Introducing: The Missing
Enjoy a sneak peak into the new series, The Missing Australia. Episode one is here for your listening pleasure. Former cop-turned-reporter Meni Caroutas investigates some of Australia's roughly 2,600 unsolved missing persons cases. If you enjoy this episode, you can listen early and ad-free to The …
The Tin Town
Paul Byrne disappeared from the remote Tasmanian township of Rossarden in 1996. A friend realised he was missing when she visited his home and found his dog inside, hungry and thirsty. Not longer after he vanished, Mr Byrne’s home and the house he was last seen at were burned to the ground. It’s be…
Bodies In The Bush
High-profile lawyer Greg Barns SC discusses the pathological reasons why people commit violent crimes in places like Tasmania, why the dense wilderness makes investigations problematic, issues of corruption, and why so many missing persons cases in Tasmania remain unsolved. You can listen to every…
Blood On His Hands
Could a serial killer have been active in Tasmania during the 1990s? It’s a possibility that has often been debated in the wake of two cold cases on the idyllic East Coast, but now an anonymous woman has come forward to describe the man she thinks could be behind at least five - or up to 25 - disap…
Dense and Deadly
Tasmania has a unique geology because of its karst landscape, meaning its surface is pockmarked by caves. The openings to these caves are often obscured by vegetation, with hikers, cavers, bushwalkers and adventurers sometimes plummeting to their deaths - never to be seen again. The island is also …
The Wanderer
Billy Steffen was a Brisbane man besieged with troubles after his divorce, and losing custody of his two children. He kept returning to Tasmania, even “kidnapping” his kids and escaping with them to the island on the ferry at one point. Then one day in 1985, after visiting a Zen Buddhist retreat, h…
The Red Rooster
The year was 1989 and Vietnam War veteran Ian Nichols went to a campground in central Tasmania to build a retreat shack for vets called the Red Rooster. But while the other blokes returned home, Ian was never seen again. A coordinated land and sea search of the area was called off on advice from ou…
The Bushman
“Bushman” John Norrish, who always wore an Akubra-style hat, went missing from the tranquil East Coast of Tasmania in 2018. In episode two of The Lost Ones, John’s family reveal how they they had to the investigative work themselves after he disappeared, and are sure he was murdered over a $200 deb…
The Preacher
Tasmania is a Mecca for bushwalkers, with its wilderness known world-over for its breathtaking beauty. But Australia’s most natural state has also increasingly become known for its secrets. Episode one of The Lost Ones reveals some of the reasons why people seem to literally vanish from the face of…
Coming Soon
Tasmania is well-known for its beauty. But, deep within the dark bushland lies a string of secrets. 169 people have gone missing on the island since the mid 20th century, and dozens of those without a trace from the wilderness…..their bodies never recovered. The Lost Ones looks into the stories of …