Welcome to another edition of Time Suck Short Sucks.

I'm Dan Cummins, and today I'll be sharing the story of Lindy Chamberlain,

well known to Australians as the woman their nation mistreated,

better known to the rest of the world as the woman behind the misquote

that became an international punchline, a dingo ate my baby.

If anything is going to make you a bit more suspicious of

evidence, for the rest of your life, it's this case. Words and ideas can change the world.

I hated her, but I wanted to love my mother. I have a dream. I'll plead not guilty right now.

Your only chance is to leave with us. It was just after nightfall on August 17th,

1980, at a remote campsite by Australia's famous Uluwur Rock, formerly known when our story took

place as Ayers Rock, when a woman's anguish scream tore through the dark.

Fellow campers, some cooking dinner over a campfire, others reading in their tents,

jumped up to see what the commotion was about.

Lindy Chamberlain, a young mother and a pastor's wife in her early 30s, had just gone

to check on her nine-week-old daughter, Azaria, who was meant to be sound asleep in the family tent.

But when Lindy looked inside the tent,

she discovered that her baby was gone.

My God, my God, the dingo's got my baby.

Lindy Chamberlain screamed,

now understandably in hysterics.

What parent would not be in hysterics? Ironically, though,

her lack of appearing hysterical later would turn her into a national villain. That and what

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