08 Blood On The Tracks | Finally, a new inquest
Unravel
ABC Australia
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🗓️ 22 October 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
It's 2025, and the NSW Deputy Coroner is holding a fresh inquest into the death of Gomeroi teenager Mark Haines, who was found dead on the train tracks back in 1988.
As the inquest hearings spiral over a year a half, new witnesses appear with explosive allegations and police make surprising admissions.
Allan heads to Tamworth and dives back into a story that's gripped him for over a decade.
Will he finally find the answers to this mystery he's been looking for?
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| 0:37.4 | Just before we start, this episode contains some intense material and strong language. |
| 0:44.4 | And a warning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners. |
| 0:48.1 | This series contains the names of people who have died. |
| 0:54.7 | It's 4 a.m. |
| 0:56.8 | And I'm trying to sneak out the door without waking up my kids. |
| 1:03.3 | A lot's changed. |
| 1:05.1 | For one, I now live in France. |
| 1:08.0 | But it's time to head back to Tamworth. |
| 1:11.6 | Welcome to Tamworth. |
| 1:13.6 | I'm going to single like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the local lands and |
| 1:18.6 | what are ways on which really work and flying. |
| 1:21.6 | Something big is happening that could finally give me the answers I've been desperately |
| 1:26.6 | looking for for over a decade. |
| 1:31.0 | It's been six years since I last made an episode of this podcast about Mark Haynes, |
| 1:36.9 | the Gomorotene from Tamworth, who was found dead on the railway tracks back in 1988. |
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