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Australian True Crime

Shortcut: Three days before her pregnancy was due, Krystal Fraser went missing

Australian True Crime

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True Crime

4.51K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2023

⏱️ 20 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. 

 

On the 20th of June, 2009, a heavily pregnant Krystal Fraser, 23 years old, checked herself out of hospital to go to a party in Pyramid Hill. A country town in the far north of Victoria. 

 

Krystal was intellectually disabled, and did not have any credit left on her phone to make any calls. One of the last sightings of Krystal that night, was meeting an unknown, well dressed man, who was waiting for her at the Pyramid Hill train station.

 

For a long time, local police did not consider Krystal to be a victim of foul play, and wrongfully believed she was responsible for her own disappearance. 

 

Our guest today, Dennis O'Bryan, is a former police investigator, and author of "Last Train Home". A book in which he delves deep into the events and people involved in Krystal's disappearance.

 

More info:

 

Dennis O'Bryan's Last Train Home can be purchased at this link. Also at Collins booksellers, or via the Help Us Find Krystal Fraser" Facebook group

 

We encourage our listeners to join the "Help Us Find Krystal Fraser" Facebook group

 

If you have any details about this case, you can contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or on their website

 

Some extra audio content from Channel 10 News was used in this episode

 

For Support: 

Lifeline  on 13 11 14

 

13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)

 

1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732

 

CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram 

Guests: Dennis O'Bryan

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

 

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Email the show at team@smartfella.com.au

 

Australian True Crime is a podcast by Smart Fella Media. Your story matters and how you tell it matters even more.

Transcript

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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.

0:59.4

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

1:07.0

On the 20th of June 2009, a heavily pregnant Crystal Fraser who was 23, checked herself

1:19.5

out of hospital to go to a party in Pyramid Hill, a country town in the far north of Victoria.

1:25.7

Crystal had an intellectual disability and did not have any credit left on her phone

1:30.9

to make any calls. One of the last sightings of Crystal that night was meeting

1:35.6

an unknown well-dressed man who was waiting for her at the Pyramid Hill train station.

1:41.5

For a long time, too long, local police did not consider Crystal to be a victim of foul play and wrongfully believed she was responsible for her own disappearance.

1:52.0

Our guest today, Dennis O'Brien, is a former police investigator,

1:56.7

an author of Last Train Home, a book in which he delves deep into the events of the people

2:01.8

involved in Crystal's disappearance.

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