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True Crime Conversations

True Crime Conversations

By: Mamamia Podcasts
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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.

2026 Mamamia Podcasts
True Crime
Episodes
  • How Natascha Kampusch Survived Eight Years In Captivity
    Apr 15 2026

    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 soundproof cellar, cut off from the outside world and shaped by fear, control, and a deeply complex psychological dynamic with her captor.

    Journalist Rahni Sadler spent a lot of time getting to know Natascha, interviewing her in 2011 and again in 2016, and even visiting the house where she was held. In this episode, she offers insight into Natascha’s story - revealing the quiet strength, nuance, and resilience behind one of the most confronting cases in modern history...

    LINKS

    Find more of Rahni's work here.

    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.

    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

    Guest: Rahni Sadler

    Host: Gemma Bath

    Senior Producer: Tahli Blackman

    Group Executive Producer: Ilaria Brophy

    Video Editor: Julian Rosario

    Audio Engineer: Jacob Round

    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 omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    46 mins
  • Joe Was Steps Away From A Terrorist When The Bali Bomb Went Off
    Apr 8 2026

    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 more than 100. Among those caught in the blasts was 20-year-old Newcastle local Joe Frost.

    Thrown face-down into the sand, ears ringing and legs burning, Joe survived - but others at his table were killed or left with life-changing injuries.

    Now a journalist, Joe is revisiting the attack through his podcast Forgotten Bombs: Bali 2005, speaking with survivors, investigators, and even those linked to Jemaah Islamiyah.

    LINKS

    Listen to Forgotten Bombs: Bali 2005 here.

    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.

    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

    Guest: Joe Frost

    Host: Gemma Bath

    Senior Producer: Tahli Blackman

    Group Executive Producer: Ilaria Brophy

    Audio Engineer: Jacob Round

    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 omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Inside The Minds Of Australia’s Worst Female Killers
    Apr 1 2026

    Katherine Knight, Sarah Makin, Caroline Grills, Catherine Birnie, Helen Moore, and Rachel Pfitzner are among the most notorious female killers in Australian history. But what compels a woman to take a life, whether it’s someone close to her or, more rarely, a stranger?

    Dr Xanthe Weston, a criminal psychologist, has long been driven by this very question. Drawing on years of research into cases like these, she joins us today to explore what she’s discovered - why women’s motives for killing often differ from men’s, and whether some perpetrators are inherently predisposed to violence, or shaped by circumstance.

    LINKS

    Listen to the Method & Motive podcast here.

    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.

    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

    Guest: Dr Xanthe Weston

    Host: Gemma Bath

    Senior Producer: Tahli Blackman

    Group Executive Producer: Ilaria Brophy

    Audio Engineer: Jacob Round

    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 omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    49 mins
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I really liked how they would really go into the story not just the oh this happened who did it the end they would go into the backstory of the victim why the ‘culprit’ did it

Great! Best podcast I ever listened to

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some were a little convoluted...
some were great ..
some are shicking
some are stomach turning

how horrible the human animal really is

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