meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Australian True Crime

Neil Mitchell’s Life in Crime

Australian True Crime

Bravecasting

True Crime

4.6979 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Neil Mitchell is a legendary Australian broadcaster and journalist who became one of the youngest editors of an Australian newspaper in 1985 at The Herald.

 

He went on to write for The Age before beginning his extraordinary 37-year run on 3AW, where his talkback show made him a dedicated supporter of victims of crime.

 

His podcast Neil Mitchell Asks Why is available wherever you get your podcasts, and he joins Australian True Crime to talk about the cases that stay with him.

 

Click here to listen to Neil Mitchell Asks Why.

 

We're excited to announce the release of Sherele Moody's new podcast, She Matters. Click here to listen on Apple Podcasts, or find it wherever you get your podcasts.

 

Join our Facebook Group here.

 

Do you have information regarding any of the cases discussed on this podcast? Please report it on the Crime Stoppers website or by calling 1800 333 000.

 

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

Blue Knot Helpline: 1300 657 380

 

CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie

Guest: Neil Mitchell

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

 

GET IN TOUCH:

https://www.australiantruecrimethepodcast.com/

Follow the show on Instagram @australiantruecrimepodcast and Facebook 

Send us a question to have played on the show by recording a voice message here.

Email the show at [email protected]

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Before we begin today's episode of Australian true crime, I want to tell you about a new project

0:04.5

we've been working on behind the scenes. It's called She Matters. It's a new podcast from

0:10.2

award-winning journalist and femicide researcher Shirel Moody. Each week, Shirel speaks with

0:15.3

families of women and children killed in Australia, sharing who they were, the joy they brought,

0:21.9

and the love they left behind. She Matters isn't a true crime podcast. It's about lives lived, lives loved and lives

0:28.7

lost. She Matters is produced by Dashmade podcasts in association with bravecasting media.

0:35.7

She Matters is available wherever you get your podcasts.

0:39.2

You've got to walk this fine line in talk radio,

0:41.6

such a direct form of communication,

0:43.7

that you want to help people,

0:46.0

you want to comfort people,

0:47.3

but not so much that they don't see the danger.

0:49.5

But you don't want to terrify them.

0:51.1

And that's not a commercial for reasons.

0:52.8

It's not because people turn off.

0:54.4

That's the simple community responsibility.

1:02.2

Neil Mitchell is a legendary Australian broadcaster and journalist. In 1985, he became one of

1:08.9

the youngest ever editors of an Australian newspaper, which was The Herald.

1:13.4

He then went on to write for the age before beginning his extraordinary 37-year run on 3AW.

1:19.9

Best known for his talkback show, Neil Mitchell established himself as a dedicated supporter of victims of crime.

1:27.2

His podcast, Neil Mitchell Asks Why, is available wherever you get your podcasts,

1:32.2

and he joins us on Australian True Crime to talk about the cases that stick with him.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Bravecasting, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Bravecasting and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.