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True Crime Conversations

True Crime Conversations

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True Crime Conversations explores the stories and the people behind some of the world’s most notorious crimes. 

295 - Will The Menendez Brothers Be Released From Prison?
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  • 295 - Will The Menendez Brothers Be Released From Prison?

    It’s August 1989, and a 911 call comes through from a Beverly Hills mansion on Elm Drive just before midnight. The call is from a hysterical Lyle Menendez, and you can hear his brother Erik crying in the background. The brother's parents, Jose and Kitty, are dead, shot a combined 16 times at close range while in their TV room. The crime scene is horrific.

    At first, police suspect a Mafia or mob hit. But seven months later, it’s the brothers who are arrested for murder in a case that catapults them into worldwide infamy. Even 35 years later, we’re still discussing the Menendez brothers, asking why they killed their parents.

    Robert Rand is an award-winning journalist who has been covering the Menendez brother's case since the day after the murders on August 21, 1989. He has a personal relationship with the brothers, speaking with them regularly. He helps us tell this story.

    You can read his book The Menendez Murders here. You can watch The Menendez Brothers documentary on Netflix here.

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    CREDITS

    Guest:Robert Rand

    Host: Gemma Bath

    Producer: Tahli Blackman

    Audio Producer:Thom Lion

    GET IN TOUCH:

    Feedback? We’re listening! Email us at truecrime@mamamia.com.au or send us a voice note, and one of our Podcast Producers will come back to you ASAP.

    If any of the contents in this episode have caused distress, know that there is help available via Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636.

    Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

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    Wed, 30 Oct 2024
  • 294 - Bonus: The Spill: The Best True Crime Documentaries Of All Time

    True crime documentaries have always been a cornerstone of the pop culture world and with recent releases such as The Menendez Brothers documentary dropping on Netflix our appetite for these stories is at an all-time high.

    So, we’ve brought in an expert whose job is hooked on watching every true crime documentary ever released and we’ve rounded up the best offerings out there, with true stories that will literally make your jaw drop.

    And we haven’t forgotten about Weekend Watch! Today we have a new blockbuster with a sexy leading man to recommend to you, along with a new thriller you’ll want to binge this weekend.

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    Find The Spill podcast on Instagram here.  

    Listen to more episodes of The Spill here

    Listen to The Spill episode: Liam Payne’s Life, Death And Complicated Legacy, here.

    The Spill episode: The Comfort TV Shows You Need To Watch Immediately, listen here.

    The Spill episode: A Brutally Honest Review of Nobody Wants This, listen here.

    The Spill episode: A Brutally Honest Review of The Perfect Couple., listen here. 

    Listen to The Spill episode: A Brutally Honest Review Of Emily In Paris Season Four, here.

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    Do you have feedback or a topic you want us to discuss on The Spill? Send us a voice message, or send us an email thespill@mamamia.com.au and we'll come back to you ASAP!

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    CREDITS

    Hosts: Laura Brodnik & Em Vernem

    Executive Producer: Kimberley Braddish 

    Audio Producer: Scott Stronach

    Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. 

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    Fri, 25 Oct 2024
  • 293 - The Many Faces of Samantha Azzopardi: The Con Artist Who Just Won't Stop

    It's October 2013, and two police officers in Dublin spot a distressed young girl outside the General Post Office. She’s crying and unable to speak, using her fingers to show she’s 14 years old. They take her to a nearby children’s hospital while trying to figure out who she is. Local media starts speculating about possible sex trafficking as interest in her case grows.

    As a month goes by, police decide to release her photo to the public and are quickly flooded with calls from Australia. It turns out this isn’t a vulnerable 14-year-old girl in distress; the woman in the Dublin hospital bed is actually 25-year-old Samantha Azzopardi, a serial con artist. And as the years go by, this wouldn’t be the first alias she’s used to trick her victims.

    Paula Bycroft from CJZ Productions is the Executive Producer of the Australian documentary series Con Girl, which details the life and crimes of Samantha Azzopardi. She helps us to tell this story.

    You can watch Con Girl here. There’s also a Con Girl podcast series you can listen to here.

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    Listen to the episode of No Filter about Samantha Azzopardi here

    Find out more about Mamamia's charity partner RizeUp Australia here.

    CREDITS

    Guest:Paula Bycroft

    Host: Gemma Bath

    Producer: Tahli Blackman

    Audio Producer:Thom Lion

    GET IN TOUCH:

    Feedback? We’re listening! Email us at truecrime@mamamia.com.au or send us a voice note, and one of our Podcast Producers will come back to you ASAP.

    If any of the contents in this episode have caused distress, know that there is help available via Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636.

    Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

    Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Wed, 23 Oct 2024
  • 292 - Judy Malinowski Testified At Her Own Murder Trial

    At around 5pm on a hot August afternoon in 2015, a 911 call comes in about a fire at a service station in Columbus, Ohio. A man has poured two jerry cans of fuel over his partner, 31-year-old Judy Malinowski, and is watching as flames engulf her.

    Judy is rushed to the hospital with 90 per cent of her body burned. Doctors warn her family that her chances of survival are slim, but against all odds, Judy survives. She endures severe ongoing pain and dozens of surgeries in the years that follow, dying two years after being set on fire. After she dies, she becomes the first person in history to testify at her own murder trial.

    Director Patricia Gillespie seeks to honour Judy’s remarkable strength and raise awareness about domestic violence in her documentary, The Fire That Took Her. You can watch it here.

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    And if this episode has brought up anything for you or if you just feel like you need to speak to someone, call 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732).

    CREDITS

    Guest:Patricia Gillespie

    Host: Gemma Bath

    Producer: Tahli Blackman

    Audio Producer: Scott Stronach

    GET IN TOUCH:

    Feedback? We’re listening! Email us at truecrime@mamamia.com.au or send us a voice note, and one of our Podcast Producers will come back to you ASAP.

    If any of the contents in this episode have caused distress, know that there is help available via Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636.

    Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

    Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Wed, 16 Oct 2024
  • 291 - Has The Long Island Serial Killer Finally Been Caught?

    In the early hours of May 1, 2010, Shannan Gilbert called 911 from a Long Island house after working as an escort with a client she met on Craigslist. After seeking help from neighbours, she disappeared from the street before the police arrived.

    Months later, extensive searches turned up no trace of the 23-year-old, but authorities discovered the bodies of four other young women, later known as “The Gilgo Four,” all escorts who found clients online.

    Rex Heurmann has been charged with their murders, along with two others.

    There are four more bodies found nearby, that detectives are still investigating. Shannan was also eventually found, but is her death linked?

    True crime producer and investigative journalist Alexis Linkletter has extensively covered the case. You can listen to her podcast, Unravelled, here.

    THE END BITS

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    Find out more about Mamamia's charity partner RizeUp Australia here.

    CREDITS

    Guest: Alexis Linkletter

    Host: Gemma Bath

    Producer: Tahli Blackman

    Audio Producer: Scott Stronach

    GET IN TOUCH:

    Feedback? We’re listening! Email us at truecrime@mamamia.com.au or send us a voice note, and one of our Podcast Producers will come back to you ASAP.

    If any of the contents in this episode have caused distress, know that there is help available via Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636.

    Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

    Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Wed, 09 Oct 2024
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