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The Missing Australia

The Missing Australia

True Crime Australia

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Someone, somewhere, knows something. Almost 38,000 missing people are reported to police every year in Australia; that’s one every 14 minutes. Some do not return home. For their families, it’s a never-ending nightmare. For police, the search for answers can sometimes last for decades.

The Missing Australia exists to change this. Presented by former police officer Meni Caroutas, it aims to break new ground on these cold cases – because there’s always someone out there who knows what happened to a missing person.

The challenge is to find them.

For more on the cases we cover:

themissingaustralia.com.au

To contact the team, email us on:

themissing@news.com.au

The Missing Australia is made possible by subscribers to Crime X+

Subscribers get the episodes two weeks early and ad-free, as well as bonus content.

Theme song:

Vicky Vox - I will be gone

40 - INTRODUCING: Cocaine Inc.

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40 - INTRODUCING: Cocaine Inc.
Listen to episode 1 of our new series inside the global cocaine industry - where profits are counted up in millions and losses measured out in murders.
This worldwide investigation from The Times, Sunday Times and NewsCorp Australia, reveals how the drug business works like any multi-billion dollar corporation.
Cocaine Inc. is hosted by Fiona Hamilton, chief reporter at The Times, David Collins, northern editor at The Sunday Times, and Stephen Drill, national correspondent at News Corp Australia.
Follow so you never miss an episode.

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Wed, 26 Jun 2024
39 - Bonus episode: Q&A with Meni Caroutas
Meni answers your questions and tells the behind-the-scenes stories from the last season of The Missing Australia

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Thu, 18 Apr 2024
38 - Snatched at the footy | 6
Confronting claims are made about the abduction of two children, Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Gordon
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For more on these cases go to themissingaustralia.com.au
Click hereto read Kirstie Gordon's parents first in-depth interview since the alleged abduction.

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Thu, 11 Apr 2024
37 - Vanishing shadows | 5
A detective wishes things could have been different in the case of 12-year-old Rhianna Barreau
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For more on these cases go to themissingaustralia.com.au
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Thu, 04 Apr 2024
36 - The Pakenham man | 4
An unidentified man last seen catching a train in suburban Melbourne has left unanswered questions
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For more on these cases go to themissingaustralia.com.au
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Thu, 28 Mar 2024
35 - Without a trace | 3
Joining the search for Warren Meyer, who disappeared while hiking in the Victorian High Country
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For more on these cases go to themissingaustralia.com.au
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Thu, 21 Mar 2024
34 - The missing mum | 2
Mother-of-five Lorrin Whitehead was last seen at a shopping centre in Geelong and her children do not believe she ran away
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For more on these cases go to themissingaustralia.com.au
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Thu, 14 Mar 2024
33 - Echoes of an abduction | 1
New witnesses come forward with new evidence about the disappearance of 16-year-old Gordana Kotevski
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For more on these cases go to themissingaustralia.com.au
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Thu, 07 Mar 2024
32 - Introducing The Missing Australia - Season 3
Season 3 of The Missing Australia launches on the 25 February for subscribers to Crime X+. Series host Meni Caroutas has news of breakthroughs in cases that featured in Season 2.
Subscribe to Crime X+ to get the episodes two weeks early and ad-free.
For more on these cases go to themissingaustralia.com.au

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Thu, 15 Feb 2024
31 - Still missing | 6
In 2012 Paul Stevenson vanished without a trace. One morning he got up to go on a motorcycle ride and he was never seen again. A decade later his family is still searching for answers.
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Wed, 05 Jul 2023
30 - Echo Point man | 5
Science, art and chance combine to identify an unnamed man’s body found at the bottom of a cliff in the Blue Mountains.
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Wed, 28 Jun 2023
29 - Who killed Katie? | 4
Mum-of-five Katie O’Shea disappears and her family face a terrible decision over who to suspect.
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Tue, 27 Jun 2023
28 - Two new suspects | 3
A breakthrough on the baby in the post episode. False leads and fresh hope in the case of missing teenager Gordana Kotevski.
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Wed, 21 Jun 2023
27 - A baby in the post | 2
A clerk makes a grim discovery in a Darwin post office, uncovering a mystery that spans the continent.
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Wed, 14 Jun 2023
26 - Milat and my daughter | 1
Sixteen–year-old Debbie Ashby goes missing a few footsteps from her home, leaving her family to fear the very worst.
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Wed, 07 Jun 2023
25 - Introducing: The Missing Australia - Season 2
Introducing series two of The Missing Australia. Some things are going to be different - there's a new look and sound, as the series is now a True Crime Australia production - but the most important thing hasn't changed. Meni is still trying to uncover new information about old missing persons cases. Because the truth is someone, somewhere knows something.
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Fri, 26 May 2023
24 - Saving Lives
Two years ago Detective Inspector Glen Brown established the NSW Police Missing Persons Registry, revolutionising the way police investigate missing persons cases. I speak to Glen about the stunning success of the Registry, and how police are now not only finding people who disappear faster, but also saving the lives of people who are vulnerable by using the latest technologies to locate them before it's too late.
Please note: this is an older episode of The Missing from a few years ago. The audio quality is better in series 2 (from June 2023), but the content and story is just as important.
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Sun, 06 Nov 2022
23 - "Don't Forget Us."
National Missing Person's Week.
Sun, 31 Jul 2022
22 - Bodies in the bag.
A man reports to police that his wife has gone missing. 17 days later her crumpled body is discovered inside a bag buried in a popular suburban park. As police follow every lead to catch her killer, they stumble upon a shocking and gruesome find.
Please note: this is an older episode of The Missing from a few years ago. The audio quality is better in series 2 (from June 2023), but the content and story is just as important.
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Sun, 10 Apr 2022
21 - Magic Mushrooms and Witchcraft.
The Disappearance of Bill Roach.
Mon, 06 Dec 2021
20 - The Free Spirit.
Mother of four Joanne Butterfield disappeared from far North Queensland in June, 1998, after visiting a friend. Three days later personal property belonging to Joanne including the dress she was wearing when she was last seen alive, was found near a ra...
Sun, 25 Jul 2021
19 - A Faceless Man. A Missing Tourist.
In Episode 18, “Solved. A Faceless Man. A Missing Tourist”, we crack not one but two long-term missing persons cases. Learn how a call from a listener, helped shed light on the unsolved cases that have baffled police for nearly 20 years.
Thu, 01 Apr 2021
17 - It hurts so much.
We have seen images of missing people on posters and on tv. We feel sad, but we have no idea of the heartbreak and trauma suffered by the families left behind. In this episode Meni explores this unresolved grief, through the eyes of the family of murde...
Sun, 31 Jan 2021
16 - The Nice Guy
Steven Goldsmith appeared to have the perfect life. A close loving family, a fantastic circle of friends and a great job, but one night he went missing after withdrawing money from an ATM. The disappearance of the 28 year old left his family and friend...
Sun, 17 Jan 2021
15 - Kind and caring Christine.
Christine Redford was a friend to everyone, who devoted her life to helping others. A grief counsellor and Salvation army volunteer, Christine was dearly loved by her family and friends. One day she walked out of her flat and vanished forever. Her disa...
Tue, 08 Dec 2020
14 - They Must Be Found
Detective Inspector Glen Brown heads the NSW Police Missing Person's Registry, which has revolutionised the way police investigate missing persons cases. Since it's inception the registry has solved 30 long term missing persons cases. I talk ...
Sun, 15 Nov 2020
13 - Niamh Maye. Our Daughter
'Niamh' Neeve Maye took a gap year before University to go fruit picking in the NSW Riverina area, and then suddenly disappeared. What happened to 18 year old Niamh? Her parents make a heartfelt plea for answers.,
Tue, 13 Oct 2020
12 - The Missing Frenchie Part 2
French tourist Antoine Herran faked his death 22 years ago, to start a new life in Australia. In Part 2 of this fascinating mystery, I speak to his sister Sophie from France about the devastating impact his decision had on their family. Despite the pai...
Wed, 09 Sep 2020
11 - The Missing Frenchie
A triple 0 call from a notorious suicide spot, sparks a nationwide search for a missing French tourist. Did Antoine Herran leap to his death, or did he fake his death in an elaborate hoax to begin a new life
Sun, 19 Jul 2020
10 - My Missing Half. Part 2
In Part 2 of the Lynette Melbin disappearance, a dogged ex Detective excavates a Sydney Park searching for the missing 15 year old girls remains. After 48 years of searching, and not knowing what happened to Lynette, will her family finally get closure.
Fri, 22 May 2020
9 - My Missing Half - Part 1
15 year old Lynette Melbin vanished in 1972. Now 48 years later her families unrelenting search for answers and the dogged determination of an ex cop may finally solve her disappearance
Wed, 29 Apr 2020
8 - Before it's too late
Not every case we cover has to end in despair or an ongoing sense of confusion - loved ones never having the answers they crave. An elderly man in Sydney, who suffered from a chronic heart condition had a race against time, and remarkably he survived. ...
Thu, 12 Dec 2019
7 - Loss of Innocence
One night in July 1979 two teenagers in the Illawarra told their families they were going out to the movies. They never came home. Four decades later, ex-classmates at Lake Illawarra high school caught up for a sobering 40-year reunion. Meni attended t...
Tue, 12 Nov 2019
6 - What's buried beneath
Someone, somewhere, knows something. There simply must be an answer out there for desperate families, and parents. It’s particularly hard for them when young people in their lives vanish. In South Australia, a German-born girl goes missing in suspiciou...
Wed, 16 Oct 2019
5 - Lost and Alone
The elderly are among the most vulnerable in our community, and when they go missing, it becomes a race against time to bring them home. They can be frail, and dementia can take a toll. On New South Wales’ South Coast, a much-loved veteran, father and ...
Wed, 02 Oct 2019
4 - The Runaways
Of all types of people to go missing, teenagers - and particularly girls - are the most vulnerable, in danger of exploitation by predators. This episode tells the baffling stories of two teenage girls who went missing from the ACT and Northern Territor...
Wed, 18 Sep 2019
3 - Where's Nicola?
When someone goes missing, the first 24 hours are crucial in bringing that person home. In Tasmania, a desperate family are continuing their search for elderly man Nicola Sallese after his baffling disappearance. This episode tracks their progress, fir...
Wed, 04 Sep 2019
2 - A boy called Daniel
Missing can affect anyone, regardless of race, gender, social status or age. The reality of that fact hit Australia hard when Queensland boy Daniel Morcombe vanished from a bus stop in 2003. This episode revisits the infamous case, detailing the harrow...
Wed, 21 Aug 2019

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