We were in and out of the motel that first month, just constantly, depending on what the

shallows were up to. Yeah, there was like a very genuine fear that they, like Mary had said,

I'm going to go back to Queensland and kidnap my daughter when she least expects it.

Our guest today, Lech Blaine, was 10 years old when his family was located by Australia's most notorious stalkers,

religious fanatics Michael and Mary Shelley.

They'd been convicted multiple times by then of harassing politicians, religious figures,

and private citizens all over the world, and of kidnapping.

They were particularly interested

in the Blains because they were fostering three of the Shelley's biological children. Leck Blaine is now

one of our country's brightest young writing talents. Leck is now telling his family's incredible story

in a new book called Australian Gospel. In part one of this two-part

edition of Australian True Crime, we learn about the backgrounds of the families and the beginnings

of the Shelley's rampage around the globe.

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