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.

This is a true crime podcast as the title suggests.

So please consider this your warning that it's not suitable for children and it probably will

contain content that may be triggering to some people. Also it's an Australian

true crime podcast so Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

listeners should be aware it may contain the voices of deceased people.

The producers of this podcast recognize the traditional owners of a land on which it's recorded.

They pay respect to the Aboriginal elders past, present and those emerging.

On the night of November 16th, 2020, not long after she'd said good night to her mother,

23-year-old Celeste Mano was stabbed to death in her bed.

The murderer was a man she'd met very briefly at work over a year before, a man who'd been

stalking her relentlessly ever since. Luay Sacco smashed through her bedroom window with a hammer and stabbed Celeste 23 times in two and a half minutes.

By the time her mother Aggie was woken by the commotion and made it down the hallway to her daughter's bedroom, it was too late.

Earlier this year, Sacco was sentenced to 36 years in prison with a minimum of 30.

It came as a great shock and disappointment to Celeste's family and their supporters who'd hoped for a life sentence.

There was further disappointment when the Office of Public Prosecutions or the OPP announced they would not pursue the option

to seek a life sentence on appeal.

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