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Shattered Souls

Thinking Sideways: The Murder of Bob Chappell

Shattered Souls

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

True Crime, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Education

4.34.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2018

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Bob Chappell disappeared off his sailboat in Tasmania in 2009, and his wife went to prison for murder. But did she really do it? A lot of people have their doubts.

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0:00.0

This episode of Thinking Sideways is not brought to you by Equal Pay for Cheap Acabras.

0:05.4

Instead, it's brought to you by us, or maybe you. You've heard me read ads for brands before,

0:11.8

like Bombas, Socks, Zola.com, and Breakout Games. All amazing companies that I truly believe in.

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These ads are great because they keep the show free for you and introduce listeners to new products

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you'll love. It's a win for everyone and I'm happy to have the help and expertise of

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0:32.1

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0:37.2

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0:41.6

so you can reach an array of engaged listeners. That's midroll, M-I-D-R-O-L-L dot com slash sideways.

0:48.9

You know how to spell sideways.

0:58.1

I really love this show.

1:10.9

Hi there. Welcome to another episode of Thinking Sideways. I'm your host, Joe.

1:16.1

Join us always by Steve and your other host, Devon. Yeah. Yeah, the usual. Joe's not the only host.

1:23.9

He's the host this week. I guess he knows what's really going on in the back of my head.

1:33.0

He's been reading about the story too long. Yeah, thanks, so.

1:37.2

Okay, well here we go. Yeah, I totally want to see the podcast all for me.

1:43.0

This week we're going to talk about a fun disappearance that a lot of people think was a murder.

1:47.5

That's a guy in Australia named Bob Chappell. His name is spelled Chappelle, but it's pronounced

1:52.9

Chappell apparently. He disappeared January 26, 2009 in West Hobart, Australia, which is in

1:59.5

Tasmania, which if you don't know is an island off the south coast of the Australian mainland.

2:05.2

It's part of Australia. And the story was suggested by our listeners, the seal and Renee,

2:10.4

who know that our Tasmanian themselves, because the story as it turns out is a really big deal in

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