Strewth - Australian True Crime and Mystery Podcasthttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/strewth-australian-true-crime-and-mystery-podcast--7438368enTrue CrimeCopyright strewthpodcasthttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/04cecd24fe14ed8ca3b7ebddb0a80c25.jpgStrewth - Australian True Crime and Mystery Podcasthttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/strewth-australian-true-crime-and-mystery-podcast--7438368Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:08:38 +0000strewthpodcaststrewthpodcastfeeds@spreaker.comWelcome to Strewth, where we uncover Australia's most captivating tales of true crime and mysterious happenings. Yarns so extraordinary they'll make you stop and say, "Strewth!" From the sun-scorched outback to the seedy underbelly of our biggest...falsec596abd5-0172-5b75-b2f9-aa77b39691a9episodicThe Hickey's Falls Encounter - Australian Mysteryhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hickey-s-falls-encounter-australian-mystery--75587259https://shows.acast.com/yowie-central/episodes/ep185-hickeys-falls-revisited-anniversary-edition Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast   Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact me - strewthpodcast@gmail.com Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources:

Australian Yowie Research n.d., Hickeys Falls, New South Wales 2010, witness report, Australian Yowie Research, viewed September 2026, https://www.yowiehunters.com.au/new-south-wales/2176-hickeys-falls-new-south-wales-2010 Australian Yowie Research 2020, Witness Audio Report #159: Hickeys Falls, New South Wales, YouTube, June 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbBKDeMpezc Yowie Central n.d., Yowie Central, podcast series page, Apple Podcasts, https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/yowie-central/id1554417233 Australian Yowie Research n.d., Pilliga, New South Wales 1976, https://www.yowiehunters.com.au/new-south-wales/1919-pilliga-new-south-wales-1976 Australian Yowie Research n.d., Pilliga, New South Wales 1978 (the Torana account), https://www.yowiehunters.com.au/new-south-wales/1441-pilliga-new-south-wales-1978 Australian Yowie Research n.d., Pilliga, New South Wales 1979 (AAP report quoting Constable Wayne Warren), https://www.yowiehunters.com.au/new-south-wales/1440-pilliga-new-south-wales-1979 Australian Yowie Research n.d., Pilliga, New South Wales 1979 (second transcription of the AAP report), https://www.yowiehunters.com.au/new-south-wales/1442-pilliga-new-south-wales-1979-sp-19667 Australian Yowie Research n.d., Pilliga, New South Wales 2001, https://www.yowiehunters.com.au/new-south-wales/1577-pilliga-new-south-wales Australian Yowie Research n.d., Pilliga, New South Wales 2003, https://www.yowiehunters.com.au/new-south-wales/1443-pilliga-new-south-wales-2003 Australian Yowie Research n.d., Pilliga, New South Wales 2010, https://www.yowiehunters.com.au/new-south-wales/1444-pilliga-new-south-wales-2010 Ridley, W 1875, Kámilarói and Other Australian Languages, 2nd edn, Thomas Richards, Government Printer, Sydney, digitised by the National Library of Australia, https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1099858783/view]]>226e9a14-ef79-49f0-8683-04c4367ed239Tue, 29 Sep 2026 22:09:00 +0000strewthpodcastThe Pilliga Yowie In the spring of 2010, a mother pulled into a roadside rest stop south of Coonabarabran so the kids could swim at Hickey's Falls. The car park was silent. Another car was parked by the trail with every door open, and somewhere up the...https://shows.acast.com/yowie-central/episodes/ep185-hickeys-falls-revisited-anniversary-edition Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast   Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact me - strewthpodcast@gmail.com Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources:

Australian Yowie Research n.d., Hickeys Falls, New South Wales 2010, witness report, Australian Yowie Research, viewed September 2026, https://www.yowiehunters.com.au/new-south-wales/2176-hickeys-falls-new-south-wales-2010 Australian Yowie Research 2020, Witness Audio Report #159: Hickeys Falls, New South Wales, YouTube, June 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbBKDeMpezc Yowie Central n.d., Yowie Central, podcast series page, Apple Podcasts, https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/yowie-central/id1554417233 Australian Yowie Research n.d., Pilliga, New South Wales 1976, https://www.yowiehunters.com.au/new-south-wales/1919-pilliga-new-south-wales-1976 Australian Yowie Research n.d., Pilliga, New South Wales 1978 (the Torana account), https://www.yowiehunters.com.au/new-south-wales/1441-pilliga-new-south-wales-1978 Australian Yowie Research n.d., Pilliga, New South Wales 1979 (AAP report quoting Constable Wayne Warren), https://www.yowiehunters.com.au/new-south-wales/1440-pilliga-new-south-wales-1979 Australian Yowie Research n.d., Pilliga, New South Wales 1979 (second transcription of the AAP report), https://www.yowiehunters.com.au/new-south-wales/1442-pilliga-new-south-wales-1979-sp-19667 Australian Yowie Research n.d., Pilliga, New South Wales 2001, https://www.yowiehunters.com.au/new-south-wales/1577-pilliga-new-south-wales Australian Yowie Research n.d., Pilliga, New South Wales 2003, 171fullThe Adelaide Oval Abduction: Part Two - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-adelaide-oval-abduction-part-two-australian-true-crime--75587260 https://shows.acast.com/sleepers-its-time-to-rise/episodes/688c7609fc150bcf7f24a146 Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact me - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources: ]]>3635eaf6-c76b-4b45-bf29-0a40a4a442c7Thu, 24 Sep 2026 23:30:00 +0000strewthpodcastThe Abduction of Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Gordon - Part 2 of 2 A Queensland carpenter identified off a television screen twenty five years later. A man serving life who was ruled out by the only witness who saw the abductor's face. A friend of the... https://shows.acast.com/sleepers-its-time-to-rise/episodes/688c7609fc150bcf7f24a146 Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact me - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources: ]]>2122false154fullA Man and His Dog: Part 2 - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-man-and-his-dog-part-2-australian-true-crime--75587289https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast    Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast   Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources: ]]>b59aa8a2-a8f1-40f0-969a-e21413ab08e7Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:04:00 +0000strewthpodcastThe Unsolved Disappearance of Paddy Moriarty from Larrimah - Part 2 of 2 A man and his dog vanished from an outback town of a dozen people, a few hundred metres from home. In Part Two, the rest of the world arrives to look for them. The searches. The...https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast    Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast   Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources:
  • ABC News — Matt Garrick, "Why Paddy Moriarty's disappearance from the tiny town of Larrimah may never be fully solved," 8 June 2024. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-08/paddy-moriarty-case-nt-dpp-decision-larrimah-mystery-continues/103947002
  • ABC News — Roxanne Fitzgerald, "Case involving suspected death of Paddy Moriarty handed to Director of Public Prosecutions," 13 September 2022. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-13/paddy-moriarty-case-handed-to-director-of-public-prosecutions/101433924
  • The Guardian — Caroline Graham and Kylie Stevenson, "Paddy Moriarty inquest hears NT police recordings of man allegedly saying he 'killerated the bastard'," 6 April 2022. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/apr/06/paddy-moriarty-inquest-hears-nt-police-recordings-of-man-allegedly-saying-he-killerated-the-bastard
  • NT Independent — "'I killerated old Paddy ... I struck him on the head and killerated the bastard': Inquest played bizarre murder song" (April 2022). https://ntindependent.com.au/i-killerated-old-paddy-i-struck-him-on-the-fucking-head-and-killerated-the-bastard-inquest-played-bizarre-murder-song/
  • NT Independent — "No charges to be laid in Paddy Moriarty case: DPP" (June 2024). https://ntindependent.com.au/no-charges-to-be-laid-in-paddy-moriarty-case-dpp/
  • The Nightly — "Paddy Moriarty: Major development announced in Larrimah missing person case made famous on Netflix show" (June 2024). https://thenightly.com.au/australia/northern-territory/paddy-moriarty-major-development-announced-in-larrimah-missing-person-case-made-famous-on-netflix-show-c-14929564
  • Podcast — Lost in Larrimah, Caroline Graham and Kylie Stevenson (The Australian / News Corp, 2018). Winner, 2018 Walkley Award for Radio/Audio Feature.
  • Radio...]]>2153false153fullA Man and His Dog: Part 1 - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-man-and-his-dog-part-1-australian-true-crime--75587304
    One evening in December 2017, a man and his dog rode home from the pub in a tiny town on the Stuart Highway, a few hundred metres up the road, and were never seen again. Paddy Moriarty was a seventy-year-old Irish-born ringer, a larrikin and a creature of habit, who lived alone with his young red kelpie, Kellie, in a fading outback settlement of barely a dozen people. When he vanished, he left a half-made dinner on the table, both his hats by the door, and a town full of neighbours who weren't saying much at all. Part one of two. This week on Strewth: the man, the dog, the dying town, and the last ordinary day in Larrimah. Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast    Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources:  ]]>    b81349f6-79ad-4b31-9402-d34eb29495e8Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:20:00 +0000strewthpodcastThe Unsolved Disappearance of Paddy Moriarty from Larrimah - Part 1 of 2  One evening in December 2017, a man and his dog rode home from the pub in a tiny town on the Stuart Highway, a few hundred metres up the road, and were never seen again....
    One evening in December 2017, a man and his dog rode home from the pub in a tiny town on the Stuart Highway, a few hundred metres up the road, and were never seen again. Paddy Moriarty was a seventy-year-old Irish-born ringer, a larrikin and a creature of habit, who lived alone with his young red kelpie, Kellie, in a fading outback settlement of barely a dozen people. When he vanished, he left a half-made dinner on the table, both his hats by the door, and a town full of neighbours who weren't saying much at all. Part one of two. This week on Strewth: the man, the dog, the dying town, and the last ordinary day in Larrimah. Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast    Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources:
    • ABC News — Matt Garrick, "Why Paddy Moriarty's disappearance from the tiny town of Larrimah may never be fully solved," 8 June 2024. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-08/paddy-moriarty-case-nt-dpp-decision-larrimah-mystery-continues/103947002
    • ABC News — Roxanne Fitzgerald, "Case involving suspected death of Paddy Moriarty handed to Director of Public Prosecutions," 13 September 2022. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-13/paddy-moriarty-case-handed-to-director-of-public-prosecutions/101433924
    • The Guardian — Caroline Graham and Kylie Stevenson, "Paddy Moriarty inquest hears NT police recordings of man allegedly saying he 'killerated the bastard'," 6 April 2022. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/apr/06/paddy-moriarty-inquest-hears-nt-police-recordings-of-man-allegedly-saying-he-killerated-the-bastard
    • NT Independent — "'I killerated old Paddy ... I struck him on the head and killerated the bastard': Inquest played bizarre murder song" (April 2022). https://ntindependent.com.au/i-killerated-old-paddy-i-struck-him-on-the-fucking-head-and-killerated-the-bastard-inquest-played-bizarre-murder-song/
    • NT Independent — "No charges to be laid in Paddy Moriarty case: DPP" (June 2024). https://ntindependent.com.au/no-charges-to-be-laid-in-paddy-moriarty-case-dpp/
    • The Nightly — "Paddy Moriarty: Major development announced in Larrimah missing person case made famous on Netflix show" (June 2024). https://thenightly.com.au/australia/northern-territory/paddy-moriarty-major-development-announced-in-larrimah-missing-person-case-made-famous-on-netflix-show-c-14929564
    • Podcast — Lost in Larrimah, Caroline Graham and Kylie Stevenson (The Australian...]]>1919false152fullAllison Road - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/allison-road-australian-true-crime--75587281https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast   Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources: Zeehan and Dundas Herald (Tasmania), March 1921. Digitised via Trove, National Library of Australia. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/83958105 Connolly, Pauline. "Drs. Ratten and Ferris and the Chrissie Venn Case." paulineconolly.com, 2025. https://paulineconolly.com/2025/dr-ferris-and-dr-ratten-meet-in-a-courtroom/ "The Haunting of Allison Road: The Murder of Chrissie Venn." Dangerous Roads. https://www.dangerousroads.org/australia-and-oceania/tasmania/13620-the-haunting-of-allison-road-the-murder-of-chrissie-venn.html "The Ghost of Allison Road." Tasmania's Most Haunted, January 4, 2019. https://tasmaniasmosthaunted.wordpress.com/2019/01/04/the-ghost-of-allison-road/ Sun Ithilwen. "The Road Haunted by a Little Girl: The Murder of Chrissie Venn." YouTube, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3QqBwCJj_E]]>4ea57d40-2f14-4705-8cfc-0353e114deb6Tue, 16 Jun 2026 23:30:00 +0000strewthpodcastAllison Road - The Haunting Tale of Chrissie Venn On a February afternoon in 1921, a thirteen-year-old girl named Chrissie Venn left her home on Allison Road in North Motton, Tasmania, to collect groceries from the village. She was carrying a basket...https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast   Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources: Zeehan and Dundas Herald (Tasmania), March 1921. Digitised via Trove, National Library of Australia. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/83958105 Connolly, Pauline. "Drs. Ratten and Ferris and the Chrissie Venn Case." paulineconolly.com, 2025. https://paulineconolly.com/2025/dr-ferris-and-dr-ratten-meet-in-a-courtroom/ "The Haunting of Allison Road: The Murder of Chrissie Venn." Dangerous Roads. https://www.dangerousroads.org/australia-and-oceania/tasmania/13620-the-haunting-of-allison-road-the-murder-of-chrissie-venn.html "The Ghost of Allison Road." Tasmania's Most Haunted, January 4, 2019. https://tasmaniasmosthaunted.wordpress.com/2019/01/04/the-ghost-of-allison-road/ Sun Ithilwen. "The Road Haunted by a Little Girl: The Murder of Chrissie Venn." YouTube, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3QqBwCJj_E]]>2407false151fullA Lone Wolf? - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-lone-wolf-australian-true-crime--75587264https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources: ]]>624af42f-f193-40fb-a2a4-89a4f7c8c10eTue, 09 Jun 2026 23:46:00 +0000strewthpodcastA Lone Wolf? - The Ivan Milat Backpacker Murders - Australian True Crime Everyone knows how the number seven relates to the Ivan Milat case. Seven backpackers. Seven graves in the Belanglo State Forest. Seven life sentences handed down in a Sydney...https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources: ]]>2524false150fullHome Tonight - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/home-tonight-australian-true-crime--75587266https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources: ]]>ae071409-1c2c-4b0e-bdae-752f447ace03Tue, 02 Jun 2026 22:07:00 +0000strewthpodcastHome Tonight - The Wonnangatta Unsolved Mystery  In the summer of 1917, two men vanished from an isolated cattle station deep in Victoria's high country. What followed became one of Australia's oldest and most enduring mysteries. A story whispered...https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources: ]]>2954false149fullThe Shark Arm Case - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-shark-arm-case-australian-true-crime--75587282
      Anzac Day, 1935. A live tiger shark in a Coogee swimming pool vomits up a human arm in front of a crowd of holiday families. And on the inside of the forearm, a tattoo that a man reading the Sunday paper over breakfast will recognise as his brother's. What follows is one of the strangest murder cases in Australian history. A bankrupt billiard hall manager. A respectable boatbuilder running cocaine through Sydney Heads. A four-hour police chase around the harbour. And a body found in a car at Dawes Point in the small hours of the morning. Nobody was ever convicted of anything.

      Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources: ]]>      8a4964c9-238a-461b-a090-358e3524f007Tue, 26 May 2026 23:33:00 +0000strewthpodcastThe Shark Arm Case - Australian True Crime Mystery Anzac Day, 1935. A live tiger shark in a Coogee swimming pool vomits up a human arm in front of a crowd of holiday families. And on the inside of the forearm, a tattoo that a man reading the Sunday...
      Anzac Day, 1935. A live tiger shark in a Coogee swimming pool vomits up a human arm in front of a crowd of holiday families. And on the inside of the forearm, a tattoo that a man reading the Sunday paper over breakfast will recognise as his brother's. What follows is one of the strangest murder cases in Australian history. A bankrupt billiard hall manager. A respectable boatbuilder running cocaine through Sydney Heads. A four-hour police chase around the harbour. And a body found in a car at Dawes Point in the small hours of the morning. Nobody was ever convicted of anything.

      Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources: ]]>      1782false148full      The Junjudee - Australian Mysteryhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-junjudee-australian-mystery--75587303
      It isn't the Yowie. It's smaller than that. Faster. And by some accounts, considerably more unsettling. The Junjudee has been part of this country's stories since long before records were kept. It appears in a newspaper from 1897. It appears in the testimony of soldiers on a military exercise in the Cape York rainforest. It appears to a horsewoman in the Northern Rivers, in open daylight, in open pasture and then vanishes into a stand of trees the size of a lounge room. It's still appearing in Tasmania in 2024 In this episode of Strewth, we're on the path of this elusive creature. 

      Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast    Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources: Karen Thurecht PhD - Personal essay, The Little Brown Hairy Man, 2019. https://karenthurecht.wordpress.com/2019/05/05/the-little-brown-hairy-man-junjudee/  Paul Cropper and Tony Healy - The Nimble Junjudee From Jiggi, The Fortean, 2018. https://www.thefortean.com/2018/07/21/the-nimble-junjudee-from-jiggi/  Paul Cropper - Christmas Hills Reserve, Tasmania 2024, Australian Yowie Research. 8 July 2024. https://www.yowiehunters.com.au/tasmania/2274-christmas-hills-reserve-tasmania-2024  Jet Zak - (YouTube, 2007) - Black Shadows: Hairy Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_O6tb68R9k&t=18s  Robin Morgan - Junjudee, 2021 - https://www.superbugtom.com/cryptid-catalogue/junjudee ]]>      abc50b6f-44cc-4307-b9e7-3c343bbb8a12Tue, 19 May 2026 23:38:00 +0000strewthpodcastJunjaree | Njimbin | Brown Jack | Little Hairy Man - Australian Cryptid Mystery It isn't the Yowie. It's smaller than that. Faster. And by some accounts, considerably more unsettling. The Junjudee has been part of this country's stories since long...
      It isn't the Yowie. It's smaller than that. Faster. And by some accounts, considerably more unsettling. The Junjudee has been part of this country's stories since long before records were kept. It appears in a newspaper from 1897. It appears in the testimony of soldiers on a military exercise in the Cape York rainforest. It appears to a horsewoman in the Northern Rivers, in open daylight, in open pasture and then vanishes into a stand of trees the size of a lounge room. It's still appearing in Tasmania in 2024 In this episode of Strewth, we're on the path of this elusive creature. 

      Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast    Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources: Karen Thurecht PhD - Personal essay, The Little Brown Hairy Man, 2019. https://karenthurecht.wordpress.com/2019/05/05/the-little-brown-hairy-man-junjudee/  Paul Cropper and Tony Healy - The Nimble Junjudee From Jiggi, The Fortean, 2018. https://www.thefortean.com/2018/07/21/the-nimble-junjudee-from-jiggi/  Paul Cropper - Christmas Hills Reserve, Tasmania 2024, Australian Yowie Research. 8 July 2024. https://www.yowiehunters.com.au/tasmania/2274-christmas-hills-reserve-tasmania-2024  Jet Zak - (YouTube, 2007) - Black Shadows: Hairy Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_O6tb68R9k&t=18s  Robin Morgan - Junjudee, 2021 - https://www.superbugtom.com/cryptid-catalogue/junjudee ]]>      2116false147full      Leanne Holland - Not a Scintilla - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/leanne-holland-not-a-scintilla-australian-true-crime--75587271
      On Christmas Eve 2009, Graham Stafford's conviction for the murder of Leanne Holland was quashed. A Court of Appeal found his trial had been fundamentally unfair. One of its judges would have acquitted him outright. The murder of Leanne Holland was officially unsolved. Then Queensland Police conducted a two-year review, declared there was not a scintilla of evidence against anyone other than Stafford, and locked the report away for a decade. In Part 2, we ask the question nobody in authority has seriously tried to answer: if not Graham Stafford, then who?
      Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources:
      • R v Stafford [1992] QCA 269
      • R v Stafford; ex parte A-G [1997] QCA 333
      • R v Stafford [2009] QCA 407
      • Stafford and Queensland Police Service [2021] QICmr 21
      • ABC Australian Story, "Body of Evidence" Parts 1 & 2, aired 20 & 27 August 2007.
      • Channel 9, Under Investigation with Liz Hayes, aired 14 February 2024.
      • Graeme Crowley and Paul Wilson, Who Killed Leanne Holland? One Girl's Murder and One Man's Injustice, New Holland Publishers, 2010
      • Graeme Crowley, Joe Crowley, Darrell Giles and Greg Cary, The Leanne Holland Murder, 2024
      • Podcast - Who Killed Leanne Holland?, Six10 Media, hosted by Graeme Crowley and Jamie Pultz, 2020
      • Thomas Chamberlin, "Leanne Holland murder case reopened by coroner after 35 years," The Courier Mail, 22 April 2026
       ]]>      2745698c-6701-4376-a6cf-a9ba4bce436cThu, 14 May 2026 23:39:00 +0000strewthpodcastLeanne Holland - Part 2 of 2 - Not a Scintilla - Unsolved True Crime On Christmas Eve 2009, Graham Stafford's conviction for the murder of Leanne Holland was quashed. A Court of Appeal found his trial had been fundamentally unfair. One of its...
      On Christmas Eve 2009, Graham Stafford's conviction for the murder of Leanne Holland was quashed. A Court of Appeal found his trial had been fundamentally unfair. One of its judges would have acquitted him outright. The murder of Leanne Holland was officially unsolved. Then Queensland Police conducted a two-year review, declared there was not a scintilla of evidence against anyone other than Stafford, and locked the report away for a decade. In Part 2, we ask the question nobody in authority has seriously tried to answer: if not Graham Stafford, then who?
      Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources:
      • R v Stafford [1992] QCA 269
      • R v Stafford; ex parte A-G [1997] QCA 333
      • R v Stafford [2009] QCA 407
      • Stafford and Queensland Police Service [2021] QICmr 21
      • ABC Australian Story, "Body of Evidence" Parts 1 & 2, aired 20 & 27 August 2007.
      • Channel 9, Under Investigation with Liz Hayes, aired 14 February 2024.
      • Graeme Crowley and Paul Wilson, Who Killed Leanne Holland? One Girl's Murder and One Man's Injustice, New Holland Publishers, 2010
      • Graeme Crowley, Joe Crowley, Darrell Giles and Greg Cary, The Leanne Holland Murder, 2024
      • Podcast - Who Killed Leanne Holland?, Six10 Media, hosted by Graeme Crowley and Jamie Pultz, 2020
      • Thomas Chamberlin, "Leanne Holland murder case reopened by coroner after 35 years," The Courier Mail, 22 April 2026
       ]]>      2373false145full      Leanne Holland - A Walk to the Shops - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/leanne-holland-a-walk-to-the-shops-australian-true-crime--75587301
      On the first morning of the September school holidays in 1991, twelve-year-old Leanne Holland left her home in Goodna, Queensland, wearing a purple jumper and no shoes. She was going to the shops. She never came home. Three days later, police found her body in bushland off Redbank Plains Road. Within a week, a man was arrested. Within months, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life. He has always said he didn't do it. This is Part 1 of a two-part investigation into one of Queensland's most contested criminal cases. Leanne Holland - A Walk to the Shops. Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources:
      • R v Stafford [1992] QCA 269
      • R v Stafford; ex parte A-G [1997] QCA 333
      • R v Stafford [2009] QCA 407
      • Stafford and Queensland Police Service [2021] QICmr 21
      • ABC Australian Story, "Body of Evidence" Parts 1 & 2, aired 20 & 27 August 2007.
      • Channel 9, Under Investigation with Liz Hayes, aired 14 February 2024.
      • Graeme Crowley and Paul Wilson, Who Killed Leanne Holland? One Girl's Murder and One Man's Injustice, New Holland Publishers, 2010
      • Graeme Crowley, Joe Crowley, Darrell Giles and Greg Cary, The Leanne Holland Murder, 2024
      • Podcast - Who Killed Leanne Holland?, Six10 Media, hosted by Graeme Crowley and Jamie Pultz, 2020
      • Thomas Chamberlin, "Leanne Holland murder case reopened by coroner after 35 years," The Courier Mail, 22 April 2026
       ]]>      be636b9b-7875-4209-bac5-8f7d60808a8aTue, 12 May 2026 23:39:00 +0000strewthpodcastLeanne Holland | Part 1: A Walk to the Shops | Unsolved True Crime On the first morning of the September school holidays in 1991, twelve-year-old Leanne Holland left her home in Goodna, Queensland, wearing a purple jumper and no shoes. She was...
      On the first morning of the September school holidays in 1991, twelve-year-old Leanne Holland left her home in Goodna, Queensland, wearing a purple jumper and no shoes. She was going to the shops. She never came home. Three days later, police found her body in bushland off Redbank Plains Road. Within a week, a man was arrested. Within months, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life. He has always said he didn't do it. This is Part 1 of a two-part investigation into one of Queensland's most contested criminal cases. Leanne Holland - A Walk to the Shops. Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources:
      • R v Stafford [1992] QCA 269
      • R v Stafford; ex parte A-G [1997] QCA 333
      • R v Stafford [2009] QCA 407
      • Stafford and Queensland Police Service [2021] QICmr 21
      • ABC Australian Story, "Body of Evidence" Parts 1 & 2, aired 20 & 27 August 2007.
      • Channel 9, Under Investigation with Liz Hayes, aired 14 February 2024.
      • Graeme Crowley and Paul Wilson, Who Killed Leanne Holland? One Girl's Murder and One Man's Injustice, New Holland Publishers, 2010
      • Graeme Crowley, Joe Crowley, Darrell Giles and Greg Cary, The Leanne Holland Murder, 2024
      • Podcast - Who Killed Leanne Holland?, Six10 Media, hosted by Graeme Crowley and Jamie Pultz, 2020
      • Thomas Chamberlin, "Leanne Holland murder case reopened by coroner after 35 years," The Courier Mail, 22 April 2026
       ]]>      2144false144full      Message in a Bottle - Australian Mysteryhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/message-in-a-bottle-australian-mystery--75587285https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources:
      • Janice Jarrett, "Operation 'Lilac' The mystery of the Patanela", Platypus: The Journal of the Australian Federal Police, Issue 36/38, July 1992. 
      • NSW Coronial Inquest, Deputy State Coroner Derrick Hand, Glebe Coroner's Court, 1992. 
      • Sydney Morning Herald, 9 February 2008. "Message in a bottle redeems lost sons."
      • Paul Whittaker and Robert Reid, Patanela Is Missing: Australia's Greatest Sea Mystery, Bantam Books, Sydney, 1993.
      • Philip Temple, The Sea and the Snow, 1966 (reissued).
      • Derrick Hand, The Coroner, ABC Books, 2004.
      • John Pinkney, Great Australian Mysteries, Five Mile Press, 2004.
      • Under Investigation with Liz Hayes, "Ghost Ship: What happened to the Patanela?", Channel Nine, 1 March 2023. 
      ]]>      ae500763-9ebd-42c9-972b-d1db3b95ccffTue, 05 May 2026 23:39:00 +0000strewthpodcastThe Unexplained Disappearance of the Patanela | Australian Mystery In November of 1988, a steel-hulled schooner called the Patanela made three radio calls from ten miles off Botany Bay and disappeared. No wreckage. No bodies. No distress signal. No...https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources:
      • Janice Jarrett, "Operation 'Lilac' The mystery of the Patanela", Platypus: The Journal of the Australian Federal Police, Issue 36/38, July 1992. 
      • NSW Coronial Inquest, Deputy State Coroner Derrick Hand, Glebe Coroner's Court, 1992. 
      • Sydney Morning Herald, 9 February 2008. "Message in a bottle redeems lost sons."
      • Paul Whittaker and Robert Reid, Patanela Is Missing: Australia's Greatest Sea Mystery, Bantam Books, Sydney, 1993.
      • Philip Temple, The Sea and the Snow, 1966 (reissued).
      • Derrick Hand, The Coroner, ABC Books, 2004.
      • John Pinkney, Great Australian Mysteries, Five Mile Press, 2004.
      • Under Investigation with Liz Hayes, "Ghost Ship: What happened to the Patanela?", Channel Nine, 1 March 2023. 
      ]]>      2267false143full      The Humpty Doo Mystery - Australian Paranormalhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-humpty-doo-mystery-australian-paranormal--75587284
      In early 1998, a rented weatherboard house forty kilometres outside Darwin became the most talked-about address in Australia. Over three months, the residents of 90 McMinns Drive reported knives hurling themselves across rooms, gravel falling through an intact ceiling, and messages spelled out in driveway stones, including the name of a friend who had died weeks earlier in a fire. Three priests of three different denominations came to help. None of them left with a simple explanation. Then the cameras arrived. This is the Humpty Doo poltergeist, Australia's most-witnessed, least-investigated paranormal case of the twentieth century. Thirty people saw something in that house. Nobody in any official capacity ever tried to find out what it was. Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources:
      • Anderson, Max. "Ghost Writer." The Australian Magazine, 9 May 1998. 
      • Voss, Nikki. Multiple articles. Northern Territory News, 3, 4, 6, 7, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23 April 1998; 3 May 1998. 
      • Ellis, Jack et al. Multiple articles. The Litchfield Times, 2, 9, 16 and 30 April 1998. 
      • Farrar, Tracey. Interview with Kirsty Agius. ABC Radio Darwin, April 1998.
      • Healy, Tony. "A Week with the Humpty Doo Poltergeist." strangenationaustralia.blogspot.com, November 1998
      • Cropper, Paul. "The Humpty Doo Poltergeist: 20 Years On." The Fortean, 13 March 2018. thefortean.com
      • Healy, Tony and Paul Cropper. "Tony and Paul Meet the Humpty Doo Poltergeist." The Fortean, 12 April 2020. thefortean.com
      • Healy, Tony and Paul Cropper. Australian Poltergeist: The Stone-Throwing Spook of Humpty Doo and Many Other Cases. Strange Nation / Xoum, 2014. ISBN 9781921134340.
      • Braude, Stephen. Review of Australian Poltergeist. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 29(1), 2015, pp. 158–160.
      ]]>      87c60792-eda1-46aa-a9a4-92a0e5b0738aTue, 28 Apr 2026 23:49:00 +0000strewthpodcastThe Humpty Doo Poltergeist - Unsolved Paranormal Mystery In early 1998, a rented weatherboard house forty kilometres outside Darwin became the most talked-about address in Australia. Over three months, the residents of 90 McMinns Drive reported...
      In early 1998, a rented weatherboard house forty kilometres outside Darwin became the most talked-about address in Australia. Over three months, the residents of 90 McMinns Drive reported knives hurling themselves across rooms, gravel falling through an intact ceiling, and messages spelled out in driveway stones, including the name of a friend who had died weeks earlier in a fire. Three priests of three different denominations came to help. None of them left with a simple explanation. Then the cameras arrived. This is the Humpty Doo poltergeist, Australia's most-witnessed, least-investigated paranormal case of the twentieth century. Thirty people saw something in that house. Nobody in any official capacity ever tried to find out what it was. Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources:
      • Anderson, Max. "Ghost Writer." The Australian Magazine, 9 May 1998. 
      • Voss, Nikki. Multiple articles. Northern Territory News, 3, 4, 6, 7, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23 April 1998; 3 May 1998. 
      • Ellis, Jack et al. Multiple articles. The Litchfield Times, 2, 9, 16 and 30 April 1998. 
      • Farrar, Tracey. Interview with Kirsty Agius. ABC Radio Darwin, April 1998.
      • Healy, Tony. "A Week with the Humpty Doo Poltergeist." strangenationaustralia.blogspot.com, November 1998
      • Cropper, Paul. "The Humpty Doo Poltergeist: 20 Years On." The Fortean, 13 March 2018. thefortean.com
      • Healy, Tony and Paul Cropper. "Tony and Paul Meet the Humpty Doo Poltergeist." The Fortean, 12 April 2020. thefortean.com
      • Healy, Tony and Paul Cropper. Australian Poltergeist: The Stone-Throwing Spook of Humpty Doo and Many Other Cases. Strange Nation / Xoum, 2014. ISBN 9781921134340.
      • Braude, Stephen. Review of Australian Poltergeist. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 29(1), 2015, pp. 158–160.
      ]]>      2173false143full      The 6:30 to Gippsland - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-6-30-to-gippsland-australian-true-crime--75587293
      On the evening of Saturday, 7 June 1919, a fireman named Frederick Mills climbed the coal pile in his tender as a steam train approached Korumburra station in South Gippsland. In the light of the signal box, he saw a body on the carriage roof. It was still warm. The deceased was Alexander Gordon Eastman, a twenty-one-year-old butcher from Prahran, who had boarded the 6:30 to Gippsland a few hours earlier with his aunt. He had stepped away at Dandenong to find a friend. The friend was never traced. This episode examines the discovery, the inquest, and the four competing theories about what happened on the South Gippsland line that winter night. No conclusion the evidence doesn't support is reached.

      Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources
      • The Argus (Melbourne), 10 June 1919, p. 4: "Train Mystery. Body Identified. Gold Ring Missing from Finger." Trove: nla.news-article1477101
      • The Argus (Melbourne), 26 June 1919, p. 9: "Train Mystery. Deputy Coroner's Finding. No Foul Play." Trove: nla.news-article1482558
      • The Advertiser (Adelaide), 11 June 1919, p. 9: "The Death of Eastman." Trove: nla.news-article5655217
      • The Ballarat Star, 11 June 1919, p. 1: "Korumburra Train Mystery — Supposed Solution." Trove: nla.news-article212643831
      ]]>      abfaedfe-e004-4789-9f34-55faeace7b36Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:53:00 +0000strewthpodcastThe 6:30 to Gippsland - Australian Unsolved Mystery On the evening of Saturday, 7 June 1919, a fireman named Frederick Mills climbed the coal pile in his tender as a steam train approached Korumburra station in South Gippsland. In the light of the...
      On the evening of Saturday, 7 June 1919, a fireman named Frederick Mills climbed the coal pile in his tender as a steam train approached Korumburra station in South Gippsland. In the light of the signal box, he saw a body on the carriage roof. It was still warm. The deceased was Alexander Gordon Eastman, a twenty-one-year-old butcher from Prahran, who had boarded the 6:30 to Gippsland a few hours earlier with his aunt. He had stepped away at Dandenong to find a friend. The friend was never traced. This episode examines the discovery, the inquest, and the four competing theories about what happened on the South Gippsland line that winter night. No conclusion the evidence doesn't support is reached.

      Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources
      • The Argus (Melbourne), 10 June 1919, p. 4: "Train Mystery. Body Identified. Gold Ring Missing from Finger." Trove: nla.news-article1477101
      • The Argus (Melbourne), 26 June 1919, p. 9: "Train Mystery. Deputy Coroner's Finding. No Foul Play." Trove: nla.news-article1482558
      • The Advertiser (Adelaide), 11 June 1919, p. 9: "The Death of Eastman." Trove: nla.news-article5655217
      • The Ballarat Star, 11 June 1919, p. 1: "Korumburra Train Mystery — Supposed Solution." Trove: nla.news-article212643831
      ]]>      1895false142full      Frederick Valentich - The Unanswered - Australian Mysteryhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/frederick-valentich-the-unanswered-australian-mystery--75587319
      The search covered more than a thousand square miles of Bass Strait. Five days. An RAAF Orion, eight civilian aircraft, ocean-going vessels. The official investigation took nearly four years. In Part Two of Strewth's investigation into the disappearance of Frederick Valentich, we go looking for answers and we find, instead, a case that resists every explanation applied to it. The spatial disorientation theory that most aviation experts accept, and why the man who was actually there that night doesn't buy it. The ground witnesses, the photographs taken at Cape Otway twenty minutes before Valentich's first radio call, and what analysis has and hasn't been able to confirm. The 315-page investigation file that researchers were told had been destroyed, sitting untouched in the National Archives for thirty-four years. And one more thing. A story that a researcher carried for more than twenty years before he knew what to do with it about a South Australian farmer, a shadow that fell across him in a paddock the morning after Valentich disappeared, and what he found attached to the outside of the object above him.

      Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links -  https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources:
      • Aircraft Accident Investigation Summary Report (1982) Department of Transport, Commonwealth of Australia. File reference V116/783/1047, approved for publication April 27, 1982. 
      • Marine Search and Rescue File (1978) National Archives of Australia, Series A4703, control symbol 1978/1205. 
      • Radio Transcript of VH-DSJ Final Transmission (1978) Reconstructed for broadcast from the official BASI published transcript. 
      • Haines, Richard F. (1987) Melbourne Episode: Case Study of a Missing Pilot. LDA Press (LSRG)
      • Simpson, George (2022) Nothing on Radar: The Valentich Mystery. Self-published (Amazon). 
      • Haines, Richard F. & Norman, Paul (2000) "Physical Evidence Related to UFO Reports: The Proceedings of a Workshop." Journal of Scientific Exploration, 14(2). 
      • Haines, Richard F. (1981) Sound spectrum analysis of the 17-second metallic transmission. Journal of UFO Studies. 
      • McGaha, James & Nickell, Joe (2013) "The Valentich Disappearance: Another UFO Cold Case Solved." Skeptical Inquirer, 37(6), November/December 2013. 
      • Haines, Richard F. (undated, published PSU CiteSeerX) "Valentich Disappearance: New Evidence and a New Conclusion." 
      • Chalker, Bill (2019) "Australian UFO Mysteries: The Disappearance of Frederick Valentich." New Dawn, Issue 173 (March–April 2019)
      • Flight Safety Australia (February 2025) "Leaving This World." Official publication of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA)
      • Chalker, Bill (1979) "The Missing Cessna and the UFO: A Preliminary Report on the Bass Strait-King Island Affair." Flying Saucer Review, Volume 24, No. 5, March 1979.
      • Chalker, Bill (1984) "Vanished? The Valentich Affair Re-examined." Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 30, No. 2.
      • Basterfield, Keith (2012) "Valentich Files Released by Australian Government." Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena – Scientific Research blog. 
      • Basterfield, Keith (2015) "Found: Two More Australian Government Files on the 1978 Valentich Disappearance." Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena – Scientific Research blog. 
      • Basterfield, Keith (catalogue) "A Catalogue of UAP Reports from Victoria, Bass Strait and Tasmania at the Time of the Valentich Disappearance." 
      • Chalker, Bill (2013) "Strange Days, Strange Tales — A Valentich Connection." The OZ Files blog, October 2013. 
      • Tasmanian Aviation Historical Society (2020) "Mysteries of Aviation — Frederick Valentich and VH-DSJ." Available via tahs.org.au.
      • Discovery Science Channel (September 2013) The Unexplained Files, Season 1. 
      • NBC / Cosgrove-Meurer Productions (September 29, 1993) Unsolved Mysteries, Season 6, Episode 2. 
      • The Age (Melbourne), October 23, 1978 
      • Herald Sun (Melbourne), 2014 Coverage of the Victorian UFO Action group's "Age of Reason" conference; 
      • Coonabarabran Times, November 17, 1994 
      ]]>      b4267573-df61-445a-a90b-dc55d04baeecFri, 17 Apr 2026 01:20:00 +0000strewthpodcastThe Disappearance of Frederick Valentich - The Unanswered - Australian Unsolved Mystery The search covered more than a thousand square miles of Bass Strait. Five days. An RAAF Orion, eight civilian aircraft, ocean-going vessels. The official...
      The search covered more than a thousand square miles of Bass Strait. Five days. An RAAF Orion, eight civilian aircraft, ocean-going vessels. The official investigation took nearly four years. In Part Two of Strewth's investigation into the disappearance of Frederick Valentich, we go looking for answers and we find, instead, a case that resists every explanation applied to it. The spatial disorientation theory that most aviation experts accept, and why the man who was actually there that night doesn't buy it. The ground witnesses, the photographs taken at Cape Otway twenty minutes before Valentich's first radio call, and what analysis has and hasn't been able to confirm. The 315-page investigation file that researchers were told had been destroyed, sitting untouched in the National Archives for thirty-four years. And one more thing. A story that a researcher carried for more than twenty years before he knew what to do with it about a South Australian farmer, a shadow that fell across him in a paddock the morning after Valentich disappeared, and what he found attached to the outside of the object above him.

      Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links -  https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources:
      • Aircraft Accident Investigation Summary Report (1982) Department of Transport, Commonwealth of Australia. File reference V116/783/1047, approved for publication April 27, 1982. 
      • Marine Search and Rescue File (1978) National Archives of Australia, Series A4703, control symbol 1978/1205. 
      • Radio Transcript of VH-DSJ Final Transmission (1978) Reconstructed for broadcast from the official BASI published transcript. 
      • Haines, Richard F. (1987) Melbourne Episode: Case Study of a Missing Pilot. LDA Press (LSRG)
      • Simpson, George (2022) Nothing on Radar: The Valentich Mystery. Self-published (Amazon). 
      • Haines, Richard F. & Norman, Paul (2000) "Physical Evidence Related to UFO Reports: The Proceedings of a Workshop." Journal of Scientific Exploration, 14(2). 
      • Haines, Richard F. (1981) Sound spectrum analysis of the 17-second metallic transmission. Journal of UFO Studies. 
      • McGaha, James & Nickell, Joe (2013) "The Valentich Disappearance: Another UFO Cold Case Solved." Skeptical Inquirer, 37(6), November/December 2013. 
      • Haines, Richard F. (undated, published PSU CiteSeerX) "Valentich Disappearance: New Evidence and a New Conclusion." 
      • Chalker, Bill (2019) "Australian UFO Mysteries: The Disappearance of Frederick Valentich." New Dawn, Issue 173 (March–April 2019)
      • Flight Safety Australia (February 2025) "Leaving This World." Official publication of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA)
      • Chalker, Bill (1979) "The Missing Cessna and the UFO: A Preliminary Report on the Bass Strait-King Island Affair." Flying Saucer Review, Volume 24, No. 5, March 1979.
      • Chalker, Bill (1984) "Vanished? The Valentich Affair Re-examined." Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 30, No. 2.
      • Basterfield, Keith (2012) "Valentich Files Released by Australian Government." Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena – Scientific Research blog. 
      • Basterfield, Keith (2015) "Found: Two More Australian Government Files on the 1978 Valentich Disappearance." Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena – Scientific Research blog. 
      • Basterfield, Keith (catalogue) "A Catalogue of UAP Reports from Victoria, Bass Strait and Tasmania at the Time of the Valentich Disappearance." 
      • Chalker, Bill (2013) "Strange Days, Strange...]]>2136false141fullFrederick Valentich - The Flight - Australian Mysteryhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/frederick-valentich-the-flight-australian-mystery--75587320
        On the evening of Saturday, October 21, 1978, a twenty-year-old pilot named Frederick Valentich took off from Moorabbin Airport in Melbourne. He crossed the coast at Cape Otway at seven o'clock, right on schedule. Six minutes later, he radioed Melbourne Flight Service to ask if there was any known traffic below five thousand feet. There wasn't. What followed was a six-minute radio exchange that has never been satisfactorily explained. Frederick described something above him, a long shape, metallic, shiny, with a green light, hovering, orbiting, moving at speeds he could not identify. His last clear words were: it is hovering and it's not an aircraft. Then seventeen seconds of metallic sound. Then silence. Frederick Valentich and his Cessna were never found. In Part One of this two-part Strewth investigation, we follow Frederick from the beginning, his obsessive love of flying, the exam failures he hid from everyone, the engagement ring on layaway, the Saturday evening plans he would never keep. We put him in that aircraft. We fly that route with him. And we listen to every word of that radio transmission, in full, exactly as it was recorded. Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay

        Sources:
        • Aircraft Accident Investigation Summary Report (1982) Department of Transport, Commonwealth of Australia. File reference V116/783/1047, approved for publication April 27, 1982. 
        • Marine Search and Rescue File (1978) National Archives of Australia, Series A4703, control symbol 1978/1205. 
        • Radio Transcript of VH-DSJ Final Transmission (1978) Reconstructed for broadcast from the official BASI published transcript. 
        • Haines, Richard F. (1987) Melbourne Episode: Case Study of a Missing Pilot. LDA Press (LSRG)
        • Simpson, George (2022) Nothing on Radar: The Valentich Mystery. Self-published (Amazon). 
        • Haines, Richard F. & Norman, Paul (2000) "Physical Evidence Related to UFO Reports: The Proceedings of a Workshop." Journal of Scientific Exploration, 14(2). 
        • Haines, Richard F. (1981) Sound spectrum analysis of the 17-second metallic transmission. Journal of UFO Studies. 
        • McGaha, James & Nickell, Joe (2013) "The Valentich Disappearance: Another UFO Cold Case Solved." Skeptical Inquirer, 37(6), November/December 2013. 
        • Haines, Richard F. (undated, published PSU CiteSeerX) "Valentich Disappearance: New Evidence and a New Conclusion." 
        • Chalker, Bill (2019) "Australian UFO Mysteries: The Disappearance of Frederick Valentich." New Dawn, Issue 173 (March–April 2019)
        • Flight Safety Australia (February 2025) "Leaving This World." Official publication of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA)
        • Chalker, Bill (1979) "The Missing Cessna and the UFO: A Preliminary Report on the Bass Strait-King Island Affair." Flying Saucer Review, Volume 24, No. 5, March 1979.
        • Chalker, Bill (1984) "Vanished? The Valentich Affair Re-examined." Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 30, No. 2.
        • Basterfield, Keith (2012) "Valentich Files Released by Australian Government." Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena – Scientific Research blog. 
        • Basterfield, Keith (2015) "Found: Two More Australian Government Files on the 1978 Valentich Disappearance." Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena – Scientific Research blog. 
        • Basterfield, Keith (catalogue) "A Catalogue of UAP Reports from Victoria, Bass Strait and Tasmania at the Time of the Valentich Disappearance." 
        • Chalker, Bill (2013) "Strange Days, Strange Tales — A Valentich Connection." The OZ Files blog, October 2013. 
        • Tasmanian Aviation Historical Society (2020) "Mysteries of Aviation — Frederick Valentich and VH-DSJ." Available via tahs.org.au.
        • Discovery Science Channel (September 2013) The Unexplained Files, Season 1. 
        • NBC / Cosgrove-Meurer Productions (September 29, 1993) Unsolved Mysteries, Season 6, Episode 2. 
        • The Age (Melbourne), October 23, 1978 
        • Herald Sun (Melbourne), 2014 Coverage of the Victorian UFO Action group's "Age of Reason" conference; 
        • Coonabarabran Times, November 17, 1994 
        ]]>        f049057e-44b0-49c2-8e26-ec5abe2faf02Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:37:00 +0000strewthpodcastThe Disappearance of Frederick Valentich - The Flight - Australian Unsolved Mystery On the evening of Saturday, October 21, 1978, a twenty-year-old pilot named Frederick Valentich took off from Moorabbin Airport in Melbourne. He crossed the coast...
        On the evening of Saturday, October 21, 1978, a twenty-year-old pilot named Frederick Valentich took off from Moorabbin Airport in Melbourne. He crossed the coast at Cape Otway at seven o'clock, right on schedule. Six minutes later, he radioed Melbourne Flight Service to ask if there was any known traffic below five thousand feet. There wasn't. What followed was a six-minute radio exchange that has never been satisfactorily explained. Frederick described something above him, a long shape, metallic, shiny, with a green light, hovering, orbiting, moving at speeds he could not identify. His last clear words were: it is hovering and it's not an aircraft. Then seventeen seconds of metallic sound. Then silence. Frederick Valentich and his Cessna were never found. In Part One of this two-part Strewth investigation, we follow Frederick from the beginning, his obsessive love of flying, the exam failures he hid from everyone, the engagement ring on layaway, the Saturday evening plans he would never keep. We put him in that aircraft. We fly that route with him. And we listen to every word of that radio transmission, in full, exactly as it was recorded. Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay

        Sources:
        • Aircraft Accident Investigation Summary Report (1982) Department of Transport, Commonwealth of Australia. File reference V116/783/1047, approved for publication April 27, 1982. 
        • Marine Search and Rescue File (1978) National Archives of Australia, Series A4703, control symbol 1978/1205. 
        • Radio Transcript of VH-DSJ Final Transmission (1978) Reconstructed for broadcast from the official BASI published transcript. 
        • Haines, Richard F. (1987) Melbourne Episode: Case Study of a Missing Pilot. LDA Press (LSRG)
        • Simpson, George (2022) Nothing on Radar: The Valentich Mystery. Self-published (Amazon). 
        • Haines, Richard F. & Norman, Paul (2000) "Physical Evidence Related to UFO Reports: The Proceedings of a Workshop." Journal of Scientific Exploration, 14(2). 
        • Haines, Richard F. (1981) Sound spectrum analysis of the 17-second metallic transmission. Journal of UFO Studies. 
        • McGaha, James & Nickell, Joe (2013) "The Valentich Disappearance: Another UFO Cold Case Solved." Skeptical Inquirer, 37(6), November/December 2013. 
        • Haines, Richard F. (undated, published PSU CiteSeerX) "Valentich Disappearance: New Evidence and a New Conclusion." 
        • Chalker, Bill (2019) "Australian UFO Mysteries: The Disappearance of Frederick Valentich." New Dawn, Issue 173 (March–April 2019)
        • Flight Safety Australia (February 2025) "Leaving This World." Official publication of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA)
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        • Chalker, Bill (1984) "Vanished? The Valentich Affair Re-examined." Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 30, No. 2.
        • Basterfield, Keith (2012) "Valentich Files Released by Australian Government." Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena – Scientific Research blog. 
        • Basterfield, Keith (2015) "Found: Two More Australian Government Files on the 1978 Valentich Disappearance." Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena – Scientific Research blog. 
        • Basterfield, Keith (catalogue) "A Catalogue of UAP Reports from Victoria, Bass Strait and Tasmania at the Time of the Valentich Disappearance." 
          • ...]]>1399false140fullThe Rack Man - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-rack-man-australian-true-crime--75587286
          Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources:
          • Australian Missing Persons Register — Max Tancevski: australianmissingpersonsregister.com/ampr/Tancevski.html 
          • Dictionary of Sydney — "John Doe 1994" by Darrienne Wyndham (2021): dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/john_doe_1994
          • Coffs Coast Advocate — "Crucified body identified" (August 2018): coffscoastadvocate.com.au
          • Strange Remains — "Who killed Australia's Rack Man?" (October 2015): strangeremains.com
          • Justine Ford, Unsolved Australia, Macmillan Publishing, 2015 — Chapter: "Who Was the Rack Man?" pp. 115–123
          • Cold Case Australia — "Who is the mystery man found in the Hawkesbury, tied to a crucifix?" (January 2019): coldcaseaustralia.home.blog
          ]]>          2df5fbb8-bab1-4b3a-a18f-fcdda1401cceTue, 07 Apr 2026 23:45:00 +0000strewthpodcastThe Rack Man - Australian True Crime - Unsolved Mystery In August 1994, a squid fisherman trawling the lower Hawkesbury River, north of Sydney, pulled a steel crucifix from nine metres below the surface. Strapped to it were the remains of a man. For...
          Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources:
          • Australian Missing Persons Register — Max Tancevski: australianmissingpersonsregister.com/ampr/Tancevski.html 
          • Dictionary of Sydney — "John Doe 1994" by Darrienne Wyndham (2021): dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/john_doe_1994
          • Coffs Coast Advocate — "Crucified body identified" (August 2018): coffscoastadvocate.com.au
          • Strange Remains — "Who killed Australia's Rack Man?" (October 2015): strangeremains.com
          • Justine Ford, Unsolved Australia, Macmillan Publishing, 2015 — Chapter: "Who Was the Rack Man?" pp. 115–123
          • Cold Case Australia — "Who is the mystery man found in the Hawkesbury, tied to a crucifix?" (January 2019): coldcaseaustralia.home.blog
          ]]>          1755false139full          The Lithgow Panther - Australian Mysteryhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lithgow-panther-australian-mystery--75587323
          For over a century, something large and black has been moving through the sandstone gorges and eucalyptus forest west of Sydney. Farmers have found their sheep with broken necks and grass still between their teeth killed instantly, mid-graze. Carcasses have been discovered wedged in the forks of trees, well above the ground. A seventeen-year-old boy came home one night covered in blood. More than five hundred and sixty people have formally reported seeing it since 1998 alone. Four NSW government inquiries have been commissioned. Two concluded its existence was more likely than not. One of those reports was edited before public release, its finding quietly removed, its author instructed not to speak publicly on the subject. No body has ever been found. No DNA confirmed. No camera trap has ever captured a frame. In this episode of Strewth, we go deep into the Blue Mountains to follow the evidence and the cover-up behind Australia's most enduring predator mystery. Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources:
          • NSW Department of Primary Industries, Large Free-Ranging Felines in New South Wales: A Review, John Parkes (2013)
          • Dr Johannes Bauer, ecological assessment commissioned by NSW Agriculture (1999)
          • Michael Williams & Rebecca Lang, Australian Big Cats: An Unnatural History of Panthers (2010)
          • Kevin Sheridan correspondence, released under Freedom of Information
          • Hills Shire Times, March 2003 (Luke Walker attack)
          • Hawkesbury Gazette, December 2013 (Peter Russel encounter)
          • Lithgow Mercury, March 2018 (Sam Maher encounter)
          ]]>          7cbc4247-2da7-4c97-a31f-927f987180acTue, 31 Mar 2026 09:14:00 +0000strewthpodcastThe Lithgow Panther - Unsolved Australian Mystery For over a century, something large and black has been moving through the sandstone gorges and eucalyptus forest west of Sydney. Farmers have found their sheep with broken necks and grass still...
          For over a century, something large and black has been moving through the sandstone gorges and eucalyptus forest west of Sydney. Farmers have found their sheep with broken necks and grass still between their teeth killed instantly, mid-graze. Carcasses have been discovered wedged in the forks of trees, well above the ground. A seventeen-year-old boy came home one night covered in blood. More than five hundred and sixty people have formally reported seeing it since 1998 alone. Four NSW government inquiries have been commissioned. Two concluded its existence was more likely than not. One of those reports was edited before public release, its finding quietly removed, its author instructed not to speak publicly on the subject. No body has ever been found. No DNA confirmed. No camera trap has ever captured a frame. In this episode of Strewth, we go deep into the Blue Mountains to follow the evidence and the cover-up behind Australia's most enduring predator mystery. Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources:
          • NSW Department of Primary Industries, Large Free-Ranging Felines in New South Wales: A Review, John Parkes (2013)
          • Dr Johannes Bauer, ecological assessment commissioned by NSW Agriculture (1999)
          • Michael Williams & Rebecca Lang, Australian Big Cats: An Unnatural History of Panthers (2010)
          • Kevin Sheridan correspondence, released under Freedom of Information
          • Hills Shire Times, March 2003 (Luke Walker attack)
          • Hawkesbury Gazette, December 2013 (Peter Russel encounter)
          • Lithgow Mercury, March 2018 (Sam Maher encounter)
          ]]>          2258false138full          The Old London Affair - The Curiously Overlooked - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-old-london-affair-the-curiously-overlooked-australian-true-crime--75587307
          The Old London Affair - Part 2 - The Curiously Overlooked  In 2013, a cold case detective named Tom Hogan sat down with eleven hundred reports and began reading. The investigation into the murders of Claire Acocks and Margaret Penny had been running, in various forms, for more than twenty years. Five thousand people had been interviewed. Detectives had worked in every Australian state. No one had been charged. By the time Hogan was deep enough into the file to form a picture, something was bothering him. Not one thing. A shape in the negative space. A figure the investigation had looked at briefly, decided didn't fit, and moved past. He would later describe Robert Penny, Margaret's husband, as "curiously overlooked." In part two of The Old London Affair, we go inside the investigation: the suspects who died before they could be cleared, the fugitive from a separate Adelaide family massacre who turned up in Portland one month after the murders, the phone intercept that caught an elderly man discussing a theory he had no good reason to have, and the DNA result that arrived on day two of the committal hearing and changed everything.

          Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources
          • The Standard, Warrnambool. "Portland's salon killings still chill 20 years on." 2011.
          • Wallace, L. (2012). Horrible Man: Sinister Secrets and Truths Untold — The Portland Hair Salon Murders. Fontaine Press.
          • The Standard, Warrnambool. "Husband Robert Penny charged over cold case murders at Portland hair salon." April 13, 2015.
          • The Standard, Warrnambool. "Families left in the dark." June 30, 2017.
          • Wright, T. "Portland hairdresser murder mystery persists after all these years." The Age, October 2, 2017.
          • 3AW. "Man charged over Portland hairdressing murders dies while on bail." March 2016.
          • Coroner Jacqui Hawkins, findings of inquest, June 30, 2017. Cited via The Standard and The Age.
          • Presswire. Statement from Aphra Williams regarding film project, June 29, 2017.
          • News. "Renewed search for SA murder fugitive." October 2, 2016.
           ]]>          a63dfff8-52d7-4324-aeef-30517e8abb62Thu, 26 Mar 2026 23:54:00 +0000strewthpodcastAustralian True Crime - The Portland Murders The Old London Affair - Part 2 - The Curiously Overlooked  In 2013, a cold case detective named Tom Hogan sat down with eleven hundred reports and began reading. The investigation into the murders of...
          The Old London Affair - Part 2 - The Curiously Overlooked  In 2013, a cold case detective named Tom Hogan sat down with eleven hundred reports and began reading. The investigation into the murders of Claire Acocks and Margaret Penny had been running, in various forms, for more than twenty years. Five thousand people had been interviewed. Detectives had worked in every Australian state. No one had been charged. By the time Hogan was deep enough into the file to form a picture, something was bothering him. Not one thing. A shape in the negative space. A figure the investigation had looked at briefly, decided didn't fit, and moved past. He would later describe Robert Penny, Margaret's husband, as "curiously overlooked." In part two of The Old London Affair, we go inside the investigation: the suspects who died before they could be cleared, the fugitive from a separate Adelaide family massacre who turned up in Portland one month after the murders, the phone intercept that caught an elderly man discussing a theory he had no good reason to have, and the DNA result that arrived on day two of the committal hearing and changed everything.

          Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources
          • The Standard, Warrnambool. "Portland's salon killings still chill 20 years on." 2011.
          • Wallace, L. (2012). Horrible Man: Sinister Secrets and Truths Untold — The Portland Hair Salon Murders. Fontaine Press.
          • The Standard, Warrnambool. "Husband Robert Penny charged over cold case murders at Portland hair salon." April 13, 2015.
          • The Standard, Warrnambool. "Families left in the dark." June 30, 2017.
          • Wright, T. "Portland hairdresser murder mystery persists after all these years." The Age, October 2, 2017.
          • 3AW. "Man charged over Portland hairdressing murders dies while on bail." March 2016.
          • Coroner Jacqui Hawkins, findings of inquest, June 30, 2017. Cited via The Standard and The Age.
          • Presswire. Statement from Aphra Williams regarding film project, June 29, 2017.
          • News. "Renewed search for SA murder fugitive." October 2, 2016.
           ]]>          1460false137full          The Old London Affair - The Unrung Bell - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-old-london-affair-the-unrung-bell-australian-true-crime--75587294
          On April 17, 1991, a stranger walked in off the street and stood behind the hairdresser without making a sound. The door had a bell. It hadn't rung. He watched her in the mirror, told her he didn't like hairdressers, and said he'd be back. Claire Acocks locked up and went home early. She told her friends she had never, in her life, been so frightened. On May 3, tragedy struck Claire and a customer in that very salon. In part one of The Old London Affair, we trace the crime, the victims, and the single most unsettling detail in this case: a stranger who knew how to move through that building unseen, and who might have come back sixteen days after he first appeared in Claire Acocks' mirror.

          Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources:
          • Wallace, L. (2012). Horrible Man: Sinister Secrets and Truths Untold — The Portland Hair Salon Murders. Fontaine Press.
          • The Standard, Warrnambool. "Portland's salon killings still chill 20 years on." 2011.
          • The Standard, Warrnambool. "Portland's darkest day still the talk of the town." April 13, 2015.
          • The Standard, Warrnambool. "Husband Robert Penny charged over cold case murders at Portland hair salon." April 13, 2015.
          • Wright, T. "Portland hairdresser murder mystery persists after all these years." The Age, October 2, 2017.
          • Coroner Jacqui Hawkins, findings of inquest, June 30, 2017. Cited via The Standard and The Age.
          • Presswire. Statement from Aphra Williams regarding film project, June 29, 2017.
          ]]>          927160e1-a38c-40f2-b70a-4979d856def6Tue, 24 Mar 2026 23:41:00 +0000strewthpodcastAustralian True Crime - Part 1 of 2  On April 17, 1991, a stranger walked in off the street and stood behind the hairdresser without making a sound. The door had a bell. It hadn't rung. He watched her in the mirror, told her he didn't like...
          On April 17, 1991, a stranger walked in off the street and stood behind the hairdresser without making a sound. The door had a bell. It hadn't rung. He watched her in the mirror, told her he didn't like hairdressers, and said he'd be back. Claire Acocks locked up and went home early. She told her friends she had never, in her life, been so frightened. On May 3, tragedy struck Claire and a customer in that very salon. In part one of The Old London Affair, we trace the crime, the victims, and the single most unsettling detail in this case: a stranger who knew how to move through that building unseen, and who might have come back sixteen days after he first appeared in Claire Acocks' mirror.

          Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast  Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay Sources:
          • Wallace, L. (2012). Horrible Man: Sinister Secrets and Truths Untold — The Portland Hair Salon Murders. Fontaine Press.
          • The Standard, Warrnambool. "Portland's salon killings still chill 20 years on." 2011.
          • The Standard, Warrnambool. "Portland's darkest day still the talk of the town." April 13, 2015.
          • The Standard, Warrnambool. "Husband Robert Penny charged over cold case murders at Portland hair salon." April 13, 2015.
          • Wright, T. "Portland hairdresser murder mystery persists after all these years." The Age, October 2, 2017.
          • Coroner Jacqui Hawkins, findings of inquest, June 30, 2017. Cited via The Standard and The Age.
          • Presswire. Statement from Aphra Williams regarding film project, June 29, 2017.
          ]]>          1496false136full          Kaikoura Lights - New Zealand Mysteryhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kaikoura-lights-new-zealand-mystery--75587296
          Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay

          Sources
          • Maccabee, Bruce S. "Optical power output of an unidentified high altitude light source." Letter to Applied Optics, Vol. 18, No. 15, August 1, 1979. US Naval Surface Weapons Center, Silver Spring, Maryland.
          • Ireland, W.H. and Andrews, M.K. "Comments on 'Optical power output of an unidentified high altitude light source.'" Applied Optics, Vol. 18, No. 24, December 15, 1979. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Zealand.
          • Maccabee, Bruce S. "Reply to Comments on 'Optical power output of an unidentified high altitude light source.'" Applied Optics, Vol. 19, No. 12, June 15, 1980.
          • Fogarty, Quentin. Let's Hope They're Friendly. Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1982. 
          • RNZAF investigation file AIR 1080/6/897. Archives New Zealand. Declassified December 22, 2010.
          • New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR). UFO investigation report and briefing to the United Nations. January 1979.
          • New Zealand Defence Force UFO files release, December 22, 2010. 
          ]]>          50b4466e-4bc1-46ec-a265-4e176433fc3cTue, 17 Mar 2026 22:33:00 +0000strewthpodcastDecember, 1978, senior Wellington air traffic controller John Cordy watched five unidentified radar targets appear over the Kaikoura coast. Solid returns. No flight plans. No radio contact. One of them sat on his screen for three hours. Days later, an...
          Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast Strewth social media links - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us - strewthpodcast@gmail.com  Theme Music - Jesse Frank on Pixabay

          Sources
          • Maccabee, Bruce S. "Optical power output of an unidentified high altitude light source." Letter to Applied Optics, Vol. 18, No. 15, August 1, 1979. US Naval Surface Weapons Center, Silver Spring, Maryland.
          • Ireland, W.H. and Andrews, M.K. "Comments on 'Optical power output of an unidentified high altitude light source.'" Applied Optics, Vol. 18, No. 24, December 15, 1979. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Zealand.
          • Maccabee, Bruce S. "Reply to Comments on 'Optical power output of an unidentified high altitude light source.'" Applied Optics, Vol. 19, No. 12, June 15, 1980.
          • Fogarty, Quentin. Let's Hope They're Friendly. Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1982. 
          • RNZAF investigation file AIR 1080/6/897. Archives New Zealand. Declassified December 22, 2010.
          • New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR). UFO investigation report and briefing to the United Nations. January 1979.
          • New Zealand Defence Force UFO files release, December 22, 2010. 
          ]]>          2356false135full          Wanda Beach - Lingering Questions - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wanda-beach-lingering-questions-australian-true-crime--75587324
          The bodies of Marianne Schmidt and Christine Sharrock were found on 12 January 1965. By April 1966, approximately 7,000 people had been interviewed in what was then the largest criminal investigation in Australian history. By 1981, that figure had risen to more than 16,000. The case file exceeded 10,000 pages.  Three suspects have emerged across the decades. Derek Percy, Australia's longest-serving prisoner, whose grandmother lived on the same street as both victims. Christopher Wilder, who was living on the Northern Beaches at the time of the murders and had a 1963 conviction for another serious offence at a Sydney beach. Alan Bassett gave a painting to detective Cec Johnson in 1975 that Johnson beieved depicted details of the Wanda Beach crime scene.  In part two, we examine sixty years of unanswered questions and try to solve this heartbreaking mystery.

          Sources Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com ]]>          e20a5a67-c68c-4ddd-b123-c86e8dc5345aTue, 10 Mar 2026 23:47:00 +0000strewthpodcastWANDA BEACH: PART TWO - LINGERING QUESTIONS The bodies of Marianne Schmidt and Christine Sharrock were found on 12 January 1965. By April 1966, approximately 7,000 people had been interviewed in what was then the largest criminal investigation in...
          The bodies of Marianne Schmidt and Christine Sharrock were found on 12 January 1965. By April 1966, approximately 7,000 people had been interviewed in what was then the largest criminal investigation in Australian history. By 1981, that figure had risen to more than 16,000. The case file exceeded 10,000 pages.  Three suspects have emerged across the decades. Derek Percy, Australia's longest-serving prisoner, whose grandmother lived on the same street as both victims. Christopher Wilder, who was living on the Northern Beaches at the time of the murders and had a 1963 conviction for another serious offence at a Sydney beach. Alan Bassett gave a painting to detective Cec Johnson in 1975 that Johnson beieved depicted details of the Wanda Beach crime scene.  In part two, we examine sixty years of unanswered questions and try to solve this heartbreaking mystery.

          Sources Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com ]]>          1810false134full          Wanda Beach - Into the Dunes - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/wanda-beach-into-the-dunes-australian-true-crime--75587302
          Sources   Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us:  strewthpodcast@gmail.com ]]>          3571c4f3-ecf2-4d8b-8878-c0d59d65c005Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:34:00 +0000strewthpodcastWANDA BEACH: PART ONE — INTO THE DUNES On the morning of Monday 11 January 1965, fifteen-year-old best friends Marianne Schmidt and Christine Sharrock caught the train south from West Ryde with Marianne's four younger siblings for a summer day at...
          Sources   Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us:  strewthpodcast@gmail.com ]]>          1913false133full          Screams From the Darkness - Australian Mysteryhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/screams-from-the-darkness-australian-mystery--75587313
        • Bill Beatty, "The Wilga Waterhole Ghost," Sydney Morning Herald, 4 January 1947, p.10 (Trove article #18004435)
        • Western Star and Roma Advertiser, 14 February 1947, p.4 (Trove article #98205020)
        • S.W. Cleary, letter to the editor, Narromine News and Trangie Advocate, 4 March 1932, p.5 (Trove article #98921925) 
        • Bill Beatty, A Treasury of Australian Folk Tales and Traditions (1960), chapter "Here's a Queer Tale"
        • Philip Shields, "In Search of the Wilga Ghost," Ontology Site (19 August 2017): https://ontologysite.wordpress.com/2017/08/19/in-search-of-the-wilga-ghost/
        Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com ]]>440a1ce6-f5af-48b5-9d52-e4b2dabd1b17Tue, 03 Mar 2026 20:56:00 +0000strewthpodcastSomewhere in the Outer Barcoo, on a remote cattle station in central-western Queensland, there is a waterhole that terrified a district for sixty years. Station hands abandoned a hut they would never return to. Shearers fled in the middle of the...
      • Bill Beatty, "The Wilga Waterhole Ghost," Sydney Morning Herald, 4 January 1947, p.10 (Trove article #18004435)
      • Western Star and Roma Advertiser, 14 February 1947, p.4 (Trove article #98205020)
      • S.W. Cleary, letter to the editor, Narromine News and Trangie Advocate, 4 March 1932, p.5 (Trove article #98921925) 
      • Bill Beatty, A Treasury of Australian Folk Tales and Traditions (1960), chapter "Here's a Queer Tale"
      • Philip Shields, "In Search of the Wilga Ghost," Ontology Site (19 August 2017): https://ontologysite.wordpress.com/2017/08/19/in-search-of-the-wilga-ghost/
      Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com ]]>      1915false132full      Beneath the Pines - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/beneath-the-pines-australian-true-crime--75587322
    • Overall, Nichole. Capital Crime Files, Season 1 (Keren Rowland). Podcast. capitalcrimefiles.podbean.com.
    • Gribbin, Mark. "In a lonely place beneath the pines, a fresh search in a 49-year-old murder mystery." The Canberra Times, 9 December 2020. canberratimes.com.au
    • "For Nichole, Keren's murder is getting personal." Canberra CityNews, December 2020. citynews.com.au
    • "Police hunt forest for bracelet in Keren Rowland case." Canberra Daily / Canberra Weekly, December 2020. canberraweekly.com.au
    • "Was Canberra murder victim Keren Rowland one of Ivan Milat's earliest victims?" Knowledia. news.knowledia.com
    Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links:  https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us:  strewthpodcast@gmail.com   ]]>c615eb9f-f333-4977-b3dd-2f91ab6f9be7Tue, 24 Feb 2026 22:36:00 +0000strewthpodcastOn the night of Friday 26 February 1971, twenty-year-old dental nurse Keren Ellen Rowland attended the Royal Canberra Show. She bought a silver bracelet as a gift for a friend, left the showgrounds, and ran out of petrol on Parkes Way, a quiet stretch...
  • Overall, Nichole. Capital Crime Files, Season 1 (Keren Rowland). Podcast. capitalcrimefiles.podbean.com.
  • Gribbin, Mark. "In a lonely place beneath the pines, a fresh search in a 49-year-old murder mystery." The Canberra Times, 9 December 2020. canberratimes.com.au
  • "For Nichole, Keren's murder is getting personal." Canberra CityNews, December 2020. citynews.com.au
  • "Police hunt forest for bracelet in Keren Rowland case." Canberra Daily / Canberra Weekly, December 2020. canberraweekly.com.au
  • "Was Canberra murder victim Keren Rowland one of Ivan Milat's earliest victims?" Knowledia. news.knowledia.com
Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links:  https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us:  strewthpodcast@gmail.com   ]]>2164false131fullThe Missing Statement - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-missing-statement-australian-true-crime--75587317
In October 1977, nineteen-year-old Constable Tony Russell responded to a welfare check on his first day at Paddington Police Station. What he found in Florence Broadhurst's wallpaper factory would haunt him for nearly fifty years. This special follow-up to our "A Murderer Takes Tea" episode tells the story that couldn't be told in our original Florence Broadhurst investigation, because at the time, the first officer on the scene was never allowed to tell it. Tony Russell saw critical evidence that morning but within hours of finding the body, Tony was told to forget what he'd seen. He was never interviewed. Never asked for a statement. Never allowed to document his observations. Through Tony's own words, recorded in a phone interview, we reconstruct what he saw that day, what happened to him afterward, and what his observations tell us about who really killed Florence Broadhurst.

Sources:
  • Thomson, Katherine: Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst -  
  • Shand Adam: Australian Crime Stories (Season 2, Episode 4) "Killing Florence" 
  • O'Neill, Helen. The Laughing Hangman: The True Story Behind the Florence Broadhurst Murder. Sydney: Random House Australia, 2006.
Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links:  https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast Contact us:  strewthpodcast@gmail.com]]>1857a9c0-935e-480e-a84e-0a52706293a3Sun, 22 Feb 2026 09:02:00 +0000strewthpodcastThe Florence Broadhurst Mystery In October 1977, nineteen-year-old Constable Tony Russell responded to a welfare check on his first day at Paddington Police Station. What he found in Florence Broadhurst's wallpaper factory would haunt him for...
In October 1977, nineteen-year-old Constable Tony Russell responded to a welfare check on his first day at Paddington Police Station. What he found in Florence Broadhurst's wallpaper factory would haunt him for nearly fifty years. This special follow-up to our "A Murderer Takes Tea" episode tells the story that couldn't be told in our original Florence Broadhurst investigation, because at the time, the first officer on the scene was never allowed to tell it. Tony Russell saw critical evidence that morning but within hours of finding the body, Tony was told to forget what he'd seen. He was never interviewed. Never asked for a statement. Never allowed to document his observations. Through Tony's own words, recorded in a phone interview, we reconstruct what he saw that day, what happened to him afterward, and what his observations tell us about who really killed Florence Broadhurst.

Sources:
  • Thomson, Katherine: Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst -  
  • Shand Adam: Australian Crime Stories (Season 2, Episode 4) "Killing Florence" 
  • O'Neill, Helen. The Laughing Hangman: The True Story Behind the Florence Broadhurst Murder. Sydney: Random House Australia, 2006.
Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links:  https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast Contact us:  strewthpodcast@gmail.com]]>1959false130fullThe Hawkesbury River Monster - Australian Mysteryhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hawkesbury-river-monster-australian-mystery--75587316
Sources

Australian Geomechanics Society: "Marine geophysical investigations of palaeo-drainage systems in the Hawkesbury River Estuary, New South Wales, Australia." 

MiNDFOOD. "Sydney Siders Urged to Exercise Caution and Avoid Harbour Waters After Recent Shark Attack."  https://www.mindfood.com/article/sydney-siders-urged-to-exercise-caution-and-avoid-harbour-waters-after-recent-shark-attack/ Trove: "SHARK TRAGEDY - YOUTH'S TERRIBLE DEATH." The Canberra Times, December 14, 1936. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2417183

The Dictionary of Sydney. "The Dyarubbin Project: Aboriginal history, culture and places on the Hawkesbury River."  https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/the_dyarubbin_project_aboriginal_history_culture_and_places_on_the_hawkesbury_river

"Darug women claim back their Hawkesbury history." Central News, May 31, 2021. https://centralnews.com.au/2021/05/31/darug-women-claim-back-their-hawkesbury-history/

"The Hawkesbury River Monster." Mysterious Australia. https://www.mysteriousaustralia.com/the_hawkesbury_river_monster.html
  Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com ]]>3f5e014e-56b7-4974-bf90-e799cb859950Tue, 17 Feb 2026 22:00:00 +0000strewthpodcastAn hour north of Sydney, a drowned valley plunges forty metres into darkness. For over a century, witnesses have reported something moving through the Hawkesbury River that shouldn't exist. Long necks rising from murky water, massive shapes surfacing...
Sources

Australian Geomechanics Society: "Marine geophysical investigations of palaeo-drainage systems in the Hawkesbury River Estuary, New South Wales, Australia." 

MiNDFOOD. "Sydney Siders Urged to Exercise Caution and Avoid Harbour Waters After Recent Shark Attack."  https://www.mindfood.com/article/sydney-siders-urged-to-exercise-caution-and-avoid-harbour-waters-after-recent-shark-attack/ Trove: "SHARK TRAGEDY - YOUTH'S TERRIBLE DEATH." The Canberra Times, December 14, 1936. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2417183

The Dictionary of Sydney. "The Dyarubbin Project: Aboriginal history, culture and places on the Hawkesbury River."  https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/the_dyarubbin_project_aboriginal_history_culture_and_places_on_the_hawkesbury_river

"Darug women claim back their Hawkesbury history." Central News, May 31, 2021. https://centralnews.com.au/2021/05/31/darug-women-claim-back-their-hawkesbury-history/

"The Hawkesbury River Monster." Mysterious Australia. https://www.mysteriousaustralia.com/the_hawkesbury_river_monster.html
  Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com ]]>2034false129fullAn Island of Secrets - Analysing the Evidence - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-island-of-secrets-analysing-the-evidence-australian-true-crime--75587328
  • Petraitis, Vikki and Paul Daley: The Phillip Island Murder (1993, 3rd edition 2018)
  • Petraitis, Vikki: The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron: Forty Years Searching for the Phillip Island Murderer (Simon & Schuster, January 2026)
  • Casefile Presents Podcast (2020): The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron
  • Sensing Murder (2006) The Scarlett Letter (Series 1 - Episode 8)
  • Under Investigation: Adultery, Murder and Mayhem (2021)
    • Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links:  https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com  ]]>    9c4d6213-1004-40c0-b5b6-600dbf5bfe6bWed, 11 Feb 2026 01:20:00 +0000strewthpodcastThe official story seemed simple: Vivienne Cameron murdered Beth Barnard in jealous rage, then jumped from the San Remo Bridge. Case closed. But when forensic scientists examined the evidence, they found something impossible. A pink mohair jumper...
  • Petraitis, Vikki and Paul Daley: The Phillip Island Murder (1993, 3rd edition 2018)
  • Petraitis, Vikki: The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron: Forty Years Searching for the Phillip Island Murderer (Simon & Schuster, January 2026)
  • Casefile Presents Podcast (2020): The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron
  • Sensing Murder (2006) The Scarlett Letter (Series 1 - Episode 8)
  • Under Investigation: Adultery, Murder and Mayhem (2021)
    • Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links:  https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com  ]]>    1956false128full    An Island of Secrets - The Fateful Night - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-island-of-secrets-the-fateful-night-australian-true-crime--75587292
    September 1986. A brutal murder on Phillip Island. A woman carved with the letter "A" for adulteress. Another woman vanished without trace. For forty years, Australia accepted the official story: jealous wife kills mistress, then commits suicide by jumping from a bridge. But in January 2026, plumbers digging for a septic tank found human bones buried in the sand. And suddenly, questions that were never properly answered demanded attention. Join us for Part 1 of the Phillip Island Mystery as we walk through the night of September 22nd, 1986. The wine glass attack, the hospital visit, the mysterious 3 AM phone call, and the discovery of Beth Barnard's body with a message carved into her chest. Every detail matters, because when you look closely, nothing about this night makes sense. One night. Two women. Forty years of unanswered questions.   Sources
    • Petraitis, Vikki and Paul Daley: The Phillip Island Murder (1993, 3rd edition 2018)
    • Petraitis, Vikki: The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron: Forty Years Searching for the Phillip Island Murderer (Simon & Schuster, January 2026)
    • Casefile Presents Podcast (2020): The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron
    • Sensing Murder (2006) The Scarlett Letter (Series 1 - Episode 8)
    • Under Investigation: Adultery, Murder and Mayhem (2021)
    Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links:  https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com  ]]>    f5a7b042-5ac5-4d5f-83ac-a9b7e0f14c22Tue, 10 Feb 2026 23:10:00 +0000strewthpodcastThe murder of Beth Barnard and disappearance of Vivienne Cameron. September 1986. A brutal murder on Phillip Island. A woman carved with the letter "A" for adulteress. Another woman vanished without trace. For forty years, Australia accepted the...
    September 1986. A brutal murder on Phillip Island. A woman carved with the letter "A" for adulteress. Another woman vanished without trace. For forty years, Australia accepted the official story: jealous wife kills mistress, then commits suicide by jumping from a bridge. But in January 2026, plumbers digging for a septic tank found human bones buried in the sand. And suddenly, questions that were never properly answered demanded attention. Join us for Part 1 of the Phillip Island Mystery as we walk through the night of September 22nd, 1986. The wine glass attack, the hospital visit, the mysterious 3 AM phone call, and the discovery of Beth Barnard's body with a message carved into her chest. Every detail matters, because when you look closely, nothing about this night makes sense. One night. Two women. Forty years of unanswered questions.   Sources
    • Petraitis, Vikki and Paul Daley: The Phillip Island Murder (1993, 3rd edition 2018)
    • Petraitis, Vikki: The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron: Forty Years Searching for the Phillip Island Murderer (Simon & Schuster, January 2026)
    • Casefile Presents Podcast (2020): The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron
    • Sensing Murder (2006) The Scarlett Letter (Series 1 - Episode 8)
    • Under Investigation: Adultery, Murder and Mayhem (2021)
    Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links:  https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com  ]]>    2501false127full    The Murwillumbah Heist - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-murwillumbah-heist-australian-true-crime--75587290
  • Sydney Morning Herald, "Bank Robbers 'Got the Lot' - $1.7m Haul," November 25, 1978
  • Tweed Regional Museum, Murwillumbah - Permanent collection
  • Kidd, Robert "Bertie," memoirs (2022)
  • Bullamakanka, "Murwillumbah Bank Job" (1979)
    • Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com       ]]>    71c556fc-32f7-4133-8a77-4ca85d19fd0eTue, 03 Feb 2026 23:11:00 +0000strewthpodcastNovember 24th, 1978. Bank employees, locksmiths, vault experts and finally council workers in Murwillumbah spend nine hours trying to open a bank vault. When they finally broke through, Chief Inspector Frank Charleton looked around the empty space and...
  • Sydney Morning Herald, "Bank Robbers 'Got the Lot' - $1.7m Haul," November 25, 1978
  • Tweed Regional Museum, Murwillumbah - Permanent collection
  • Kidd, Robert "Bertie," memoirs (2022)
  • Bullamakanka, "Murwillumbah Bank Job" (1979)
    • Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com       ]]>    1808false126full    Red Eyes in the Mist - Australian Mysteryhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/red-eyes-in-the-mist-australian-mystery--75587321
  • Cahill, Kelly: Encounter. HarperCollins Australia, 1996.
  • Chalker, Bill. "The Kelly Cahill Abduction." International UFO Reporter, Vol. 19, No. 5, September/October 1994.
  • Chalker, Bill. Blog posts and case updates, 2002, 2016. Available through Australian UFO research archives.
  • Phenomena Research Australia (PRA) statements through John Auchettl
  • ABC Australia retrospective. "The Kelly Cahill UFO Encounter: 27 Years On." September 2020.
  • Ferntree Gully Star Mail. "Kelly Cahill UFO Case Revisited." March 2022.
    • Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links:  https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us:  strewthpodcast@gmail.com ]]>    c4a8de5b-dde2-4aa2-848d-6c8d9acc109bTue, 27 Jan 2026 20:58:00 +0000strewthpodcastOn August 7-8, 1993. Kelly Cahill is driving home through Victoria's misty Dandenong Ranges when her car was surrounded by seven-foot tall beings with eyes that glowed burning red through the darkness. One hour of her life vanished. Within weeks, she...
  • Cahill, Kelly: Encounter. HarperCollins Australia, 1996.
  • Chalker, Bill. "The Kelly Cahill Abduction." International UFO Reporter, Vol. 19, No. 5, September/October 1994.
  • Chalker, Bill. Blog posts and case updates, 2002, 2016. Available through Australian UFO research archives.
  • Phenomena Research Australia (PRA) statements through John Auchettl
  • ABC Australia retrospective. "The Kelly Cahill UFO Encounter: 27 Years On." September 2020.
  • Ferntree Gully Star Mail. "Kelly Cahill UFO Case Revisited." March 2022.
    • Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links:  https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us:  strewthpodcast@gmail.com ]]>    1557false125full    A Murderer Takes Tea - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-murderer-takes-tea-australian-true-crime--75587299
    October 15, 1977. Two police officers discover the body of Florence Broadhurst, a 78-year-old wallpaper designer whose patterns hung in palaces and penthouses around the world, beaten to death in her Paddington studio.

    The crime scene tells multiple stories and the investigation has spanned decades producing a mix of theories and suspects as eclectic as Florence's celebrated wallpaper designs.

    This week on Strewth, we analyse the crime, the suspects and celebrate the amazing life of Australia's wallpaper queen, Florence Broadhurst.

    Sources:
    • Thomson, Katherine: Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460427/ 
    • Shand Adam: Australian Crime Stories (Season 2, Episode 4) "Killing Florence" 
    • O'Neill, Helen. The Laughing Hangman: The True Story Behind the Florence Broadhurst Murder. Sydney: Random House Australia, 2006.
    Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com ]]>    f26fe59e-a0c2-4583-973f-175bd7f25581Tue, 20 Jan 2026 03:45:00 +0000strewthpodcastThe Florence Broadhurst Mystery October 15, 1977. Two police officers discover the body of Florence Broadhurst, a 78-year-old wallpaper designer whose patterns hung in palaces and penthouses around the world, beaten to death in her Paddington...
    October 15, 1977. Two police officers discover the body of Florence Broadhurst, a 78-year-old wallpaper designer whose patterns hung in palaces and penthouses around the world, beaten to death in her Paddington studio.

    The crime scene tells multiple stories and the investigation has spanned decades producing a mix of theories and suspects as eclectic as Florence's celebrated wallpaper designs.

    This week on Strewth, we analyse the crime, the suspects and celebrate the amazing life of Australia's wallpaper queen, Florence Broadhurst.

    Sources:
    • Thomson, Katherine: Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460427/ 
    • Shand Adam: Australian Crime Stories (Season 2, Episode 4) "Killing Florence" 
    • O'Neill, Helen. The Laughing Hangman: The True Story Behind the Florence Broadhurst Murder. Sydney: Random House Australia, 2006.
    Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com ]]>    2112false124full    Fisher's Ghost - Australian Mysteryhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fisher-s-ghost-australian-mystery--75587329
  • Supreme Criminal Court transcripts, February 2, 1827 
  • Chief Justice Forbes' original court notes (examined by Andrew Lang, 1903)
  • The Sydney Gazette, September-November 1826 
  • The Australian, November 1, 1826 
  • The Monitor, November 3, 1826 
  • Riley, James. "The Sprite of the Creek!" Hill's Life in New South Wales, August 1832
    • Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com]]>    d7928aaa-091e-4bb2-9625-4e5cbbdbf63fTue, 13 Jan 2026 23:43:00 +0000strewthpodcastOn June 17, 1826, Frederick Fisher, a convict-turned-successful farmer, vanished from his Campbelltown property. His neighbour George Worrall claimed Fisher had sailed back to England, but there was a problem. Fisher was still a convict, bound to the...
  • Supreme Criminal Court transcripts, February 2, 1827 
  • Chief Justice Forbes' original court notes (examined by Andrew Lang, 1903)
  • The Sydney Gazette, September-November 1826 
  • The Australian, November 1, 1826 
  • The Monitor, November 3, 1826 
  • Riley, James. "The Sprite of the Creek!" Hill's Life in New South Wales, August 1832
    • Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com]]>    2168false123full    Highway of Death Part 2: One Killer, or Many? - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/highway-of-death-part-2-one-killer-or-many-australian-true-crime--75587306
  • Fitzgerald Inquiry Report (1987-1989): "Report of a Commission of Inquiry Pursuant to Orders in Council"
  • "The Hunters" - Channel 7 documentary (March 2025)
  • Fisher, Ian (Coroner). (2002, February). Inquest into the disappearance of Anthony "Tony" Jones. Queensland Coroner's Court. 
  • Wilson, Nerida (Coroner). (2021). Inquest into the death of Jayden Penno-Tompsett. Queensland Coroner's Court. 
  • R v Arthur Stanley Brown (1999). Queensland Supreme Court. Trial transcript, October 1999. 
    • Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com ]]>    5fe6a9fe-55c5-4ede-999d-327ee2e97be3Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:29:00 +0000strewthpodcastThis is Part Two of our Highway of Death investigation. After hearing the victims' stories in Part 1, we now examine the hunt for justice, or rather, the spectacular failures of justice. The confessions that led nowhere. The corruption exposed by the...
  • Fitzgerald Inquiry Report (1987-1989): "Report of a Commission of Inquiry Pursuant to Orders in Council"
  • "The Hunters" - Channel 7 documentary (March 2025)
  • Fisher, Ian (Coroner). (2002, February). Inquest into the disappearance of Anthony "Tony" Jones. Queensland Coroner's Court. 
  • Wilson, Nerida (Coroner). (2021). Inquest into the death of Jayden Penno-Tompsett. Queensland Coroner's Court. 
  • R v Arthur Stanley Brown (1999). Queensland Supreme Court. Trial transcript, October 1999. 
    • Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com ]]>    2058false122full    Highway of Death Part 1: The Disappeared - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/highway-of-death-part-1-the-disappeared-australian-true-crime--75587311
  • Fitzgerald Inquiry Report (1987-1989): "Report of a Commission of Inquiry Pursuant to Orders in Council"
  • "The Hunters" - Channel 7 documentary (March 2025)
  • Fisher, Ian (Coroner). (2002, February). Inquest into the disappearance of Anthony "Tony" Jones. Queensland Coroner's Court. 
  • Wilson, Nerida (Coroner). (2021). Inquest into the death of Jayden Penno-Tompsett. Queensland Coroner's Court.
  • R v Arthur Stanley Brown (1999). Queensland Supreme Court. Trial transcript, October 1999. 
    • Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com ]]>    8c6bdb30-b2ad-4cab-926c-e051b4571781Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:51:00 +0000strewthpodcastBetween 1970 and 2017, at least ten people were murdered or vanished along the Flinders Highway, a 776-kilometer stretch of isolated Queensland outback. This episode tells their stories: two schoolgirls who walked to the bus stop and never came home....
  • Fitzgerald Inquiry Report (1987-1989): "Report of a Commission of Inquiry Pursuant to Orders in Council"
  • "The Hunters" - Channel 7 documentary (March 2025)
  • Fisher, Ian (Coroner). (2002, February). Inquest into the disappearance of Anthony "Tony" Jones. Queensland Coroner's Court. 
  • Wilson, Nerida (Coroner). (2021). Inquest into the death of Jayden Penno-Tompsett. Queensland Coroner's Court.
  • R v Arthur Stanley Brown (1999). Queensland Supreme Court. Trial transcript, October 1999. 
    • Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com ]]>    2116false121full    Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dr-bogle-and-mrs-chandler-australian-true-crime--75587330
  • Who Killed Dr Bogle & Mrs Chandler?: Podcast series, Peter Butt https://open.spotify.com/show/7C1naUe8jUEzWiWFzhftfS?si=825754256bb14594 
  • Geoffrey Chandler, So You Think I Did It, Sydney: Sun Books, 1969
  • Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler?, Film Australia in association with Blackwattle Films, 2006
  • DR. BOGLE AND MRS CHANDLER - DID HYDROGEN SULPHIDE REALLY KILL THEM? ABC Catalyst Story Archive, 23 November 2006, http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1795448.htm
  • Peter Butt, Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler?, Sydney: New Holland, 2012
  • Tracey Bowden,Two women may hold answer to how Dr Gilbert Bogle and Margaret Chandler died in 1963, ABC News, 2 September 2016: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-02/two-women-may-hold-answer-to-bogle-chandler-case/7808820
  • The Dictionary of Sydney: The Bogle-Chandler Mystery (2018) https://dictionaryofsydney.org/blog/the_bogle_chandler_mystery 
    • Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com ]]>    9c38349c-c7e2-4fb2-9b52-97d011104c12Tue, 30 Dec 2025 22:30:00 +0000strewthpodcastNew Year's Day, 1963. Two bodies are discovered on the banks of Sydney's Lane Cove River. Dr. Gilbert Stanley Bogle, a brilliant physicist. Margaret Chandler, a young mother of two. Both dead. Both half-dressed. No detectable poison in their systems....
  • Who Killed Dr Bogle & Mrs Chandler?: Podcast series, Peter Butt https://open.spotify.com/show/7C1naUe8jUEzWiWFzhftfS?si=825754256bb14594 
  • Geoffrey Chandler, So You Think I Did It, Sydney: Sun Books, 1969
  • Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler?, Film Australia in association with Blackwattle Films, 2006
  • DR. BOGLE AND MRS CHANDLER - DID HYDROGEN SULPHIDE REALLY KILL THEM? ABC Catalyst Story Archive, 23 November 2006, http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1795448.htm
  • Peter Butt, Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler?, Sydney: New Holland, 2012
  • Tracey Bowden,Two women may hold answer to how Dr Gilbert Bogle and Margaret Chandler died in 1963, ABC News, 2 September 2016: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-02/two-women-may-hold-answer-to-bogle-chandler-case/7808820
  • The Dictionary of Sydney: The Bogle-Chandler Mystery (2018) https://dictionaryofsydney.org/blog/the_bogle_chandler_mystery 
    • Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com ]]>    2569false120full    Three Witnesses: A Strewth Christmas Special - Australian Mysterieshttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/three-witnesses-a-strewth-christmas-special-australian-mysteries--75587298
    Bongo's radio call - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUjtoXMAvKs Haunts of Brisbane - Ben Davey seance report - https://hauntsofbrisbane.blogspot.com/2012/05/guyra-ghost-australias-very-own.html  The teachers report - https://www.reddit.com/r/melbourne/comments/vl306f/does_anyone_have_any_stories_about_the_button_man/    Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com   ]]>    7a80ffc7-d3c6-4280-8e5a-1b1dd301751fTue, 23 Dec 2025 23:51:00 +0000strewthpodcastThis Christmas, we're doing something different on Strewth. The Victorian English had a tradition of telling ghost stories around the fire on Christmas night, long before it became all tinsel and shopping, it was a time for sharing tales of the...
    Bongo's radio call - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUjtoXMAvKs Haunts of Brisbane - Ben Davey seance report - https://hauntsofbrisbane.blogspot.com/2012/05/guyra-ghost-australias-very-own.html  The teachers report - https://www.reddit.com/r/melbourne/comments/vl306f/does_anyone_have_any_stories_about_the_button_man/    Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com   ]]>    1725false119full    The Jenny Dixon Beach Hauntings - Australian Mysteryhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-jenny-dixon-beach-hauntings-australian-mystery--75587327 https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/8523178/ghostly-hitchhiker-of-wilfred-barrett-drive/  Brunvand, Jan Harold. The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings (1981) Jenny Dixon Beach - Full Movie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDNxQlkgcXo  Goss, Michale. The evidence for phantom hitch-hikers (1984) True Hauntings Podcast - Episode 25 (April 28, 2021) https://open.spotify.com/episode/10iNaJBCTwzMrV2EMWFRPO  Casefile True Crime Podcast - Case 32 - https://casefilepodcast.com/case-32-grace-kathleen-holmes/   Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com]]>4c3f49f6-d38d-48a2-9f53-15e3560efc43Wed, 17 Dec 2025 02:15:00 +0000strewthpodcastTwo ghosts haunt the same stretch of Australia's Central Coast. For fifty years, drivers on Wilfred Barrett Drive have reported picking up a young woman in white who vanishes from their back seat near Norah Head Cemetery. The legend says she was... https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/8523178/ghostly-hitchhiker-of-wilfred-barrett-drive/  Brunvand, Jan Harold. The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings (1981) Jenny Dixon Beach - Full Movie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDNxQlkgcXo  Goss, Michale. The evidence for phantom hitch-hikers (1984) True Hauntings Podcast - Episode 25 (April 28, 2021) https://open.spotify.com/episode/10iNaJBCTwzMrV2EMWFRPO  Casefile True Crime Podcast - Case 32 - https://casefilepodcast.com/case-32-grace-kathleen-holmes/   Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com]]>2340false118fullNullarbor Nightmare - Australian Mysteryhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nullarbor-nightmare-australian-mystery--75587312
    Sources:
    • A.T. Brunt The Skeptic, 1989
    • Keith Basterfield - UFO Research South Australia
    • The Skeptic, Volume 8, No I (Autumn 1988)
    • UFO Research Queensland - https://uforq.org/the-knowles-family-ufo-incident-1988/
    Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com]]>    bb8e41c9-4df9-4e80-b871-554c7d5bf252Wed, 10 Dec 2025 01:02:00 +0000strewthpodcastIt's 4 AM on the most isolated highway in Australia. The Knowles family are driving toward a fresh start when they see a light on the road ahead. Within minutes, they're fleeing at speeds approaching 200 kilometres per hour, but the glowing...
    Sources:
    • A.T. Brunt The Skeptic, 1989
    • Keith Basterfield - UFO Research South Australia
    • The Skeptic, Volume 8, No I (Autumn 1988)
    • UFO Research Queensland - https://uforq.org/the-knowles-family-ufo-incident-1988/
    Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com]]>    1897false117full    The Pyjama Girl Mystery: Part 2 - The Confession - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-pyjama-girl-mystery-part-2-the-confession-australian-true-crime--75587310
  • New South Wales Police: Original investigation files and witness statements (1934)
  • Coroner's inquest: Death of unknown woman, Albury, NSW (September 1934)
  • The Argus (Melbourne): Front-page coverage, September-December 1934
  • Sydney Morning Herald: Extensive reporting, 1934-1944
  • Evans, Richard. The Pyjama Girl Mystery: A True Story of Murder, Obsession and Lies. Deakin University Press, 2004.
  • Gilling, Tom. The Pyjama Girl Mystery. Text Publishing, 2004.
    • Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com]]>    48f483cc-8854-4401-b6c4-602a0f193da7Fri, 05 Dec 2025 01:29:00 +0000strewthpodcastIn February 1944, after ten years floating in a bath of formalin, the Pyjama Girl finally got a name. Two teeth fillings mysteriously appeared at the bottom of her preservation bath, just as Police Commissioner William MacKay desperately needed to...
  • New South Wales Police: Original investigation files and witness statements (1934)
  • Coroner's inquest: Death of unknown woman, Albury, NSW (September 1934)
  • The Argus (Melbourne): Front-page coverage, September-December 1934
  • Sydney Morning Herald: Extensive reporting, 1934-1944
  • Evans, Richard. The Pyjama Girl Mystery: A True Story of Murder, Obsession and Lies. Deakin University Press, 2004.
  • Gilling, Tom. The Pyjama Girl Mystery. Text Publishing, 2004.
    • Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com]]>    1878false116full    The Pyjama Girl Mystery: Part 1 - The Lady in Silk - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-pyjama-girl-mystery-part-1-the-lady-in-silk-australian-true-crime--75587305
  • New South Wales Police: Original investigation files and witness statements (1934)
  • Coroner's inquest: Death of unknown woman, Albury, NSW (September 1934)
  • The Argus (Melbourne): Front-page coverage, September-December 1934
  • Sydney Morning Herald: Extensive reporting, 1934-1944
  • Evans, Richard. The Pyjama Girl Mystery: A True Story of Murder, Obsession and Lies. Deakin University Press, 2004.
  • Gilling, Tom. The Pyjama Girl Mystery. Text Publishing, 2004.
    • Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com]]>    eaf95a23-6994-4715-87da-d2bb1fc3dd14Tue, 02 Dec 2025 23:19:00 +0000strewthpodcastSeptember 1, 1934. A farmer walking his prize bull along a country road outside Albury catches the smell of kerosene. In a concrete culvert, he discovers a woman's body, shot, beaten with eight savage blows to the skull, and burned. What she's wearing...
  • New South Wales Police: Original investigation files and witness statements (1934)
  • Coroner's inquest: Death of unknown woman, Albury, NSW (September 1934)
  • The Argus (Melbourne): Front-page coverage, September-December 1934
  • Sydney Morning Herald: Extensive reporting, 1934-1944
  • Evans, Richard. The Pyjama Girl Mystery: A True Story of Murder, Obsession and Lies. Deakin University Press, 2004.
  • Gilling, Tom. The Pyjama Girl Mystery. Text Publishing, 2004.
    • Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com]]>    1565false115full    The Pilliga Princess - Australian Mysteryhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-pilliga-princess-australian-mystery--75587318
  • ABC Radio Overnights broadcast (2006) - witness testimonies
  • Daily Liberal and Central Western Daily - official accident reports (March 1993)
  • Museum of Lost: "The Pilliga Princess" - comprehensive case documentation
  • Coonabarabran Lawn Cemetery records - grave marker documentation
  • True Hauntings Podcast, All Aussie Mystery Hour, Belief Hole Podcast - witness interviews
  • "There's Something in the Pilliga" (2014, dir. Dane Millerd) - documentary evidence
    • Content Warning: This episode discusses homelessness, mental illness, and fatal traffic accidents.

    Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com]]>    55ae553a-aa8c-4c7b-868f-de4d8d4747e3Tue, 25 Nov 2025 23:52:00 +0000strewthpodcastOn March 20, 1993, a homeless woman named Clare Wibson was struck and killed by a truck on the Newell Highway through Australia's largest forest. The driver's official statement described her final moments in chilling detail: "She turned towards me,...
  • ABC Radio Overnights broadcast (2006) - witness testimonies
  • Daily Liberal and Central Western Daily - official accident reports (March 1993)
  • Museum of Lost: "The Pilliga Princess" - comprehensive case documentation
  • Coonabarabran Lawn Cemetery records - grave marker documentation
  • True Hauntings Podcast, All Aussie Mystery Hour, Belief Hole Podcast - witness interviews
  • "There's Something in the Pilliga" (2014, dir. Dane Millerd) - documentary evidence
    • Content Warning: This episode discusses homelessness, mental illness, and fatal traffic accidents.

    Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com]]>    2101false114full    Disappearance at the Cuckoo: Part 2 The Suspects - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/disappearance-at-the-cuckoo-part-2-the-suspects-australian-true-crime--75587336
  • 2018 inquest finding by State Coroner Sarah Hinchey (July 11, 2018)
  • "The Cuckoo affair: What happened to Willi Koeppen?" by Tammy Mills (July 13, 2018)
  • Channel Nine "Under Investigation" "Where's Willi" episode (February 15, 2023)
  • "Life and Crimes with Andrew Rule" Podcast - Episode on Koeppen case (October 3, 2020)
  • Marrett Investigations - Case summary and ongoing investigation by Damian Marrett
    • Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com]]>    fcfcecb9-3b04-40db-b7ac-edb3ff135c42Thu, 20 Nov 2025 23:11:00 +0000strewthpodcastWhen Willi Koeppen's blue Kombi was found abandoned with keys in the ignition, police initially dismissed it as a man running from his problems. By the time they realised it was murder, crucial evidence had vanished into the dense Dandenong Ranges....
  • 2018 inquest finding by State Coroner Sarah Hinchey (July 11, 2018)
  • "The Cuckoo affair: What happened to Willi Koeppen?" by Tammy Mills (July 13, 2018)
  • Channel Nine "Under Investigation" "Where's Willi" episode (February 15, 2023)
  • "Life and Crimes with Andrew Rule" Podcast - Episode on Koeppen case (October 3, 2020)
  • Marrett Investigations - Case summary and ongoing investigation by Damian Marrett
    • Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com]]>    1395false113full    Disappearance at the Cuckoo: Part 1 The Night in Question - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/disappearance-at-the-cuckoo-part-1-the-night-in-question-australian-true-crime--75587326
  • 2018 inquest finding by State Coroner Sarah Hinchey (July 11, 2018)
  • "The Cuckoo affair: What happened to Willi Koeppen?" by Tammy Mills (July 13, 2018)
  • Channel Nine "Under Investigation" "Where's Willi" episode (February 15, 2023)
  • "Life and Crimes with Andrew Rule" Podcast - Episode on Koeppen case (October 3, 2020)
  • Marrett Investigations - Case summary and ongoing investigation by Damian Marrett
    • Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com]]>    56d10100-04b2-4df1-893f-5552425a138fWed, 19 Nov 2025 00:12:00 +0000strewthpodcastOn a cold February night in 1976, Australia's first celebrity chef vanished from his Bavarian restaurant in the misty Dandenong Ranges. Wilhelm "Willi" Koeppen, the man who brought smorgasbord dining to Australia and hosted the country's first...
  • 2018 inquest finding by State Coroner Sarah Hinchey (July 11, 2018)
  • "The Cuckoo affair: What happened to Willi Koeppen?" by Tammy Mills (July 13, 2018)
  • Channel Nine "Under Investigation" "Where's Willi" episode (February 15, 2023)
  • "Life and Crimes with Andrew Rule" Podcast - Episode on Koeppen case (October 3, 2020)
  • Marrett Investigations - Case summary and ongoing investigation by Damian Marrett
    • Title Music: by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com]]>    1527false112full    The Gatton Murders - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-gatton-murders-australian-true-crime--755873371de44522-f859-439e-b7cd-7d22f5dbe66dTue, 11 Nov 2025 23:37:00 +0000strewthpodcastStrewth - Episode 11 - The Gatton Murders On Boxing Day night 1898, Michael Murphy and his sisters Norah and Ellen were brutally murdered while returning from a cancelled dance near Gatton, Queensland. Their bodies were discovered arranged in a...1917false111fullThe Guyra Poltergeist - Australian Mysteryhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-guyra-poltergeist-australian-mystery--75587308
  • "Australian Poltergeist" by Tony Healy and Paul Cropper
  • "The Guyra Ghost: Original Newspaper Accounts" by Patrick J. Gallagher
  • Contemporary newspaper coverage: Sydney Morning Herald, April-May 1921
  • Guyra Historical Museum archives
    • Title Music: Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com]]>    0c0a2cd7-b529-483f-939b-f6b2f7f9786fTue, 04 Nov 2025 04:27:00 +0000strewthpodcastStrewth - Episode 10 - The Guyra Poltergeist On a freezing April night in 1921, something began attacking the Bowen family cottage on the edge of Guyra. Tremendous thumps shook the walls. Stones rained from nowhere. Windows exploded inward. And at the...
  • "Australian Poltergeist" by Tony Healy and Paul Cropper
  • "The Guyra Ghost: Original Newspaper Accounts" by Patrick J. Gallagher
  • Contemporary newspaper coverage: Sydney Morning Herald, April-May 1921
  • Guyra Historical Museum archives
    • Title Music: Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com]]>    1730false110full    The Min Min Lights - Australian Mysteryhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-min-min-lights-australian-mystery--75587325
    For over 130 years, mysterious glowing orbs have haunted Australia's remote Channel Country, following travelers for kilometres, splitting into multiple lights, and moving with apparent intelligence. First Nations peoples knew about them for millennia before Europeans arrived. Scientists have studied them. Thousands have witnessed them. Yet the Min Min Lights remain one of Australia's most enduring mysteries. In this episode, we journey into the vast emptiness of outback Queensland to explore a phenomenon that exists at the intersection of science and the unexplained. From drovers frozen in terror as lights pace their horses through the darkness, to modern researchers capturing footage on smartphones, the Min Min Lights continue to puzzle and fascinate. We hear from witnesses whose encounters left them genuinely frightened, or strangely privileged. We examine the groundbreaking scientific research that claimed to solve the mystery through atmospheric refraction. And we discover why even the scientist who explained the phenomenon admitted it was "literally hair raising" and that some aspects remained genuinely mysterious. Whether atmospheric mirage, ancestral spirits, or something else entirely, the Min Min Lights remind us that even in our technological age, some mysteries persist in the remote places where darkness still holds secrets. Sources:
    • Pettigrew, J.D. (2003). "The Min Min light and the Fata Morgana: An optical account of a mysterious Australian phenomenon." Clinical and Experimental Optometry, March 2003.
    • Research by Dr. Curtis Roman (Larrakia man, Senior Lecturer in Aboriginal Studies, Charles Darwin University)
    • Dreamtime stories collected in "Gadi Mirrabooka" by June Barker
    • D.B. O'Connor, "Light of the Min Min" (poem, December 20, 1934)
    • Michael (December 2022, near Noorindoo - video documented and verified by journalist Ross Coulthart)
    Title Music - by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com]]>    5ae5b2dd-080e-40f1-8254-47ef5cae848dTue, 28 Oct 2025 23:43:00 +0000strewthpodcastStrewth - Australian True Crime and Mystery Podcast For over 130 years, mysterious glowing orbs have haunted Australia's remote Channel Country, following travelers for kilometres, splitting into multiple lights, and moving with apparent...
    For over 130 years, mysterious glowing orbs have haunted Australia's remote Channel Country, following travelers for kilometres, splitting into multiple lights, and moving with apparent intelligence. First Nations peoples knew about them for millennia before Europeans arrived. Scientists have studied them. Thousands have witnessed them. Yet the Min Min Lights remain one of Australia's most enduring mysteries. In this episode, we journey into the vast emptiness of outback Queensland to explore a phenomenon that exists at the intersection of science and the unexplained. From drovers frozen in terror as lights pace their horses through the darkness, to modern researchers capturing footage on smartphones, the Min Min Lights continue to puzzle and fascinate. We hear from witnesses whose encounters left them genuinely frightened, or strangely privileged. We examine the groundbreaking scientific research that claimed to solve the mystery through atmospheric refraction. And we discover why even the scientist who explained the phenomenon admitted it was "literally hair raising" and that some aspects remained genuinely mysterious. Whether atmospheric mirage, ancestral spirits, or something else entirely, the Min Min Lights remind us that even in our technological age, some mysteries persist in the remote places where darkness still holds secrets. Sources:
    • Pettigrew, J.D. (2003). "The Min Min light and the Fata Morgana: An optical account of a mysterious Australian phenomenon." Clinical and Experimental Optometry, March 2003.
    • Research by Dr. Curtis Roman (Larrakia man, Senior Lecturer in Aboriginal Studies, Charles Darwin University)
    • Dreamtime stories collected in "Gadi Mirrabooka" by June Barker
    • D.B. O'Connor, "Light of the Min Min" (poem, December 20, 1934)
    • Michael (December 2022, near Noorindoo - video documented and verified by journalist Ross Coulthart)
    Title Music - by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Strewth Social Media Links: https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast Contact us: strewthpodcast@gmail.com]]>    1838false19full    The Button Man - Australian Mysteryhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-button-man-australian-mystery--75587338Life and Crimes with Andrew Rule Podcast  ]]>552c8f61-2ca3-45b2-86fb-919eee408ac7Wed, 22 Oct 2025 01:01:00 +0000strewthpodcastA wildlife photographer wakes up at home, downloads his photos, and finds something impossible: a picture of himself sleeping in his tent, taken at midnight with his own camera. Someone entered while he slept, stood inches away in the darkness, and...Life and Crimes with Andrew Rule Podcast  ]]>2604false18fullThe Beaumont Children: Part Two - The Suspects - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-beaumont-children-part-two-the-suspects-australian-true-crime--75587331
    February 2025. Excavators dig three meters into the former Castalloy factory site in North Plympton, Adelaide. They're searching for three children who vanished sixty years ago, based on testimony from the factory owner's son who claims he saw them enter his father's property and never leave, and two brothers who say they were paid to dig a grave-sized hole here days after the disappearance. Professor Maciej Henneberg works with archaeological precision. The soil reveals disturbed earth, a pit matching the exact dimensions describes. Evidence that something was buried here. After decades of searching, perhaps the Beaumont children will finally be found. But the excavation ends with no remains. Only questions. This is Part Two of our investigation into Australia's most haunting missing persons case. We examine three major suspects including millionaire Harry Phipps, who lived 300 meters from where the children were last seen. We explore why three excavations using cutting-edge technology found grave-like anomalies but no bodies. And we uncover a disturbing pattern: seven years after the Beaumont children vanished, two more girls disappeared from Adelaide Oval under strikingly similar circumstances. Sixty years of searching. Over one hundred suspects. Three children still waiting to be found. And uncomfortable questions about who was protected and why. Content warning: This episode discusses the disappearance and presumed murder of young children, and examines systemic failures in their protection.

    Sources - The Beaumont Children (Parts One & Two)
    • Whiticker, Alan. Searching for the Beaumont Children (2006)
    • Whiticker, Alan and Stuart Mullins. The Satin Man (2013)
    • Mullins, Stuart and Bill Hayes. Unmasking the Killer of the Missing Beaumont Children (2024 edition)
    • The Beaumont Children: What Really Happened (Channel Seven, 2018)
    Title Music - by Jesse Frank from Pixabay]]>    dd8d5d63-e98e-496c-ab3f-eb611863906eSun, 12 Oct 2025 10:53:00 +0000strewthpodcastThe Beaumont Children - Australian True Crime February 2025. Excavators dig three meters into the former Castalloy factory site in North Plympton, Adelaide. They're searching for three children who vanished sixty years ago, based on testimony from...
    February 2025. Excavators dig three meters into the former Castalloy factory site in North Plympton, Adelaide. They're searching for three children who vanished sixty years ago, based on testimony from the factory owner's son who claims he saw them enter his father's property and never leave, and two brothers who say they were paid to dig a grave-sized hole here days after the disappearance. Professor Maciej Henneberg works with archaeological precision. The soil reveals disturbed earth, a pit matching the exact dimensions describes. Evidence that something was buried here. After decades of searching, perhaps the Beaumont children will finally be found. But the excavation ends with no remains. Only questions. This is Part Two of our investigation into Australia's most haunting missing persons case. We examine three major suspects including millionaire Harry Phipps, who lived 300 meters from where the children were last seen. We explore why three excavations using cutting-edge technology found grave-like anomalies but no bodies. And we uncover a disturbing pattern: seven years after the Beaumont children vanished, two more girls disappeared from Adelaide Oval under strikingly similar circumstances. Sixty years of searching. Over one hundred suspects. Three children still waiting to be found. And uncomfortable questions about who was protected and why. Content warning: This episode discusses the disappearance and presumed murder of young children, and examines systemic failures in their protection.

    Sources - The Beaumont Children (Parts One & Two)
    • Whiticker, Alan. Searching for the Beaumont Children (2006)
    • Whiticker, Alan and Stuart Mullins. The Satin Man (2013)
    • Mullins, Stuart and Bill Hayes. Unmasking the Killer of the Missing Beaumont Children (2024 edition)
    • The Beaumont Children: What Really Happened (Channel Seven, 2018)
    Title Music - by Jesse Frank from Pixabay]]>    1766false17full    The Beaumont Children: Part One - The Disappearance - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-beaumont-children-part-one-the-disappearance-australian-true-crime--75587315
    On Australia Day 1966, three children boarded a bus to Glenelg Beach in Adelaide and never came home. Jane (9), Arnna (7), and Grant (4) Beaumont were seen by multiple witnesses playing with an unidentified man at the beach, laughing, comfortable, clearly trusting him. They were seen buying food with a one pound note their mother hadn't given them.  Then they vanished completely. This is Part One of a special two-part investigation into Australia's most haunting missing persons case. We examine the events of that scorching January day, the witnesses who saw the children with a man they appeared to know, and the devastating realisation that three children had disappeared from a public place in broad daylight in front of dozens of people. How is that possible? And what happened in those crucial first hours when the investigation began? Part Two explores the decades-long search, the suspects, and a disturbing pattern that connects this case to another Adelaide tragedy seven years later. Content warning: This episode discusses the disappearance and presumed murder of three young children. Sources - The Beaumont Children (Parts One & Two)
    • Whiticker, Alan. Searching for the Beaumont Children (2006)
    • Whiticker, Alan and Stuart Mullins. The Satin Man (2013)
    • Mullins, Stuart and Bill Hayes. Unmasking the Killer of the Missing Beaumont Children (2024 edition)
    • The Beaumont Children: What Really Happened (Channel Seven, 2018)
    Title Music - by Jesse Frank from Pixabay]]>    139db415-b675-426b-b11e-df87782a0db5Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:02:00 +0000strewthpodcastThe Beaumont Children - Australian True Crime On Australia Day 1966, three children boarded a bus to Glenelg Beach in Adelaide and never came home. Jane (9), Arnna (7), and Grant (4) Beaumont were seen by multiple witnesses playing with an...
    On Australia Day 1966, three children boarded a bus to Glenelg Beach in Adelaide and never came home. Jane (9), Arnna (7), and Grant (4) Beaumont were seen by multiple witnesses playing with an unidentified man at the beach, laughing, comfortable, clearly trusting him. They were seen buying food with a one pound note their mother hadn't given them.  Then they vanished completely. This is Part One of a special two-part investigation into Australia's most haunting missing persons case. We examine the events of that scorching January day, the witnesses who saw the children with a man they appeared to know, and the devastating realisation that three children had disappeared from a public place in broad daylight in front of dozens of people. How is that possible? And what happened in those crucial first hours when the investigation began? Part Two explores the decades-long search, the suspects, and a disturbing pattern that connects this case to another Adelaide tragedy seven years later. Content warning: This episode discusses the disappearance and presumed murder of three young children. Sources - The Beaumont Children (Parts One & Two)
    • Whiticker, Alan. Searching for the Beaumont Children (2006)
    • Whiticker, Alan and Stuart Mullins. The Satin Man (2013)
    • Mullins, Stuart and Bill Hayes. Unmasking the Killer of the Missing Beaumont Children (2024 edition)
    • The Beaumont Children: What Really Happened (Channel Seven, 2018)
    Title Music - by Jesse Frank from Pixabay]]>    1351false16full    Somerton Man - The Next Chapter - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/somerton-man-the-next-chapter-australian-true-crime--75587335
    The code found in the Rubaiyat: WRGOABABD
    MLIAOI
    WTBIMPANETP
    MLIAOI
    IXOSMANE

    Title Music - by Jesse Frank from Pixabay
     

    ]]>    fa5509c6-f585-4748-a6c4-e090699651f7Wed, 01 Oct 2025 04:42:00 +0000strewthpodcastIn 2022, scientists announced they'd finally solved Australia's greatest cold case. After 74 years, the Somerton Man had a name: Carl Webb. Case closed, right? If only it were that simple. Three years later, South Australian Police still won't confirm...
    The code found in the Rubaiyat: WRGOABABD
    MLIAOI
    WTBIMPANETP
    MLIAOI
    IXOSMANE

    Title Music - by Jesse Frank from Pixabay
     

    ]]>    1814false15full    Kalkajaka - The Mountain Keeps Its Dead - Australian Mysteryhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/kalkajaka-the-mountain-keeps-its-dead-australian-mystery--75587309
    Deep in Far North Queensland rises a dark anomaly that has claimed lives for over 150 years. The Kuku Yalanji people call it Kalkajaka "the place of the spear" and have warned for forty thousand years that the mountain keeps its dead. When Charles Grayner vanished while tracking his horse into the granite boulder maze in 1872, it began a pattern of mysterious disappearances that would earn this geological formation a reputation as Australia's Bermuda Triangle. Ten years later, Harry Owens disappeared under strikingly similar circumstances. Then George Hawkins followed his own safety rope into the mountain's heart... and simply ceased to exist. Recent research by historian Bev Shay offers compelling explanations rooted in the harsh realities of frontier life. But questions linger. Why do the documented cases share such eerie similarities? What explains the mountain's persistent effects on visitors even today? Join us as we explore the documented disappearances, the rich traditional stories of the Kuku Yalanji people, and the ongoing mystery of a place where rational explanation meets enduring enigma. Sometimes the most honest answer is that we still don't know everything. Content note: This episode discusses historical disappearances and respects the cultural significance of Kalkajaka to traditional owners, the Kuku Yalanji. The site is protected and access is restricted for safety and cultural reasons. Social Media Links:
    https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast 

    Sources:
    ABC - This Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ23K2RnmSg
    Daily Mail (Bev Shay) - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10505031/New-research-solves-mystery-disappearances-Black-Mountain-Kalkajaka-far-north-Queensland.html 
    Title Music - by Jesse Frank from Pixabay]]>    0ffe5008-fe10-473f-bf37-7d4b1babf4f0Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:02:00 +0000strewthpodcastStrewth - Australian Mystery Podcast - Series 1, Episode 4 Deep in Far North Queensland rises a dark anomaly that has claimed lives for over 150 years. The Kuku Yalanji people call it Kalkajaka "the place of the spear" and have warned for forty...
    Deep in Far North Queensland rises a dark anomaly that has claimed lives for over 150 years. The Kuku Yalanji people call it Kalkajaka "the place of the spear" and have warned for forty thousand years that the mountain keeps its dead. When Charles Grayner vanished while tracking his horse into the granite boulder maze in 1872, it began a pattern of mysterious disappearances that would earn this geological formation a reputation as Australia's Bermuda Triangle. Ten years later, Harry Owens disappeared under strikingly similar circumstances. Then George Hawkins followed his own safety rope into the mountain's heart... and simply ceased to exist. Recent research by historian Bev Shay offers compelling explanations rooted in the harsh realities of frontier life. But questions linger. Why do the documented cases share such eerie similarities? What explains the mountain's persistent effects on visitors even today? Join us as we explore the documented disappearances, the rich traditional stories of the Kuku Yalanji people, and the ongoing mystery of a place where rational explanation meets enduring enigma. Sometimes the most honest answer is that we still don't know everything. Content note: This episode discusses historical disappearances and respects the cultural significance of Kalkajaka to traditional owners, the Kuku Yalanji. The site is protected and access is restricted for safety and cultural reasons. Social Media Links:
    https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast 

    Sources:
    ABC - This Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ23K2RnmSg
    Daily Mail (Bev Shay) - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10505031/New-research-solves-mystery-disappearances-Black-Mountain-Kalkajaka-far-north-Queensland.html 
    Title Music - by Jesse Frank from Pixabay]]>    1667false14full    The Westall UFO Incidenthttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-westall-ufo-incident--7558733270682876-0b4c-439b-8ba3-e4559423883cWed, 17 Sep 2025 06:34:00 +0000strewthpodcastApril 6, 1966. 11 AM. A suburban Melbourne school. Over 200 students and teachers witness a silver disc hovering above their playground, then shooting away at impossible speed. Within hours, men in suits arrive. Students are told to stay silent. TV...2202false13fullStranger than Fictionhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stranger-than-fiction--75587333 In 1930, struggling novelist Arthur Upfield sat around a campfire in the remote Western Australian outback, discussing with fellow workers how to commit the perfect murder, purely as a plot device for his detective novel. When three men subsequently disappeared and their remains were found burned according to the exact method Upfield had described, police didn't just investigate the obvious suspect, they investigated the author himself.
    Decades later, historians uncovered an even darker truth, transforming this tale of fiction inspiring reality into something far more sinister.
    This is the extraordinary case of the Murchison murders, where the line between imagination and reality, between individual crime and systemic brutality, becomes terrifyingly thin.



    Title Music - by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Cinematic Mystery Piano by TheoJT - https://freesound.org/s/611048/  Sound effects Lultju Eve Atmos with Fire - Long Version by kangaroovindaloo -- https://freesound.org/s/396480/  Australia Outback Birds by EduFigueres -- https://freesound.org/s/562111/ ]]>    644ec119-933d-416d-b10d-010ae7bb01f9Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:35:00 +0000strewthpodcastSTREWTH - Episode 2: Stranger than Fiction A True Australian Mystery Podcast In 1930, struggling novelist Arthur Upfield sat around a campfire in the remote Western Australian outback, discussing with fellow workers how to commit the perfect murder,... In 1930, struggling novelist Arthur Upfield sat around a campfire in the remote Western Australian outback, discussing with fellow workers how to commit the perfect murder, purely as a plot device for his detective novel. When three men subsequently disappeared and their remains were found burned according to the exact method Upfield had described, police didn't just investigate the obvious suspect, they investigated the author himself.
    Decades later, historians uncovered an even darker truth, transforming this tale of fiction inspiring reality into something far more sinister.
    This is the extraordinary case of the Murchison murders, where the line between imagination and reality, between individual crime and systemic brutality, becomes terrifyingly thin.



    Title Music - by Jesse Frank from Pixabay Cinematic Mystery Piano by TheoJT - https://freesound.org/s/611048/  Sound effects Lultju Eve Atmos with Fire - Long Version by kangaroovindaloo -- https://freesound.org/s/396480/  Australia Outback Birds by EduFigueres -- https://freesound.org/s/562111/ ]]>    2117false12full    The Lady of the Swamp - Australian True Crimehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-lady-of-the-swamp-australian-true-crime--75587334529204a9-c25b-462e-b1eb-5de08b1c19bfWed, 03 Sep 2025 05:56:00 +0000strewthpodcastSTREWTH - Episode 1: The Lady of the Swamp A True Australian Mystery Podcast Before South Gippsland became infamous for a recent mushroom poisoning that made international headlines, this picturesque Victorian region harbored an even darker secret. In...1619false11full