Shortcut: Strange Investigations with Charlie Bezzina
Australian True Crime
Bravecasting
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.
We’re back with legendary former homicide detective Charlie Bezzina, reflecting on some of the strangest and most unpredictable investigations from his decades with Victoria Police.
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Host: Meshel Laurie
Guest: Charlie Bezzina
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| 0:00.0 | This is Australian True Crime with Michelle Laurie and as promised we are back today with the legendary Charlie Bozina. |
| 0:11.1 | But this time you can watch the interview in full living colour if you want by checking out the Australian True Crime YouTube channel. |
| 0:18.4 | There is of course a link in the show notes. |
| 0:22.2 | Charlie is here to talk about some of the stranger and more unpredictable investigations he was part of during his decades as a |
| 0:27.7 | detective with Victoria Police. This is Australian True Crime. We acknowledge the traditional |
| 0:33.5 | owners of the land on which this podcast is created, the Warrundri Woi Warang people of the Koolan Nation. |
| 0:40.4 | And a warning, this episode of the podcast contains graphic descriptions of violence. |
| 0:49.4 | I'm always suss when people go, oh, you wouldn't do that. |
| 0:52.3 | You just wouldn't do that. |
| 0:53.3 | Who would do that? |
| 0:58.6 | Nobody would do that. And I think people do some really unexpected things under this kind pressure. Always expect the unexpected. And I've got to be satisfied, you know what, with different |
| 1:03.5 | ones. And because my name's on it. I've got to stand by it. This first case that you wanted to |
| 1:08.2 | talk about is a fascinating one because on the face of it, |
| 1:11.6 | and I shouldn't use the word on the face of it, because this elderly lady's face was severely |
| 1:17.6 | injured. |
| 1:18.6 | Fracted, yeah. |
| 1:19.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:20.6 | So it, but it turned, there was a twist. |
| 1:21.6 | Tell us about it. |
| 1:23.6 | Well, it was February, height of summer. |
| 1:28.6 | We get a call. |
| 1:34.7 | There's a deceased elderly female on the blind side of her house lying on her back. |
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