List of Australian crime podcasts

This is a list of Australian crime podcasts from 2015 (the earliest podcast) to the present.

Background

Podcasting, and in particular true-crime related podcasts which deal primarily with serial murders, kidnappings, disappearances, and unsolved crimes, became popular as a media format in Australia from 2016. While some podcasts are privately produced, many are created by investigative journalists within media outlets such as The Daily Telegraph, The Australian, ABC, or SBS. Most detail individual cases across a short series of episodes (e.g. Cop Tales at 1 episode) while others (e.g. Australian True Crime Podcast) issue individual, or sometimes serial, episodes on different cases every week.

Most podcasts act to provide background detail on already well known cases (e.g. A Perfect Storm and the Chamberlain case) while also updating cases for recent developments, investigations, or trials (e.g. Claremont: The Trial). Others, particularly with cold cases, make appeals to the public for information (e.g. The Alibi).[1] Some have also been criticised as potentially complicating, or compromising, ongoing police investigations (e.g. The Teacher's Pet).[2]

Some shows have become well known internationally (e.g. Casefile True Crime Podcast) and others have gone on to provoke significant breakthroughs (e.g. Trace, which in 2019 prompted the parliament of Victoria to change legislation, which allowed the state coroner to then commence a new inquest into the Maria James murder case[3][4]).

In 2019, one podcast, Wrong Skin, won in two categories of the annual Australian Podcast Awards: Investigative Journalism & True Crime, and the inaugural Podcast of the Year."[5]

List
Podcast Year Topic/person covered Host Produced by Ref
A Perfect Storm 2019–2020 Azaria Chamberlain John Buck Seven West Media [6]
Adam Shand At Large 2018–2019 various Adam Shand PodcastOne Australia [7]
All Aussie Mystery Hour 2018–2019 various Josie; Mel Pedestrian Podcast Network [8]
Annette: Cold Case Unlocked 2019 Annette Deverell Carla Hildebrandt Australian Community Media [9]
Australian True Crime Podcast 2017–present various Meshel Laurie; Emily Webb Australian True Crime Podcast [10]
Bad Detective: The Rogerson Files 2016 Roger Rogerson Mark Morri The Daily Telegraph [11]
Ballarat’s Children 2016 Clerical paedophilia in Ballarat Peter Hoysted The Australian [12]
Beenham Valley Road 2019 Kirra McLoughlin Tom Daunt; Jamie Pultz Six10 Media [13][14]
Best Served Cold 2020 various Laura Elise; Tama Jay Best Served Cold Podcast [15]
Birds Eye View 2020 Darwin Correctional Centre inmates StoryProjects [16]
Bloody Murder 2017–present various Tara Sabian; Barney Black Bloody Murder Podcast [17]
Bowraville 2016 Bowraville murders Dan Box The Australian [18]
Casefile True Crime Podcast 2016–present various Anonymous Casefile Presents [19]
Chasing Charlie 2020 Paul Bryan Gill Julia Robson FremantleMedia Australia [20]
Childers 2020 Childers Palace Backpackers Hostel fire Paul Cochrane Childers [21]
Claremont Serial Killings 2019 Claremont serial killings (not stated) Post Newspapers [22]
Claremont: The Trial 2019–2020 Claremont serial killings Natalie Bonjolo; Tim Clarke; Alison Fan; Kate Ryan The West Australian [23]
Cop That 2020 various Jamie Six10 Media [24]
Cop Tales 2016 Ross Edwards Mark Morri The Daily Telegraph [25]
Dead Bodies 2018–present various Dee Dee Dunleavy; Sharnelle Vella Dead Bodies [26]
Dead Wrong 2018 Jeffrey Brooks Kate Kyriacou; Peter Hall The Courier-Mail [27]
Eight Minutes 2018 David Breckenridge Nicole Hogan The Daily Telegraph [28]
Felon True Crime Podcast 2016–2018; 2020– various (not stated) Felon [29]
Frozen Lies 2019 Derrance Stevenson Debi Marshall Foxtel [30]
Gate Crash 2018 Nathan Garriock Nicole Hogan The Daily Telegraph [31]
Gone Girl: Abduction at the beach 2016 Cheryl Grimmer Mark Morri The Daily Telegraph [32]
Grave Tales Australia 2018–present various Chris Adams; Helen Goltz [33]
How I Survived 2018–2020 various Beth Young Pacific Podcast Network [34]
I Catch Killers 2020 various Gary Jubelin True Crime Podcasts [35]
I Swear I Never 2019 Matthew Leveson (1 episode) Nina Young; Bek Day [36]
Investigates 2018–2020 various Mary-Ann Harris Pacific Podcast Network [37]
Life and Crimes 2017; 2018–present various Andrew Rule Sunday Herald Sun [38]
Little Boy Lost 2017 William Tyrell Lia Harris The Daily Telegraph [39]
Little Girl Lost 2017 Leanne Holland (not stated) 7 News [40]
Loose Units 2018-present Paul Verhoeven; John Verhoeven Pillow Talk Productions
Lost in Larrimah 2018 Paddy Moriarty Kylie Stevenson; Caroline Graham The Australian [41]
Lost in Sydney 2018 various Jake McCallum NewsLocal [42]
Monster Trial: Ivan Milat 2019 Ivan Milat The Daily Telegraph [43]
Monsters Who Murder 2018–present various Amanda Howard; Robert McKnight Monsters Who Murder [44]
Murder Archives 2018–2019 Norma Rhys McLeod Emma Curtin [45]
Murder Down Under 2017–2018 various Dork Team (Benjamin Latter; Neah Dawn) [46]
Murder in the Land of Oz 2018–present various Jessica Kate Ryan; Ellen-Rose Sorensen That's Not Canon Productions [47]
Murderlaide: City of Churches 2019–present various Ann [48]
Naked City 2020 various John Silvester The Age [49]
Nowhere Child 2019-2020 William Tyrell Caroline Overington The Australian [50]
Pendulum 2019 Margaret Kirstenfeldt Paula Doneman 7 News [51]
Phoebe's Fall 2016; 2018 Phoebe Handsjuk Michael Bachelard; Richard Baker The Age; The Sydney Morning Herald [52]
Police Tape 2019 various various True Crime Australia [53]
Predator 2019 Leonard John Fraser Michelle Gately The Morning Bulletin [54]
Problem Child 2019 Keli Lane Wicked Crime Podcast [55]
Pushed 2019 various "jackmorrismelbourne" [56]
Ron Iddles: The Good Cop 2019 various Ron Iddles Foxtel [57]
Ron Iddles: The Ricky Balcombe Murder 2018 Ricky Balcombe Greg Dundas Geelong Advertiser
SBS True Stories (series 3) 2016 George Duncan; The Family Murders Mark Whittaker SBS [58]
Searching For Rachel Antonio 2016 Rachel Antonio David Murray The Courier-Mail [59]
Silent Waves 2019 Raquel O’Brien Raquel O’Brien Casefile Presents [60]
Spear Creek 2019 Mount Isa Murders Kate Kyriacou The Courier-Mail [61]
State Crime Command 2020 various PodcastOne Australia
The Alibi 2015; 2019 Denise Govendir; Eva Webel Yoni Bashan; Claire Harvey The Sunday Telegraph [62][63]
The Disappearance of Des 2019 Desmond Carr Missing Persons Podcast Network [64]
The Lady Vanishes 2019 Marion Barter Bryan Seymour 7 News [65]
The Last Voyage of the Pong Su 2019 Pong Su incident Richard Baker The Age; The Sydney Morning Herald [66]
The Lighthouse 2019 Theo Hayez David Murray The Australian [67]
The Missing 2019 various Meni Caroutas Podular [68]
The Night Driver 2020 Janine Vaughan The Australian
The Nurse 2020 James Griffin Camille Bianchi
The Rock Star & The Nanny 2019–2020 Penny Hill Mary-Ann Harris Pacific Podcast Network [69]
The Teacher's Pet 2018 Lynette Dawson Hedley Thomas The Australian [2][70]
The Trials of The Vampire 2017 Shane Chartres-Abbott Adam Shand PodcastOne Australia [71]
Trace 2017–2018; 2020 Maria James; Nicola Gobbo Rachael Brown ABC [72]
True Blue Crime 2019–present various Shaun; Chloe True Blue Crime [73]
True Crime Conversations 2019–present various Jessie Stephens MamaM!a [74]
True Crime Down Under* 2018–2019 various Bronnie Sprick; Loraine [75]
True Crime Island 2016–present various "Cambo" True Crime Island [76]
True Crime Sisters 2017–2019 various “Harry”; “Bill” True Crime Sisters Podcast [77]
True Crime Story Time 2017–2019 various Casey; Samantha True Crime Story Time [78]
UnderState: In Plain Sight 2019 David Dick Adam Shand PodcastOne Australia
UnderState: Lawyer X 2020 Nicola Gobbo Adam Shand PodcastOne Australia
UnderState: Lucille Butterworth 2018 Lucille Butterworth Adam Shand PodcastOne Australia [79]
Unravel True Crime (4 series) 2018–2019 Mark Haines; Trudie Adams; Belinda Peisley; Lezlie Manukian Allan Clarke; Ruby Jones; Gina McKeon; Ollie Wards ABC [80][81]
Unspeakable: Understanding sexual crime 2017 Sexual offence reporting (not stated) Victoria Police [82]
Violent Times 2019 various Mahmood Fazal VICE Australia [83]
Warlord 2016 Farhad Qaumi; Brothers for Life Claire Harvey; Yoni Bashan The Sunday Telegraph [84]
What happened to Zac? 2019 Zac Barnes Jay Walkerden Nova [85]
Where's William Tyrell? 2019–2020 William Tyrell Lia Harris; Natarsha Belling TenSpeaks [86]
Who Killed Leanne Holland? 2020 Leanne Holland Jamie Pultz [87]
Who The Hell Is Hamish? 2019 Hamish Watson Greg Bearup The Australian [88]
Wrong Skin 2018–2019 Julie Buck; Richard Milgin Richard Baker The Age; The Sydney Morning Herald [89]

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See also

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