Coffee and Crime AU | Australian True Crime
Coffee and Crime AU is an Australian true crime podcast that serves up mini case spotlights and deep dives into criminal cases. The host invites listeners to grab their coffee while exploring the darker side of crime. Each episode focuses on a specific case, providing detailed analysis and storytelling.
Episodes
Beth Barnard | The Phillip Island Murder
Phillip Island, September 1986. Beth Barnard is found dead at home. Vivienne Cameron disappears the same night.The official coronial story linked the two: Vivienne was found to have contributed to Beth’s death and was later declared dead herself. But no criminal trial tested the case against Vivienne, her body has never been recovered, and later examination of witness accounts and physical evidenc
Revelle Balmain | The Night Revelle Vanished
On 5 November 1994, 22-year-old Revelle Balmain disappears from Kingsford. She has plans for drinks that night, lunch with her mum the next morning, rehearsals in Brisbane and work waiting in Japan. Instead, her calls stop, her pages go unanswered and her belongings begin appearing across nearby streets. This episode follows Revelle’s final known hours in real time, then moves into the investigati
Megan Kalajzich | The Bedroom Murder That Looked Like a Home Invasion
In January 1986, Megan Kalajzich survived an attack at her Fairlight home. Sixteen days later she was killed. Her husband Andrew was later convicted of arranging her murder and maintained his innocence through appeals, a judicial inquiry and decades in prison.Listen next: Maria Korp — another Australian case where what was happening inside a relationship became central to the investigation.
The Disappearance Of Maria Korp
In February 2005, Maria Korp disappeared from her Mickleham home. Four days later, police found her unconscious in the boot of her Mazda near Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance. This episode follows Maria’s final ordinary morning, the attack, the search to find her, the investigation, Tania Herman’s guilty plea, Joe Korp’s denial and death before trial, and the coronial findings that followed.Subsc
The Shandee Blackburn Story | The Evidence That Failed Her
In February 2013, 23-year-old Shandee Blackburn finished a late shift in Mackay and began the short walk home. She never reached the front door. This episode follows her final known movements, the investigation, John Peros’s 2017 acquittal, the later coronial findings and the forensic DNA failures that helped force Queensland’s state-run laboratory system into the light.Content note: homicide, gri
The Keli Lane & Tegan Lane Story | The Baby Who Vanished
On 14 September 1996, two-day-old Tegan Lane left Auburn Hospital with Keli Lane. Hours later Keli arrived at her parents’ home without her and went to a wedding. More than three years passed before Tegan was reported missing. Keli said Tegan had been given to her biological father, identified as Andrew Morris and later Andrew Norris, but police could never independently verify him. In 2010 Keli L
The Sef Gonzales Story | The Son Waiting Inside
On 10 July 2001, Teddy, Loiva and eighteen-year-old Clodine Gonzales returned to their North Ryde home at different times.Clodine was already inside. Loiva arrived carrying her handbag. Teddy came home with his briefcase after a day at work.Waiting inside was someone they trusted.In this dark, cinematic episode of Coffee & Crime AU, we follow the final hours of the Gonzales family as the ordin
The KATHERINE KNIGHT Story — THE NIGHT ABERDEEN WENT SILENT
On 29 February 2000, John Price went home to his house in Aberdeen, New South Wales.He expected to wake up the next morning and go to work.He never did.What happened inside John's home would become one of the most notorious murder cases in Australian criminal history.Katherine Knight and John Price had been in a turbulent relationship. In the days before his death, John had become frightened e
The Kerrie Palmer Story | Beneath The Noosa Sunshine
A missing man. A violent search. A quiet Noosa street that became the scene of a tragedy.In January 2003, 20-year-old Kerrie Palmer vanished from Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. What began as a dispute over money escalated into a relentless pursuit through the streets of Noosa Heads, drawing ordinary residents into a night of fear, violence and unanswered questions.Three days later, Kerrie was found
The Bronwyn Winfield Story | The Night She Vanished
In May 1993, 31-year-old Bronwyn Winfield disappeared from her home in Lennox Head on the far north coast of New South Wales. She was a mother of two young daughters, and more than three decades later, she has never been found.In this episode of Coffee and Crime AU, we follow the known timeline of Bronwyn’s final days, from the breakdown of her marriage and her return to the family home on Sandsto
The Amy Wensley Story | The Truth Lost at the Crime Scene
On 26 June 2014, Amy Wensley’s two young daughters sat waiting in a running car while their mother walked back into a house in Serpentine, Western Australia. Minutes later, a shotgun blast shattered the quiet afternoon. Amy never came back out. Her death was initially treated as a suicide, but questions about the crime scene, the investigation, and the evidence have lingered for years. This episod
The Tiahleigh Palmer Story | The Child Nobody Kept
Tiahleigh Palmer: The Child Nobody KeptIn October 2015, twelve-year-old Tiahleigh Alyssa-Rose Palmer disappeared from her foster home in Queensland.For six days, her community searched for answers.But behind the scenes, a much darker truth was unfolding.This episode explores the life of Tiahleigh Palmer — a child who spent years moving between homes, carers and court orders, searching for the one
The Rachel Barber Story: The Girl Caroline Wanted to Be
Rachel Barber was just 15 years old. Talented, kind, and with a promising future ahead of her, she had no idea that someone she trusted had spent years becoming dangerously obsessed with her life.In this episode, we follow the case from the very beginning. From Rachel's final day at dance class and the fake psychology study that lured her to Caroline Reed Robertson's flat, to the calculate
The Pyjama Girl Mystery | The Linda Agostini Story
In September 1934, a farmer walking near Albury made a discovery that would become one of Australia's most enduring unsolved mysteries.Hidden inside a roadside culvert was the burned body of a young woman wearing distinctive yellow silk pyjamas decorated with a Chinese dragon. With no identification and few forensic tools available, police launched an investigation that captivated the nation.
Australia's Backpacker Killer Story - Part 2 | The Investigation That Caught Him
For years, Ivan Milat was just another man living an ordinary life in suburban Sydney.A neighbour.A husband.A father.A man who went to work, came home, and blended into the community around him.But in 1992, seven young travellers disappeared — and the discovery of their bodies in Belanglo State Forest would expose one of the darkest chapters in Australian criminal history.In Part Two of Ivan Milat
The Forest That Changed Everything Part 1 | The Ivan Milat Story | Australia's Backpacker Killer
In 1992, a discovery inside Belanglo State Forest changed Australia forever.What began as a search for missing travellers became one of the largest homicide investigations in Australian history.Seven young backpackers had disappeared.Their families had spent years searching for answers.And hidden among the trees was the evidence that would reveal one of Australia’s most notorious criminal cases.In
The Man Who Vanished From Four Winds | The Bob Chappell Story
Bob Chappell stepped onto his yacht on the River Derwent… and was never seen again.No confirmed witness. No body. No clear explanation of what happened that night.What followed was one of Australia’s most debated missing person investigations — a case built on circumstance, interpretation, and contested evidence.In this episode, we break down the disappearance of Bob Chappell, the investigation in
The Mutilator - The William MacDonald Story
In November 1962, a foul smell drifting through a quiet Sydney street led police to a discovery that would quietly conceal one of Australia’s most disturbing serial killers.What they found beneath the floorboards of a small delicatessen seemed straightforward at first. A dead man. A closed case. A name on the paperwork: Alan Brennan.But there was one problem.Alan Brennan didn’t exist.He was an ali
THE WOMAN WHO NEVER CAME HOME | The Lynette Dawson Story
In January 1982, Lynette Dawson vanished from Sydney's Northern Beaches.There was no violent crime scene. No body. No confession. Just a husband who claimed she had walked away and a family who never believed she would abandon her children.For decades, Lynette's disappearance remained one of Australia's most infamous unsolved mysteries. Behind the image of the perfect suburban family w
The Suitcase Beside The Highway - The Karlie Pearce-Stevenson Story | Australian True Crime
In 2015, a suitcase discovered beside a remote South Australian highway revealed one of Australia’s most haunting unsolved mysteries.Inside were the remains of a small child.Years earlier, unidentified remains had already been found deep inside Belanglo State Forest in New South Wales. Investigators would eventually discover the two victims were connected — mother and daughter Karlie Pearce-Steven
The Jaidyn Leskie Case - The Case That Never Closed
In 1997, 14-month-old Jaidyn Leskie vanished from a home in regional Victoria while in the care of his mother’s boyfriend, Greg Domaszewicz.What followed was one of Australia’s most disturbing and divisive investigations — a vandalised house, conflicting timelines, a body discovered months later in Blue Rock Dam, and a murder trial that ended in acquittal.But the case didn’t end there.Years later,
The Midnight Massacre - The Lin Family Story
On a quiet winter morning in Epping, five members of the same family were found murdered inside their home.The Lin family murders shocked Australia — not just for the brutality of the crime, but for how long the truth stayed hidden inside one family.In this episode, we unpack what happened inside the house that night, the timeline investigators pieced together, and how suspicion turned toward one
What Really Happened in Porepunkah - The Dezi Freeman Case
What started as a routine warrant in a quiet alpine town turned into one of the most shocking police shootings in Victoria’s recent history.In August 2025, officers arrived at a property in Porepunkah expecting compliance. Instead, they walked into a situation that would escalate fast—and turn deadly.This episode breaks down the full timeline, from the initial police approach to the moment everyth
The Night That Never Ended - The Kim Meredith Story
Some nights don’t end when the sun comes up. In Albury, March 1996, nineteen-year-old Kim Meredith finished work like any other night—clocking out, meeting friends, and walking through familiar streets she had walked a hundred times before.She never made it to the next stop.This episode reconstructs the final hours of her life, the movements through the Commercial Hotel and the Terminus Hotel, and
The Mother They Called a Monster - The Kathleen Folbigg Case
For years, Kathleen Folbigg was known as one of Australia’s worst child killers—a mother accused of murdering her four children.There were no witnesses. No clear cause. No confession.What prosecutors had instead was something far more dangerous: pattern, assumption… and a set of personal diaries that would be interpreted as guilt.In this episode, we unravel how grief was reframed as suspicion, how
The Disappearance of Vicky Barton | Lawson 1969 True Crime
In January 1969, 8-year-old Victoria Barton vanished without a trace in the quiet town of Lawson, nestled in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales.One moment, she was standing near a roadside… the next, she was gone.What followed was a desperate search, a nationwide alert, and thousands of calls from people claiming to have seen her.But nothing led to answers.Years later, a chilling confession wou
Silence in Greenough | An Australian True Crime Case
There are places where silence feels different.In this episode of Coffee and Crime AU, we explore the Greenough Family Massacre — a case that remains one of the most confronting in Australian criminal history.Set in rural Western Australia, this episode takes a slow, detailed look at the timeline of events, from the early hours of the crime to the discovery, investigation, and court proceedings th
The Babysitter Killings - Helen Patricia Moore
In the late 1970s, in Sydney’s south-west, a series of child deaths left families devastated and searching for answers.At first, they were called tragedies. Cot deaths. Unexplained.But there was a pattern no one saw.Each child had been left in the care of a teenage babysitter.Helen Patricia MooreWhat followed would become one of Australia’s most confronting child murder cases—revealing a pattern o
The Final Hours of Lilie James
On October 25, 2023, 21-year-old Lilie James was killed inside St Andrew’s Cathedral School in Sydney.The man responsible was Paul Thijssen — someone she had briefly dated.Hours later he would die after going over the cliffs at Diamond Bay Reserve.A coronial inquest would later reveal stalking, manipulation and warning signs in the days leading up to the murder.This episode examines the timeline,
The Murder of Anita Cobby
On February 2, 1986, 26-year-old nurse Anita Cobby finished work in Sydney and caught the train home to Blacktown.When she arrived at the station that night, the phone she normally used to call her father for a lift was out of order. With no taxis available, Anita began the short walk home.She was abducted from Newton Road by five men driving a stolen car.Two days later, her body was discovered in
Mr Cruel: Melbourne’s Unseen Predator
Melbourne in the late 1980s and early 1990s was rocked by a series of abductions that would terrify entire suburbs. Known only as Mr. Cruel, this predator was meticulous, intelligent, and terrifyingly patient. He struck while families slept, restraining parents, and abducted children—sometimes releasing them, sometimes escalating to murder.Join us as we uncover the chilling story of a predator who
Darcey Iris Freeman - A Child Who Should Have Been Safe
On a January afternoon in 2009, four-year-old Darcey Iris Freeman was killed by her father on Melbourne’s West Gate Bridge.The act shocked the nation — not only because of its brutality, but because it unfolded in public, in full view of passing traffic, and in front of Darcey’s siblings.In this episode of Coffee And Crime AU, we tell Darcey’s story with care and restraint, keeping the focus where
Hannah Clarke - The Morning She Tried to Save Her Children
On the morning of 19 February 2020, Hannah Clarke was leaving home to take her three children to school.She never made it.In this episode of Coffee And Crime AU, we carefully trace what happened that morning — from the moment Hannah was forced into driving, to her attempt to get help, the actions of bystanders who ran toward danger, and what the coronial inquest later revealed about warning signs,
The Snowtown Murders - When Vulnerability Became a Weapon
A confronting, non-graphic examination of the Snowtown murders, focusing on coercive control, psychological manipulation, and the exploitation of vulnerable people.This episode centres the victims — twelve lives taken quietly over years — and the failures that allowed it to happen.Listener discretion strongly advised.
A Marriage, A Lie, A Murder
On April 19th, 2012, Allison Baden-Clay, a 43-year-old mother of three, was reported missing from her suburban home in Brisbane.What began as a search filled with hope quickly unravelled into one of Australia’s most confronting domestic homicide cases.In this episode of Coffee And Crime AU, we slow the story down — focusing not just on the investigation and trial, but on Allison as a person. We ex
Samantha Knight — The Disappearance That Shook Queensland
In October 1986, 9-year-old Samantha Knight disappeared in Bondi, New South Wales.Years later, new evidence led to the arrest and conviction of her murderer.This podcast explores the investigation, trial, and legacy of Samantha Knight, highlighting child safety and the importance of persistence in solving cold cases.💬 Share your thoughts respectfully in the comments.🔔 Subscribe for more Australian
The Murder of Jill Meagher | Australian True Crime
On September 22, 2012, Jill Meagher disappeared while walking home in Melbourne.Her killer, Adrian Bayley, was later arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.This podcast explores the investigation, trial, and legacy of Jill Meagher’s tragic case.💬 Share your thoughts respectfully in the comments.🔔 Subscribe for more Australian true crime stories told carefully and factually.
What REALLY Happened to William Tyrell?
In September 2014, three-year-old William Tyrrell disappeared from a quiet street in Kendall, New South Wales.He was wearing his Spider-Man costume.He was playing outside.And within minutes — he was gone.No witnesses.No clear evidence.No confirmed suspect.This video carefully examines the timeline, investigation, and theories surrounding one of Australia’s most haunting unsolved cases.This channel
Daniel Morcombe - The Heartbreaking Story of a Missing Boy
On December 7, 2003, 11-year-old Daniel Morcombe disappeared on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.Brett Peter Cowan was later convicted of his murder.This video explores the investigation, trial, and the legacy of Daniel Morcombe, including the Daniel Morcombe Foundation.💬 Share your thoughts respectfully in the comments.🔔 Subscribe for more Australian true crime stories told with care.GtWDcsGxaRKvnG
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