rare media insights from an ordinary Australian who faced an extraordinary event. They expose the tricks of a competitive trade – the relentless pursuits, the manipulation and misrepresentation, the betrayals of truth and trust – with journalist Fiona Reynolds. Learn too why they participated in media coverage. This is the inside story on a shrewd industry that plucks unknowns from obscurity to feed our fascination with adversity and the strength of the human spirit.

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This series was created by Fiona Reynolds. It contains music (incl. sound effects) and media content that has been licensed for use. Politics & Government Social Sciences True Crime
Episodes
  • 6. The Face of Family Violence

    6. The Face of Family Violence
    Mar 7 2021

    Rosie Batty let the media into her life when her ex-partner killed their 11-year-old son Luke in 2014. She chose to turn a personal tragedy into a catalyst for change, learning to play the game to galvanise support for a national campaign against family violence.


    Music credits:


    Theme: Epic Adventure by BlueBirdSound


    Long Note Two by Kevin MacLeod

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3994-long-note-two

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    Breaking News 5 by Sascha Ende

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5973-breaking-news-5

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    Don’t Die on Me - Myuu - thedarkpiano.com

    Countdown - Myuu - thedarkpiano.com

    Troublemaker Theme - Myuu - thedarkpiano.com

    What Could Have Been - Myuu - thedarkpiano.com

    Countdown - Myuu - thedarkpiano.com

    Outsider - Myuu - thedarkpiano.com


    Breaking News 3 by Sascha Ende

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5952-breaking-news-3

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    Watching The World by Philip Rice

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6824-watching-the-world

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

    Hopes And Dreams by chilledmusic

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7059-hopes-and-dreams

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    Beginning Of Conflict by Rafael Krux

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5288-beginning-of-conflict-

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    Here And Now by Rafael Krux

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5658-here-and-now-

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    Half Mystery by Kevin MacLeod

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5026-half-mystery

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    Heroes In The Sky by Rafael Krux

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5356-heroes-in-the-sky-

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    Media credits:


    Content supplied and/or licensed for use courtesy of Nine Entertainment Co (incl. The Footage Company Australia / Nine Network Australia), Australian Broadcasting Corporation Library Sales and News Corp Australia.

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/accidental-celebrity.

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/accidental-celebrity.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    42 mins
  • 5. The Great Escape

    5. The Great Escape
    Feb 28 2021

    Todd Russell was stripped of his anonymity before he’d even emerged after 14 days trapped underground by the 2006 Beaconsfield mine rockfall. Elation was quickly replaced by frustration as the media pursuit and public attention became overwhelming.


    Music credits:


    SFX

    Explosion.wav by Kigofix - Freesound.org

    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    Answer them phones by jobro - Freesound.org

    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    Soccer kick 01 by volivieri - Freesound.org

    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    Itzo Dobreff » Applause_encore.aif - Freesound.org

    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/


    MUSIC


    Theme: Epic Adventure by BlueBirdSound


    A Darker Heart by Audionautix.com


    Ignotus by Agnese Valmaggia

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6273-ignotus

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    Final Step by Rafael Krux

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5294-final-step-

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    Breaking News 3 by Sascha Ende

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5952-breaking-news-3

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    Desert Nomads by Rafael Krux

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5491-desert-nomads-

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    Rising Tide (faster) by Kevin MacLeod

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5028-rising-tide-faster-

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    Breaking News 4 by Sascha Ende

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5953-breaking-news-4

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    321 - Unitopia


    Beginning Of Conflict by Rafael Krux

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5288-beginning-of-conflict-

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    The Way Out by Kevin MacLeod

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4513-the-way-out

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    Moments Of Life by Rafael Krux

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5687-moments-of-life-

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    Traveler's Notebook by Rafael Krux

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5316-traveler-s-notebook-

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    Media credits:


    Content supplied and/or licensed for use courtesy of Nine Entertainment Co (incl. The Footage Company Australia / Nine Network Australia), Australian Broadcasting Corporation Library Sales and News Corp Australia.

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/accidental-celebrity.

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/accidental-celebrity.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    42 mins
  • 4. The Missing Schoolboy

    4. The Missing Schoolboy
    Feb 21 2021

    Bruce and Denise Morcombe would do anything to get their 13-year-old son Daniel back after he disappeared in 2003, including sacrificing their privacy to appeal for public help. The couple learnt how the media operates, to secure ongoing coverage.


    Music credits:


    Theme: Epic Adventure by BlueBirdSound


    Dark Secrets (DECISION) by Sascha Ende

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/246-dark-secrets-decision-

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    Cinematic Suspense Series Episode 002 by Sascha Ende

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5789-cinematic-suspense-series-episode-002

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    Deeplistening by Lilo Sound

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5778-deeplistening

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    Breaking News 3 by Sascha Ende

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5952-breaking-news-3

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    Long Note Two by Kevin MacLeod

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3994-long-note-two

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    Man Down by Kevin MacLeod

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4016-man-down

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    Moments Of Life by Rafael Krux

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5687-moments-of-life-

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    Enter the Maze by Kevin MacLeod

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3712-enter-the-maze

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    Rising Tide by Kevin MacLeod

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5027-rising-tide

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


    Into The Light by Rafael Krux

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5674-into-the-light-

    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license.


    SFX

    Bus arriving and departing by Bone666138 - Freesound.org

    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/



    Media credits:


    Content supplied and/or licensed for use courtesy of Nine Entertainment Co (incl. The Footage Company Australia / Nine Network Australia), Australian Broadcasting Corporation Library Sales, News Corp Australia and Are Media Pty Limited.

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/accidental-celebrity.

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/accidental-celebrity.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    41 mins
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