I Catch Killers Podcast with Gary Jubelin: The shooting of Courtney Topic

Within hours of hanging out the family’s washing, Courtney Topic aged just 22, who had never been in trouble was shot dead by police.

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‘Make sure you hang out the washing’ - This was the last communication Leesa Topic had with her daughter Courtney. It was written on a note she left in the kitchen of their West Hoxton Park home.
Within hours of hanging out the family’s washing, Courtney Topic aged just 22, who had never been in trouble was shot dead by police.
Today, we are talking to Leesa and Ron Topic, the parents of Courtney.

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‘Make sure you hang out the washing’ - This was the last communication Leesa Topic had with her daughter Courtney. It was written on a note she left in the kitchen of their West Hoxton Park home. Within hours of hanging out the family’s washing, Courtney Topic aged just 22, who had never been in trouble was shot dead by police. Today, we are talking to Leesa and Ron Topic, the parents of Courtney.

After 25 years working in homicide, former Detective Chief Inspector Gary Jubelin is sitting down across the interview room table from cops, crims, addicts, victims, small-time cheats and big-town lawyers, asking them to share their stories. 

One of the country’s most successful podcasts, I Catch Killers reveals the reality of life and death inside the justice system. Gary talks about the big things with an open mind - good and evil, hope and suffering, joy, tragedy - and redemption. 

 

After 25 years working in homicide, former Detective Chief Inspector Gary Jubelin is sitting down across the interview room table from cops, crims, addicts, victims, small-time cheats and big-town lawyers, asking them to share their stories.&nbsp;
One of the country&rsquo;s most successful podcasts, I Catch Killers reveals the reality of life and death inside the justice system. Gary talks about the big things with an open mind - good and evil, hope and suffering, joy, tragedy - and redemption.&nbsp;
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After 25 years working in homicide, former Detective Chief Inspector Gary Jubelin is sitting down across the interview room table from cops, crims, addicts, victims, small-time cheats and big-town lawyers, asking them to share their stories.

I Catch Killers with Gary Jubelin

After 25 years working in homicide, former Detective Chief Inspector Gary Jubelin is sitting down across the interview room table from cops, crims, addicts, victims, small-time cheats and big-town lawyers, asking them to share their stories. 

One of the country’s most successful podcasts, I Catch Killers reveals the reality of life and death inside the justice system. Gary talks about the big things with an open mind - good and evil, hope and suffering, joy, tragedy - and redemption. 

After 25 years working in homicide, former Detective Chief Inspector Gary Jubelin is sitting down across the interview room table from cops, crims, addicts, victims, small-time cheats and big-town lawyers, asking them to share their stories.&nbsp;
One of the country&rsquo;s most successful podcasts, I Catch Killers reveals the reality of life and death inside the justice system. Gary talks about the big things with an open mind - good and evil, hope and suffering, joy, tragedy - and redemption.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.icatchkillers.com.au"></a>

After 25 years working homicide, former Detective Gary Jubelin is sitting across the interview room table from cops, crims, and victims.

After 25 years working in homicide, former Detective Chief Inspector Gary Jubelin is sitting down across the interview room table from cops, crims, addicts, victims, small-time cheats and big-town lawyers, asking them to share their stories.&nbsp;
One of the country&rsquo;s most successful podcasts, I Catch Killers reveals the reality of life and death inside the justice system. Gary talks about the big things with an open mind - good and evil, hope and suffering, joy, tragedy - and redemption.&nbsp;

'Judge, jury and executioner': Leesa and Ron Topic Pt.1

Pregnant at 30, poisoned with strychnine, no crime scene investigated. Gary Jubelin and Karina Berger unpack the case that took 3 months to notice.

Rosslyn McQueen was 30 years old, 22 weeks pregnant, and found dead on a kitchen chair in her rural Victoria home in April 1986. No police investigation was conducted at the scene. Her death was written off as natural causes.

Three months later, toxicology came back. She had died from a fatal dose of strychnine. Gary Jubelin sits down with solicitor turned citizen sleuth Karina Berger, the researcher behind The Poisoned Wife with investigative journalist Hedley Thomas to walk through how a case collapses when the first 48 hours are lost, and how investigative podcasting is now dragging it back into the light.

In this Episode:
Why the GP's refusal to issue a death certificate triggered the autopsy that cracked the cause of death
What a coronial inquest found in 1987 — and why the trial that followed was discontinued
The husband's claims about Rosslyn’s health, and what the records actually showed
How former private investigator Rex Bakes ended up sending Hedley Thomas a padlocked suitcase of documents
What new information the podcast has already generated, and what a police reinvestigation would take

You can watch I Catch Killers on Youtube here. 

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Rosslyn McQueen was 30 years old, 22 weeks pregnant, and found dead on a kitchen chair in her rural Victoria home in April 1986. No police investigation was conducted at the scene. Her death was written off as natural causes.
Three months later, toxicology came back. She had died from a fatal dose of strychnine.&nbsp;Gary Jubelin sits down with solicitor turned citizen sleuth Karina Berger, the researcher behind The Poisoned Wife with investigative journalist Hedley Thomas to walk through how a case collapses when the first 48 hours are lost, and how investigative podcasting is now dragging it back into the light.
In this Episode:
<ul>
<li>Why the GP's refusal to issue a death certificate triggered the autopsy that cracked the cause of death</li>
<li>What a coronial inquest found in 1987 &mdash; and why the trial that followed was discontinued</li>
<li>The husband's claims about Rosslyn&rsquo;s health, and what the records actually showed</li>
<li>How former private investigator Rex Bakes ended up sending Hedley Thomas a padlocked suitcase of documents</li>
<li>What new information the podcast has already generated, and what a police reinvestigation would take</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ICatchKillers-Podcast">You can watch I Catch Killers on Youtube here.&nbsp;</a>
Follow I Catch Killers: Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/icatchkillers/?hl=en"> @icatchkillers </a>Tiktok:<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@icatchkillerspodcast"> @icatchkillerspodcast </a>Facebook:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/icatchkillers/"> @icatchkillers</a>

A locked suitcase, Strychnine poison, and the unsolved death of Rosslyn McQueen: Karina Berger Pt. 2

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Ex-solicitor Karina Berger reveals how she became a true crime investigator behind Bronwyn and The Poisoned Wife podcasts.

Former solicitor Karina Berger walked away from the law to become the researcher and producer behind Australia's biggest true crime investigations with investigative journalist Hedley Thomas, including Bronwyn and The Poisoned Wife.

In Part 1 of this interview, Gary Jubelin sits down with Karina to unpack how legal analysis and investigative journalism collide to crack cold cases — from a suitcase of documents to the painstaking work of uncovering facts that force police to reopen cases.

In this episode:

• Why Karina left law to hunt the truth in cold cases

• Inside the research behind The Poisoned Wife investigation

• How podcasts are forcing the system to revisit unsolved deaths

• What it really takes to turn boxes of files into evidence

You can watch I Catch Killers on Youtube here. 

Follow I Catch Killers:
Instagram: @icatchkillers
Tiktok: @icatchkillerspodcast
Facebook: @icatchkillers

Former solicitor Karina Berger walked away from the law to become the researcher and producer behind Australia's biggest true crime investigations with investigative journalist Hedley Thomas, including Bronwyn and The Poisoned Wife.
In Part 1 of this interview, Gary Jubelin sits down with Karina to unpack how legal analysis and investigative journalism collide to crack cold cases &mdash; from a suitcase of documents to the painstaking work of uncovering facts that force police to reopen cases.
In this episode:
&bull; Why Karina left law to hunt the truth in cold cases
&bull; Inside the research behind The Poisoned Wife investigation
&bull; How podcasts are forcing the system to revisit unsolved deaths
&bull; What it really takes to turn boxes of files into evidence
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ICatchKillers-Podcast">You can watch I Catch Killers on Youtube here.&nbsp;</a>
Follow I Catch Killers: Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/icatchkillers/?hl=en"> @icatchkillers </a>Tiktok:<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@icatchkillerspodcast"> @icatchkillerspodcast </a>Facebook:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/icatchkillers/"> @icatchkillers</a>

The citizen sleuth investigating cold cases: Karina Berger Pt. 1

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Gary Jubelin talks to Kerry Tucker, ex-prisoner turned reform advocate, about her 20-year journey from "jail lawyer" to PhD holder and prison reform champion.

In this episode of I Catch Killers, Gary Jubelin sits down with Kerry Tucker, former prisoner turned prison reform advocate to track her extraordinary 20-year redemption.

Inside, Kerry became known as the "jail lawyer." 

She kept daily diaries, completed a Master of Arts through Swinburne University (the first Australian university graduation ever held inside a prison), wrote a children's book for incarcerated mothers that's still in circulation today, and began writing parole letters for other women, going from almost no women getting parole to 38 at her lowest count.

She spent her final 6 months working in a law firm in Werribee, left prison on a Friday and was lecturing at university on the Monday, went on to complete a PhD, and has spent two decades advocating for prison reform, education and fraud awareness.

That work was formally recognised in November 2022, when the Magistrates' Court of Victoria spent and removed her criminal and prison record with the endorsement of the Victorian Chief Commissioner of Police, the Attorney General of Victoria, the Assistant Commissioner of Corrections and the Chief Magistrate.

You can watch I Catch Killers on Youtube here. 

Follow I Catch Killers:
Instagram: @icatchkillers
Tiktok: @icatchkillerspodcast
Facebook: @icatchkillers

In this episode of I Catch Killers, Gary Jubelin sits down with Kerry Tucker, former prisoner turned prison reform advocate to track her extraordinary 20-year redemption.
Inside, Kerry became known as the "jail lawyer."&nbsp;
She kept daily diaries, completed a Master of Arts through Swinburne University (the first Australian university graduation ever held inside a prison), wrote a children's book for incarcerated mothers that's still in circulation today, and began writing parole letters for other women, going from almost no women getting parole to 38 at her lowest count.
She spent her final 6 months working in a law firm in Werribee, left prison on a Friday and was lecturing at university on the Monday, went on to complete a PhD, and has spent two decades advocating for prison reform, education and fraud awareness.
That work was formally recognised in November 2022, when the Magistrates' Court of Victoria spent and removed her criminal and prison record with the endorsement of the Victorian Chief Commissioner of Police, the Attorney General of Victoria, the Assistant Commissioner of Corrections and the Chief Magistrate.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ICatchKillers-Podcast">You can watch I Catch Killers on Youtube here.&nbsp;</a>
Follow I Catch Killers: Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/icatchkillers/?hl=en"> @icatchkillers </a>Tiktok:<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@icatchkillerspodcast"> @icatchkillerspodcast </a>Facebook:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/icatchkillers/"> @icatchkillers</a>

Surviving day one in maximum security women's prison: Kerry Tucker Pt.2

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'Judge, jury and executioner': Leesa and Ron Topic Pt.1

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