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Australian True Crime

The story behind the evidence with Dr Xanthé Mallett

Australian True Crime

Bravecasting

True Crime

4.51K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Forensic anthropologist and Criminologist, Dr Xanthé Mallett, has become something of a true crime superstar in recent years.

 

She's extremely qualified, having studied at Cambridge and received a scholarship from the FBI, among other achievements.

 

We're getting to know Dr. Mallett in this episode of Australian True Crime in the lead up to her appearances as our special guest live on stage in Brisbane and Sydney in July. There'll be a Q&A during the show, so if this interview with Xanthé sparks questions for you, bring them along.

 

You can visit this link to view and purchase books by Dr. Mallett

 

Australian True Crime LIVE is coming to Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne this July! It'll be full of special guests and Q+A's, and we can't wait to see you in person. You can find tickets by clicking this link.

 

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 

Guest: Dr Xanthé Mallett

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

This episode contains extra content from ABC News and 7 News Australia.

 

GET IN TOUCH:

https://www.australiantruecrimethepodcast.com/

Follow the show on Instagram @australiantruecrimepodcast and Facebook 

Email the show at AusTrueCrimePodcast@gmail.com

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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.

0:07.5

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.

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.

0:57.0

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

1:07.0

Mostly people focus on that

1:15.0

forensic side of it and they may look at the blood spatter or the way the victims lie or been presented, buried

1:16.0

unburied positioning etc.

1:18.0

But it's all about the people, right?

1:20.0

They've created that scene.

1:21.0

So to me, understanding the hard science and the behavioral

1:25.3

science of criminology really help you understand a scene in a different way and to me

1:30.0

they're two signs of the same thing. So when you look at a crime scene and how the evidence presents what you need to do is understand how the people interacted with that scene to create that evidence that looks the way it does. Zanthi Mallet has become something of a true crime superstar in recent years.

1:50.3

I don't wish to objectify her of course but Dr. Mallet looks like an actress who might portray her in a TV show if that makes sense

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