Bad Apple: A True Crime Podcast
Bad Apple: A True Crime Podcast hones in on the world of Aus and NZ true-crime, from chilling unsolved disappearances to the most infamous serial killers. Join us as we take a closer look at the bad apples lurking in our own backyards. Hosted by Rylee and Helen.
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Bad Apple is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nations. We pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 47
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2022
Episode 27 - The Disappearance of Frederick Valentich: UFO's, an ocean phenomenon, or a paranoid pilot?
Frederick Valentich was a 20-year-old man, training to become a pilot. In late October 1978, during a solo flight between Melbourne and King Island, Frederick made radio contact with Air Services to …
Episode 26 - The Tromp Family Road-trip: 6 days, 5 towns, 3 missing persons, and no explanation.
On the 29th of August 2016, Mark and Jacoba Tromp, and their 3 adult children, left their red currant farm in Melbourne's outer suburbs for an "off-the-grid" roadtrip. Far from home, the family becam…
Episode 25 - Melbourne's Picasso Heist: The theft of The Weeping Woman.
On the 4th of August 1986, an open letter was published in The Age from a group calling themselves the Australian Cultural Terrorists, taking responsibility for the theft of a Picasso from the Nation…
Episode 24 - The Crewe Cold Case: The unsolved double homicide of Harvey and Jeannette Crewe.
Episode 23 - Port Arthur Massacre: Australia's largest random mass shooting.
Episode 22 - Bring Him Home: The disappearance of William Tyrrell.
On the 12th of September 2014, William Tyrrell and his sister were playing hide and seek at their foster grandmother's house, on a quiet cul-de-sac in Kendall, New South Wales. After taking a photo o…
Episode 21 - Neglect and Betrayal: The unsolved death of Agnes Ali'iva'a.
When New Zealand police were alerted to the body of a young woman in a drainage canal in suburbian Auckland in February 1992, they almost immediately categorised the death as an accidental drowning d…
Episode 20 - The Shark Arm Case: How a captive shark uncovered a 1930s Sydney gangland murder.
Episode 19 - The Adelaide Family Murders: Solo serial killer or high-profile murder ring?
From 1979 to 1983, 5 young men were murdered in Adelaide, all as a result of similar injuries. While police initially didn't link the deaths, a pattern soon emerged and investigators began to suspect…
Episode 18 - Samurai sword, shooting, siege: The life and crimes of Antonie Dixon.
On the 21st of January 2003, a 35-year-old New Zealand man, Antonie Dixon, attacked two women who lived at his Pipiroa home with a samurai sword. This horrific attack was just the tip of the iceberg …
Season One Wrap-Up
That's a wrap! Thank you so much for all your support during "Season One" of Bad Apple! We will return in 2021 with new episodes. In the meantime, we hope you all have a safe and happy holidays, how …
Episode 17 - Mr Stinky: How one fingerprint solved a decade-long crime spree.
On the 10th of February 1966, two teenagers left a rock-and-roll dance in Shepparton, Victoria to go for a drive, but they never returned. Shortly after, there was a number of connected sexual attack…
Episode 16 - Australia’s Jane Doe: Was Linda Agostini the ‘Pyjama Girl’?
On the 1st of September 1934, the body of a young woman in silk pyjamas was found in a stormwater drain, just outside Ararat, Victoria. The body, while being badly disfigured, was eventually identifi…
Episode 15 - Spies in the South Pacific: The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior.
Episode 14 - The Claremont Serial Killer: Two decades of mystery.
Episode 13 - Minnie Dean: A series of unfortunate events.
Episode 12 - Missing Prime Minister: The disappearance of Harold Holt.
Episode 11 - Snowtown Murders: The ‘bodies in the barrels’.
Episode 10 - Bain Family Murders: Family annihilator or murder-suicide?