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Someone, somewhere, knows something. Almost 38,000 missing people are reported to police every year in Australia; that’s one every 14 minutes. Some do not return home. For their families, it’s a never-ending nightmare. For police, the search for answers can sometimes last for decades.
The Missing Australia exists to change this. Presented by former police officer Meni Caroutas, it aims to break new ground on these cold cases – because there’s always someone out there who knows what happened to a missing person.
The challenge is to find them.
For more on the cases we cover:
themissingaustralia.com.au
To contact the team, email us on:
themissing@news.com.au
The Missing Australia is made possible by subscribers to Crime X+
Subscribers get the episodes two weeks early and ad-free, as well as bonus content.
Theme song:
Vicky Vox - I will be gone
The Missing Australia exists to change this. Presented by former police officer Meni Caroutas, it aims to break new ground on these cold cases – because there’s always someone out there who knows what happened to a missing person.
The challenge is to find them.
For more on the cases we cover:
themissingaustralia.com.au
To contact the team, email us on:
themissing@news.com.au
The Missing Australia is made possible by subscribers to Crime X+
Subscribers get the episodes two weeks early and ad-free, as well as bonus content.
Theme song:
Vicky Vox - I will be gone
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Introducing series two of The Missing Australia. Some things are going to be different - there's a new look and sound, as the series is now a True Crime Australia production - but the most important thing hasn't changed. Meni is still trying to uncover new information about old missing persons cases. Because the truth is someone, somewhere knows something.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Season 3 of The Missing Australia launches on the 25 February for subscribers to Crime X+. Series host Meni Caroutas has news of breakthroughs in cases that featured in Season 2.
Subscribe to Crime X+ to get the episodes two weeks early and ad-free.
For more on these cases go to themissingaustralia.com.au
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1Missing can affect anyone, regardless of race, gender, social status or age. The reality of that fact hit Australia hard when Queensland boy Daniel Morcombe vanished from a bus stop in 2003. This episode revisits the infamous case, detailing the harrowing years between Daniel’s disappearance and the discovery of his remains. Meanwhile, in the Northern Territory, police search for a needle in a haystack.
Please note: this is an older episode of The Missing from a few years ago. The audio quality is better in series 2 (from June 2023), but the content and story is just as important.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
When someone goes missing, the first 24 hours are crucial in bringing that person home. In Tasmania, a desperate family are continuing their search for elderly man Nicola Sallese after his baffling disappearance. This episode tracks their progress, first featured on Missing Persons Unit. Meanwhile, police use key technologies in an attempt to identify a faceless man.
Please note: this is an older episode of The Missing from a few years ago. The audio quality is better in series 2 (from June 2023), but the content and story is just as important.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Of all types of people to go missing, teenagers - and particularly girls - are the most vulnerable, in danger of exploitation by predators. This episode tells the baffling stories of two teenage girls who went missing from the ACT and Northern Territory without a trace, and have not been seen or heard from since.
Please note: this is an older episode of The Missing from a few years ago. The audio quality is better in series 2 (from June 2023), but the content and story is just as important.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The elderly are among the most vulnerable in our community, and when they go missing, it becomes a race against time to bring them home. They can be frail, and dementia can take a toll. On New South Wales’ South Coast, a much-loved veteran, father and grandfather has wandered off from his aged care facility, seemingly without a paper trail. Meanwhile, further north, police search for another elderly man after his yacht was found abandoned, drifting in the water.
Please note: this is an older episode of The Missing from a few years ago. The audio quality is better in series 2 (from June 2023), but the content and story is just as important.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Someone, somewhere, knows something. There simply must be an answer out there for desperate families, and parents. It’s particularly hard for them when young people in their lives vanish. In South Australia, a German-born girl goes missing in suspicious circumstances, taking belongings with her. Meanwhile, further north in Brisbane’s outer suburbs, two siblings disappear on their way to school.
Please note: this is an older episode of The Missing from a few years ago. The audio quality is better in series 2 (from June 2023), but the content and story is just as important.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
One night in July 1979 two teenagers in the Illawarra told their families they were going out to the movies. They never came home. Four decades later, ex-classmates at Lake Illawarra high school caught up for a sobering 40-year reunion. Meni attended the event and spoke to those who knew Kay Docherty and Toni Cavanagh about how their disappearance has changed everyone's lives forever.
Please note: this is an older episode of The Missing from a few years ago. The audio quality is better in series 2 (from June 2023), but the content and story is just as important.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Not every case we cover has to end in despair or an ongoing sense of confusion - loved ones never having the answers they crave. An elderly man in Sydney, who suffered from a chronic heart condition had a race against time, and remarkably he survived. This episode is about incredible survival against incredible odds.
Please note: this is an older episode of The Missing from a few years ago. The audio quality is better in series 2 (from June 2023), but the content and story is just as important.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
15 year old Lynette Melbin vanished in 1972. Now 48 years later her families unrelenting search for answers and the dogged determination of an ex cop may finally solve her disappearance.
Please note: this is an older episode of The Missing from a few years ago. The audio quality is better in series 2 (from June 2023), but the content and story is just as important.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In Part 2 of the Lynette Melbin disappearance, a dogged ex Detective excavates a Sydney Park searching for the missing 15 year old girls remains. After 48 years of searching, and not knowing what happened to Lynette, will her family finally get closure.
Please note: this is an older episode of The Missing from a few years ago. The audio quality is better in series 2 (from June 2023), but the content and story is just as important.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A triple 0 call from a notorious suicide spot, sparks a nationwide search for a missing French tourist. Did Antoine Herran leap to his death, or did he fake his death in an elaborate hoax to begin a new life.
Please note: this is an older episode of The Missing from a few years ago. The audio quality is better in series 2 (from June 2023), but the content and story is just as important.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
French tourist Antoine Herran faked his death 22 years ago, to start a new life in Australia. In Part 2 of this fascinating mystery, I speak to his sister Sophie from France about the devastating impact his decision had on their family. Despite the pain her brother has caused, Sophie still loves Antoine and just want to know that he is alive and well.
Please note: this is an older episode of The Missing from a few years ago. The audio quality is better in series 2 (from June 2023), but the content and story is just as important.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
'Niamh' Neeve Maye took a gap year before University to go fruit picking in the NSW Riverina area, and then suddenly disappeared. What happened to 18 year old Niamh? Her parents make a heartfelt plea for answers.
Please note: this is an older episode of The Missing from a few years ago. The audio quality is better in series 2 (from June 2023), but the content and story is just as important.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Detective Inspector Glen Brown heads the NSW Police Missing Person's Registry, which has revolutionised the way police investigate missing persons cases. Since it's inception the registry has solved 30 long term missing persons cases. I talk to Glen about the new technologies and processes being used to find people who disappear.
Please note: this is an older episode of The Missing from a few years ago. The audio quality is better in series 2 (from June 2023), but the content and story is just as important.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Christine Redford was a friend to everyone, who devoted her life to helping others. A grief counsellor and Salvation army volunteer, Christine was dearly loved by her family and friends. One day she walked out of her flat and vanished forever. Her disappearance in 1998 has baffled police and bewildered those close to her, who now fear the worst.
Please note: this is an older episode of The Missing from a few years ago. The audio quality is better in series 2 (from June 2023), but the content and story is just as important.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Steven Goldsmith appeared to have the perfect life. A close loving family, a fantastic circle of friends and a great job, but one night he went missing after withdrawing money from an ATM. The disappearance of the 28 year old left his family and friends devastated, and the police baffled. Steven's parents David and Leslie have never stopped searching for their son.
Please note: this is an older episode of The Missing from a few years ago. The audio quality is better in series 2 (from June 2023), but the content and story is just as important.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We have seen images of missing people on posters and on tv. We feel sad, but we have no idea of the heartbreak and trauma suffered by the families left behind. In this episode Meni explores this unresolved grief, through the eyes of the family of murdered schoolboy, Daniel Morcombe.
Please note: this is an older episode of The Missing from a few years ago. The audio quality is better in series 2 (from June 2023), but the content and story is just as important.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In Episode 18, “A Faceless Man. A Missing Tourist”, we crack not one but two long-term missing persons cases. Learn how a call from a listener, helped shed light on the unsolved cases that have baffled police for nearly 20 years.
Please note: this is an older episode of The Missing from a few years ago. The audio quality is better in series 2 (from June 2023), but the content and story is just as important.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mother of four Joanne Butterfield disappeared from far North Queensland in June, 1998, after visiting a friend. Three days later personal property belonging to Joanne including the dress she was wearing when she was last seen alive, was found near a railway track 150 kilometers away. This month Police renewed an appeal for information into Joanne's disappearance.
Please note: this is an older episode of The Missing from a few years ago. The audio quality is better in series 2 (from June 2023), but the content and story is just as important.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Did anyone ask about Kat who rode a motorcycle, mentioned in the interview with the con, who would be in WA. Another victim?
the production is awful, I'm currently 15 minutes into one and there has been more background music and dead air than there has been dialogue.
I enjoyed this
So many pauses, slow moving.
Not a bad show - shoddy production but interesting stories.