Bad Apple: A True Crime Podcast

In 2012, 23-year-old Leisl Smith got into a white ute at Tuggerah Railway Station on the New South Wales Central Coast. She hadn't told anyone where she was going, or who she was going with, but when she didn't return home that night to tend to her horses her family knew something was wrong. The investigation into Leisl's disappearance was slow, leaving her family without closure for a long period of time. Finally, 6 years after he...

In 2006, 3-month-old twins, Cris and Cru Kahui were taken to hospital by their mother after sustaining serious head injuries and broken bones. No one could explain how the twins had suffered these life-threatening injuries, but hospital staff suspected that it had been deliberate. The case of Cris and Cru highlighted disparities around infant deaths, bringing to the spotlight a 2003 statistic that revealed that Maori children were ...

In 1954, two teenage girls, Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme orchestrated and carried out the murder of Pauline's mother in Victoria Park in Christchurch, New Zealand. Their attempt to cover up the death as an accident quickly fell apart, and both girls were charged with murder. When their trial began, rumours of insanity and homosexuality consumed the Christchurch population as people speculated about the motivations around the see...

On June 21st, 2004, 43-year-old Jim Donnelly signed into work at the Glenbrook Steel Mill. 16 years later, Jim still hasn't signed out. Despite a wide-ranging search, and investigation of Jim's personal life, there is very limited evidence as to what happened to him, leading to plenty of speculation and unique theories about his disappearance. To this day, Jim's family is no closer to finding out what happened, and without new evid...