Phoebe's Fall
A major investigation by The Age newsroom in Melbourne, Australia, into the death of Phoebe Handsjuk, who was found at the bottom of a garbage chute in a luxury apartment building.
Episodes
Introducing: Diagnosing Murder
For decades, families in Australia and overseas, have been accused of one of the worst crimes imaginable. Diagnosing Murder is an investigative podcast about parents who've had their children taken away, sat in the dock and even done time in prison. All for something they insist they didn't do – shake their baby. Can we trust the science behind shaken baby syndrome? Or are innocent people be
Trial By Water, Episode 1: Father's Day
On Father’s Day, 2005, Robert Farquharson crashed his car into a dam. He survived, but his three children who were in the car with him didn’t. At first it seemed like a tragic accident. But quickly, it turned into a murder investigation. For exclusive content and additional reporting on the case, available to subscribers of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, visit theage.com
Phoebe's Fall - New Laws
Victorian Government announces reforms to Coroner's Act and Phobe's grandfather Lorne responds. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Phoebe's Fall - A Fresh Look
The Victorian Government has announced a review of the Coroner's Act amid widespread public concern about the inquest into Phoebe Handsjuk's garbage chute death.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 6: Inquest & Aftermath
We dissect the coroner's finding in Phoebe's case, raising serious questions about his conclusion and the methods he used to reach it. We examine the consequences of challenging a poor finding. And we reveal the Facebook post that prompted this podcast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mini-episode: The mystery phone number and the litany of unanswered questions
Seven months after Phoebe Handsjuk died, forensic scientists found a piece of paper in the pocket of the jeans she was wearing when she died. Whose number was it? And what did it mean?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 5: Saying Goodbye
Phoebe is remembered by her friends and family. We chronicle the competing memorials and funerals. And we journey to the shores of her Viking farewell.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
No time of death for Phoebe
We explore the difficulties of establishing Phoebe's time of death, and a debate between police and doctors over the value of trying to estimate when somebody has died.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 4: Policework
We explore Phoebe's tumultuous last week and examine what she and her partner, Ant Hampel, did on her final day. Then we put the blowtorch to failings and omissions in the police investigation following her death, and the early conclusion that it was a suicide.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Podcast prompts political action
Our investigative journalists Richard Baker and Michael Bachelard report back on the tip-offs we've received and the political developments triggered by Phoebe's Fall since we launched.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 3: A Secret Tape
Examines the state of Phoebe's mind and the relationship that dominated her life at the time of her death. We find evidence that she was planning to leave her partner, Ant Hampel. And we play audio of a secret recording made by Phoebe's mother of Ant's reaction to her death.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 2: The Chute
We walk through the final hours of Phoebe Handsjuk's life, challenge the plausibility of the coroner's findings, and examine the gruesome mechanics of her death in a chilling re-enactment. We also hear from a leading forensic pathologist whom we commissioned to review the evidence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 1: Knowing Phoebe
Starts with the mysterious and gruesome death of 24yo Phoebe Handsjuk and the open possibilities that it was either murder, suicide or a tragic accident. Then it steps back to hear from Phoebe herself and then her friends and family describe her many traits; her beauty, her art, her physical strength, her appetite for drugs and booze, her obsessions with forbidden men.See omnystudio.com/listener f
Live Friday, 23 September - The short life and brutal death of Phoebe Handsjuk
A major investigation by The Age newsroom in Melbourne, Australia, into the death of Phoebe Handsjuk, who was found at the bottom of a garbage chute in a luxury apartment building.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Coming soon - Phoebe's Fall - a podcast from The Age
A new podcast series from The Age, Melbourne, Australia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
