• Trial By Water, Episode 1: Father's Day
    May 31 2024

    On Father’s Day, 2005, Robert Farquharson crashed his car into a dam. He survived, but his three children who were in the car with him didn’t. At first it seemed like a tragic accident. But quickly, it turned into a murder investigation.

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    56 mins
  • Phoebe's Fall - New Laws
    Jun 22 2018
    Victorian Government announces reforms to Coroner's Act and Phobe's grandfather Lorne responds.  

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    7 mins
  • Phoebe's Fall - A Fresh Look
    Dec 15 2016

    The Victorian Government has announced a review of the Coroner's Act amid widespread public concern about the inquest into Phoebe Handsjuk's garbage chute death.

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    10 mins
  • Episode 6: Inquest & Aftermath
    Oct 27 2016

    We dissect the coroner's finding in Phoebe's case, raising serious questions about his conclusion and the methods he used to reach it. We examine the consequences of challenging a poor finding. And we reveal the Facebook post that prompted this podcast.

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    44 mins
  • Mini-episode: The mystery phone number and the litany of unanswered questions
    Oct 25 2016

    Seven months after Phoebe Handsjuk died, forensic scientists found a piece of paper in the pocket of the jeans she was wearing when she died. Whose number was it? And what did it mean?

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    4 mins
  • Episode 5: Saying Goodbye
    Oct 20 2016

    Phoebe is remembered by her friends and family. We chronicle the competing memorials and funerals. And we journey to the shores of her Viking farewell.

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    31 mins
  • No time of death for Phoebe
    Oct 19 2016

    We explore the difficulties of establishing Phoebe's time of death, and a debate between police and doctors over the value of trying to estimate when somebody has died.

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    5 mins
  • Episode 4: Policework
    Oct 13 2016

    We explore Phoebe's tumultuous last week and examine what she and her partner, Ant Hampel, did on her final day. Then we put the blowtorch to failings and omissions in the police investigation following her death, and the early conclusion that it was a suicide.

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    34 mins