Shortcut: The Man Who Wasn't There
Australian True Crime
Bravecasting
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2023
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
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.
In 2011, A young indigenous man by the name of Zak Grieve was sentenced to life in prison for a murder he didn't commit.
The murder of Ray Niceforo was commissioned by his former partner Bronwyn Malyschko, and carried out by her son Chris Malyschko and accomplice Darren Halfpenny.
Grieve was originally supposed to be an accomplice to the murder too, but changed his mind on the night.
Despite this, due to Northern Territory's mandatory minimum sentencing laws, Grieve was sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period of 20 years (eventually reduced to 12 years following a mercy plea).
Journalist Dan Box has been reporting on crime for decades and was unexpectedly drawn into this story and family on a very personal level.
He joins us to tell us about his new book "The Man Who Wasn't There" and the extraordinary man who emerged in Zak Grieve.
Dan Box's "The Man Who Wasn't There" is available to purchase now.
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CREDITS:
Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram
Guest: Dan Box
Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard
This episode contains audio grabs from the documentary, "The Queen and Zak Grieve"
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| 0:00.0 | We're bringing Australian True Crime live to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this July, |
| 0:04.3 | and I have to tell you that Brisbane sold out already. |
| 0:07.4 | Good for you, Brisbane, so we've quickly added a second show. |
| 0:10.3 | Now we can't keep adding more shows, so please make sure you get your tickets. Our special guests, |
| 0:15.2 | our forensic criminologist Santee Mallet in Brisbane and Sydney and the one and only Charlie Bazzina in |
| 0:19.9 | 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. |
| 0:26.0 | This is a true crime podcast as the title suggests. |
| 0:29.0 | So please consider this your warning that it's not suitable for children and it probably will |
| 0:33.8 | contain content that may be triggering to some people. Also it's an Australian |
| 0:38.4 | true crime podcast so Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander |
| 0:42.0 | listeners should be aware it may contain the voices of deceased people. |
| 0:47.0 | The producers of this podcast recognize the traditional owners of the land on which it's recorded. |
| 0:59.0 | They pay respect to the Aboriginal elders past, present and those emerging. |
| 1:07.0 | This week's Australian True Crime takes us back to the Northern Territory. |
| 1:17.0 | The victim whose remains were found just outside Catherine on the 25th of October 2011 by Darrell Hill were those of 41 year old |
| 1:25.3 | Raphaeli Nichifolo also known as Ray. Ray had lived most of his life in |
| 1:31.6 | Catherine which has a population now of roughly 10,000 people. |
| 1:36.6 | It's the kind of place where everyone knows everyone, especially characters as colourful, |
| 1:41.6 | shall we say, as Ray Nichafolo. characters as |
| 1:43.9 | colorful, shall we say, as Ray Nijifolo. At the time of his death, Ray had a string of convictions |
| 1:48.0 | for violent and gun-related crimes to his name, |
| 1:51.6 | including the shooting of a man in 1999 which occurred in the main |
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