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A five-part investigation into the untold true stories of Adelaide's gay-hate murders, told by award-winning Australian journalist, Mark Whittaker. The stories are adapted from Mark's true crime long-read which will be published online at the end of the series. Listed as iTunes Best Podcasts of 2015, SBS True Stories returns with Season Three as part of Deep Water. Commissioned and produced by Australia’s multicultural broadcaster SBS. Available online: sbs.com.au/truestories and on SoundClo ...
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S3 Ep5 How to get away with murder
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There is a way you can take a gay murder and make it not a gay murder. You get a good lawyer. This is what happened in 2011 to the brutal killing of Andrew Negre - a case that continues to bounce around the legal system.Listed as iTunes Best Podcasts of 2015, True Stories returns with Season Three: a special five-part investigation into the untold …
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David “John” Saint was an ordinary guy. He worked, bought three houses, did them up and sold them. On April 16, 1991, he was found covered in blood on a main street in Adelaide by a passer-by. He died soon after. From day one, police said publicly that robbery was the motive for his murder, but this didn’t sit well with the gay community. Listed as…
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Beats are secretive places – they provide anonymity for men seeking sex, but this secrecy also provides a cover and protection for their attackers. “Todd” ran away at 16 and lived on the streets of Adelaide. The street kids he hung out with used to head to beats and used Todd as bait to lure men into the bushes. This wasn’t the only group targeting…
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Dr George Duncan’s body was pulled from the River Torrens in 1972. At the time, homosexuality was illegal. Police were the suspects in the murder. It’s a case that’s gone on to become one of South Australia’s most notorious unsolved murders, altered history for for all gay men in the state.Listed as iTunes Best Podcasts of 2015, True Stories return…
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S3 Ep1 Rex, the beat, and the bashing
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Late one night in 1992, Rex Robinson pulled his car into one of Adelaide’s most notorious beats. High beam on, Rex sees a man lying face down, motionless in the middle of the road. It’s the night that embroiled Rex in a vicious bashing case which made headlines and outraged the gay community, leaving Rex without a job and wishing he’d never gone to…
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True Stories returns with a five-part investigation into the untold stories of Adelaide's gay-hate murders. Each episode explores the intriguing circumstances of an unsolved case, told by award-winning Australian investigative journalist and writer, Mark Whittaker, whose full investigation will published online at the end of the series. True Storie…
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Living in Melbourne and struggling to become a writer, Abigail quits her job, grabs a backpack, and a buys a one-way ticket to Paris. Listed as iTunes Best Podcasts of 2015, True Stories returns with Season Two, ‘Untold Australia’. In Season Two, discover True Stories that reflect the diversity and uniqueness of Australia today, told by Australia’s…
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Osamah is 19, and his main aim during Ashura, a ten-day Islamic ritual, is to score the chat-room nickname of Houda, the girl whose long eyelashes feed his new obsession.Listed as iTunes Best Podcasts of 2015, True Stories returns with Season Two, ‘Untold Australia’. In Season Two, discover True Stories that reflect the diversity and uniqueness of …
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Born in a country that no longer exists, Sofija arrives in Australia as a child who has escaped a civil-war. Her home country Yugoslavia is divided, but as she discovers late one night on a Melbourne tram, ex-Yugos are still united in many other ways.Listed as iTunes Best Podcasts of 2015, True Stories returns with Season Two, ‘Untold Australia’. I…
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In the hope of settling himself, Andre leaves the city behind and journeys to what he thinks is the empty heart of Australia. Except, as he discovers, it isn’t empty at all.Listed as iTunes Best Podcasts of 2015, True Stories returns with Season Two, ‘Untold Australia’. In Season Two, discover True Stories that reflect the diversity and uniqueness …
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Nakkaih Lui has just started to question if she was raped... late one night in a car park. But facing the question is harder than the answer itself. Listed as iTunes Best Podcasts of 2015, True Stories returns with Season Two, ‘Untold Australia’. In Season Two, discover True Stories that reflect the diversity and uniqueness of Australia today, told…
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What’s really in a name? And what happens when you change your name? Hear writer and comedian Cyrus Bezyan grapple with just that question in his signature laconic style. iTunes Best Podcasts of 2015 Season One, 'High School' celebrates the good, the bad and the ugly of those complicated years, told by Australia’s best emerging and early-career wri…
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Bullying and humiliation are a dark part of emerging writer and novelist Tamar Chnorhokian’s high school life. But a special friendship sees her though the toughest moments. As a courtesy to those portrayed in this story, all names have been changed.iTunes Best Podcasts of 2015 Season One, 'High School' celebrates the good, the bad and the ugly of …
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This is the late 80s in regional NSW. The time of revolutionary politics and revolutionary artists. A time that made its mark on award winning author, poet and rapper, Omar Musa.iTunes Best Podcasts of 2015 Season One, 'High School' celebrates the good, the bad and the ugly of those complicated years, told by Australia’s best emerging and early-car…
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How to escape high school? It’s all Ellen wants to do. And she’s found a way. She can escape the school yard, the classroom, the daily teases and taunts. She’s found a place where she can be herself.iTunes Best Podcasts of 2015 Season One, 'High School' celebrates the good, the bad and the ugly of those complicated years, told by Australia’s best e…
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