The father and son who vanished in one of the most remote parts of Australia
Australian True Crime
Bravecasting
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
This is a story about a man and his young son, Brad and Bevin Simmonds, who disappeared out in Cape York 20 years ago.
How could an experienced fisherman's boat disappear without a trace in broad daylight? In good weather and calm seas? How could everything on board, all the gear designed to float in case it fell overboard, disappear with it, and never, ever show up or wash ashore?
Today we speak to The Cape's producer, Justine A. Rosenthal.
More info:
The Cape is now available to be watched, streaming exclusively on Stan.
If you have any details about this case, you can contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or on their website
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CREDITS:
Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram
Co-Host: Emily Webb. You can find her on Instagram here
Guests: Justine A. Rosenthal
Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard
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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 |
| 0:38.3 | true crime podcast so Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander |
| 0:41.9 | 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. |
| 0:58.0 | They pay respect to the Aboriginal elders past, present and those emerging. |
| 1:07.0 | It was a calm sunny morning when Beven Simmons and his 10-year-old son Brad went to check their shark nets, |
| 1:16.0 | but the daily routine ended in June 2003. |
| 1:19.0 | Missing, presumed murdered, their bodies have never been found. |
| 1:23.3 | Prosecution outlined the turbulent history between the two fishing families based in the Gulf. |
| 1:28.3 | There's nothing up there, have a look on a map. |
| 1:31.6 | You can go on the beach there by yourself, someone drops off. You're dead. That's it. You ain't getting home. |
| 1:40.0 | Nature doesn't want you there, Nature doesn't like you. Nature doesn't want you there and nature doesn't like you. |
| 1:44.5 | Nature doesn't give a fuck about you. In fact, you know, nature would prefer to just either eat you or, |
| 1:50.5 | I don't know, get rid of you in some way because you don't belong. The Cape is the latest true crime documentary airing exclusively on the Stan streaming service and I think it's possibly their best yet but I am very |
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