I Catch Killers with Gary Jubelin

Two years after Gary Jubelin first spoke to Leisl Smith's sister, Jerildene Cane, a coronial inquest has been held in the hope that the family will finally get some answers. 

Leisl disappeared in 2012 and her ex-boyfriend, James “Jim” Church, was charged with her suspected murder. But hours before the judge was due to hand down her verdict, Church took his own life - meaning the verdict was sealed forever. 

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Liz Hayes has interviewed serial killers, met murderers, reported from the front line of war zones and even took muffins to meet the Ku Klux Klan. The television journalist has faced some of the most terrifying people, but it was the death of her father that was the hardest story of her career.

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Zahra Baker was brutally murdered and dismembered by her stepmother when she was 10 years old. Former 60 Minutes reporter Liz Hayes sat down with the woman responsible in prison - and it was one of the few times she walked away stunned. On this episode, the veteran journalist takes Gary Jubelin through some of the biggest stories of her career including the dingo who stole Lindy Chamberlain’s baby to the murder of British bac...

For Cheng Lei, being stuck in a Chinese jail was like being buried alive in a concrete coffin. Wrongly incarcerated on espionage charges, the Australian journalist endured years of hell. Her hair fell out, she suffered insomnia and was only known by a number. But the worst part was not seeing her two young children. Almost two years after she was released and reunited with her family, Lei joins Gary Jubelin to share what it took to...

One moment Cheng Lei was off to work, the next she was arrested, blindfolded and forced into a prison cell. For almost three years, Lei endured psychological torture after she was wrongly accused of being a spy. Locked in a padded cell, the journalist was under constant surveillance, with two guards never leaving her side. The lights never turned off, eerie Beethoven music was played every morning and she was only allowed to say fi...

Ex Rebels bikie Shannon Althouse was sentenced to 10.5 years for attempted murder. Behind bars, tensions were high and violent fights were imminent. But when he was given a book about Buddhism, it changed his entire mindset. Althouse sits down with Gary Jubelin to share what prison was like, how he found his new purpose and why being released from prison two years ago was the scariest moment of his life.  

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As the former Rebels sergeant-at-arms, Shannon Althouse lived a dangerous life. He was the muscle for the club - if anyone had a problem with the bikies, Shannon dealt with it. From being imprisoned twice to almost dying after he was run over by a car, the ex bikie reveals what goes on inside maximum security and why he ultimately left the OMCG.

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Jasmeen Kaur was kidnapped, bound and buried alive in a shallow grave by a spurned lover. Jasmeen had rejected the murderer weeks before he abducted her and horrifically abandoned her in a shallow grave. Forensic pathologist Roger Byard has performed more than 6000 post-mortems, but this is the worst case he’s ever seen.

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A man eaten by his own cats, cannibal killers and mummified men dying alone in their homes. These are just some of the cases forensic pathologist Roger Byard has faced in his career. Roger sits down with Gary Jubelin to talk about the cases that he’ll never forget including the young woman who was buried alive by her boyfriend and the Snowtown murders where eight bodies were found in barrels.

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Daniel Morcombe was just 13 when he was abducted and murdered by Peter Brett Cowan. Years earlier, retired detective Daren Edwards arrested the pedophile for heinous crimes against another young boy in the Northern Territory. He also takes Gary behind the scenes of his viral crash tackle moment during a press conference and shares the cases that will never leave him.

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Retired homicide detective Daren Edwards first met Gary Jubelin during the hunt for the killers of Terry Falconer, who was murdered, dismembered and dumped in a river. The former cop has worked on cases across the country including arresting a murderer years before he killed Daniel Morcombe, investigated the case of Derek Sam who killed a teenage babysitter, and went undercover to bring down drug operations. 

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The Childs family wants answers. More than two decades after Rachelle was violently murdered, her sister Kristy is speaking out. Investigative journalist Ashlea Hansen and Kristy join Gary Jubelin in the studio to break down everything you need to know about this “solvable” case.

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Rachelle Childs was brutally murdered 24 years ago. The young woman was found burning in the bush, partially undressed. Her killer is still on the loose. In a new podcast series called Dear Rachelle, her sister Kristy joins investigative journalist Ashlea Hansen to find answers to this unsolved crime. 

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Pablo Escobar was one of the most dangerous men in the world, and he had a bounty on Steve Murphy’s head. For 18 months, Murphy and his partner Javier Peña hunted Escobar across Colombia, often missing the drug lord by minutes. Murphy joins Gary Jubelin to share how they finally captured the king of cocaine, and why he took the famous photo.

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Pablo Escobar was once the most wanted man in the world. As the cocaine king of Colombia, Escobar made billions through drug trafficking. He killed anyone who got in his way. Until American agent Steve Murphy helped bring him down.

This is the true story behind Netflix hit series, Narcos. 

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Lyall Munro’s life was trapped behind a three-foot fence. Living in prison-like conditions, Lyall was living by the strict rules enforced on him and his community at the mission. Young children were taken away, they lived off fortnightly rations and were isolated from white Australians. When Charlie Perkins and the Freedom Bus Ride came through town in 1965, Lyall Munro’s whole life changed. 

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Lasonya Dutton was found dead in a backyard being attacked by dogs. It is just one of the chilling cases The Advertiser journalists Douglas Smith, Kathryn Bermingham and Emily Olle investigated in the award-winning podcast, Dying Rose - and now they have released a book. On this episode, Gary joine...

Nick Midgley has faced death several times, witnessed frenzied stabbings and lived a life controlled by drugs. Against all odds, the former drug addict turned his life around, learned how to be vulnerable and get in touch with his emotions. Nick joins Gary Jubelin to discuss how he broke his addiction, and why starting his day at 1.30am is the key to holistic health.  

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Nick Midgley was 13 years old when he started injecting heroin. Hiding what he thought was his “secret to life”, Nick committed petty crimes to fund his habit. By the age of 16, he was addicted. The drug took total control of his life for 22 years, until he finally broke free. 

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