Australian True Crime

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The Flinders Highway is an 800-kilometre stretch of road running through Queensland from Townsville to Mount Isa, and over the decades it has been linked to a disturbing number of disappearances and murders. 

On today's episode, we talk about some of the most haunting cases along th...

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For years, Queensland police officer Jason Somerville lived undercover as “Michael Bates”, infiltrating criminal networks while building cases against the people he was investigating. 

Jason joins us to discuss the realities and psychological toll of undercover policing,...

For years, Queensland police officer Jason Somerville lived undercover as “Michael Bates”, infiltrating criminal networks while building cases against the people he was investigating. 

Jason joins us to discuss the realities and psychological toll of undercover policing, as explored in his memoir Undercurrent.

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This week on True Crime Tonight we discuss:

• Crime in Meshel's neighbourhood
• Documentary recommendation: Paradise Lost
• The suspicious death of Jason Rigby in Fiji

Hosted by Meshel Laurie, True Crime Tonight airs Sundays from 6-7pm on KIIS, breaking down the biggest crime stories, documentaries and cases everyone’s talking about.

When Australian hotel manager Jason Rigby was found dead in his staff apartment at a luxury resort in Fiji on 14 December 2024, authorities initially ruled his death a suicide.

Jason’s family have never accepted that explanation, and have spent the past two years fighting for answers. Today, Jason’s sister-in-law Jess Rigby joins us to tell his story, and to talk about her upcoming memoir, While the Baby Slept.

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This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.

When Australian hotel manager Jason Rigby was found dead in his staff apartment at a luxury resort in Fiji on 14 December 2024, authorities initially ruled his death a suicide.

Jason’s family have never accepted that explanation, and have spent the past two years fighting for answe...

Greg Barns career has taken him from running Malcolm Turnbull’s 1999 Republican referendum campaign to becoming a long-time adviser to Julian Assange and a prominent voice on criminal justice and human rights.

Greg joins us to talk about his career, his work on some of Australia’s biggest legal and political issues, and his new podcast with former Supreme Court Judge Lex Lasry, Law the Podcast.

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.

Greg Barns career has taken him from running Malcolm Turnbull’s 1999 Republican referendum campaign to becoming a long-time adviser to Julian Assange and a prominent voice on criminal justice and human rights.

Greg joins us to talk about his career, his work on some of Australia&rs...

This week on True Crime Tonight we discuss:

• The case of Toyah Cordingley
• The Menendez Brothers
• The D4VD trial

Hosted by Meshel Laurie, True Crime Tonight airs Sundays from 6-7pm on KIIS, breaking down the biggest crime stories, documentaries and cases everyone’s talking about.

D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, is an American singer-songwriter best known for his viral hits ‘Romantic Homicide’ and ‘Here With Me’.

He is accused of murdering 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose remains were found in a Tesla registered to him in September 2025.

Burke has pleaded...

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.

D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, is an American singer-songwriter best known for his viral hits ‘Romantic Homicide’ and ‘Here With Me’.

He is acc...

We like to believe our justice system gets it right, but what happens when the people behind bars are innocent?

In Falsely Convicted, investigative journalist Neil Mercer examines the shocking miscarriages of justice that have seen innocent people imprisoned for years or even decades, and joins us to discuss how these failures happen.

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This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.

We like to believe our justice system gets it right, but what happens when the people behind bars are innocent?

In Falsely Convicted, investigative journalist Neil Mercer examines the shocking miscarriages of justice that have seen innocent people imprisoned for years or even decade...

This week on True Crime Tonight we discuss:

• The disappearance of Brad and Bevin Simmonds
• Murder Trial: The Disappearance of Margaret Fleming
• The Hollywood Bandit bank robber

Hosted by Meshel Laurie, True Crime Tonight airs Sundays from 6-7pm on KIIS, breaking down the biggest crime stories, documentaries and cases everyone’s talking about.

In the 1990s, Steven Meyers was an accomplice to his friend Scott Scurlock, better known as the “Hollywood Bandit”, who carried out a remarkable series of bank robberies across Seattle using elaborate disguises and meticulous planning to evade police.

Scurlock stole millions of dollars and lived an extraordinary double life from a three-storey treehouse...

This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.

In the 1990s, Steven Meyers was an accomplice to his friend Scott Scurlock, better known as the “Hollywood Bandit”, who carried out a remarkable series of bank robberies across Seattle using elaborate disguis...

49,000 Australians go missing every year. 

Nicole Morris is the founder of the Australian Missing Persons Register. She joins us to talk about her new book, Lost.

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This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.

49,000 Australians go missing every year. 

Nicole Morris is the founder of the Australian Missing Persons Register. She joins us to talk about her new book, Lost.

Click here to purchase your copy of Lost.

Click here to visit the Australian Missing Persons Register Facebook Page.

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This week on True Crime Tonight we discuss:

• This month in crime history with Michael Adams from the Forgotten Australia podcast.
• The passing of Kath Pettinghill
• The case of Sara Gilson

Hosted by Meshel Laurie, True Crime Tonight airs Sundays from 6-7pm on KIIS, breaking down the biggest crime stories, documentaries and cases everyone’s tal...