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Australian True Crime

From The Teacher's Pet to Bronwyn - Hedley Thomas

Australian True Crime

Bravecasting

True Crime

4.51K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Hedley Thomas is the National Chief Correspondent for The Australian and the investigative journalist behind Australia's most groundbreaking True Crime podcasts.

 

Many of you will be familiar with Hedley's podcasts. Titles such as The Teacher's Pet, Shandee's Story and The Night Driver.

 

Now Hedley's back with a new series called Bronywn, in which he's investigating the 1993 disappearance of Lennox Head woman Bronwyn Whitfield.

 

Hedley Thomas joins us on Australian True Crime to talk about Bronwyn, as well as how he works and how he chooses what cases to investigate.

 

Bronwyn, as well as all other Hedley Thomas podcasts are available wherever you get your podcasts.

 

www.bronwynpodcast.com

 

Australian True Crime LIVE is coming to Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne this July! It'll be full of special guests and Q+A's, and we can't wait to see you in person. You can find tickets by clicking this link.

 

For Support: 

Lifeline  on 13 11 14

13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)

1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732

 

CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram 

Guest: Hedley Thomas

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

 

GET IN TOUCH:

https://www.australiantruecrimethepodcast.com/

Follow the show on Instagram @australiantruecrimepodcast and Facebook 

Email the show at AusTrueCrimePodcast@gmail.com

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Australian True Crime The live show will be hitting the stage in a few weeks time and I can't wait to see you.

0:05.8

Don't you miss your chance to grab tickets while they're still available?

0:09.0

Tickets are now very limited. In Sydney and Brisbane I'll be joined on stage by criminologist

0:13.8

Dr. Zanthi Mallet and in Melbourne for our super show former homicide

0:18.3

detective Charlie Buzina. In-depth conversations about cases they've both worked

0:22.3

on and Q&A so that you can ask

0:24.6

them any questions I've missed. That's going to happen at every show. Australian True

0:28.6

Crime with a live show don't miss out this July. Tickets are selling fast.

0:33.2

This is a true crime podcast as the title suggests.

0:36.4

So please consider this your warning that it's not suitable for children.

0:40.0

And it probably will contain content that may be triggering to some people.

0:44.0

Also, it's an Australian true crime podcast,

0:46.8

so Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners

0:49.7

should be aware it may contain the voices of deceased people.

0:55.0

The producers of this podcast

1:00.0

recognise the traditional owners of the land on which it's recorded.

1:05.0

They pay respect to the Aboriginal elders past, present and those emerging.

1:16.0

You know, empathy is so important, hearing, and I, you know, I do care deeply.

1:20.7

You can't do these sorts of cases unless you also care. They become

1:26.5

immersions in other people's lives and I find that a privilege and if I can make a difference at the same time that's wonderful.

1:36.0

That's the very familiar and comforting voice of Hedley Thomas, National Chief

1:46.2

Correspondent for the Australian, and the investigative journalist behind Australia's

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