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Episode 1 The Prosthetic Penis Attacker

Episode 1 The Prosthetic Penis Attacker

Episode 1 The Prosthetic Penis Attacker

cucumber

  

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

swiss cheese wedge

  

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

social media woman

  

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

cleaver and knives on board

  

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

clown puppet

  

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

wolves

  

  

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

swimming pool cleaning equipment

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

pyramid of giza

  

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

alligator

  

  

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

neckace talisman

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

tea cakes

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

DNA

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

bee hive

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 18 Diabolical Deviant

Episode 15 Beware Bee Slice

battered savaloy

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 18 Diabolical Deviant

Episode 18 Diabolical Deviant

drive through sign on wall

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 18 Diabolical Deviant

Episode 18 Diabolical Deviant

smoke towers

  

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

duck on pond

  

  

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

hammer

  

  

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

clown mime

  

  

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

scales of justice statue

  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

SSwanny 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

medical implements

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

bleach products

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 S

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

run down bar

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?  

Image: Dave Dick Illustrator

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.

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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. Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72662

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. (image istock)

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 73 Tony does Tulia

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 73 Tony does Tulia

Episode 74 Dead Horse Road

  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. 

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