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Australian True Crime

Karlie and Khandalyce: The Lost Girls with Ava Benny-Morrison - #101

Australian True Crime

Meshel Laurie

True Crime

4.6979 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

How did the remains of toddler Khandalyce Pearce-Stevenson end up in a suitcase by the side of a highway in South Australia? How did her mother Karlie’s remains end up over a thousand kilometres away in the notorious Belanglo State Forest. How did detectives solve this heinous crime and reunite them seven years after their brutal deaths? Journalist Ava Benny-Morrison joins us to talk about her book The Lost Girls which fills in the terrible details.

Warning: please be advised this episode contains graphic content.

Show notes for Episode 101:

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With thanks to Ava Benny-Morrison author of The Lost Girls

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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.

0:26.0

We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast is recorded.

0:30.0

We pay our respects to their elders, past and present, and to Aboriginal elders emerging.

0:36.0

Before you fast forward this bit, can I tell you we'll be attempting another YouTube live stream this weekend,

0:42.0

and we'd love for you to hang out and talk true crime with us.

0:45.7

This time we'll be hanging out live from 8 p.m. on Saturday night because frankly we've got

0:51.2

nowhere else to be. You can find the link on our Facebook page

0:54.6

or just go straight to our Australian True Crime Podcast YouTube channel from 8 p.m. on

1:00.0

Saturday night to take part in a live stream event where you can chat with us and we can

1:05.1

chat back.

1:06.1

And it's very cool, so I hope I'll see you there.

1:09.8

Okay, Patreon time.

1:11.2

Thank you so much to our new patrons. You guys have an exclusive episode coming

1:15.6

your way in the next couple of days. It's an interview with a woman who's been a court reporter

1:20.4

for many years. She's sat in court during some of Australia's biggest

1:24.8

trials. She's witnessed some of the most controversial verdicts and seen some of

1:30.0

those really difficult crime scene photos. the ones that the rest of us aren't

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