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Liar, Liar: Melissa Caddick and the Missing Millions

Liar, Liar: Melissa Caddick and the Missing Millions

By: The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
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Since late 2020, the case of missing Sydney woman Melissa Caddick has captivated the country. A seemingly successful businesswoman from Sydney's eastern suburbs went missing after authorities raided her Dover Heights home amid questions over an unlicensed financial planning business.
Sydney Morning Herald investigative journalist Kate McClymont would reveal key details of a massive Ponzi scheme and a $23 million fraud that ripped off investors including her family and friends as Caddick lived the high life of overseas trips, cars and high end fashion. McClymont's coverage would win her a ninth Walkley Award.
Now McClymont and 60 Minutes’ Tom Steinfort are set to present a breakthrough podcast Liar, Liar: Melissa Caddick and the Missing Millions that will follow the twists and turns of a case where everyone has a theory of their own. What happened to the money and what happened to Melissa? Liar Liar will reveal fresh details of the crime of the century through interviews with key players and takes listeners from upmarket jewellery auction rooms in Hong Kong, to the ski slopes of Aspen to private islands in the South Pacific.

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Episodes
  • Episode 4: The List

    Episode 4: The List
    Nov 1 2025

    Kabir and Dipika's case reaches its dramatic conclusion. And, while officials say they're not keeping track of how many shaken baby cases there are in Australia, an unlikely duo – the loved ones of people imprisoned for shaking – work night and day to find out.

    For exclusive content and additional reporting on the case, available to subscribers of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, visit theage.com.au/podcast/diagnosingmurder. Subscribe now to theage.com.au or smh.com.au to access the special Good Weekend investigation.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Episode 3: The Engine Room

    Episode 3: The Engine Room
    Nov 1 2025

    Once forensic physicians believe a child might have been shaken, their next step is to look for a perpetrator. When they call in police and child protection, the investigation starts in earnest. It all starts inside Victoria's beloved Royal Children's hospital.

    For exclusive content and additional reporting on the case, available to subscribers of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, visit theage.com.au/podcast/diagnosingmurder. Subscribe now to theage.com.au or smh.com.au to access the special Good Weekend investigation.

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    57 mins
  • Episode 2: The Science

    Episode 2: The Science
    Nov 1 2025

    Doctors and lawyers can't come to a consensus on the science of shaken baby syndrome 50 years after it was first proposed as a theory. Does shaking a baby actually lead to the brain damage seen in historical and current cases? And why has the argument become so heated that some describe it as a war?

    For exclusive content and additional reporting on the case, available to subscribers of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, visit theage.com.au/podcast/diagnosingmurder. Subscribe now to theage.com.au or smh.com.au to access the special Good Weekend investigation.

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    1 hr
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Completely riveted to this podcast for the past week! Looked forward to turning in on during my morning walk each day! Did not want it to end!

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Really liked the story, the research and the people's stories in their own voices. I find corporate fraud fascinating and sickening.
This is why we need the Aust consumer, financial and business watchdogs to be well staffed, funded, and researched.
Thank you all.

Great Fraud Investigation

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Overly scripted and the hosts are too focused on making jokes and being "entertaining". A weird combination of overly animated, yet totally wooden. It's distracting because it's such a fascinating topic. What this woman has done is abhorrent. They're treating it like it's a bit of celebrity gossip. She's ruined people's lives and that is worth treating this subject with the respect the victims deserve. Tone it down a bit!

Fascinating topic; poorly delivered

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This could have been fascinating however is delivered like a tabloid, only speaking to the vanity and lifestyle of Melissa. At no point do they try to explain the mechanics of the Ponzi Scheme which is the underlying theme, hence I wouldn't call it investigative journalism.

sensationalism, not journalism

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