Motive & Method
By Xanthe Mallett and Tim Watson-Munro
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Motive & Method is an expert-led Australian true crime podcast. Join Dr Xanthe Mallett and criminal psychologist Tim Watson-Munro as they unpack what really makes the offenders behind some of history’s most notorious cases tick, and also react and unpack crimes as they hit the headlines. You will also hear from victim survivors, investigators and advocates for change analysing motive, and method.
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The Killer Babysitter: Living Free & Babysitting Again
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Lucy Letby: Is History Repeating?
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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What Happened To Gus Lamont?
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Julian Ingram: Wanted For Murder
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Sydney’s Baby Farming Murders
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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The Most Isolated Prisoner In The World
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Taken In The Night: The Eloise Worledge Mystery
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Files Unsealed: The Last Woman Executed in Australia
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Cold Cases Cracked Open In 2025
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Year in Crime: Cases That Defined 2025
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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REPLAY: 2025 Fan Favourite - Inside Snowtown with Gordon Drage
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Dec 28, 2025 |
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HOLIDAY SPECIAL: Bizarre, Brazen & Baffling Cases of 2025
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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REPLAY: Xanthe's 2025 Top Episode - The Horrors of Human Trafficking Networks
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Dec 21, 2025 |
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BONDI TERROR ATTACK: A Forensic Perspective with Dr Nathan Brooks
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Toyah Cordingley & The International Manhunt To Catch Her Killer
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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A Poisonous Legacy: One Family, Two Killers
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Murderous Medics: When Caretakers Become Killers
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Diagnosis On Trial: Are Innocent Parents Being Jailed?
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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The Toolbox Murders
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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A Perth Serial Killer & The Innocent Men Jailed For His Crimes
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Ed Gein: The Making Of A Monster
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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'The Giggling Granny' Serial Killer
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Career Criminal & Master Conman: The Extraordinary Life Of Carl Synnerdahl
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Manipulated Into Murder: The Woodchipper Killers
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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The Hoddle Street Massacre: Inside The Mind Of Julian Knight
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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The Highschool Catfish
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Mushroom Murders: A Life Sentence for Erin Patterson
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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The Rise of Lone Actors with Dr Nathan Brooks
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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The Porepunkah Police Shootings
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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AI Clones: The Future of ‘Artificial’ Evidence
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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The University of Idaho Murders
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Mushroom Trial Update: Erin Patterson’s Police Interview
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Ashlea Hansen: Cracking Open A Cold Case Murder
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Kerry Tucker: Finding Purpose in Prison
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Inside Snowtown: The Cop Who Found The Bodies in the Barrels
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Love Behind Bars: Pen Pals to Prison Romance
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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Life Undercover with Keith Banks
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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BONUS EPISODE: Mushroom Murder Motive with Gary Jubelin
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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GUILTY: Unpacking The Erin Patterson Verdict
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Kids Who Kill
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Cassie Sainsbury: Groomed or Guilty?
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Dr. Nathan Brooks: Inside the Mind of a Stalker
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Female Serial Killers: From Poisoners to Predators
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Shooting Victim Confronts His Killer: An Artificial Intelligence World First
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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His Brother Vanished 50 Years Ago - Can The Case Be Solved Now?
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May 27, 2025 |
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Who is ‘The Playboy Swindler’? Inside the Psyche of a Serial Scammer
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May 20, 2025 |
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SPECIAL GUEST: Why Innocent People Confess
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May 12, 2025 |
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Is Lucy Letby Innocent?
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May 06, 2025 |
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The Dark Side of Public Registers: Protection or Peril?
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Bondi Junction stabbings one year on with Greg Barton
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Do Citizen Sleuths Help or Hinder Investigations?
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Adolescence and the Manosphere
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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SPECIAL: Tony Mokbel FREED after a 'Seismic Moment in Legal History'
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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A cult convicted of killing an 8-year-old girl
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Should juries have to explain their verdicts?
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Will Victoria's 'toughest ever' bail laws reduce reoffending?
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Simon Feldman: The Man Who Embezzled $16.7 Million
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Can people really commit crime whilst asleep?
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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How Belle Gibson conned the world
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Remembering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies... One Year On
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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The Unbelievable Horrors of Human Trafficking Networks
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Where Is Samantha Murphy's Body?
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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How Forensic Genetic Genealogy Is Solving Serial Crime...
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Hate Crimes & The Rise of Anti-Semitic Incidents
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Unpacking the Menendez case with Laura Richards
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Ask The Expert | 2024
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Watch out for crime at Christmas time...
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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"He could attack at any time"... The woman who was stalked
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Tracy Hall... The woman who dated an international con artist
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Investigative journalist Neil Mercer on Crime and Corruption
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Former Deputy Police Commissioner Mick Willing
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Is There a Serial Killer Loose on the NSW North Coast?
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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The Menendez Brothers | Halloween
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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A Tale Of Whistleblowers and Rotten Apples
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Poisoning Cases
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Women as Offenders
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Easey Street | Advances in DNA Analysis
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Ashley Griffiths | Monster Hiding in Plain Sight
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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The Harrowing Story of Gisèle Pélicot
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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The Trauma of Unsolved Child Abduction and Murder Cases
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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The Brutal and Inexplicable Murder of Charlise Mutten
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Women as Sexual Predators
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Henry Keogh | The Murder That Never Was
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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From Bali to Brazil | The Life of a Crime Reporter with Ashlea Hansen
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Melissa Downes and Jess Lodge | The Ultimate Sacrifice
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Ben Avery | Just Married: The Anthea Bradshaw Mystery
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Retail Crime Is On The Rise | Why You Should Care
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Murder by Fire
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Derek Bromley | A Case That Blows Our Minds
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Assange | McBride | The Bigger Picture...
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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When Children Kill | What Causes Some Sons to Kill Their Mothers
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Misogyny | AI Deep Fakes | Organised Crime
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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The Interface Between Social Media and Youth Crime
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May 01, 2024 |
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Bondi Westfield Stabbings
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Keli Lane: Part 2 | Parole Denied
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Revelations of Secret AFL Drug Testing
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Allison Langdon on the Keli Lane Case
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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The Fatal Dynamics of Unchecked Coercive Control
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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The Case Of Missing Victorian Women: Samantha Murphy
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Motive & Method 2023 | Cases Wrapped
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Dec 21, 2023 |