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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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10. Painful Patterns: Inside The Grafton Hearing with Tim & Xanthe
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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9. Andrew Inglis: The First Love Who Never Came Home
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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The Thailand Suitcase Murder: An Australian Charged
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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8. Narelle Cox: If Not Milat, Then Who?
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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7. Marion Barter Pt. 2 - The Citizen Sleuth Who Found What Police Missed
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Jul 12, 2026 |
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6. The Mysterious Disappearance of Marion Barter
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Jul 09, 2026 |
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Chopper Read: Australia’s ‘Celebrity’ Criminal
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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A Family Vanished: The 'Nannup Cult' Mystery
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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Bonus: Behind The Scenes With MP Jeremy Buckingham
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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5. Cheryl Grimmer: A Confession Ignored- A Child Killer Never Caught
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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4. Keren Rowland: Was She Ivan Milat's First Victim?
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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3. Kevin Docherty: 47 Years Searching For Answers
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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2. Ivan Milat's 11 Other Victims?
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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1. Australia's Killer Secrets: Milat, Murders & Missing
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Introducing: Australia's Killer Secrets
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Jun 07, 2026 |
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Is There A Byron Bay Serial Killer?
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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A Horrific Crime In Campbelltown: Australia's DV Crisis
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May 26, 2026 |
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Youth Crime & 'Crimefluencing': Clicks, Clout & Coercion
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May 19, 2026 |
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Breakthrough: Body Found In Search for Jayden Penno-Tompsett
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May 13, 2026 |
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The Wrong Man? Who Killed Leanne Holland
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May 12, 2026 |
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Bonus: Mark Jones [Extended Interview]
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May 08, 2026 |
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Outback Murder Highway: The Disappearance Of Tony Jones
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May 06, 2026 |
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Bonus: John Twaddle [Extended Interview]
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May 02, 2026 |
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Outback Murder Highway: Triple Murder At Spear Creek
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Bonus: David Cunningham [Extended Interview]
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Outback Murder Highway: The Sensible Creek Killings
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Introducing: Outback Murder Highway
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Ted Bundy Bonus Episode: DNA Breakthrough In Serial Killer Case
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Catching Peter Foster & Finding A Missing Baby: Ken Gamble (Part 2)
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Hunting Scammers with Private Investigator Ken Gamble (Part 1)
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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A Not So Perfect Murder: The Kouri Richins Case
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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He Got Away With Murder - Where Is 'Mr Cruel' Now?
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Cult On Trial: Who Are The Zizians?
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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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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Dezi Freeman: 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 |