From The Desk -A Confession the Jury Never Heard
Three-year-old Cheryl Grimmer vanished from Fairy Meadow beach at Wollongong in 1970. A teenager later told police he had abducted and killed her. Decades on, he was charged with murder—but the case e...
1 Okt 8min
The Detective’s Mind: Murder, Arson and the Evidence That Solves Crimes
Jeff Maher had a stellar career as an investigator, including a 15-year stint as a detective senior sergeant in the Victoria Police homicide squad. His crew worked on some of the most high-profile mur...
27 Sep 48min
From The Desk -The Debbie Fahey Files: Was the Scene Staged?
Debbie Fahey’s death in a Melbourne motel room in 1981 was treated as a heroin overdose. But more than four decades later, troubling questions remain.Multiple syringes. Four foils of heroin. No obviou...
24 Sep 8min
From Heroin to Hope: Patrick McKenzie’s Road to Redemption
Like thousands of young Australians in the 1980s, Patrick McKenzie became addicted to heroin and found his way to Sydney's King Cross joining a sub-culture of drug users who financed their habit by co...
22 Sep 43min
The Debbie Fahey Files: Too Many Questions
Was Debbie Fahey's death really a murder? In 1981, Deborah “Debbie” Fahey died from a heroin overdose; her death was apparently another tragedy of Melbourne’s drug scene.But was there more to the stor...
20 Sep 42min
From the Desk - Why Melbourne’s Gangland War Became Legend
Sixteen years after the death of Carl Williams, the Melbourne gangland war continues to resonate as Australia’s most famous underworld war. In this week’s From the Desk episode, Adam Shand reflects on...
17 Sep 15min
Live At The Stanley Pub - Part 2 ATM Glitch That Gave Him Unlimited Money
In Part Two of Real Crime: Live at the Stanley Pub, Adam Shand sits down with Daniel Saunders — the man who discovered a glitch in his bank account that seemingly gave him access to unlimited money. W...
15 Sep 54min
