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Episode 1 The Prosthetic Penis Attacker

Episode 1 The Prosthetic Penis Attacker

Episode 1 The Prosthetic Penis Attacker

  Schmidty introduces Swanny and Clarky to each other and then they delve into the weird world of prosthetic penises, blindfolds and more. Hear the tale of Kye Fortune, Gayle Newland and her unwitting lover as told by Clarky and then judged and sentenced in our first Trial by Wine

Pru Morrisons Art

Episode 2 Swiss Cheese Pervert

Episode 1 The Prosthetic Penis Attacker

Episode 1 The Prosthetic Penis Attacker

  If Swiss cheese is your thing, you’ll love this episode. Schmidty takes us on a journey of food fetishism, cheese misuse and the four P’s of marketing. The Swiss Cheese Pervert is tried by our jury and given a new sentence, fitting for a Trial by Wine.

Chris Pagano

Episode 3 Social Media Murderers

Episode 1 The Prosthetic Penis Attacker

Episode 4 Australia's Hannibal Lecter

  Swanny tells the cautionary tale of social media murder, in this fascinating story about Janelle Potter and her obsessive love that lead to death. Schmidty and Clarky hear the case with all the responses befitting the TBW jury and sentence Janelle and her posse to unique (and fictitious) new sentences.

Judge if Janelle really is just too pretty 

Janelle Potter

Episode 4 Australia's Hannibal Lecter

Episode 4 Australia's Hannibal Lecter

Episode 4 Australia's Hannibal Lecter

  Clarky takes the team on a relentless journey of knives, threats, butchery and horror in his telling of the Katherine Knight story – Australia’s Hannibal Lecter. Join Schmidty and Swanny as they hear the case with it’s many twists and turns and seek TBW justice.

Episode 5 Russian Doll Maker

Episode 4 Australia's Hannibal Lecter

Episode 5 Russian Doll Maker

  Schmidty “lightens the mood” with a macabre (but not murder) story. Follow the twists and turns of the Russian Grave Robber and his bizarre collection of “dolls”. Clarky and Swanny are freaked out and revolted, but stay true to their cause and sentence Anatoly Moskvin to a fate befitting of his crimes….well, sort of. 

Here's the real beautiful nail joke too.

Beautiful Nail

Episode 6 God's Purpose

Episode 4 Australia's Hannibal Lecter

Episode 5 Russian Doll Maker

Swanny introduces us to the not-so-perfect lives of the Wolfpack where we learn the hazards of home schooling, cougar chasing and reading too much into first testament scripture.  

Episode 7 Mediocre Manslaughter

Episode 7 Mediocre Manslaughter

Episode 7 Mediocre Manslaughter

Clarky tells the tragic story of Marie Joseph and the risks of 240,000 gallons of Midori and milk when mixed with mediocre management.  We’re joined by special guests Stuart (pool technician extraordinaire) and Henrietta who provide valuable insights into the case.

Marie Joseph

Episode 8 Pyramid Cult

Episode 7 Mediocre Manslaughter

Episode 7 Mediocre Manslaughter

Schmidty takes us on a journey of self improvement gone horribly wrong in this story of manipulation and persuasion at an epic level.  Clarky and Swanny learn the highs and lows of marketing with a crash course in what makes a house of brands in the story of Nxivm.

Bad Branding

Episode 9 Floridian Frolics

Episode 7 Mediocre Manslaughter

Episode 10 Cert III Shamanism

Swanny takes us on a ride and a half, exploring Florida's wildlife and more in this eye popping episode about the goings on in Florida on the Trial by Winers' birthdays!

Episode 10 Cert III Shamanism

Episode 10 Cert III Shamanism

Episode 10 Cert III Shamanism

Clarky proves the adage that in modern times people can have more than three careers with his story of Mona Fandey. Schmidty and Swanny debate whether there is a skills gap for shamanism and what the curriculum of the School of Trial By Wine Certificate III Shamanism would need to cover and whether internships are a good things

Episode 11 Underwater Stone

Episode 10 Cert III Shamanism

Episode 12 A Grope in the Grotto

  

Schmidty unleashes the first unsolved case on the TBW crew, changing things up a little and getting the team to don their detective hats and scour through the evidence before accusing and sentencing their perps. The story centers around an underwater Stone, Brian Jones, and the mystery of his death.

Episode 12 A Grope in the Grotto

Episode 10 Cert III Shamanism

Episode 12 A Grope in the Grotto

  

What does a Jewish Pimp, a Hollywood director and Hugh Hefner have in common?  A beautiful woman named Dorothy Stratten.  Hear the harrowing story of Dorothy and the men that destroyed her told by Swanny.

Episode 13 Tea Cakes Hun

Episode 15 Beware Bee Slice

Episode 13 Tea Cakes Hun

Oh, this one is gross.  Clarky takes us back in time to 1930's Italy where we learn the economical way a murderer can use their "resources" and Schmidty and Swanny write a new musical.

Episode 14 Family Ties

Episode 15 Beware Bee Slice

Episode 13 Tea Cakes Hun

Schmidty tells a very light touch Golden State Killer story and then goes on to shock the Jury with the story of David Fuller and how both of these monsters were undone in the end.

Episode 15 Beware Bee Slice

Episode 15 Beware Bee Slice

Episode 15 Beware Bee Slice

Swanny delves into the world of body modification and the team are amazed at the kind of work you can get at a tattoo shop on the Central Coast.

Human Satan

Episode 16 Battered Sav

Episode 17 Crash Test Dummies

Episode 15 Beware Bee Slice

Who doesn't love a battered Saveloy?  Well, us now.  Clarky tells the story of Sada Abe and her extraordinary love life.

Episode 17 Crash Test Dummies

Episode 17 Crash Test Dummies

Episode 17 Crash Test Dummies

Schmidty tells the story of Ursula and Sabina Eriksson, the Swedish twins who ran havoc on the M6 and more.  

60 Minutes

Episode 18 Diabolical Deviant

Episode 17 Crash Test Dummies

Episode 17 Crash Test Dummies

Swanny takes the team on a trip to Springfield Illinois where nuclear plant engineer Mark Winger killed his wife Donnah and alleged attacker and thanks to the investigation lead by a Chief Wiggan wannabe, very nearly got away with it. 

Episode 19 The Werewolf and the poet

Episode 19 The Werewolf and the poet

Episode 19 The Werewolf and the poet

 Clarky horrifies the team with the shocking story of the Richardson family murders and Swanny discovers her talent for slam duck poetry.

Episode 20 Waiting for Satan

Episode 19 The Werewolf and the poet

Episode 19 The Werewolf and the poet

  Schmidty takes us back in time to Switzerland 1794 with the story of Margaretta Peter, the woman who thought she was Christ, in this story of religious fanaticism and whack-a-mole.

Episode 21 Clown Passions

Episode 19 The Werewolf and the poet

Episode 22 Camouflage Justice

Swanny tells the story of the man behind the makeup, providing the background to one of America’s most prolific serial killers, John Wayne Gacy and why clowns just don’t do it for her.

Episode 22 Camouflage Justice

Episode 22 Camouflage Justice

Episode 22 Camouflage Justice

  Clarky, Schmidty and Swanny are joined by a special guest, Regina Lawless, who gives us her professional view on the case of McKinley "Mac" Phipps Jr.  Reggie brings her wealth of experience in legal process to educate the TBW crew and we were honoured to have her join the jury!

Episode 23 Catalogue of Cons

Episode 22 Camouflage Justice

Episode 23 Catalogue of Cons

Schmidty lightens things up a bit and in honour of April fools, takes us back in the Timey-Winey machine to the roaring '20's in this story of the King of Conmen, Victor Lustig (or at least that was one of his names), a man who made fooling people an art form.

Episode 24 No Clowns Here

Episode 22 Camouflage Justice

Episode 23 Catalogue of Cons

Swanny backs up Clown Passions and horrifies the Trial by Wine crew with a deeper dive into the John Wayne Gacy case.  

Episode 25 Munchausen Misfits

Episode 25 Munchausen Misfits

Episode 25 Munchausen Misfits

Clarky delves into the story of Dee Dee Blanchard and her daughter Gypsy Rose in this story of illness.  The Trial by Wine team debate who was ill and how as it isn't as clear as it may seem.  

Episode 26 Sacramental Bleach

Episode 25 Munchausen Misfits

Episode 25 Munchausen Misfits

Schmidty goes back to Florida and throws in a dose of COVID-19 in this story of how President Trump prescribed bleach to an unsuspecting populace.

Episode 27 Sylvia's Revenge

Episode 25 Munchausen Misfits

Episode 27 Sylvia's Revenge

Clarky tells the harrowing story of Sylvia Likens, an innocent girl bullied and tortured to death by a community lead by a villain who looks an awful lot like a caricature of evil.

Episode 28 Vegan on the Run

Episode 28 Vegan on the Run

Episode 27 Sylvia's Revenge

Swanny covers the classic story of boy meets girl, boy gaslights girl, girl loses everything set against the backdrop of Sarma Melngailis' vegan crusade.

Episode 29 Brazil Nuts

Episode 28 Vegan on the Run

Episode 30 Death by Text

Schmidty tells the story of three fascinating Brazilians and their penchant for long pig in our first fan requested story - thanks Kitty Kat!

Episode 30 Death by Text

Episode 28 Vegan on the Run

Episode 30 Death by Text

Clarky tells the story of Michelle Carter and Conrad Roy, where antidepressants and text messages combined with tragic consequences. 

Episode 31 Salad bowl in the fridge

Episode 31 Salad bowl in the fridge

Episode 31 Salad bowl in the fridge

Swanny takes us on a road trip to the salad bowl of America where Laren Sims and Sara Dutra (Karma Sutra) cross Weekend at Bernie's and Thelma and Louise in a wild story that proves real life is stranger than fiction.

Episode 32 Crimes against Craft

Episode 31 Salad bowl in the fridge

Episode 31 Salad bowl in the fridge

Schmidty grosses the team out with the macabre story of Ed Gein, the Butcher of Plainfield who filled late nights in Wisconsin with some bizarre hobbies.

Episode 33 Risk Taking Bankers

Episode 31 Salad bowl in the fridge

Episode 33 Risk Taking Bankers

The team are joined by Risky Sour, who provides some much needed gravitas and actual expertise on Clarky's story of the Westpac Scandal.

Episode 34 Not a cure

Episode 36 Virtual Shit got real

Episode 33 Risk Taking Bankers

Join the team as Swanny tells the story of Jaycee Dugard, kidnapped walking to her school bus stop and the monsters who stole her childhood.

Episode 35 Blackmail Moles

Episode 36 Virtual Shit got real

Episode 36 Virtual Shit got real

Schmidty reveals the insidious nature of blackmail with three stories from across the globe all featuring blackmailing moles.

Episode 36 Virtual Shit got real

Episode 36 Virtual Shit got real

Episode 36 Virtual Shit got real

Clarky dives into crimes of passion, culminating in the bizarre story of Tall Hot Blonde and Marine Sniper - how a virtual romance can go very bad.

Episode 37 Suite of Silly

Episode 38 Sedatives and Siri

Episode 38 Sedatives and Siri

Swanny brings suite of silly stories from the UK (thank you Channel 4) and our favourite - Florida.  From phallus reconstruction to a VET who loves animals too much.

Episode 38 Sedatives and Siri

Episode 38 Sedatives and Siri

Episode 38 Sedatives and Siri

Schmidty brings the Widow of Walcha to trial, where Natasha Darcy's prolific internet searching lead to her arrest.  

Episode 39 A teaspoon of Sick

Episode 38 Sedatives and Siri

Episode 40 The curious case of Kellie Lane

Clarky brings to light a story from Antwerp Victoria, where Joan Vollmer was exorcised to death in 1993 in a truly shocking Australian story.

Episode 40 The curious case of Kellie Lane

Episode 40 The curious case of Kellie Lane

Episode 40 The curious case of Kellie Lane

Swanny tells the tale of Kellie Lane, set against a backdrop of Sydney's sport and beach culture.  What happened to baby Tegan?

Episode 41 COVID cover story

Episode 40 The curious case of Kellie Lane

Episode 41 COVID cover story

What kind of idiot would use COVID to cover up a murder?  Schmidty answers this in the story of David and Gretchen Anthony.

Episode 42 Child or Chucky

Episode 40 The curious case of Kellie Lane

Episode 41 COVID cover story

Clarky's telling of the Natalia Barnett case leaves the team with more questions than answers...and a lot of laughs along the way.

Episode 43 Lee Wuornos and Friends

Episode 43 Lee Wuornos and Friends

Episode 43 Lee Wuornos and Friends

Schmidty introduces the complex and at times tragic case of Aileen Wuornos - not the first female serial killer. 

Episode 44 Non Secretor Madness

Episode 43 Lee Wuornos and Friends

Episode 43 Lee Wuornos and Friends

Swanny introduces the concept of a non-secretor to the team and tells the story of the tragic murder of Angela Samota, where suspects abound, but only the determination of Angela's best friend Sheila brought the killer to justice.

Episode 45 Ladbible Edit

Episode 43 Lee Wuornos and Friends

Episode 45 Ladbible Edit

With Swanny away, Clarky and Schmidty (with the help of Woowey and Tone) keep the home fires burning with this selection of weird and wonderful news - mostly brought to us by our favourite source - Ladbible

Episode 46 Vandals and Superheroes

Episode 46 Vandals and Superheroes

Episode 46 Vandals and Superheroes

While Swanny is away, Clarky entertains the jury with some saucy stories from Oxygen.com discovering a whole new species of human - real life super heroes!

Episode 47 Hero to Villain

Episode 46 Vandals and Superheroes

Episode 46 Vandals and Superheroes

Schmidty takes the Real life Superhero thing further with the story of Pheonix Jones, a real life Super Hero who fell from grace.

Episode 48 Slenderman Stabbing

Episode 46 Vandals and Superheroes

Episode 48 Slenderman Stabbing

Swanny is back and to celebrate Clarky tells the tale of the Slenderman Stabbing.  Was it another case of folie a deux, or more aligned to Mean Girls?  


Episode 49 Unmaking a Murderer

Episode 49 Unmaking a Murderer

Episode 48 Slenderman Stabbing

Schmidty brings a listener recommendation to the jury that shocks them into silence. The death of Pravin Varughese and subsequent miscarriage of justice is a harrowing story of a mothers fighte for justice.  Thank you Lovely for your support.

Sign the petition here

Episode 50 Modern Day Jocasta

Episode 49 Unmaking a Murderer

Episode 50 Modern Day Jocasta

Swanny takes us back to the 50's and a story of mother's love that's gone a little too far.  Ma Duncan refuses to cut the cord to her son Frank with disastrous consequences.

Episode 51 The Watcher

Episode 49 Unmaking a Murderer

Episode 50 Modern Day Jocasta

Schmidy tells a buyer beware story of real estate jealousy that had the Broaduss family terrorised. Who was The Watcher and what was their problem?

Episode 52 Swindon Nights

Episode 54 Elisa Lam and the Cecil Hotel

Episode 53 Ships that kill in the night

Schmidy takes a trip down memory lane back in the Wild West of England in this story of the murders of Becky Godwin and Sian O'Callaghan and the lingering questions about their killer Christopher Halliwell. 

Episode 53 Ships that kill in the night

Episode 54 Elisa Lam and the Cecil Hotel

Episode 53 Ships that kill in the night

When is a love triangle, not a love triangle?  When Liz Golyar is in the mix.  Swanny tells the sad tale of the disappearance of Cari Farver at the hands of her love rival.

Episode 54 Elisa Lam and the Cecil Hotel

Episode 54 Elisa Lam and the Cecil Hotel

Episode 54 Elisa Lam and the Cecil Hotel

 Clarky hangs the jury in this frankly weird story of Elisa Lam and the events that lead to her tragic death.  What really happened to Elisa and did the dark history of the Cecil Hotel have anything to do with it? 

Episode 55 Natural Weapon

Episode 56 Mortician Murderer

Episode 54 Elisa Lam and the Cecil Hotel

If you have a fear of snakes, this one is not for you! Schmidty takes the team to Kerala for an exotic murder in God's Own Country.  Hear how Suraj Kumar plotted to murder his wife Uthra and created a legal precedence in the process.

Episode 56 Mortician Murderer

Episode 56 Mortician Murderer

Episode 56 Mortician Murderer

In this story, Swanny delves into the murder of Marjorie Nugent by her musical theatre loving companion Bernie Tiede and highlights the risks involved when Austin Liberals campaign for justice. 

Episode 57 Lottery and Lies

Episode 56 Mortician Murderer

Episode 56 Mortician Murderer

Schmidty delves into the sad story of Abraham Shakespeare, a man who had a little, then a lot, then nothing. Would you tell anyone if you won the lottery?  

Episode 58 Literary Monster

Episode 59 Seventh Time's A Charm

Episode 59 Seventh Time's A Charm

Clarky brings us the story of Jack Unterweger, a killer across continents who charmed the Literati into thinking that literal reform and moral reform were literally the same thing.

Episode 59 Seventh Time's A Charm

Episode 59 Seventh Time's A Charm

Episode 59 Seventh Time's A Charm

Clarky shocks the jury with the tragic story of Zarah Baker, whose short life was plagued with illness and abuse. Did her step mother Elisa kill her and was her father Adam a pathalogical numnut? 

Episode 60 Ming the Minger

Episode 59 Seventh Time's A Charm

Episode 61 Christmas Carnage

 Here is the story of Mary and Elizabeth Stauffer and Jason Wilkman, who were minding their own business when Ming Sen Shiue abducted them.  Swanny horrifies the team as she unravels the ordeal that Mary and her daughter suffered at the hands of a predator, and the murder of Jason, an innocent bystander.    

Episode 61 Christmas Carnage

Episode 62 Media Circus or Murder

Episode 61 Christmas Carnage

  The Jury wish you all a happy holiday season with this story about Christmas Crime.  Schmidty tells the gruesome story of Ronald Gene Simmons and the carnage that took place in Arkansas in 1987.  Maybe leave this one till Boxing Day.  

Episode 62 Media Circus or Murder

Episode 62 Media Circus or Murder

Episode 62 Media Circus or Murder

   Clarky puzzles the jury with no evidence, lots of opinions and a trial by media that continues to now.  Hear the story of Laci Peterson and her unborn son Connor - did Scott Peterson kill his wife and child, or is there much more to the story?  

Episode 63 Barry Nummer Rader

Episode 62 Media Circus or Murder

Episode 62 Media Circus or Murder

  Well, Swanny brings her A game, telling the story of Denis Rader AKA BTK and yet somehow manages to have the team in hysterics, even though this is a particularly dark and brutal case.   

Episode 64 Edmund Kemper

Episode 66 Criminal Peanuts

Episode 64 Edmund Kemper

 Schmidty follows up Swanny's Bacon, Tomato and Kale episode with the story of Edmund Kemper, the Co-ed Killer, and his 10 victims.  

Episode 65 Dirty Drew

Episode 66 Criminal Peanuts

Episode 64 Edmund Kemper

   Clarky, working his way through the Petersons of crime, brings us the story of Drew Peterson and his very unfortunate wives.  We hope Stacey is found and her family can have some closure. 

Episode 66 Criminal Peanuts

Episode 66 Criminal Peanuts

Episode 66 Criminal Peanuts

   Swanny brings us the unreal story of the Sun Gym Gang, which tells the cautionary tale of what happens when you mix steroids and a belief in fitness with a desperate need to have more of everything. 

Episode 67 Jolly Joseph

Episode 68 Corowa Killers

Episode 66 Criminal Peanuts

  We return to God's own country, in Schmidty's story of cyanide or cholesterol with the case of Jolly Joseph.  Cursed or killer? 

Episode 68 Corowa Killers

Episode 68 Corowa Killers

Episode 68 Corowa Killers

   Clarky darkens the mood considerably, telling the story of this local cold case and the horrific death of Bronwynne Richardson, a local beauty queen. 

Episode 69 Naughty Nannie

Episode 68 Corowa Killers

Episode 68 Corowa Killers

    Schmidty lightens the mood with the story of Nannie Doss, the naughtiest nanny to ever high tail it round Alabama.  This is a tale of Arsenic and old lace, and numerous people who wished they'd never met the Giggling Granny. 

Episode 70 Wiggers

Episode 71 Cruise Crimes with Clarky

Episode 71 Cruise Crimes with Clarky

 OMG - Clarky really hits this one out the park, terrifying Swanny with the tale of Tracy Wigginton (aka Wiggers), who committed a barbaric and entirely unnecessary crime.  Which Wiggers was it though?  Start the tape boys and I'll tell you what really happened. 

Episode 71 Cruise Crimes with Clarky

Episode 71 Cruise Crimes with Clarky

Episode 71 Cruise Crimes with Clarky

 Clarky prepares for his upcoming cruise with tales from the high seas.  Find out what a magic pipe is and more! 

Episode 72 Nanny Killers

Episode 71 Cruise Crimes with Clarky

Episode 73 Tony does Tulia

  Swanny harks back to the late naughties in London, with this story of obsession for Mr Boyzone.  Sabrina Kouider and Sam Medouni spiral out of control, culminating in a bonfire and a bbq. 

Episode 73 Tony does Tulia

Episode 75 Cruise Crimes vol 2

Episode 73 Tony does Tulia

   While Swanny is away, Tony debuts as host, covering the story of Tulia - known as the home of one of the worst miscarriages of justice in recent memory, and Tom Coleman, the man who made it all possible. 

Episode 74 Dead Horse Road

Episode 75 Cruise Crimes vol 2

Episode 75 Cruise Crimes vol 2

  Schmidty draws some parallels between the boys in the valley and Dr Charles Scudder and Joey Odom, two off gridders from the 70's who found tragedy, instead of peace, in their country retreat. 

Episode 75 Cruise Crimes vol 2

Episode 75 Cruise Crimes vol 2

Episode 75 Cruise Crimes vol 2

  Clarky brings more horror on the high seas, with the story of Dianne Brimble, whose holiday of a lifetime tragically became her last.   

Episode 76 Submariner Mayhem

Episode 77 Cruise Crimes vol 3

Episode 77 Cruise Crimes vol 3

  Swanny tells the story of Peter Madsen, Danish entrepreneur, genius and cold blooded killer.

Episode 77 Cruise Crimes vol 3

Episode 77 Cruise Crimes vol 3

Episode 77 Cruise Crimes vol 3

  Clarky continues his cruise crimes series, with this Mediterranean murder.  When your ex husband tries to patch things up with you and organises a cruise, be afraid.  Be very afraid!  Especially if his name is Lonnie Kocontes. 

Episode 78 Cult Kids

Episode 77 Cruise Crimes vol 3

Episode 79 Cruise Crimes vol 4

 This is the story of Larry Ray and the kids from Sarah Lawrence College who fell under his spell.  Fry pans, one room apartments and sex trafficking were not on the syllabus, yet somehow these kids fell victim to Ray and his ill intent.  

Episode 79 Cruise Crimes vol 4

Episode 79 Cruise Crimes vol 4

Episode 79 Cruise Crimes vol 4

 Clarky finishes off his month of cruise crimes with two stories that will horrify you.  Schmidty resolutely ignores all his dire warnings (as per usual). 

Episode 80 Wedding Special

Episode 79 Cruise Crimes vol 4

Episode 80 Wedding Special

  The day after the hens do, the Trial by Wine crew finally record together, with special guest voice talents from Somerset and Wales.  Schmidty tells the tale of Penny and David Jackson and the bubble and squeak that lead to murder. 

Episode 81 Donkey Shooter

Episode 79 Cruise Crimes vol 4

Episode 80 Wedding Special

   Here's the story of Andy Albury, Australia's Hannibal Lecter - allegedly.  Clarky tells the story of Andy and his gruesome deeds, but the jury is out on whether Albury deserves that moniker, when really he's a Donkey Shooter. 

Episode 82 Toys and Tools

Episode 82 Toys and Tools

Episode 82 Toys and Tools

  Swanny delves into the depraved worlds of the Toybox killer and the Toolbox killers - trigger warnings abound.  

Episode 83 Jodie Arias

Episode 82 Toys and Tools

Episode 82 Toys and Tools

 Schmidty brings the intriguing case of Jodi Arias, a young, pretty and seemingly innocent woman who found herself at the centre of a media storm when her ex boyfriend Travis Alexander was found brutally murdered. 

Episode 84 Scam Scum

Episode 82 Toys and Tools

Episode 85 What a load of old sh*t

 Schmidty brings us a nice little cleansing (no murder) story of romance scammers stealing a lot more than hearts around the world.   

Episode 85 What a load of old sh*t

Episode 85 What a load of old sh*t

Episode 85 What a load of old sh*t

  Hoarder stories galore in this episode!  Clarky tells the sad tale of the Collyer brothers, who filled their lives and house with so much stuff that it lead to a tragic outcome and Schmidty joins in with some real life tales of hoarding - big shout out to Fat Shaz! 

Episode 86 Little Phil

Episode 85 What a load of old sh*t

Episode 87 Period Drama

  Swanny tells the light-hearted caper of Little Phil, aka Philippe Petit, the French artist who had a dream and took New York by storm.  

Episode 87 Period Drama

Episode 85 What a load of old sh*t

Episode 87 Period Drama

   Lizzie Borden took an axe, gave her mother 40 whacks - or did she?  Schmidty fires up the timey winey machine for the infamous Lizzie Borden case and takes Clarky and Swanny on a ride back to the Victorian era, Massachusetts style. 

Episode 88 Red Ripper Pt 1

Episode 90 Andrea and Shay

Episode 88 Red Ripper Pt 1

  Clarky tells the harrowing story of one of the most prolific and brutal serial killers the Trial by Wine Jury had never heard of.  Strap in for the story of Andrei Chikatilo - part one.  Trigger warning, this is a graphic episode. 

Episode 89 Red Ripper pt 2

Episode 90 Andrea and Shay

Episode 88 Red Ripper Pt 1

   Here we go again!  Clarky reaches the climax of the story of Andrei Chikatilo, the Red Ripper of Rostov, much to the relief of the Trial By Wine Jury. 

Episode 90 Andrea and Shay

Episode 90 Andrea and Shay

Episode 90 Andrea and Shay

  Swanny steers clear of serial killers, but still tells the shocking story of Andrea Del Vesco, her slutpup Shay Panda, and the question over those critical 6 minutes.     

Episode 91 Bad Mummy

Episode 93 Mary and Roxanne

Episode 90 Andrea and Shay

 Schmidty heads back to ol' Blighty with this story of Britain's worst mother Karen Matthews, and her bid to get dart and booze money that went awry. 

Episode 92 Woman Hater

Episode 93 Mary and Roxanne

Episode 93 Mary and Roxanne

 Clarky keeps it local with the story of the Frankston Serial Killer Paul Denyer who hated women and stalked and killed them....and then wanted to become one. 

Episode 93 Mary and Roxanne

Episode 93 Mary and Roxanne

Episode 93 Mary and Roxanne

Schmidty pulls the Band-Aid off fast in this story of Mary Vincent and Roxanne Hayes, the victims of Laurence Singleton.  This is a bittersweet story of survival and murder that changed Californian law.

Episode 94 The J Show

Episode 96 Cryptid Crimes Vol 1

Episode 95 Tynong Troublers

 Swanny introduces us to Joleen Cummings, the cosmetologist who disappeared from her work in May 2018, and the twisted tale of jealousy, J names and a very suspicious shopping list.  

Episode 95 Tynong Troublers

Episode 96 Cryptid Crimes Vol 1

Episode 95 Tynong Troublers

 Clarky keeps the Aussie stories rolling with the unsolved mystery of the Tynong/Frankston murders.  We hate a mystery! 

Episode 96 Cryptid Crimes Vol 1

Episode 96 Cryptid Crimes Vol 1

Episode 96 Cryptid Crimes Vol 1

 Schmidty educates the team on cryptozoology and does a deep dive into the crimes of Bigfoot, or as they are known in Australia, the Yowie.  Are they reclusive, gentle hominids as yet undiscovered, the missing link, or violent Yahoos with giant genitalia?  You decide... 

Episode 97 Crimes in Space

Episode 98 Liz Carmichael and the Dale

Episode 96 Cryptid Crimes Vol 1

   Clarky tells the jury the story of the first possible space crime.  Astronauts, lesbians, data privacy breaches and a twist in the tale - the story of Summer Worden and Anne McClain has it all.  

Episode 98 Liz Carmichael and the Dale

Episode 98 Liz Carmichael and the Dale

Episode 98 Liz Carmichael and the Dale

 Swanny brings us the story of Liz Carmichael and the car con of the century.  A woman who was either a pioneer or a pirate, working in a mans world.  


Episode 99 Port Hedland Tragedy

Episode 98 Liz Carmichael and the Dale

Episode 98 Liz Carmichael and the Dale

 Clarky tells the story of Margaret Hawke who murdered her three children in Port Hedland and the social context of this tragedy.  Trigger warning, this is a very sad story.  

Episode 100 Cryptid Crimes Vol 2

Episode 101 The great Aussie Plane heist

Episode 101 The great Aussie Plane heist

   Schmidty horrifies the team with this gruesome tale of Albert Fish, considered one of the worst child killers in history.  A true monster. Trigger warnings abound. 

Episode 101 The great Aussie Plane heist

Episode 101 The great Aussie Plane heist

Episode 101 The great Aussie Plane heist

    Clarky's on holiday, but that doesn't stop him telling a corker of a story of the 1971 Qantas bomb hoax.  A story that inspired film and music and features some of the dumbest criminals ever.  

Episode 102 Cryptid Crimes Vol 3

Episode 101 The great Aussie Plane heist

Episode 102 Cryptid Crimes Vol 3

   Schmidty continues her cryptid carry on with Werewolves - a cross section of true crimes perpetrated by wolfmen - yeah, sure.  

Episode 103 Miramichi Murders

Episode 105 Chad and Lori Daybell

Episode 102 Cryptid Crimes Vol 3

   Swanny returns to murder and mayhem with the story of the Monster of the Miramichi, Allan Legere who terrorised a community for absolutely no reason at all. 

Episode 104 Cryptid Crimes Vol 4

Episode 105 Chad and Lori Daybell

Episode 105 Chad and Lori Daybell

 Schmidty completes her Cryptid series with the story of Shane Chartres Abbott, Melbourne's Vampire Gigolo who wasn't. 

Episode 105 Chad and Lori Daybell

Episode 105 Chad and Lori Daybell

Episode 105 Chad and Lori Daybell

 Schmidty takes us back to Utah with the story of Chad and Lori Daybell - a love story for the ages, or two maniacal extremist Mormons?  

Episode 106 Iceland and lies

Episode 106 Iceland and lies

Episode 106 Iceland and lies

  Clarky tells the disturbing story of the Icelandic Confessions, where six people confessed to the murders of two men.  Seems open and shut right?  WRONG!   

Episode 107 Dirty Dolly

Episode 106 Iceland and lies

Episode 106 Iceland and lies

  Schmidty brings her Austro-Hungarian roots to the story of Walburga (Dolly) Oesterreich who kept her lover in an attic for 9 years.  Hear as Dolly charms her way through the '30's and maybe into our hearts. (not Clarky's though) 

Episode 108 Erect Canoe

Episode 106 Iceland and lies

Episode 109 Stolen child

 What do you get when you cross a canoe, a prison guard and a doctors administrator?  A fake death of course!  Hear Swanny amaze the jury with the simply ridiculous story of John Darwin (Don Jarwin) and his wife Anne. 

Episode 109 Stolen child

Episode 110 Strip Search Scam

Episode 109 Stolen child

  Clarky continues his travel themed stories with the tragic story of Denise Pipitone who disappeared from Mazara Del Vallo. 

Episode 110 Strip Search Scam

Episode 110 Strip Search Scam

Episode 110 Strip Search Scam

If you thought you were having a bad day at the office, spare a thought for Louise Ogborn who was the victim of the McDonalds Strip Search Scam - Swanny does it again with another non murder, but very disturbing case.

Episode 111 Confession Caper

Episode 110 Strip Search Scam

Episode 110 Strip Search Scam

 Schmidty tells the story of Keith Jesperson, the happy faced killer who murdered across 5 states undetected due to the ridiculous confession of Laverne.  Seriously Laverne, what were you thinking? 

Episode 112 Grecian Robin Hood

Episode 113 Clowns Roos Poos and Tahini

Episode 113 Clowns Roos Poos and Tahini

Another offshore story brought to us by Clarky as he wanders the planet.  This time we're in Greece where the Palaiokostas Brothers ran amok, much to the consternation of the police and amusement of the Trial by Wine jury.  Get ready for a wild ride that really should be a blockbuster movie. 

Episode 113 Clowns Roos Poos and Tahini

Episode 113 Clowns Roos Poos and Tahini

Episode 113 Clowns Roos Poos and Tahini

 Schmidty tells a collection of stories from around the world, spooky clowns, stalking roos, dunny diving and the story of Julian Buchwald and Carolynne Watson and their picnic in the bush that did not go according to plan. 

Episode 114 Maltese Murder

Episode 113 Clowns Roos Poos and Tahini

Episode 114 Maltese Murder

 Clarky continues his continental musings with the story of Daphne Caruana Galizia, who challenged the government and was the "One Woman Wikileaks" of Malta.  

Episode 115 Wacky DNA

Episode 116 Curb your allegations

Episode 114 Maltese Murder

 Schmidty tells the story of Sarah Yarborough, a beautiful young girl taken too soon by a man who remained unknown for 32 years.  Some interesting questions are raised around familial DNA and its use by law enforcement. 

Episode 116 Curb your allegations

Episode 116 Curb your allegations

Episode 116 Curb your allegations

 Swanny tells the incredible story of Juan Catalan who, if it weren't for a tenacious defence attorney, could have received the death sentence for a crime he did not commit.  Oh and Larry David too. 

Episode 117 Maltese misadventure

Episode 116 Curb your allegations

Episode 116 Curb your allegations

 Clarky continues his travel crime series with more misdeeds from Malta.  This one is a mystery involving Mike Mansholt, a German tourist.  Incompetence or conspiracy? 

Episode 118 Sante Kimes pt 1

Episode 118 Sante Kimes pt 1

Episode 118 Sante Kimes pt 1

 Clarky tells the story of Sante Kimes, well, part one any rate, because this is the busiest woman ever.  Gateway crimes galore. !   

Episode 119 Sante Kimes pt 2

Episode 118 Sante Kimes pt 1

Episode 118 Sante Kimes pt 1

   Clarky completes the story of the Kimes', all the while inventing a drinking game no one remembers the rules to by the end. 

Episode 120 Mensa Murderer

Episode 118 Sante Kimes pt 1

Episode 120 Mensa Murderer

 Swanny tells the tale of Marjorie Diehl Armstrong, the MENSA murderer.  With a cast of thousands this case had the team gripped.  

Episode 121 Mr 100 Percent

Episode 123 Peterborough ditch b*tch

Episode 120 Mensa Murderer

  Reggie Lawless is back in this episode about not one, but two, miscarriages of justice with the backdrop of Perth.  Clarky takes us back in the timey winey machine and touches on one of the most heinous crime sprees Australia has ever seen.  

Episode 122 Curated caca crimes

Episode 123 Peterborough ditch b*tch

Episode 123 Peterborough ditch b*tch

 Schmidty brings a curated and curious series of crimes to the team. It's just a coincidence that three out of four of them include human poo. 

Episode 123 Peterborough ditch b*tch

Episode 123 Peterborough ditch b*tch

Episode 123 Peterborough ditch b*tch

  Schmidty tells the ghastly story of Joanna Dennehy, one of the UK's most dangerous women.  Moreish??? 

Episode 124 But for the torso

Episode 124 But for the torso

Episode 124 But for the torso

 Swanny tells the tale of Doctor Bob Bierenbaum the plastic surgeon who seems like the perfect Mr. Right, but was actually a total Mr. Wrong as his wife Gail Katz would discover. 

Episode 125 Mexican Mayhem

Episode 124 But for the torso

Episode 124 But for the torso

  Clarky spares the ladies of the jury any specifics that will keep them awake at night, but manages to terrify them anyway with his overview of Mexican drug cartels. 

Episode 126 3 minutes

Episode 124 But for the torso

Episode 126 3 minutes

 Swanny horrifies the jury with the case of Dante Arthurs, the monster who murdered Sophia Rodriguez-Urrutia Shu in a public toilet.  A truly disturbing case, trigger warnings abound.   

Episode 127 Peru Six

Episode 129 Below Deck on the Bluebelle

Episode 126 3 minutes

 Clarky takes us to Peru, the land of spit roast guinea pigs, llama and false accusations. 

Episode 128 Killer Clown

Episode 129 Below Deck on the Bluebelle

Episode 129 Below Deck on the Bluebelle

 Schmidty delves into the world of clowns (again) with the case of the murder of Marlene Warren, by none other than a killer clown. 

Episode 129 Below Deck on the Bluebelle

Episode 129 Below Deck on the Bluebelle

Episode 129 Below Deck on the Bluebelle

 Schmidty tells the story of the Duperrault family and their dream sailing holiday on board the Bluebelle with Captain Julian Harvey.  A bit like Below Deck Sailing Yacht, but with murder. 

Episode 130 Haters gonna hate

Episode 131 The island strikes back

Episode 131 The island strikes back

 Clarky continues his international crime series with a tale from Chile.  The title may have given it away, but this is a hate crime perpetrated against Daniel Zamudio which shocked the country and paved the way for change. 

Episode 131 The island strikes back

Episode 131 The island strikes back

Episode 131 The island strikes back

   Clarky curates a series of deaths in Bali - is it a case of insufferable Instagrammers focussing on their phones and falling to their deaths, or is the island striking back?  

Episode 132 Homicidal Somnambulism

Episode 131 The island strikes back

Episode 132 Homicidal Somnambulism

 Schmidty tells the story of Ken Parks, who slept his way through murder.  If you find that hard to believe, you're in good company with Clarky and Swanny. 

Episode 133 Irene Garza part 1

Episode 133 Irene Garza part 1

Episode 132 Homicidal Somnambulism

 Schmidty has a look into one of the oldest cold cases to ever be solved - the tragic murder of Irene Garza.     

Episode 134 Irene Garza Part 2

Episode 133 Irene Garza part 1

Episode 134 Irene Garza Part 2

 Schmidty finishes the story of the Irene Garza murder and how this became one of the oldest cold cases ever solved. 

Episode 135 Mean Girls

Episode 133 Irene Garza part 1

Episode 134 Irene Garza Part 2

  Swanny named this episode after the appalling behaviour of two girls who murdered their best friend because they just didn't like her any more.  Skylar Neese's biggest mistake was hanging out with Shelia and Rachel. 

Episode 136 Hello Kitty Hell

Episode 138 Dummies Guide to Jonestown

Episode 136 Hello Kitty Hell

  Clarky takes us to Hong Kong and the horrific and senseless murder of Fan Man-yee by three disgusting men and a 14 year old girl. 

Episode 137 Mother God

Episode 138 Dummies Guide to Jonestown

Episode 136 Hello Kitty Hell

  Schmidty introduces the jury to Mother God AKA Amy Carlson, who was a 19 billion year old being and god on earth...or something like that.   

Episode 138 Dummies Guide to Jonestown

Episode 138 Dummies Guide to Jonestown

Episode 138 Dummies Guide to Jonestown

 Swanny takes us down to South America to the scene of the worst mass suicide in US history.  Don't drink the Flavor Aid! 

Episode 139 You Get LSD

Episode 141 Favouritism can be fatal

Episode 138 Dummies Guide to Jonestown

 Schmidty enlightens the group on the sketch CIA programs of the '60's in their race to develop truth serum and brainwashing techniques - AKA Project (or deodorant) MKULTRA. 

Episode 140 Cyanide Malaka

Episode 141 Favouritism can be fatal

Episode 141 Favouritism can be fatal

 Clarky brings us a story of poison from India - yet another country he and Woo visited in their world tour of 2023! 

Episode 141 Favouritism can be fatal

Episode 141 Favouritism can be fatal

Episode 141 Favouritism can be fatal

 Schmidty tells the story of the dangers of favouring any of your family - it can cause long term psychological issues and in some cases, murder!  Mark Staudte found that out the hard way. 

Episode 142 Bad Bostonian

Episode 144 Curated Crazy Crimes pt 2

Episode 143 Persistent Pest

  Swanny tells the story of Charles and Carol Stuart, a successful couple in Boston, until one night in October 1989 when they were gunned down by Willie Bennet....or were they? 

Episode 143 Persistent Pest

Episode 144 Curated Crazy Crimes pt 2

Episode 143 Persistent Pest

   Clarky continues his journey around the world with this story from Kandy, Sri Lanka.  This is the story of obsessive attraction turned murderous against an innocent young boy S. M. Samarasinghe in 1940's Ceylon. 

Episode 144 Curated Crazy Crimes pt 2

Episode 144 Curated Crazy Crimes pt 2

Episode 144 Curated Crazy Crimes pt 2

 Schmidty put together a series of whacky crimes to lighten the mood.  Alligators and crocodiles were definitely harmed. 

Episode 145 Maldives Murders

Episode 145 Maldives Murders

Episode 144 Curated Crazy Crimes pt 2

 Finally Clarky's world tour of crimes is at an end, finishing in the beautiful Maldives.  What a way to end the trip, sand, grey nurse sharks, food, culture and of course, murder.     

Episode 146 John Emil List

Episode 145 Maldives Murders

Episode 146 John Emil List

 Schmidty tells a story of familicide, not to be confused with familiacide.  John Emil List was a seemingly normal family man until one fateful day.  

Episode 147 The Goon Squad

Episode 145 Maldives Murders

Episode 146 John Emil List

 Clarky tells the horrific story of Rankin County's Goon Squad.  6 policemen who thought they were above the law and human decency when they assigned themselves a mission.   

Episode 148 Le MacGyver

Episode 149 Just Get it Done

Episode 149 Just Get it Done

 Swanny is back from her holiday and rips into a jaunt about a French prison escape artist Michel Vaujour and how he was saved by love.   

Episode 149 Just Get it Done

Episode 149 Just Get it Done

Episode 149 Just Get it Done

 Clarky takes us to Gympie, where Sharon Graham had her ex lover murdered by her current lover and wannabe lover.  Yes, it's a love square with a bit of the old MP thrown in. 

Episode 150 Vile Vlogger

Episode 149 Just Get it Done

Episode 150 Vile Vlogger

 Schmidty tells the story of Ruby Franke - a cautionary tale about setting yourself up as an expert mummy vlogger, only to turn out to be a pretty nasty piece of work. 

Episode 151 Blade Runner

Episode 152 Fame Monsters

Episode 150 Vile Vlogger

Clarky, inspired by the Paris Olympics, takes a closer look at the Oscar Pistorius case and the subsequent trial, appeals, sentencing, appeals, trials and so on and so forth. 

Episode 152 Fame Monsters

Episode 152 Fame Monsters

Episode 152 Fame Monsters

What do you get when you combine TikTok, a mother and daughter, sex, lies and video?  Two senseless deaths at the hands of Fame Monsters.  Swanny tells the story of Mahek Bukhari and her mother Ansreen who tried to protect their new found fame at all costs. 

Episode 153 Camper Killer

Episode 152 Fame Monsters

Episode 152 Fame Monsters

For anyone who likes the great outdoors, here's a story about how it can all go horribly wrong.  When Russell Hill and Carol Clay went missing in the Victorian highlands in 2020 there was huge speculation as to what had happened to them.  Greg Lynn was the only person who knew and knows the truth. 

Episode 154 Bondi Kidnap

Episode 155 Krystian Bala the Sh*t head

Episode 155 Krystian Bala the Sh*t head

Clarky tells the story of how Australia lost it's innocence.  The tragic 1960 kidnap and death of Graeme Thorne and the subsequent investigation pioneered forensics in Australia. 

Episode 155 Krystian Bala the Sh*t head

Episode 155 Krystian Bala the Sh*t head

Episode 155 Krystian Bala the Sh*t head

Clarky takes us to Poland and delves into the story of Krystian Bala, the writer whose literary work was his undoing. 

Episode 156 Chowchilla Morons

Episode 155 Krystian Bala the Sh*t head

Episode 156 Chowchilla Morons

Swanny tells the unbelievable story of the kidnap of 23 kids in Chowchilla California. The jury are astounded at the sheer stupidity and callousness of the kidnappers.   

Episode 157 Girl Gone Not

Episode 158 Ugly Obsession

Episode 156 Chowchilla Morons

This is the story of Delimar Vera and the many accounts of what happened in December 1997 when she died, or not. 

Episode 158 Ugly Obsession

Episode 158 Ugly Obsession

Episode 158 Ugly Obsession

Clarky shares a listener recommendation about a dark obsession that lead to the death of Rachel Barber, an innocent and beautiful young woman who did nothing but be her best self. 

Episode 159 Shameless Mick

Episode 158 Ugly Obsession

Episode 158 Ugly Obsession

Swanny brings us a story from ol' Blighty, about Mick Philpott, possibly one of the most repugnant people we've talked about thus far.  Shameless indeed. 

Episode 160 Alabama Shooting

Episode 160 Alabama Shooting

Episode 160 Alabama Shooting

Schmidty takes us to Alabama University where Amy Bishop gunned down her innocent colleagues one horrific afternoon.  But wait, there's more.... 

Episode 161 Bad trades

Episode 160 Alabama Shooting

Episode 160 Alabama Shooting

Clarky tells a story of greed, murder and outsourcing.  You're only as good as the team around you which Mary Ellen Samuels knew too well. 

Episode 162 Uninvited Creeps

Episode 160 Alabama Shooting

Episode 162 Uninvited Creeps

Nothing says 'I love you' like living in a crawl space and leaving notes on the kitchen counter written in condiments, just ask Daniel LaPlant who terrorised a young woman and her family and went on to commit truly heinous crimes. 

Episode 163 Organised Killer

Episode 163 Organised Killer

Episode 162 Uninvited Creeps

Swanny terrifies the gang with the story of Israel Keyes, a serial killer who took planning to the next level. 

Episode 164 Neighbours

Episode 163 Organised Killer

Episode 165 Dungeon Gang

As Barry Crocker intoned, good neighbours become good friends.  Which may be true, but not in this collection of neighbours from hell, brought to you by Clarky. 

Show Transcript

Episode 165 Dungeon Gang

Episode 163 Organised Killer

Episode 165 Dungeon Gang

For anyone who has seen The Unbreakable Kimmie Schmidt, this story has some parallels and even has a person named Schmidt in it. Schmidty (no relation) tells the story of John Jamelske who hoarded bottles, cans, and collected women off the streets.  

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