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Subscriber Companion Episode Sef Gonzales didn’t create just one false story. He built an entire life out of them. To the people around him, he could be the successful university student, the future lawyer, the singer on the edge of a breakthrough, the young businessman and, eventually, the devastated son left behind after an unthinkable crime. But those identities couldn’t all survive contact with the truth.

4:04pm. 5:30pm. 6:23pm. 7:45pm. The phone records and alibi window that became crucial to the prosecution case against Sef Gonzales.

In February 2000, Katherine Mary Knight and John Price were known around Aberdeen as a couple. People saw them together. They knew Knight as a hard-working and highly skilled meatworker. Price was known as a well-liked man who worked in the local mining industry. To those around them, their relationship could appear ordinary. It wasn't.

In this subscriber deep dive, we go beyond the story of Kerrie Palmer and into the evidence that shaped one of Queensland’s most difficult criminal cases. Four men were ultimately convicted of manslaughter, but none were convicted of murder. So why? This episode follows the evidence piece by piece — the money dispute, the search for Kerrie, Coral Tree Court, the vehicles, telephone records, DNA, blood evidence, the movements between locations, the statements given by t

A missing man. A homicide investigation. A trial that raised difficult questions about criminal responsibility.

On 27 January 2003, 20-year-old Kerrie Palmer disappeared on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Three days later, his body was discovered in sand dunes at Mudjimba. What followed was a police investigation that eventually resulted in five men being charged in connection with Kerrie’s death. But the story that emerged in court was considerably more complicated than the simple description of a murder case. The investigation would eventually lead to a Supreme Court trial, ye

EARLY ACCESS Episode In January 2003, 20-year-old Kerrie Palmer disappeared from Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. What began as a dispute over money escalated into a violent search through the streets of Noosa Heads and ended with Kerrie being found buried in a shallow grave at Mudjimba three days later.

In many criminal investigations, the evidence eventually leads investigators to one moment. A discovery. A location. A piece of information that changes everything. But some cases never reach that point. Instead, they remain suspended between what is suspected and what can be proven.

Every disappearance leaves behind a timeline. A sequence of moments that begins before someone is gone and continues after the world realises something has changed. In some cases, that timeline is clear. There are cameras. There are witnesses. There are physical clues that show investigators exactly where to look. But the disappearance of Bronwyn Winfield has always been different. Her case has been built from fragments. A family home. A locksmith visit. Witness

When two Australian women disappear without a trace, the similarities can seem striking. Lynette Simms vanished from Sydney’s northern beaches in 1982. Bronwyn Winfield disappeared from Lennox Head in 1993. Neither woman has ever been found. Both cases involved marital breakdown, a family home, and decades of unanswered questions.

What happened to Bronwyn Winfield? Bronwyn was 31 years old when she vanished in May 1993. She was a mother of two young daughters, a daughter, a friend, and a woman whose life was much more than the mystery that would later surround her disappearance.

More than thirty years ago, Bronwyn Winfield disappeared from her home in Lennox Head, and she has never been found. In this early access episode of Coffee and Crime AU, we follow the known timeline of Bronwyn’s final days: the breakdown of her marriage, her return to the family home on Sandstone Crescent, the night she vanished, and the investigation that followed.

On a winter night in June 2014, police were called to a rural property in Western Australia. What began as an emergency response would later become the subject of a coronial inquest, forensic debate, and years of unanswered questions.

In this episode of Coffee and Crime AU, we examine Amy’s life before the headlines, the events of her final day, the photograph taken only minutes before her death, and the enduring uncertainty surrounding one of Western Australia’s most debated deaths.

There is a sentence that appears repeatedly in discussions about Amy Wensley’s death: 'The scene had already changed.” Those six words sit at the centre of the controversy surrounding the investigation. They do not tell us how Amy died. They tell us something equally important: that later investigators were forced to examine a scene that was no longer preserved exactly as it had been at the critical moment.

On a cold winter afternoon in June 2014, two little girls waited in a running car while their mother walked back inside their home. She told them she’d only be a moment. She never came back.

Many people assume there must have been obvious warning signs that were overlooked, but the reality is far more complicated. Tiahleigh's death prompted widespread reviews of Queensland's child protection system, the foster carer approval process, and the Blue Card system. Those reviews weren't just about understanding what had happened—they were about determining whether the system itself could be strengthened to better protect vulnerable children.

Most Australians know Rick Thorburn as the foster father who murdered 12-year-old Tiahleigh Palmer.

The Ivan Milat case remains one of Australia’s most discussed and debated criminal stories. While the courtroom delivered a clear verdict in 1996, many questions linger decades later. Milat was convicted of murdering seven young backpackers in Belanglo State Forest and sentenced to seven consecutive life sentences. Yet, outside the courtroom, a complex story of theories, speculation, and unanswered questions continues to unfold. This special bonus episode of Coffee & Crime AU

When we dive into the world of crime stories, there’s something about the infamous tales from down under that captures our imagination. Australia’s history is peppered with gripping, chilling, and sometimes baffling crime cases that have left a mark on the nation’s collective memory. Today, I want to take you on a journey through some of the most notorious crime cases in Australia. These stories are not just about crime; they reveal the complexities of human nature, the evolu