Dead Bodies Podcast
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People find dead bodies everywhere, under floorboards, inside chimneys, and in their homes. They're at crime scenes, disaster scenes, and in morgues. There have been dead bodies on the red carpet, in cannibals' dens, and even advertised in the classifieds. In this series, experienced crime and court reporter Sharnelle Vella and veteran radio host Dee Dee Dunleavy look at where dead bodies have..
Dead Bodies Podcast
6M ago
Australia, has been abuzz with discussion about the deaths of three people in Victoria, apparently after eating poison mushrooms. In this episode we look at serial poisoner Velma Barfield, who in 1984 became the first woman to be executed by lethal injection in the United States ..read more
Dead Bodies Podcast
6M ago
29-year-old Katie Haley was bashed to death with a dumbbell by her vicious, jealous and controlling partner Shane Robertson, while their baby daughter slept in the room next door. Katie’s sad end serves as another reminder that we need to do more as a community to stamp out domestic violence ..read more
Dead Bodies Podcast
7M ago
A new-age health and wellness workshop went horribly wrong in Quebec, Canada, in 2011, when 38-year-old Chantal Lavigne was literally boiled to death in a bizarre therapy session ..read more
Dead Bodies Podcast
7M ago
In 2018 Lana Clayton found her husband Steve lying dead at the bottom of the stairs in their home in South Carolina. At first it was believed he’d had a heart attack, but when toxicology showed the presence of poison, police were led to something common in most household bathrooms ..read more
Dead Bodies Podcast
1y ago
Lawyer Garry Hoy fell to his death from a window on the 24th floor of a Toronto law firm in 1993. Was it suicide, was he pushed, or was there another reason behind his tragic death ..read more
Dead Bodies Podcast
1y ago
In the UK in 2016, Ian Stewart’s fiancee Helen Bailey goes missing. The investigation into her disappearance leads police to take another look at the death of his first wife Diane. They fear they have hit a dead end when they discover that Diane’s body was cremated ..read more
Dead Bodies Podcast
1y ago
The murder of pastry chef Renea Lau in Melbourne's Kings Domain has been described as one of the city's worst. Senior police were shocked by the brutality and duration of the attack and because of its random nature ..read more
Dead Bodies Podcast
1y ago
Sharnelle continues recounting covering the 2013 trial of Adrian Bayley who was convicted of the rape and murder of Gillian Maher in Melbourne. Thawee Nanra was the leader of a Taiwanese cult. His devotees promised his followers they could cure their ills by consuming his bodily fluids. And that’s not the worst of it ..read more
Dead Bodies Podcast
1y ago
Drought has seen Nevada’s Lake Mead drop to historic lows, exposing thighs which have remained underwater for years. In one case, a discovery on the lake bed brought closure to a family after years of heartache. Convicted rapist Adrian Bayley is responsible for the rape and murder of Gillian Meagher, in a case that brought the people of Melbourne to the streets in 2012. Sharnelle covered his court case ..read more
Dead Bodies Podcast
2y ago
Grady Stiles Jr. was not only a killer, but a murder victim. He became famous as Lobster Boy in a bizarre travelling sideshow. While most of the world was confined to their homes at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, UK police were called to investigate a car being driven erratically near Coleford in the Forest of Dean, leading to the uncovering of the murder of Phoenix Netts ..read more