Welcome to episode 106, in which Ben takes a leaf out of Claire's book and explores a historical Tasmanian crime story.
Venturing back more than 200 years, sealers working along the coastline had already been in contact with Aboriginal tribes, mainly to steal their women.
So when a large part of the state's North-West corner was taken over by the Van Diemen's Land Company to set up a grazing operation, tensions continued to rise with the Indigenous population - coming to a head with a horrendous attack that became known as the Cape Grim Massacre.
Then to finish things off, Claire marks Sir David Attenborough's recent 100th birthday with a story about a discovery made on the legendary BBC nature documentarian's London property that helped solve part of a gruesome Victorian murder mystery...
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Welcome to episode 105, in which Ben and Claire are first joined by forensic psychologist Sam to briefly follow up on a query that arose from the University of Texas tower shooting episode.
Claire then tells the story of 25-year-old Tammie Rickard, who went missing after walking home from a Launceston pub in 1999. Hear about the circumstances of the university student's disappearance and the police investigation that was starting to close in on the man responsible. Then the episode features another surprise cameo appearance to give a first-hand account of the perpetrator's arrest.
Ben then puts his average IQ to work by sharing some facts about differing degrees of murder, vehicular and assault charges.
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Welcome to episode 104, and another instalment of The Itty Bitty Nitty Gritty with Claire and Kitty!
Fancy a hot beverage? This time your hosts delve into crimes connected with cuppas, either tea or coffee.
Claire begins by telling the story of Graham Young, whose childhood fascination with chemicals took a dark turn... Sent to Broadmoor in 1962 as a 14-year-old for his devious doings, he was released in 1971, apparently reformed. But he was soon back to his old ways, with even more deadly results, earning him the name the Teacup Poisoner.
And Kitty recounts an Aussie case, which saw a Frankston man confronted with a gun-wielding wannabe carjacker. But refusing to hand over the keys to his beloved vehicle he fought back with the only weapon he had to hand...
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