True Crime Diaries: Births Deaths and murders close to me!

True Crime Diaries: Births Deaths and murders close to me!

True Crime Diaries: Births, Deaths, and Murders close to me is a captivating podcast that takes listeners on a journey through some of the most chilling and tragic crimes of people I know personally. Each episode delves into a different case, exploring relationships, and events that led to these tragic outcomes. This podcast, where it's all murders close to me, covers a range of compelling Australian true crime stories, including the unsolved murder of Pauline Gillard. This is Australian True Crime at its best! #truecrime #australiantruecrime #ludus #murders #sydney

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June 20, 2025 1 min

Everyone remembers their first love. The one who taught you about connection, shaped your future, and left an impression. But what happens when that person becomes a central figure in a high-profile murder investigation, broadcast on national television as part of 'Million Dollar Murders'?

In this deeply personal and unflinching Episode 5 of True Crime Diaries: Births, Deaths, and Murders Close to Me, join me as I peel back the laye...

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What happens when a notorious past collides with a legacy of cultural defiance? This week on "Murders Close to Me," I share a story that hits incredibly close to home: the life of Gordon Syron, my grandmother's former partner, and one of Australia's most significant Aboriginal artists. Born in 1941, Gordon's path took a dramatic turn in 1972 with a murder conviction linked to an intense family land dispute – a case that became a po...

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In episode 3 of the true crime diaries birth deaths and murder near me I share a deeply personal and chilling story that was haunting me for years it is the tale of Faouzi Abou- Jibal, a man with a dark past and connections to Sydney's notorious criminal Underworld. one fateful night I was invited to hang out with him expecting a relaxed evening but I instead narrowly avoided witnessing a brutal murder that he committed join me as ...

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EPISODE 2 A deep dive on the life and crimes of Scott May born and bred in the inner West suburb of Balmain. We grew up in the same area and our parents were close as adults we established a good friendship I learned in the end that I respected him and still do.

Please remember that these opinions are my own, and I encourage anyone with more information or corrections to reach out to me. I am always open to learning more about these...

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This is a story that has stayed with me for nearly three decades. It's a story about a place I know well, a seemingly peaceful corner of Sydney called Balmain. But on a quiet September evening in 1997, that peace was shattered by a shocking crime – the murder of Pauline Gillard.


Pauline wasn't just a name in the headlines for me. She was my grandmother's best friend. I remember visiting her home, the kindness in her eyes, the laught...

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Bonus information on the 1997 murder of Pauline Gillard

We've talked about the investigation, the inquest, the chilling possibility of mistaken identity. But there's something else, a detail that makes the idea of a mix-up even more disturbing. And that detail lies in the physical descriptions of Pauline and Maria.

Pauline Gillard was a short, curvy woman with blonde hair. Maria, her former daughter in law, was a slender size eight,...

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