Behind the Smile: The Chilling Murder of Allison Baden-Clay
Terror Bites: Bite Sized True Crime
Audio Cowboy
5 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Gerard Baden-Clay was the perfect husband… until he wasn’t. In this gripping Terror Bites episode, we unravel one of Australia’s most shocking and brutal domestic homicide cases the 2012 murder of Allison Baden-Clay in Brisbane. Beneath the polished image of a successful real estate agent and family man lurked a manipulative narcissist with a deadly secret. From the tangled web of lies, affairs, and financial ruin, to the disturbing forensic evidence and courtroom drama that stunned a nation this is the story of a woman betrayed, a family shattered, and a killer who almost got away with it.
Packed with gruesome detail, dark humor, and unflinching commentary, this episode dives deep into the psychology of a man who turned marriage into murder. Was it cold-blooded calculation or an act of desperation? Tune in to hear the full breakdown.
Perfect for fans of true crime, domestic homicide cases, and Australian criminal history.
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| 0:00.0 | In the 90s, my friend and fellow journalist, Don Phillips, was at the centre of the UK's dance music explosion. |
| 0:08.4 | By 2022, he had mysteriously disappeared in one of the remotest parts of the Amazon jungle, with his friend Bruno Pereira. |
| 0:17.8 | In 2025, so many questions remain. I'm phillips the guardians latin america correspondent |
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| 0:29.5 | welcome to terra Welcome to Terrorbytes, the True Crime Podcast, where the stories are dark, the laughs are twisted, and the terror, well, it's real. |
| 0:51.0 | I'm your host, and this where we dive into the most bizarre,, chilling and downright weird true crime stories you've never heard. |
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| 1:04.0 | He was the golden boy, a charming husband, a doting father, the kind of guy who waved at the neighbours |
| 1:15.7 | while burying secrets deeper than his debt. |
| 1:19.5 | And she? |
| 1:21.1 | She was a former beauty queen, a mum of three, and the woman he swore to love forever, until forever got a bit inconvenient. |
| 1:33.7 | This is the story of Gerard and Alison Badden Clay. |
| 1:38.9 | The glossy facade of middle-class Brisbane life peeled back to reveal rot, betrayal and one man's |
| 1:48.0 | desperate attempt to get away with murder. It's April 2012, Brookfield, Queensland. Alison |
| 1:57.0 | Baden Clay goes missing, just vanishes. |
| 2:04.0 | According to Gerard, her loving husband, |
| 2:07.2 | she got up early for a walk and never came back. |
| 2:09.3 | Now let's be honest, |
| 2:11.2 | when a wife goes missing and the husband's got shaving cuts |
| 2:13.4 | that look suspiciously like scratch marks, |
| 2:16.3 | everyone's gut says the same thing. |
| 2:18.6 | He did it. |
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