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Australian True Crime

The Devil is in the detail. Where is Amber Haigh?

Australian True Crime

Meshel Laurie

True Crime

4.6979 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Show Notes Ep 215 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb

Amber Haigh has been on the missing persons list since 2002. At that time, she was 19 years old, the mother of a newborn, residing in the NSW town of Young, with the parents of her former boyfriend, who were reportedly the last people to see her alive.

 

Shaun McMahon, from the True Blue Crime podcast joins us to tell us the chilling story of Amber’s disappearance.

 

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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.

0:07.5

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 Bizina 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.

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The Open University, the future is open. The producers of this podcast recognize the traditional owners of the land on which it's recorded. They pay respect to the

1:17.1

Aboriginal elders past, present and those emerging. The following podcast contains content of a graphic violent nature and is not suitable for children.

1:30.0

With me it's always been the unsolved cases which get to me the most, because of the lack of information out there, really, and with Amber's case, it's one of those puzzles. It's a sad case where someone seemingly quite

1:45.8

vulnerable was taken advantage of and then and then disappeared. This week we hear about one of those cases we should all know much more about. Amber Haig has been on the missing persons list since

2:05.7

2002. At that time she was residing in the New South Wales town of Young with the parents of her former boyfriend.

2:14.8

They're the last people to report seeing Amber alive. She was 19 years old and the

2:20.3

mother of a newborn son whom she left with the older couple.

2:24.3

In black and white it seems pretty straightforward, but as you're about to find out, there's so much more to this case

2:30.6

and to everyone involved than meets the eye. This is a story about what goes on in small

2:36.7

country towns. What people accept, what people know, what people turn a blind eye to and how wild rumors can help hide even wilder

2:48.8

true stories. This is Australian True Crime with with Michelle Laurie and Emily Webb.

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