Coffee & Crime AU | August Highlights & September Preview
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August was huge. September is bigger.
August has been one of those months where Coffee & Crime AU barely stopped moving — new episodes, deeper subscriber content, a growing community and a lot happening behind the scenes. And now September is ready to go.
This month I’m tightening the release rhythm, so you always know what is coming: Early Access on Thursday, the main public episode on Saturday morning, and a separate subscriber companion story on Tuesday.
August highlights
August brought some of the darkest and most talked-about Australian cases back into focus, including Katherine Knight and Sef Gonzales. The goal has stayed the same: tell the story properly, keep the people at the centre of it, and go further than a quick headline or court summary.
Sef Gonzales — and what comes next
The Sef Gonzales main episode closes out August, but the story does not end there. On Tuesday 1 September, subscribers get The Life He Invented — a companion episode built as its own story, not a repeat of the main episode. It looks at the identity Sef constructed around himself and the world that existed beyond the crime itself.
That is the model for September’s companion episodes too: new storytelling, new material and a reason to keep listening after the Saturday episode.
September at Coffee & Crime AU
Saturday 5 September — Keli Lane & Tegan Lane
One of Australia’s most debated no-body cases. Tegan Lane disappeared after leaving hospital with her mother in 1996. Keli Lane was later convicted of murder, but Tegan has never been found, and Lane has continued to maintain that she handed her daughter to the child’s father.
The companion episode will step away from simply retelling the trial and follow the unanswered story around Tegan, the search for her and the questions that have kept this case alive for decades.
Saturday 12 September — Shandee Blackburn
Shandee Blackburn was 23 when she was killed while walking home from work in Mackay. What followed became far bigger than one unresolved murder: questions over forensic testing in her case helped expose serious failures inside Queensland’s DNA laboratory.
The subscriber companion will tell the story of what happened after Shandee’s death — her family’s fight, the forensic questions and how one case helped force a much wider reckoning.
Saturday 19 September — Maria Korp
Maria Korp’s disappearance from Melbourne in 2005 became a case involving betrayal, deception and a search that ended with a devastating discovery. It is a story where the relationships around Maria matter just as much as the investigation that followed.
The companion episode will go deeper into the people and choices surrounding Maria’s final months, told as a standalone narrative rather than a legal recap.
Saturday 26 September — Megan Kalajzich
Megan Kalajzich’s 1986 murder on Sydney’s Northern Beaches began with what appeared to be an attack on a wealthy couple and developed into a notorious contract-killing case. The story behind the public image of the Kalajzich family is where this episode will spend its time.
The Tuesday companion will explore the world around the main case — the relationships, the attempts that came before the murder and the people drawn into the plot — without simply replaying Saturday’s episode.
For subscribers
Subscribers get the episodes earlier, plus the Tuesday companion stories and deeper case content. The idea is simple: the free Saturday episode gives you the full main story; subscribing opens the extra layer rather than locking away half the case.
From the Coffee & Crime AU store
If you want to support the podcast another way, the Coffee & Crime AU store is growing too. The merch is designed around the same black, pink and white look as the show — including the ‘You bring the coffee, I’ll bring the crime’ range.
Thank you
Every listen, share, comment and subscription helps me keep researching, recording and building Coffee & Crime AU. September is packed, and I’m genuinely excited for this run of stories. I’ll see you Saturday morning — coffee ready.
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