Vanished West

Reba McClane

Vanished West is a true-crime podcast shining a light on Western Australia’s missing. Told with care and respect, each episode explores not only the mystery of disappearance but also the cracks in our systems - from mental health to policing - that allow people to slip away. This is not sensational true crime, but memory, accountability, and the search for answers.

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Wednesday · 40 min
Rigby Fielding: He Said He Was Coming Home
In August 2015, Rigby Fielding spent a Saturday afternoon in East Perth. He called his mother and said he was heading home to Rockingham.He never arrived.Months later, some of Rigby’s belongings were found in bushland south of Perth. Rigby wasn’t with...
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September 16 · 18 min
Kichae Kwon: Beyond Belmont Street
In February 2021, 57-year-old Kichae Kwon left his home in Kenwick for what appeared to be an ordinary walk.Witnesses saw him heading along Kenwick Road before turning into Belmont Street. After that, no verified sighting of him has ever been...
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September 9 · 40 min
Dean Pollard: After 3:15
In May 2010, 41-year-old Dean Pollard disappeared from Perth, Western Australia. More than sixteen years later, he has never been found.His final weeks left behind a complicated trail, but one moment remains remarkably precise: at approximately 3:15...
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September 4 · 15 min
Vanished West Q&A: Cases, Snakes & Rabbit Holes
Something a little different from Vanished West today.I'm stepping away from the usual case format to answer six questions about the podcast, the cases that stay with me, what happens behind the scenes, the strange messages and tips that sometimes...
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September 2 · 24 min
Paul Murphy: The Road to Toolinna
Paul Murphy was 24 years old when he disappeared from Western Australia in 1986. Living in Perth at the time, Paul was quiet and independent, with an interest in prospecting and gold mining. Then contact with his family stopped.For years, very little...
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August 26 · 15 min
Joseph da Silva: Where the City Meets the Sea
Joseph da Silva was 34 years old when he disappeared from Perth in April 2017. In the days before he vanished, he returned several times to City Beach, a place he knew well. When his family realised something was wrong, they found his apartment...
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August 19 · 30 min
Rebecca Anne Delalande: Looking for a Witness
Rebecca Anne Delalande was 23 years old when she disappeared from Perth in November 2001. For more than sixteen years, her family believed she had left Western Australia. Then Cold Case detectives investigating the disappearance of...
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August 12 · 32 min
Alfred Keith Crozier: It's All Sorted
In 2013, Alfred Keith Crozier walked away from his Perth home and was never seen again. More than a decade later, a coronial inquest uncovered the extraordinary events leading up to his disappearance. What really happened during those final...
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August 5 · 19 min
Michael Graham: Walking Very Weak
In January 2013, Michael Keith Graham travelled to Western Australia's remote Goldfields for a prospecting trip. Days later, he vanished. Searchers eventually discovered two handwritten messages in the dirt: "Walking very weak" and "Help". Despite an...
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July 29 · 29 min
Veronica Lockyer: Missing with Adell
A mother and her baby disappeared. Decades later, questions remain.In 1998, Veronica Lockyer and her baby daughter Adell vanished in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.This week on Vanished West, we retrace the known timeline, the investigation that...
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July 22 · 17 min
Lorraine Kessey: Almost Home
On a warm December night in 1977, 21-year-old Lorraine Kessey left friends after a night out in Perth and began the short journey home to Maddington.She never arrived.Nearly five decades later, Lorraine remains one of Western Australia's oldest...
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July 15 · 18 min
John Moran: Looking for Peace
In February 2006 John left Perth and travelled east through regional Western Australia. He spoke with police, called his insurer and stayed in contact with the people who cared about him.Then the calls stopped.John's car was recovered near Menzies,...
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July 8 · 18 min
Josephine Jennings: The Courage to Speak
In April 1997, Josephine Jennings gave evidence against a man she had accused of rape.It was the last confirmed time she was ever seen.In this episode of Vanished West, we explore the life ofthe proud Wangkai and Wongi woman from Western Australia's...
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July 1 · 12 min
Simon Gurrier-Jones: The Road to Cocklebiddy
In June 2003, 25-year-old Simon Gurrier-Jones left Perth alone.By the following morning, he was more than 1,000 kilometres from home, travelling east along the Eyre Highway.What happened on that journey — and what happened after he reached Cocklebiddy...
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June 24 · 17 min
Winifred Peace: Gone to Get Pennies
On 22 October 1959, 31-year-old Winifred Peace disappeared from her home in Bentley, Western Australia.She left behind two young children, an unhappy marriage, mounting financial pressures and a trail of unanswered questions that would persist for...
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June 17 · 47 min
William French: The Last Call from Carnarvon
In December 1997, 24-year-old William Maddison French travelled north through Western Australia hoping for a fresh start.After a final call from Carnarvon, he vanished.What followed would become one of Western Australia's most unusual missing persons...
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June 11 · 36 min
Richard Milgin: They Left Together
In 1994, Richard Milgin and Julie Buck left Looma together, hoping to build a future on their own terms. Months later, Julie's remains were found. Richard was never seen again. For more than three decades, rumours, allegations and unanswered questions...
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June 3 · 20 min
Sally Greenham: The Silence at Bootenal
In August 1987, 28-year-old Sally Greenham failed to arrive at a work meeting in Geraldton, Western Australia.At first, there appeared to be a simple explanation. But as days turned into weeks, and weeks into years, Sally vanished not only from public...
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May 27 · 36 min
Ian Tolli: The Missing Kayaker of Point Peron
On December 15, 2020, Ian Tolli went kayaking off Point Peron in Western Australia.He never returned.His kayak was found drifting offshore. His paddle was recovered the following day. Ian has not been seen since.Follow Vanished West for more stories...
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May 20 · 29 min
Hendrick Oosterbaan: The Two Men in His Head
In January 2017, Hendrick Oosterbaan abandoned a hire car in the remote Western Australian town of Menzies and disappeared into the Goldfields.A respected communications consultant, father and trusted family friend, Hendrick appeared to be living an...
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