Hedley Thomas The Poisoned Wife podcast: Rosslyn McQueen’s husband Ray McQueen blamed neighbour Vin McKenzie for strychnine poisoning

Journalist Hedley Thomas joins us with a special insight into where his blockbuster podcast investigation The Poisoned Wife is heading. After the 1986 murder of Rosslyn McQueen, the Homicide Squad rolls into tiny Lockwood, Victoria to question husband Ray, who is infatuated with a teenage girl - and the police interview changes everything. 

He suspects a neighbour of poisoning his wife Ros. Meanwhile, Ray’s attention is focused on a vulnerable 17-year-old girl. 

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Husband accused of murder sent ‘strange’ neighbour to find poisoned wife

Poisoned wife Rosslyn McQueen feared husband was having an affair with babysitter

McQueen marriage under ‘considerable stress’ due to finances, friend told police

This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Joshua Burton. Our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music. 

Journalist Hedley Thomas joins us with a special insight into where his blockbuster podcast investigation The Poisoned Wife is heading. After the 1986 murder of Rosslyn McQueen, the Homicide Squad rolls into tiny Lockwood, Victoria to question husband Ray, who is infatuated with a teenage girl - and the police interview changes everything.&nbsp;
He suspects a neighbour of poisoning his wife Ros. Meanwhile, Ray&rsquo;s attention is focused on a vulnerable 17-year-old girl.&nbsp;
Read more about this story at <a href="http://theaustralian.com.au">theaustralian.com.au</a> and see the video by subscribing to our <a href="https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfDC8EeZJyt1IVjv5bCRbFBkTl-VYpJyf">YouTube channel</a>.
<a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/husband-accused-of-murder-sent-strange-neighbour-to-find-poisoned-wife/news-story/dce75b80865853aa1b15dc2138e466a9">Husband accused of murder sent &lsquo;strange&rsquo; neighbour to find poisoned wife</a>
<a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/poisoned-wife-rosslyn-mcqueen-feared-husband-was-having-an-affair-with-babysitter/news-story/2a2753cf0c844a6219eb85346749db49">Poisoned wife Rosslyn McQueen feared husband was having an affair with babysitter</a>
<a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/mcqueen-marriage-under-considerable-stress-due-to-finances-friend-told-police/news-story/420d0acd882f02e5791138987ee28f39">McQueen marriage under &lsquo;considerable stress&rsquo; due to finances, friend told police</a>
This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Joshua Burton. Our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.&nbsp;

The Front brings the unrivalled journalism of Australia's national broadsheet to audio, featuring behind-the-scenes insight from our newsrooms.

The Front brings the unrivalled journalism of Australia’s national broadsheet to audio, featuring each day’s essential page-one stories, journalists’ candid take on the issues that matter, and behind-the-scenes insights from our newsrooms.

Read more at theaustralian.com.au and see the video episodes by subscribing to our YouTube channel.

The Front brings the unrivalled journalism of Australia&rsquo;s national broadsheet to audio, featuring each day&rsquo;s essential page-one stories, journalists&rsquo; candid take on the issues that matter, and behind-the-scenes insights from our newsrooms.
Read more at <a href="http://theaustralian.com.au">theaustralian.com.au</a> and see the video episodes by subscribing to our <a href="https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfDC8EeZJyt1IVjv5bCRbFBkTl-VYpJyf">YouTube channel</a>.

The Front brings the unrivalled journalism of Australia’s national broadsheet to audio, featuring each day’s essential page one stories.

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The Poisoned Wife – and a cop who didn’t buy her husband’s story

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