Man Overboard, the Enduring Mystery of Andrew Witton

Australian True Crime

Meshel Laurie

True Crime

4.6 • 979 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Australian True Crime is back for 2023, and we begin this year with the story of Andrew Witton.

Andrew was a sailor, surfer and adventurer, who disappeared from his yacht in a remote stretch of the Pacific Ocean in 2007.

He was sailing with another man at the time, Simon Golding. As far has Andrew's friends and family are concerned, Simon has yet to provide a satisfactory account of what happened to Andrew on that trip.

Andrew's sister, Louise Witton, joins us for this episode.

Some of the audio clips used for this episode come from Australian Story's episode on Andrew Witton, which can be viewed here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-08/sea-of-doubt/7147318

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Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram

Guests: Louise Witton

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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.
0:54.0	I'm not going to abide by all laws, no.
1:00.0	But I do have good morals.
1:02.0	The whole thing's a tragedy, but the fact is people fall off boats.
1:08.0	Plenty of people fall off boats. This is unfortunately a classic case of a very normal family finding themselves caught up in extraordinary circumstances.
1:23.0	At the heart of it are a lot of unanswered questions.
1:25.8	Some of the answers seem painfully obvious,
1:28.2	although to a loving sister,
1:30.0	there are some possibilities just too painful to consider.
1:33.4	Louise Witton joins us to tell us about her brother Andrew,
1:36.8	sailor, surfer, adventurer who disappeared from his yacht Kilea
1:42.0	in a remote stretch of the Pacific Ocean in 2007.
1:46.7	He was sailing with another man at the time, and as far as Andrew's friends and family
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