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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.

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.

Early Access for Megan Kalajzich: The Bedroom Murder That Looked Like a Home Invasion, available to Early Access and DITC subscribers before public release.

A DITC evidence guide to the Maria Korp case: Tania Herman’s pre-attack preparation, the competing accounts about Joe Korp, what the committal hearing actually tested, and the legal distinctions the episode cannot unpack in full.

A DITC examination of the medical, guardianship and legal decisions after Maria Korp was found alive, and how her death changed the case.

A subscriber-only companion to the Maria Korp case, looking more closely at Tania Herman, her relationship with Joe Korp, her guilty plea and the story that emerged through the court process.

A plain-language guide to what was legally established in the Maria Korp case, what remained allegation and why the coronial findings are different from a criminal conviction.

The latest Coffee & Crime AU episode follows Maria Korp’s disappearance, the search, the investigation and the legal processes that followed while keeping Maria at the centre.

Early Access to the Maria Korp episode, with a preview of the episode’s chronology, legal distinctions and the extra layers available beyond the main story.

The Shandee Blackburn case began with one walk home in Mackay and eventually exposed serious problems in Queensland's forensic DNA system.

A subscriber deep dive into John Peros, the investigation, his 2017 acquittal, the later coronial findings and why the DNA evidence became so important.

A new subscriber episode follows the people who kept asking questions after the trial ended and the way Shandee's case continued to drive scrutiny of Queensland's forensic system.

A closer look at the CCTV, witnesses, missing handbag, DNA evidence, criminal trial, coronial findings and the forensic questions that made Shandee’s case significant far beyond Mackay.

The Shandee Blackburn story is available now for Early Access subscribers. Follow her final walk, the investigation, the 2017 acquittal, the later coronial process and the forensic DNA questions that followed.

How could Keli Lane carry three babies to term while almost everyone closest to her carried on as normal? The Other Babies follows the hidden pregnancies, the lawful adoptions, the false histories given to hospitals and social workers, and the paperwork that finally forced Keli’s separate worlds into the same room. Content warning: infant disappearance and presumed death, surveillance, discussion of adoption and concealed pregnancy, and the criminal justice process.