Don't Make a Fuss: It's Only the Claremont Serial Killer

Australian True Crime

Meshel Laurie

True Crime

4.6 • 979 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In 1990, social worker Wendy Davis had her dream job at what was then known as Hollywood Private Hospital in Perth. She was the senior grief counsellor in the palliative care unit. It was intense but rewarding work, and at 40 years of age, life was right on track for Wendy Davis.

But It was cruelly taken away from her on her youngest daughter's 11th birthday, when she was violently assaulted by a Telecom technician who was working at the hospital.

The technician was charged with common assault, for which he received two months probation. Then, for twenty six years, no one wanted to talk about what happened to Wendy. Wendy herself, tried to bury the memory.

That was until WA police realised that the technician who attacked Wendy that day, was Bradley Robert Edwards, now known as the Claremont Serial Killer, who was in their custody for the suspicion of murdering Jane Rimmer, Ciara Glennon, and Sarah Spiers.

Wendy's book "Don't Make a Fuss: It's Only the Claremont Serial Killer" is available here: https://www.booktopia.com.au/don-t-make-a-fuss-wendy-davis/book/9781760991227.html

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Guests: Wendy Davis

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0:00.0	We're bringing Australian True Crime live to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this July,
0:04.3	and I have to tell you that Brisbane sold out already.
0:07.4	Good for you, Brisbane, so we've quickly added a second show.
0:10.3	Now we can't keep adding more shows, so please make sure you get your tickets. Our special guests,
0:15.2	our forensic criminologist Santee Mallet in Brisbane and Sydney and the one and only Charlie Bazzina in
0:19.9	Melbourne. There'll be a Q&A of course so you can ask your own burning questions on the night but you have to book quickly.
0:25.9	The producers of this podcast recognize the traditional owners of the land on which it's recorded.
0:37.0	They pay respect to the Aboriginal elders past, present and those emerging.
0:47.0	The following podcast contains content of a graphic violent nature
0:51.0	and is not suitable for children.
0:54.2	I wanted people to understand that it wasn't just,
0:59.0	and I'm not minimizing violence here,
1:00.9	but it wasn't just a slap around the face or even a punch in the head.
1:06.5	It was something horrifying and far more frightening.
1:11.7	It was looking at him when he, after he did it and it was like looking into an abyss.
1:20.0	In 19. In 1990, social worker Wendy Davis had her dream job at what was then known as Hollywood
1:30.0	private hospital in Perth. She was the senior grief counselor in the
1:34.4	palliative care unit. It was intense but rewarding work and she felt as though she'd
1:39.2	reached a pinnacle in her career as her three daughters were making their way through high school and her husband Dave a member of the Western Australian police force was studying hard in pursuit of career advancement and promotion of his own.
1:51.0	At 40 years of age life was right on track for Wendy Davis.
1:57.1	But it was all cruelly taken away from her on her youngest daughter's 11th birthday.
2:01.7	When a telecom technician who was working around the hospital
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