Death and Taxes: A True Crime Podcast
■ Print clearly using a black pen. ■ Use whole dollars or '0' (zero). ■ This is another true crime podcast. Benny, Carrie, Lizzie and Clare use their lunch break to forget about tax and discuss true crime.
Episodes
On the 2nd February 1986, nurse and former pageant queen Anita Cobby finished work at Sydney Hospital at 3pm and met friends for dinner in nearby Redfern. She then boarded a train from Central Railway station heading home. Arriving at Blacktown, she would usually ring her father who would pick her up, however on this day she found all the phones out-of-operation and decided to walk the small distance home .
The next day, Anita Cobb...
On the 24th October 1997 a dinner party is held in Canberra, Australia. Rumour has it that the young couple hosting this dinner (25-year-old Anu Singh and her 26-year-old boyfriend Joe Cinque) have together chosen to end their lives, and this dinner is to be their unspoken "farewell". Nobody mentions the rumour, and nobody warns Joe.
Sources:
- Joe Cinque's Consolation, by Helen Garner
Laci Peterson, the pregnant 27-year-old wife of Scott Peterson, disappeared from her home of Modesto, California, in December 2002. Scott Peterson became a suspect from the outset. Within days, a woman came forward saying that she was having a romantic relationship with Scott Peterson, and that he had claimed he was a widower preparing to spend his first Christmas alone... several weeks before his wife's actual disappearance.
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On August 2nd 2006, thirty-two year old Robert Wone was finishing up work late. It was 10:24pm when he cabbed to the residence of a friend whose house he planned on staying at overnight. At 11:49pm, emergency services received a call for help, saying that someone in the residence had been stabbed by an intruder.
Sources:
The Prosecutors Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-prosecutors/id1513765512
'Who Killed R...
On the 22nd of November 2024, a group of eleven Lithuanians were attempting a multi-day rafting expedition down Tasmania's Franklin River when disaster struck.
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On Sunday March 23 1997, emergency services received a call from 16-year-old Mark Duke, crying uncontrollably and saying "they killed my family". Investigators would find symbols associated with local gangs had been carved into the walls of the family home.
Warning: this case contains graphic details and involves crimes against children.
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Benny presents the mysterious and disastrous story about a Broadway musical back in 2012, which will be plagued with problems beyond the usual missed cues, technical glitches, and poor ticket sales. We’re talking about multi-million lawsuits, shadowy figures who will do anything to make sure the production goes ahead, anonymous threats, FBI raids, and the revelation that somebody within its production wants to see it fail... This i...
It’s the very early morning hours of September 23rd 2007, and 20-year-old Matthew Leveson is in Arq nightclub, on Sydney’s Oxford Street. At around 3am, one of Matty's friends realises that he hasn’t seen Matty for a while, and they exchange a few short text messages. This will be the last communication anybody has with him, and he’ll never be seen alive again.
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On a chilly Autumn morning on the 9th October 2009, the Jamison family journeyed into Oklahoma’s San Bois Mountains, where Bobby and Sherilynn were considering buying a 40-acre plot. Nine days later, their truck was found on a remote mud road, with their dog Maisie still inside but alive. Also discovered were the family's ID cards, wallets, mobile phones, GPS system and about US$32,000 in cash.
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On the 18th August 1992, Australian schoolgirl Ebony Simpson came home and told her mother that students had received a talk during a school assembly about stranger danger. Ebony's mother recalls "I said to her, if anything ever comes up in your life, if anything ever happens, come home any tell me. Then I read her a story and she went to bed. And the next day, when she went to school, she didn't come home."
In 1993, three eight-year-old boys (Steve Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers) are reported missing in West Memphis, Arkansas. Their bodies are found the following day. This case will go on to generate decades of widespread controversy, and will be subject of several documentaries beginning with HBO's 'Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills'. It will be known as the case of the 'West Memp...
In 1993, three eight-year-old boys (Steve Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers) are reported missing in West Memphis, Arkansas. Their bodies are found the following day. This case will go on to generate decades of widespread controversy, and will be subject of several documentaries beginning with HBO's 'Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills'. It will be known as the case of the 'West Memp...
On July 15 2008, Cindy Anthony phoned Orlando police to report that her car had been stolen, and that she wished to bring somebody in to have them placed in police custody. Over the course of multiple calls, it is revealed that the person is her own daughter, 22-year-old Casey Anthony. Furthermore, Casey's 2-year-old daughter Caylee is missing, and has not been seen for 31 days.
Clare presents this week's case, and this is...
On July 15 2008, Cindy Anthony phoned Orlando police to report that her car had been stolen, and that she wished to bring somebody in to have them placed in police custody. Over the course of multiple calls, it is revealed that the person is her own daughter, 22-year-old Casey Anthony. Furthermore, Casey's 2-year-old daughter Caylee is missing, and has not been seen for 31 days.
Clare presents this week's case, and this is...
It's April 1935 in Sydney, Australia. In Coogee, a beachside suburb in the east, there's a new attraction called the 'Coogee Aquarium Baths'. The owner and his son head out on the harbour determined to bring in Sydney's next must-see attraction: a one-tonne tiger shark. A series of unexpected events will soon occur, leading police to investigate multiple suspected homicides...
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Joss Stone is an English singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to prominence in late 2003 with her multi-platinum debut album, The Soul Sessions. But what does this artist have to do with two men, a map, and a samurai sword? Lizzie covers this fascinating case.
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In this bonus episode, Benny covers the 1986 abduction of a toddler by his 16 year old babysitter and half-sister, Sarah Williams.
#Labyrinth #DavidBowie #JimHenson #JenniferConnelly
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It's an incredibly famous building - perhaps one of the most recognisable modern buildings in the world - but the Sydney Opera House will also forever be linked to a crime that changed Australia forever. Benny presents this weeks case.
Sources:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Kidnapped-Crime-that-Shocked-Nation/dp/1925310221
In 2021, 41-year-old veterinarian Christina Parcell was found brutally stabbed inside her South Carolina home. Her body appeared to have been posed, with rose petals strewn around her in what appeared to be some kind of ritual associated with the killing. Clare presents this fascinating case. This case does also include discussion of crimes involving children.
Sources:
https://www.tiktok.com/@courttvlive/video/7473226329081531679
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Asbestos and amphetamines and explosions - oh my! In our season 3 premiere, Carrie covers the disastrous production of 1939's 'The Wizard of Oz'.
Sources:
Sesame Street - Wicked Witch Scenes from Episode 847 (1976) - RARE! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RytWnZbOA9s)
Judy Garland on the Munchkins (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-zYbKiK6Gs)
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