Case 329: Roseanne Beckett

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True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.7 • 41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2025

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

*** Content warnings: Domestic violence, child sexual abuse, sexual assault, animal cruelty***

In mid-1989, in the small New South Wales Town of Taree, local residents and law enforcement alike began investigating a woman named Roseanne Catt.

There were allegations that Roseanne was a violent and cruel woman, intent on killing her husband: it was reported that she had thrown a rock at his head, stabbed him with a knife, poisoned his drinks, and solicited hitmen. But this investigation was just the beginning of a case that would grow even stranger the more it unravelled…

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Audio editing – Anthony Telfer

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