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Foul Play: Crime Series

S25 Ep1: Murder of Phoebe Handsjuk

Foul Play: Crime Series

Shane L. Waters, Wendy Cee, Gemma Hoskins

True Crime, Society & Culture, News, Daily News, History

4.4986 Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

In the darkest recesses of the human psyche lies an insatiable curiosity for the bizarre and the unexplained… a desire to peer behind the veil of the ordinary and uncover the secrets that hide just beneath the surface.

These strange and confounding cases ignite the imagination and send shivers down the spine as we struggle to comprehend the sinister forces within our seemingly familiar world.

And those are the cases we dive into here on Foul Play. And while we usually cover some old unsolved cases, today we're going to discuss a fairly recent case that has completely vexed true crime fans and detectives alike.

This is the story of Phoebe Handsjuk, a 24 year old Australian girl who found herself in a strange, strange situation.

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0:00.0

In the darkest recesses of the human psyche, lies an insatiable curiosity for the bizarre

0:20.2

and unexplained, a desire to peer behind the veil of the ordinary and uncover the secrets

0:28.5

that hide just beneath the surface. These strange and confounding cases ignite the imagination

0:37.0

and send shivers down the spine, as we struggle to comprehend the sinister forces within

0:43.2

our seemingly familiar world. And those are the cases we dive into here on Fileplay

0:50.5

Crime Series. And while we usually cover some old unsolved cases, today we're going

0:57.9

to discuss a fairly recent case that has completely vexed true crime fans and detectives alike.

1:07.6

This is the story of Phoebe Hansjuk, a 24 year old Australian girl who found herself

1:14.6

in a strange, strange situation. Born on May 9, 1986, in the bustling city of Melbourne,

1:30.1

Australia, Phoebe Hansjuk was enchanted by the wonders of nature from a young age.

1:37.4

The eldest of three children, Phoebe grew up in the warm embrace of a contented family

1:43.5

and Richmond suburbs with their father, Lynn Hansjuk. However, at the age of 15, Hansjuk's

1:53.2

life took a turn as she began to consume alcohol and dabble in drugs. During this tumultuous

2:01.7

period, she left her family to live with an ex-convict in his children for two months.

2:09.4

In her return, she was prescribed antidepressants and soon embarked on a relationship with the

2:15.9

local teacher, twice her age. At 23, Hansjuk found employment as a receptionist at

2:25.6

Lindley Gottfried's hair salon in South Yara. It was there that she encountered the dashing

2:33.6

39-year-old Antony Hample, one of the salon regulars. Antony was different. He was an

2:42.8

event promoter with a good background. His father, George Hample, served as his supreme

2:49.9

court judge, while his stepmother, Felicity Hample, was a counting court judge. Contrary

2:58.6

to her boss, Lindley Gottfried's expectations that their love of fair would be short-lived,

3:05.0

Hansjuk and Hample actually entered a committed relationship the last five months, culminating

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