In this episode, Marti takes us to Australia and the devastating 2024 Bondi Junction shopping centre attack.

We look at the story of Joel Cauchi, the 40-year-old man who killed six people and injured ten others in just a matter of minutes, and the questions that followed about his deteriorating mental health, missed opportunities for intervention and why the majority of his victims were women.

We also head down the very dark rabbit hole of incel culture — where it came from, how online communities became increasingly misogynistic, and the violence that has been linked to the ideology.

Was Cauchi's attack connected to misogyny or incel ideology, or was this the devastating result of severe mental illness and a system that failed to intervene?

Sources for this episode are:
60 Minutes Australia looksmaxxing
BBC News Incels - A new terror threat to the UK
ABC News
news.com.au
Coroners court inquest of NSW doc inquest into the deaths at Westfield Bondi Junction volume one
The Independent newspaper

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Trigger Warning - This episode contains themes of child sexual abuse and the murder of children.

In our SECOND episode of the month!
Cheryl tells the story of Robert Black, the Scottish serial killer and paedophile whose horrifying murderous reign began in the 70s and continued throughout the 1980s.

We also chat about the Edinburgh Fringe, what our Mastermind Subject would be- you'll never guess! And why one of us won't be swimming in the ocean at Portobello anytime soon!

Sources for this episode are:
The Book: Fear The Stranger by Dept Chief Constable Hector Clark
The Channel 5 Documentary: Manhunt - Child Snatcher - Also on Netflix
The BBC Documentary: Searching For A Serial Killer
The Podcast: Small Town Dicks - Series 8 Episode Vanished

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There's a lot going on in this episode so strap yourself in!

Today - if you're listening on the day this drops we're celebrating five years of Mums Mysteries & Murder... with our 70th episode and we've got a big announcement!

Before we get into the mystery, we're sharing some exciting news about the future of the podcast!

Then we're heading deep into the Australian Outback to investigate one of Australia's strangest unsolved mysteries: The Marree Man.

Stretching over 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) across a remote desert plateau, this enormous geoglyph appeared without warning in 1998. Visible only from the air!

How was something this enormous carved into one of the most isolated parts of Australia without anyone noticing? Was it an elaborate art project? A military prank? The work of an eccentric artist? Or is there another explanation entirely?

Sources for this episode are:
The Australian Times
Australia's Dessert Enigma - discovery.com

In this episode, we also chat about what we were doing in 1998, more cruise chat, aliens and crop circles and Cheryl drops a surprising story about her past!

Thank you for being part of our first five years, staying with us and supporting the pod. We genuinely couldn't have done it without you.
Here's to another 5 ( at least )

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Trigger warning: dismemberment is mentioned in this episode

In 1935, in the town of Moffat, a young woman was out on a walk with her Mother and noticed a bundle wrapped in cloth, which on first glance looked like nothing much, but on further investigation, there were over 70 different body parts wrapped in cloth and newspaper scattered all around the area.

Many historians describe it as one of the first truly modern forensic investigations.

We also talk about what were watching - SO MUCH!
The problem with changing your name to something difficult to pronounce & many, many penpal stories.

Sources :
The Book: Ruxton - The First Modern Murder by Tom Wood
The Podcast Small Town Dicks did a series on this called Beyond Recognition
BBC News
Wikipedia

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Edited & Produced by Erin Ferguson https://www.instagram.com/erinfaudio/
Since 2023 ( earlier episodes are badly edited by us!)

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* This episode has a few audio issues, but we know you dont listen to MM&M for perfection so we know you'll love it regardless. This is down to the fact probably that it was not edited by our beloved editor Erin.

Early on the morning of New Year's Day in the Sydney suburb of Chatswood in 1963 2 young boys out looking for golf balls got more than they bargained for when they discovered the half-naked body of a man partially covered by his clothes which had been thrown over the top of him alongside a square of carpet beside a river in a secluded tree-lined area. At first, the boys thought he was a drunk party leftover from New Year's, but soon discovered things were slightly more sinister.

We bet you'll never guess whodunit!
This is a particularly intriguing, very well-known case in Australia with some very interesting characters.

Sources:
Mamamia article

The 2006 documentary - Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler?
The podcast of - Who Killed Dr Bogle & Mrs Chandler?

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Come down a rabbit hole with us and listen to the intriguing tale of the Rabbit Wars of St Andrews as told by Cheryl! This story takes us all the way back to 1797 and includes no less than 900 rabbits and the selling of the famous St Andrews Golf Course. Trigger warning - Rabbits will get hurt in this episode

You might have guessed, but this is a slightly lighter episode than our recent episodes. In the words of Cheryl

"It's Downton Abbey with significantly more rabbits!"

We also talk about what makes a great true crime podcast. We'd also love to hear your thoughts on this, if you'd like to let us know what you look for.

And, we chat childhood traumas!

And of course, there's also a lot of golf talk.

Sources for this episode are:
Golf History Nut
STV News
Searching for John Fraser Documentary on YouTube
www.lyonandturnbull.com

Hosted & Researched by Marti Jeremiah-Shelley & Cheryl Lessels

Edited & Produced by Erin Ferguson https://www.instagram.com/erinfaudio/
Since 2023 ( earlier episodes are badly edited by us!)

Theme Music Vampire Strut by Joybean @AudioJungle

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This month, Marti is covering the Luna Park Ghost Train fire in Sydney in 1979, it's one we've wanted to cover for so long because it's not covered by many podcasts, and it's such a sad, interesting story with so many layers..

We also talk about theme park disasters and rollercoasters, Cheryl's disastrous note-taking in the dark, how we're such babies when it comes to scary shit and horror & childrens tv in the 80s - and yes we talk commercials again!

Sources for this episode are:

2021 Documentary - Exposed 3-part documentary The Ghost Train Fire

UK Daily Mail

ABC News

Hosted & Researched by Marti Jeremiah-Shelley & Cheryl Lessels

Edited & Produced by Erin Ferguson https://www.instagram.com/erinfaudio/
Since 2023 ( earlier episodes are badly edited by us!)

Theme Music Vampire Strut by Joybean @AudioJungle

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It's Cheryl's first story on the podcast, and she goes in hard, covering the horrible disappearance and death of Corrie McKeague in 2016 in Dunfermline, Scotland.

Sources for this episode:
BBC News
FindCorrie.co.uk
The Guardian newspaper website
Wikipedia

We also cover vintage commercials, what we've been watching ( as always! Some things never change! ), the history of Dunfermline, Pokémon adventures, the wrong pronunciation of words, in our opinion, and what was going on in the world in 2016. Quite a big year as it turns out!

Hosted by & Researched & written by Marti Jeremiah-Shelley & Cheryl Lessels

Edited & Produced by Erin Ferguson https://www.instagram.com/erinfaudio/
Since 2023 ( earlier episodes are badly edited by us!)

Theme Music Vampire Strut by Joybean @AudioJungle

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