Crime Insiders

Crime Insiders is LiSTNR's home of true crime. DETECTIVES hears from the professionals behind some of the world's most gripping criminal investigations. Hosted by former police officer Brent Sanders, the series features law enforcement operatives who were either first on the scene or painstakingly pieced together evidence long after the dust had settled. Raw, revealing and deeply personal, these conversations take you inside the interview rooms, crime scenes, and sleepless nights that define the pursuit of justice. FORENSICS takes you deep inside the minds and methods of the world’s top forensic experts. Hosted by award-winning journalist and true crime author Dr Liz Porter, these interviews cut through the TV clichés to reveal what forensic science really looks like - up close, complex, and constantly evolving. From the techniques that crack high-profile cases to the breakthroughs that exonerate the innocent, these are the real stories behind the science of solving crime.JUDGEM

Crime Insiders is a true crime podcast hosted by LiSTNR, with 304 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 86. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

LiSTNR hosts Crime Insiders, a true crime show with 304 episodes published.

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  Episode #275

  DETECTIVES | The Rat Pack

  Nov 2, 202555 minS3

  <p >When former Queensland Police Setective Keith Banks joined the force, he thought he was signing up to fight crime, not work alongside it.</p> <p >In this episode of Crime Insiders Detectives, Keith takes host Brent Sanders inside the world of outlaw motorcycle gangs, where power, loyalty and fear ruled the streets. But the real danger, he says, was within the Queensland Police itself. During the era of the infamous “Rat Pack,” corruption ran deep, and it took the Fitzgerald Inquiry to finally drag it into the light.</p> <p >Keith reveals what it was like leading the bikie inte...

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  Episode #274

  REWIND | The cult of The Family

  Oct 28, 202537 minS3

  <p>Have you ever heard of the Australian cult The Family...?</p> <p>It was led by a woman named Anne Hamilton-Byrne. How did she control her followers? How did the police eventually catch her? And what happened to the dozens of children that were in the 'care' of The Family.</p> <p>Lex de Man investigated The Family for more than four years, and helped rescue dozens of children from the abuse of Anne Hamilton-Byrne and her followers.</p> <p>In this Rewind episode of Crime Insiders | Detectives, Lex de Man walks host Brent Sanders through the case in...

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  Episode #273

  FORENSICS | How a high-profile husband walked free

  Oct 26, 202533 minS3

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  Episode #272

  JUDGEMENTS | When a former PM took on the media [Lange v ABC]

  Oct 22, 202520 minS3

  <p>In the early 1990s, former New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange found himself at the center of a defamation storm in Australia.</p> <p>The ABC re-broadcast allegations suggesting he acted improperly while in office. Lange sued, sparking a legal battle that reached the High Court and tested the limits of free political communication under the Constitution. Lange v ABC set a landmark precedent: political speech is protected, but not at the expense of personal reputation.</p> <p>In this episode, we unpack the courtroom drama, the judgment, and the enduring impact on media, politics, and the law in A...

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  Episode #271

  REWIND | The Wattle Flower murder

  Oct 21, 202531 minS3

  <p>The body of 27-year-old mother of two, Samantha Bodsworth, was found in Noosa, surrounded by wattle trees.  The killer thinks it’s the perfect crime, but what they underestimated was the power of the tiny, silent witnesses clinging to almost everything they touched – pollen.</p> <p>In this Rewind episode of Crime Insiders | Forensics, former host Kathryn Fox talks to Dr Lynne Milne, the scientist at the forefront of forensic palynology.  We learn how, for the first time in an Australian criminal case, pollen helped unmask a murderer.</p> <p>This episode references men's violence against women. If you or som...

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