Crim City

A young woman murdered in an Australian country town. People too afraid to speak for decades are finally breaking their silence. What happened in 23-year-old Rachelle Childs' final nine hours? Now, 24 years since Rachelle was murdered, an unstoppable cold case team has assembled to drive this live investigation. Tips from the public are pouring in - could you hold the missing piece that cracks the case? Dear Rachelle is hosted and investigated by journalist Ashlea Hansen, who teams up with retired detective and renowned cold case specialist Damian Loone. Listen to this preview episode and search for Dear Rachelle in your podcast app and hit "follow" to have new episodes delivered to your feed. Eligible News Corp Australia subscribers receive new episodes early at dearrachelle.com.au and enjoy access to videos, articles, interactive evidence and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A killer is on the loose in an Australian country town. Excited for the June long weekend, bubbly 23-year-old Rachelle Childs leaves work, calls her sister, and is dead within hours. Her burning, partially naked body is found nine hours later in bushland on a lonely coastal road. Her killer has never been caught. Now innocent people, once too afraid to speak, are breaking their silence. If you’re looking for your next true crime podcast obsession, search out Dear Rachelle. An unstoppable cold case team is reinvestigating and uncovering damning new evidence. Could this finally be the break the family needs? Dear Rachelle is hosted and investigated by journalist Ashlea Hansen, who teams up with retired detective and renowned cold case specialist Damian Loone. The first episode of Dear Rachelle is now available on all podcast platforms. If you’re looking for your next true crime podcast binge and you want to be first to hear what’s next, visit dearrachelle.com.au - your News Corp Australia subscription grants you access to podcast episodes three weeks before everyone else, as well as exclusive access to videos, interactive evidence, behind-the-scenes content, and more. Dear Rachelle is a podcast from True Crime Australia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Josh is back to talk about how crime is changing in Crim City, including the return of the Postcode Wars, a rising force in organised crime, and a look (back) to the future with the return of heroin. Subscribe to CrimeX+ today for ad-free accessSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen to episode 1 of our new series inside the global cocaine industry - where profits are counted up in millions and losses measured out in murders. This worldwide investigation from The Times, Sunday Times and NewsCorp Australia, reveals how the drug business works like any multi-billion dollar corporation. Cocaine Inc. is hosted by Fiona Hamilton, chief reporter at The Times, David Collins, northern editor at The Sunday Times, and Stephen Drill, national correspondent at News Corp Australia. Follow so you never miss an episode.   To listen ad-free subscribe to Crime X+ To find out more visit cocaineinc.com.au  Get in touch: cocaineinc@thetimes.co.uk  Visit us on socials: Crime X+: Instagram, TikTok and Facebook The Times: Instagram, TikTok and FacebookSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Moz is joined by Daily Telegraph senior reporter Clementine Cuneo to discuss two of the best and worst cases they've covered - the fake collar bomb attack on Maddie Pulver and Liam Knight, who was speared in the head with a metal pole. Subscribe to CrimeX+ today for ad-free accessSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Moz goes back to the vault, digging out an interview with Detective Superintendent Joe Doueihi. He's seen the worst humanity has to offer - but was still shocked by the brutality of the kidnappings now happening in Crim City.  Field recording for this episode by World Tree Studio Subscribe to CrimeX+ today for ad-free access  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Goold knows Crim City's secrets. Moz and Josh listen to his stories, talking about everyone from John Ibrahim, the legendary ‘King of the Cross', to Sallie-Anne Huckstepp, who threatened to bring down the police force and was murdered.    Subscribe to CrimeX+ today for ad-free accessSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Moudi Tajjour is one of Crim City's survivors. A cousin of John ‘the King of the Cross' Ibrahim, he became a senior bikie, founded a new gang in prison and was jailed over a killing. Moudi knows those who've died on both sides in the city's gang wars. A warning - this is confronting listen. Subscribe to CrimeX+ today for early, ad free accessSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Moz issues a warning about modern-day pickpocket gangs and Josh takes a deep dive into the ANOM operation used by the cops to listen in as crooks commit their crimes. Subscribe to CrimeX+ today for early, ad free accessSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The inside story of the supergrass who's helped bring peace to Sydney's gang war,  rumours spread about a looming contract killing and Moz wonders if he needs artificial stimulation.  To get episodes early and ad-free and unlock content from our suite of award-winning podcasts, subscribe to Crime X+ today Follow Crime X+ on socials: Instagram, TikTok and Facebook Watch Crim City on the True Crime Australia YouTube Daily Telegraph Socials: Instagram, TikTok, FacebookSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Moz and Josh catch you up on what's happened since last season in Crim City - and it's a lot. Shootings, kidnappings, a riot, brains for Christmas presents, and a police commissioner in trouble.  To get episodes early and ad-free and unlock content from our suite of award-winning podcasts, subscribe to Crime X+ today Follow Crime X+ on socials: Instagram, TikTok and Facebook Watch Crim City on the True Crime Australia YouTube Daily Telegraph Socials: Instagram, TikTok, FacebookSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this special Q&A bonus episode, Moz and Josh sit down with the show's executive producer, Dan Box, to reveal the stories behind the story from their new documentary series on Sydney's gangland killings - The War IISee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Moz and Josh have duelling exclusives - Josh breaks the news that alleged Sydney crim Masood Zakaria has been brought back to Sydney. Moz reveals the identification of another body in a beachside graveyard used by serial killer Neddy Smith. Subscribe to CrimeX+ today See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A chance conversation uncovers a new witness to the disappearance of nine-year-old Samantha Knight. Moz and Josh discuss the missing children who haunt the generations.  Subscribe to CrimeX+ todaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Another big-name alleged Sydney gangster is arrested in the Middle East. Moz explains how he got confused with the North Shore Rapist and Josh discovers a new fan of the show.  Subscribe to CrimeX+ todaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The cops catch up with one of Australia's most-wanted during a raid in Turkey. Moz and Josh ask whether the future of these international law-enforcement operations could be under threat with the AFP and NSW Police seeming to have thrown their toys out of the pram.  Subscribe to CrimeX+ todaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the aftermath of Lilie James's tragic murder, Moz remembers the last such case that truly rocked Crim City - the killing of Anita Cobby. Her killing took place before Josh was born, but still brings Moz to tears.  Subscribe to CrimeX+ todaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Josh is joined by Clementine Cuneo to talk about what it's like to work the crime beat, covering the murders of Lilie James, Michelle Beets and the Sydney gangland shooting that left a nine-year-old girl with life-long injuries. Moz misses the conversation this time round as he is off on a jolly with the cops (but will report back next week). Subscribe to CrimeX+ todaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Five people have been shot in a spate of attacks in Crim City - with the targets including a high-profile lawyer and another victim left lying on the street in front of school kids. Moz and Josh take you through the killings, revealing what happened, why and the snobbery they laid bare. Subscribe to CrimeX+ todaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

EXPLICIT CONTENT WARNING. Moz and Josh are back for a second series of Crim City and this time they're going back to the 1984 shoot-out between rival bikie gangs that left seven people dead, and sowed the seeds of the conflict raging in Sydney's streets today. Subscribe to Crime X+ today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Subscribe to Crime X+ today. The boys talk about two Sydney hits in recent days that haven't got the attention they deserve. Are they linked to rumours about recent drug rips circulating through the city?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Enjoy a sneak peak into the new series, The Missing Australia. Episode one is here for your listening pleasure. Former cop-turned-reporter Meni Caroutas investigates some of Australia's roughly 2,600 unsolved missing persons cases. If you enjoy this episode, you can listen early and ad-free to The Missing Australia podcast now on Crime X+.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Moz comes clean on his old friend, drinking companion and later convicted killer Roger Rogerson, the ‘hero cop' who flew high then fell hardSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Moz and Josh sit down with the NSW Police Force commissioner after a particularly tough week on the job, and look back at her three decades in uniformSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Subscribe to Crime X+ today. The new police commissioner starts to really earn her salary after two sudden deaths, one on the street and one in a nursing homeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Moz takes a cruise with the Bandidos. Josh asks about the dangers of being a crime reporter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Subscribe to Crime X+ today. A visit to the Australian Federal Police, to see some of the close to a billion dollars worth of assets confiscated from criminals, and why Sydney's underworld bosses like stepping out wearing a priceless watchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Turning their back on Sin City, over 80 of Sydney's most well-known and entirely legitimate businessmen have left the country in the past two years. Moz and Josh describe how this is entirely unrelated to a new crack down by police.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Josh and Moz reveal the online playground where drug dealers hawk commercial quantities of cocaine. Want to buy a brick-sized block for tens of thousands? Social media has the answer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Subscribe to Crime X+ today. An early morning phone call leads Josh to break news of an arrest over the murder of a bikie. Moz puts it in context of the recent wave of shootings and Josh tries to name all 16 victims so far.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Subscribe to Crime X+ today. While Sydney's wave of shootings claim the headlines, Moz and Josh discuss the untold story of the city's vicious kidnappings for ransom. Moz describes being sent a photo of one victim's teeth - after they had been removedSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sun, sea and sinning. From its beginning, Sydney's been home to the best - and the worst - society offers. Veteran crime reporter Mark Morri and young gun Josh Hanrahan tell you stories that don't make the papers. Of bikies and drug-busts. Gang shootings and scandals. Unless you're a crook or a copper, you won't know these details. Crim City is a podcast from The Daily Telegraph with True Crime Australia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.