I Catch Killers Presents: Breaking Badness

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.

Gary speaks to the old friend - and former convict - who once told him they breed animals in prison. Inside Macquarie, he is there as one of the prisoners gets ready to be let out - and Gary realises how much this experience has changed him.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The daughter of a prisoner facing an eight-year stretch tells Gary what prison time costs those on the inside - as well as their families. Back inside Macquarie, her dad sits down to talk about how he ended up in prison, as well as his hopes and fears on release. Subscribe to Crime X+ to hear episodes three weeks early and ad free, and access our slate of award-winning true crime podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sitting next to Macquarie, Wellington maximum security prison is a physical reminder that there is another corrections system out there, where they still do things the hard way. Gary pays it a visit and comes face-to-face with a man who’s spent five years in solitary. Subscribe to Crime X+ to hear episodes early and ad free, and access our slate of award-winning true crime podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gary sits down behind a closed door with some of the toughest men inside the prison. By the time he walks out, everything he thought he knew about jail has shifted. Subscribe to Crime X+ to hear episodes three weeks early and ad free, and access our slate of award-winning true crime podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.