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The Society Murders

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Matthew Wales enjoyed a life of privilege. Thanks to his mother's inherited wealth he enjoyed private schooling, nice homes, fancy cars and family holidays. He and his four siblings wanted for nothing and as they grew, they enjoyed their own successes and independence - all except Matthew. He struggled to make it on his own and relied on his mother to bail him out when he got into financial trouble, and despite his mother's willingness to help him, he harboured a deep resentment towards her and her new husband, Paul, a man who married Margaret after the breakdown of her marriage to her children's father. After Margaret insisted on the sale of a property that had been left to the children by their wealthy grandfather, Matthew's long harboured resentment boiled over into a red hot rage - and one he acted on after inviting Margaret and Paul over for dinner one night in April 2002. Join Belinda over a cuppa or two as she discusses the high society murders that gripped Australia and left a family asking why? 🛒 Strong Coffee Company - Protein Coffee 💰 Get 20% OFF | Promo Code: BELBEANS https://promocode.to/strong-coffee-company/belbeans-kpk

Date From Hell - The Death of Warienna Wright

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! New Zealander Warienna Wright was a beautiful, kind and caring young woman, who like many young people her age, was trying her luck with dating on the Tinder app. There, she started chatting with Gable Tostee, a young man who she would later tell friends was the Australian version of the TV show Supernatural's Sam Winchester. As fate would have it, Warienna was due to go to a friend's wedding on the Gold Coast, Australia - which is where Gable lived - and the two made plans to meet up. Warienna would not make it out of that date alive. What happened on that August 2014 night in a Gold Coast apartment left a young woman dead, a family in mourning, shed a harsh light on the seedier side of dating and left a country divided on what really happened. Join Belinda over a cuppa or two as she dives into the tragic tale of Warienna Wright and the date that cost her her life. 🛒 Strong Coffee Company - Protein Coffee 💰 Get 20% OFF | Promo Code: BELBEANS https://promocode.to/strong-coffee-company/belbeans-kpk

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Tea and Thallium - The Story of Caroline Grills

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Caroline Grills was the kind of woman who looked like she'd give you a big hug and wipe away your tears. With her warm smile, dumpy frame and thick black rimmed glasses she was the textbook definition of a caring mother, grandmother and in law. But she wasn't. Behind that deceiving exterior, Caroline was hiding a secret, one that she was hoping would wipe out her in laws....one cup of tea at a time. Join Belinda over a cuppa or two as she goes back to Sydney, Australia, and to the late 1940's/early 1950's, where, thanks to an almost undetectable poison being readily available, one woman was comforting her ailing relatives..... as she was slowly killing them. Like what you hear? Have a crime you'd like covered in this podcast? Send me a text! I'd love to hear from you! Support the show Follow me on #tiktok, buy me a coffee or subscribe!

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The Disappearance of the Beaumont Children

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! It's the 26th January, 1966, and it's a stinking hot summer's day in Somerton Park, South Australia, and hundreds of beach goers are cooling off at popular Glenelg Beach. The Beaumont Children, Jane aged 9, Arnna aged 7, and Grant aged 4, were amongst them, enjoying a swim and a play before catching the 12:00 o'clock bus back home, their mother Nancy waiting for them.... Only they didn't get off the 12:00 o'clock bus, nor did they get off the next one at 2:00 o'clock, and soon Nancy and the children's father Jim, were living every parents worst nightmare and reporting their three precious children missing. Soon enough the whole of Australia knew about these missing children and then the world, and despite all the attention their disappearance garnered and eye witnesses who saw the children at the beach that day, it appeared they simply vanished without a trace. Join Belinda over a coffee or two as she takes a deep dive into Australia's longest running missing person's case - The Beaumont Children. Like what you hear? Have a crime you'd like covered in this podcast? Send me a text! I'd love to hear from you! Support the show Follow me on #tiktok, buy me a coffee or subscribe!

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The Murder of Darcey Freeman

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! It's the 29th January, 2009, and four year old Darcey Freeman is on the way to start her first day of kindergarten. Her dad, Arthur Freeman, is driving her, along with her brothers six year old Ben and two year old Jack, to meet her mum, Peta, at the school and they can all be there for Darcey's big day. But when Arthur Freeman crosses Melbourne, VIC's West Gate Bridge on the way to the meet up he stops his car in the busy five lane roadway and gets out. What happens next will leave onlookers and a country in complete and utter shock. Join Belinda over a coffee or three as she dives into to devastating murder of Darcey Freeman. TW - This episode discusses the murder of a young girl. Listener discretion is advised. Like what you hear? Have a crime you'd like covered in this podcast? Send me a text! I'd love to hear from you! Support the show Follow me on #tiktok, buy me a coffee or subscribe!

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'They can't go back' - The Bega Schoolgirl Murders

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! It's October 1997, and it's the Labor Day three day weekend in Bega, NSW, Australia a picturesque country town neat the NSW/VIC border. Best friends Lauren Barry, 14, and Nicole Collins, 16, were keen to celebrate their upcoming birthdays and the long weekend with a campout with some friends. All was going well until the girls decided they wanted to go to a party in a nearby town saying they were going to walk there. They bid their friends goodbye and were never seen alive again. A few weeks later, career criminals Leslie Camilleri and Lindsay are arrested and charged with the girls' murders, but the true horrors of what those girls were put through was far worse than anyone had feared. Join Belinda over a coffee - a strong coffee - or two as she discusses the brutal murders of two best friends who were only trying to get to a party and crossed paths with pure evil. TW - This episode discusses sexual assault and murder of two young girls so listener discretion is advised. Like what you hear? Have a crime you'd like covered in this podcast? Send me a text! I'd love to hear from you! Support the show Follow me on #tiktok, buy me a coffee or subscribe!

'HE WIPED OUT A QUARTER OF MY FAMILY’ – THE GREENOUGH MURDERS

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Karen MacKenzie was a 31 year old single mother making a good life for herself, her 16 year old son Daniel and her daughters Amara, 7 and Katrina 5, on their rural farm in Western Australia's Greenough,. The family loved their farm life and the small farming community loved them. All that changed when one night, in the early hours of February 22, 1993, Karen, Amara and Katrina were brutally hacked to death as they slept, Daniel meeting the same fate when he went to see who was paying the family a visit. The scene was so horrific, so horrible, seasoned police threw up when they were greeted with it and many stopped working homicide cases not long after. Who would want to butcher this young family and why? Join Belinda over a cuppa or two as she looks into the murders of a much loved family and one of Australia's most disturbing murder cases. TW - This case discusses sexual assault of a corpse and a young child. Listener discretion is advised. Like what you hear? Have a crime you'd like covered in this podcast? Send me a text! I'd love to hear from you! Support the show Follow me on #tiktok, buy me a coffee or subscribe!

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One Last Ride - The Ghost Train Fire

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! It's a cold winter's night in 1979 when John Godson and his two young sons, Damien and Craig, decide to take one last ride on Sydney's Luna Park's famous Ghost Train before heading home. Nearby, friends Richard, Michael, Jonathan, Seamus, all 13 years old, and 12 year old Jason make the same decision. Only one of them would make it out alive. What happened on that June night not only killed seven people, and in one case, wiped out a woman's entire family, it exposed a seedy underbelly of corruption and crime and left a mourning country demanding answers....ones we are still waiting for today. A truly infuriating and heartbreaking case. Join Belinda over a coffee or two as she dives into the Ghost Train Fire and explores why many of us don't think it was a simple accident. Like what you hear? Have a crime you'd like covered in this podcast? Send me a text! I'd love to hear from you! Support the show Follow me on #tiktok, buy me a coffee or subscribe!

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The Bodies in the Barrels - The Snowtown Murders

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! It's May 1999, and acting on a tip off, police enter a vacant bank in the sleepy town of Snowtown, South Australia, and what they found would shock even the most seasoned detectives and the world. There, in six sealed barrels filled with acid, were the bodies of eight people. Some were dismembered, some crammed in with another victim, all having suffered a horrific end....but this was only the beginning as more bodies were discovered and police soon realised they had not only one, but several, serial killers on their hands and they were working together. Join Belinda over a strong cuppa as she dives into the grisly Snowtown murders and discovers who the victims in the barrels and shallow graves were, and who had put them there. Like what you hear? Have a crime you'd like covered in this podcast? Send me a text! I'd love to hear from you! Support the show Follow me on #tiktok, buy me a coffee or subscribe!

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In Plain Sight - The Murders of Jack and Jennifer Edwards

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! John Edwards was a man with a past. A past filled with domestic violence and ex partners and children who were terrified of him. When John met and married Olga, a young and beautiful Russian woman, the abuse continued and when she gave birth to their two children Jack and Jennifer, sure enough the abuse included them as they grew. Eventually Olga grew tired of John's abuse and left with the children, which only further enraged John and on the afternoon of 5th July, 2018, John carried out his form of revenge and shot his two beautiful children to death. Join Belinda over a coffee or three as she takes a dive into the heartbreaking murders of Jack and Jennifer Edwards and the systematic failures that were meant to protect them from their father, but instead gave the man with a violent past a gun permit. TW - This episode discusses the murder of two young teenagers - listener discretion is advised. Like what you hear? Have a crime you'd like covered in this podcast? Send me a text! I'd love to hear from you! Support the show Follow me on #tiktok, buy me a coffee or subscribe!

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'Today is the Day' - The Murder of Sian Kingi

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Sian Kingi was a kind hearted and popular twelve year old girl. She was popular among her friends, caring, loved netball, her parents and animals...and it would be her love for animals that would lead her to fall into the trap of two depraved, sadistic monsters who had decided that that day, November 27, 1987, would be the day they finally acted out their sick fantasies. What happened when Sian crossed paths with Barrie Watts and Valmae Beck would destroy a family and a Queensland community and leave a country vying for blood. Join Belinda over a coffee or two as she takes a dive into the heartbreaking murder of Sian Kingi. TW - This episode discusses the rape and murder of a young girl - listener discretion is advised. Like what you hear? Have a crime you'd like covered in this podcast? Send me a text! I'd love to hear from you! Support the show Follow me on #tiktok, buy me a coffee or subscribe!

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Shot in the Dark - The Murder of John Newman

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! On a cold September evening in 1994, Cabramatta, NSW, local politician John Newman was gunned down in his driveway in front of his terrified fiancee. John, a Cabramatta local since he was a child, was a formidable figure in local and state politics and was very vocal about the rise in drug use and gang related crime the area. And for John, the cause of this problem sat squarely at the feet of Vietnamese migrants who moved to the area and in particular one called Phuong Ngo, a migrant who had migrated to Australia after the Vietnam war and was one of John's biggest political opponents. There was no love lost between the two, and when John was shot dead that September night, Phuong was quickly named as the prime suspect. But it would be many years and many trials before the public got any answers, and even then, many people thought the wrong man ended up being jailed. Join Belinda over a cuppa or two as she discusses Australia's first political assassination. Belinda will also be discussing a fantastic book she had the pleasure of reading - A Marked Man - The Questionable Conviction of Phuong Ngo By Carlotta McIntosh - which offers an intimate insight into the murder, the man accused of doing it and the environment at the time, by a well respected Australian journalist who was in the front row for all of it. Like what you hear? Have a crime you'd like covered in this podcast? Send me a text! I'd love to hear from you! Support the show Follow me on #tiktok, buy me a coffee or subscribe!

'Please, please don't....' - The Murder of Rachel Barber

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Fifteen year old Melbourne teen Rachel Barber was thriving. The bubbly and popular teen with the striking green eyes had a loving and caring family, a boyfriend who adored her and was pouring all her energy into her first true love - dance. What Rachel didn't know was she also had an admirer, Caroline Reed, a family friend, who was bitter and jealous of Rachel's looks and the life she was carving out for herself. So, rather than come up with a plan to thrive like Rachel was, she decided she was going to become Rachel. Join Belinda over a coffee or two as she looks into the disturbing and heartbreaking 1999 murder of Rachel Barber, the stunning dancer and much loved daughter and sister, at the hands of someone who was meant to be a friend. This episode discusses the murder of a young person. Listener discretion is advised. Like what you hear? Have a crime you'd like covered in this podcast? Send me a text! I'd love to hear from you! Support the show Follow me on #tiktok, buy me a coffee or subscribe!

'A dingo's got my baby' - The Death of Azaria Chamberlain

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! It's the night of 17th August, 1980 and Lindy and Michael Chamberlain are camping in one of Australia's most famous landmarks and natural wonders, Ayers Rock, Northern Territory - now known as Uluru - with their three young children. The family are relaxing with other campers and baby Azaria is asleep in the family's tent which is nearby. The chatter is interrupted by a baby's cry followed by the heartbreaking cry from a mother that would soon be heard all around the world - "My god, my god. A dingo's got my baby." What happened after that awful night would divide a country, divide a family and take decades to finally be resolved and would cement one family's tragedy in Australian history. So, settle in and join me over a cuppa as I dive into the tragic death of baby Azaria Chamberlain and the plight of her family to clear their name. Like what you hear? Have a crime you'd like covered in this podcast? Send me a text! I'd love to hear from you! Support the show Follow me on #tiktok, buy me a coffee or subscribe!

The Murder of Peter Falconio

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! It's July 2001 and British couple Peter Falconio and Joanne Lees are making the most of their Australian adventure by hiring a car and taking in the stunning Australian Outback in the Northern Territory.... but, sadly, only one of them would make it out of the state alive. What happened on that awful July night left a young man dead, a young woman traumatised and divided public opinion on what actually happened. It would be years before a suspect was brought before court, and even then, he denied any involvement, let alone the location of Peter's remains. Join Belinda over a coffee or two as she dives into the harrowing case of the Peter Falconio murder. Like what you hear? Have a crime you'd like covered in this podcast? Send me a text! I'd love to hear from you! Support the show Follow me on #tiktok, buy me a coffee or subscribe!

The Easey Street Murders

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! It's January 1977, in Easey Street, Collingwood, and high school friends Susan Bartlett, 27 and Suzanne Armstrong, 28 had bid farewell to Susan's brother after having dinner with him and his girlfriend and were getting ready to settle down for the night. Suzanne's infant son Gregory was already asleep in his cot. The 'two Sue's' as they were known as were never seen alive again and were found savagely murdered in their Easey Street terrace three days later, baby Gregory found unharmed but severely dehydrated and distraught. Police were desperate to catch the girls killer, but as leads went cold years rolled into decades with no suspect in custody, one of Australia's most brutal murders went cold. Until 2024, that is, when a suspect was arrested in Italy thanks to DNA left at the murder scene. Join Belinda over a cuppa or two as she discusses the murder that was once desceibed as 'Victoria's Most Brutal Crime' and how we are now, finally, going to see a suspect take the stand. Like what you hear? Have a crime you'd like covered in this podcast? Send me a text! I'd love to hear from you! Support the show Follow me on #tiktok, buy me a coffee or subscribe!

"The child belongs with the mother...." - The murders of Anna and Gracie Sharp

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Anna Sharp was surprised, but happy about her second pregnancy. Her husband John was not. Their first daughter, Gracie, had been born with a congenital condition and her start to life was rough. The thought of going through this again only added to John's growing misery and resentment towards his wife and a marriage he desperately wanted out of. What he did next was so heinous, so sickening that it destroyed two families and is almost too horrible to be true. But it is. John Belinda over a coffee or two as she takes a deep dive into the disturbing case of the man who wanted out of his marriage so badly, he turned to murder. ***WARNING - This episode discusses the murder of a young child. Listener discretion is advised. Like what you hear? Have a crime you'd like covered in this podcast? Send me a text! I'd love to hear from you! Support the show Follow me on #tiktok, buy me a coffee or subscribe!

Ivan Milat - The Backpacker Murderer

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Travelling is a way of life and a rite of passage for many of us, especially when we are young and carefree, and for most of us, the worst we will experience is running out of money or getting an upset stomach.... but what happens if what you encounter is worse than that? What happens if you what you encounter is pure evil? Sadly for seven backpackers hitchiking around Australia, this worst case scenario came true when they crossed paths with Ivan Milat, the friendly man with the moustache who offered them a ride. What happened to these young travellers shocked not only Australia but the world, and shone a light on one of Australia's worst serial killers. So, grab your drink of choice, get caffeinated and settle in with Belinda as she discusses this true crime story that will leave you shaken. Like what you hear? Have a crime you'd like covered in this podcast? Send me a text! I'd love to hear from you! Support the show Follow me on #tiktok, buy me a coffee or subscribe!

Roger Dean - Killer Nurse

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Nurses are angels in disguise, aren't they? From healing to helping they are there to help us with our healing journeys whatever that may look like...but what happens when one has other intentions. Or an addiction he was willing to kill for to cover up? Registered Nurse Roger Dean was working in Quakers Hill Nursing Home, NSW, and he had a secret. He was stealing painkillers and was about the be found out, so on the 18th November, 2011, knowing he was about to be found out, he did the unthinkable which would lead to the deaths of eleven of the elderly residents he was caring for. Join Belinda over a cuppa or two as she goes into the case of the killer nurse, Roger Dean, and what he did to try and cover his tracks. It's a must listen. https://buymeacoffee.com/crimesceneswcoffeebeans Follow me on #tiktok, buy me a coffee or subscribe!

"He wouldn't hesitate to kill me...." - The Murders of Hannah, Aaliyah, Laianah and Trey Clarke.

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Hannah Clarke wanted nothing more in life than to have a happy, simple life with her three beautiful children and her husband who she loved. What she got was a marriage riddled with abuse and coercive control, all at the hands of the man who claimed to love her, and when she finally left, that is when things turned deadly. Join me over a cuppa - or something stronger in this case - as I discuss the heartbreaking murder of Hannah Clarke and her three children at the hands of her husband and their father, and how hard she tried to prevent the horrible inevitable. TW - This episode talks about the murder of young children - listener discretion is advised. Like what you hear? Have a crime you'd like covered in this podcast? Send me a text! I'd love to hear from you! Support the show Follow me on #tiktok, buy me a coffee or subscribe!