Meadow’s Law: How Kathleen Folbigg Was Wrongfully Convicted
Australian True Crime
Meshel Laurie
4.6 • 979 Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
In 2003, Kathleen Folbigg was wrongfully convicted of killing her four children - Caleb, Patrick, Sarah, and Laura, and was eventually sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Investigative journalist Quentin McDermott joins us to discuss his new book Meadow’s Law and the extraordinary scientific breakthroughs that helped overturn her conviction.
Quentin is joined by our guest host and Criminologist Dr. Xanthé Mallett, to explore what went wrong in the investigation, and how the case reshaped the conversation around justice, motherhood, and medical evidence.
You can purchase your copy of Meadow's Law here.
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Guest Host: Dr. Xanthé Mallett
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| 0:00.0 | Do you still understand that you're free to come and go as you please? |
| 0:03.1 | You're not under arrest at all? |
| 0:04.8 | Yep, I'm sorry. |
| 0:05.5 | Okay. |
| 0:06.4 | Do you know what sort of a person would kill four children? |
| 0:09.2 | I don't know. |
| 0:10.1 | Comprehension. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm going to be more than I. |
| 0:14.5 | Kathy? |
| 0:16.4 | Did you kill Caleb? |
| 0:17.9 | No! |
| 0:19.4 | Did you kill Patrick? No. Did you kill Patrick? No. |
| 0:21.6 | Did you try to kill Patrick on that near miss set the same? |
| 0:25.6 | No. |
| 0:26.6 | Did you kill Sarah? |
| 0:29.6 | No. |
| 0:30.6 | And did you kill Laura? |
| 0:34.6 | No. |
| 0:35.6 | No. |
| 0:46.0 | We're joined again in this episode of Australian True Crime by guest host, |
| 0:49.8 | criminologist and forensic anthropologist Dr. Zanthi Mallett. |
| 0:52.8 | Today, I've got a fantastic guest with me, |
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