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The bathroom, the car and the evidence between them: what later experts said the forensic material could and could not safely prove.

A clear guide to the Leanne Holland case, Graham Stafford’s quashed conviction and the questions that remain unresolved in 2026.

Leanne Holland was 12 when she was killed in 1991. The conviction that followed lasted seventeen years, then it was quashed.

Subscribers can hear the Leanne Holland main episode early, before its public release on 17 October.

A deeper examination of the Beth Barnard case: the Rhyll scene, blood evidence, Cameron house, Land Cruiser, coronial finding, missing-person timeline and the questions the surviving evidence still cannot answer.

Where Is Vivienne?, the Beth Barnard subscriber companion, releases 13 October at 6:30 am. Listen with your Coffee & Crime AU Spotify subscription.

Beth Barnard was killed on Phillip Island in 1986. Vivienne Cameron vanished soon after, leaving behind a case that still raises difficult questions.

The 1986 murder of Beth Barnard on Phillip Island, the disappearance that followed, and the questions that still remain.

Early access to Coffee & Crime AU's Beth Barnard episode, examining the 1986 Phillip Island murder, Vivienne Cameron's disappearance and the evidence that still raises questions.

How investigative tunnel vision shaped the Revelle Balmain case, what the 2026 inquest criticised, and why lost time matters in a cold case.

The missed 10:30pm booking, the reported agency debt, and the distinction between witness evidence and coronial findings in Revelle Balmain's case.

The subscriber companion to The Night Revelle Vanished follows the interviews, conflicting accounts, missed enquiries and evidence examined in Revelle Balmain’s case.

A factual look at what the 2026 coronial inquest changed in the Revelle Balmain case and the questions that remain.

Revelle Balmain vanished from Kingsford on 5 November 1994. This new episode follows her final known hours, the investigation and the major 2026 coronial findings.

September brought four major Australian true-crime cases to Coffee & Crime AU, with Shandee Blackburn leading the month’s listens so far. Catch up on the month and preview the five cases coming in October.

Listen early to Coffee & Crime AU’s episode on the disappearance of Revelle Balmain, who vanished from Sydney in November 1994. Early Access for members.

A legal deep dive into accomplice evidence, corroboration, competing inferences and the challenges to the conviction.

From Manly’s fish shops to the Pacific hotel, follow the relationships and years behind Andrew Kalajzich’s public life in this subscriber companion to Megan’s story.

How investigators moved beyond the bedroom scene and built a contract-murder case from converging evidence.

The Megan Kalajzich case: the 1986 Fairlight murder, the contract-killing prosecution, Andrew Kalajzich’s conviction and the legal fight that followed.