We're bringing Australian True Crime live to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this July,

and I have to tell you that Brisbane sold out already.

Good for you, Brisbane, so we've quickly added a second show.

Now we can't keep adding more shows, so please make sure you get your tickets. Our special guests,

our forensic criminologist Santee Mallet in Brisbane and Sydney and the one and only Charlie Bazzina in

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.

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

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

The following podcast contains content of a graphic violent nature and is not suitable for children.

I know it's horrible to say you're glad your parents are gone but it just felt so peaceful

that there was no more carry on. That's Patricia Simmons, who went back to study in her 40s to become a child protection officer and now spends her days intervening in

difficult family situations.

It's challenging work, it's often shocking and heartbreaking,

and sometimes it's very dangerous.

But she does it because she's passionate about keeping children

safe.

More than that though on a very fundamental level.

She's passionate about letting children know she sees them.

Patricia's greatest fear is that she'll be unable to prevent a child from disappearing without anyone noticing.

This is Australian True Crime with Michelle Lorry and Emily Webb. Come with us as we go beyond the news cycle to find out how people become killers, how people become victims and what happens next.

Patricia Simmons has very personal reasons that motivate her and most of them stem from her own dysfunctional

childhood and her relationship with her baby brother Robert.

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