Real Crime with Adam Shand
Real Crime with Adam Shand
Playlist by Real Crime with Adam ShandJoin investigative journalist Adam Shand each week as he takes you into his world of real crime, honed from forty years of covering Australia's biggest law and order stories. These are the firsthand s…64 clip(s) in playlist
The Parole of a Monster: Twenty Years Later | Lauren Huxley
In November 2005, 18-year-old Lauren Huxley was at home alone in Sydney when her life was changed forever. Randomly targeted by violent offender Robert Black Farmer — Lauren was brutally attacked, bound, beaten, doused in petrol and left for dead as her family home was set alight. It was a crime t…
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The Corrections Officer and the Prisoner | Peter and Belinda Bates
In this episode of Real Crime with Adam Shand, Adam sits down with Peter and Belinda Bates — a couple whose love story began behind prison walls and whose shared mission now is to stop the cycle of violence before it destroys more lives. Raised in a home defined by extreme domestic violence, coerc…
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Kerry Packer's Gold: The Sydney Bullion Mystery
In April 1995, Australia’s richest man, Kerry Packer, reported that 285 kilograms of gold bullion had been stolen from a safe inside his Sydney office. It was the largest gold theft in Australian history — a brazen break-in that appeared to be the work of a master safecracker who slipped past 24-ho…
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Authority and Humanity: Policing with Heart | Corey Allen
In this episode of Real Crime with Adam Shand, Adam sits down with recently retired Queensland Police Chief Inspector Corey Allen — a cop who never quite fit the mould. As a teenager, Corey dreamed of becoming a writer. Instead, he spent nearly four decades inside the Queensland Police Service — s…
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The Cleary Legacy: A Sister’s Fight for Justice | Lizzy Cleary [Part 2]
In 1987, Vicki Cleary was murdered by her ex-partner, Peter Keogh. In the first part of this series, Adam spoke with her brother Phil about the legal battle that followed — and the fight to abolish the provocation defence that allowed Keogh to serve just three years and eleven months for her killi…
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The Cleary Legacy: A Brother’s Fight for Justice | Phil Cleary [Part 1]
In this first episode of a two-part series, Real Crime with Adam Shand examines the deadly risks women face when leaving violent relationships. Adam speaks with former federal MP and long-time advocate Phil Cleary about the 1987 murder of his sister, Vicki Cleary, by her ex-partner — a killing tha…
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War in the Suburbs: Inside Victoria’s Armed Robbery Squad | Rod Porter
In the 1970s and ’80s, Victoria was in the grip of an armed robbery epidemic. Banks, newsagents and small businesses were hit daily. Gunmen didn’t hesitate. Police were targets. And the Armed Robbery Squad was on the front line. In this episode ofReal Crime, Adam Shand sits down with former Victor…
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The Girl Taken, The Family Left Behind | Melanie Grimmer
The disappearance of three-year-old Cheryl Grimmer from Fairy Meadow Beach in 1970 has haunted Australia for more than five decades. But the impact of that crime didn’t stop on the sand dunes that day — it rippled through generations of one family. In this episode of Real Crime, Adam Shand speaks …
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Inside Australia’s Most Dramatic Airport Robbery | Stephen Barci
On July 28, 1992, a meticulously planned armed robbery at Melbourne Airport ended in bloodshed. More than a million dollars was stolen from an Ansett Freight terminal — but the gang never made their escape. In this episode of Real Crime with Adam Shand, Adam speaks exclusively withSteve Barci, the…
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From Heroin to Redemption: Making Your Own Luck | Dean King
Between the ages of 13 and 27, Dean King didn’t spend a single full year out of jail. A hardened criminal shaped by violence, addiction and the prison system, he was destined to die behind bars — until one explosive moment in rehab changed everything. Dean recounts the day the floodgates finally o…
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