True Crime

The Blythe Star disappeared in 1973, leading to the largest sea search in Australia. Ten men were left stranded in a raft and pushed to their limits. In season two of Expanse, Piia Wirsu tells the story of their survival.

In the 1980s millions of dollars of diamonds were smuggled out of the remote Kimberley in a story straight out of a Hollywood blockbuster.

Chinese restaurants are being firebombed and the police arson squad is racing against the clock to stop the next attack. Along the way, there are buried weapons, secret informers, punks, ninjas, and political manoeuvres.

Jo Lauder explores Australia's largest environmental movement, the 1982 Franklin River Blockade, and how it inspired a new generation of environmental activists who shaped the country's politics.

Queensland in the 1950s: god-fearing, morally upstanding, tough on crime. Beneath the surface, a murky world of gambling, drugs and brothels were kept in check by three crooked cops.

The Fine Cotton Ring In was one of the biggest scandals in Australian horseracing history. A plan to swap a slow horse with a much faster look-alike involved a motley crew of small-time crooks, a couple of horses and a hell of a lot of hair dye.

Snowball tells how an average family's encounter with a charismatic Californian con woman cost them everything.

Indigenous reporter Allan Clarke's five-year investigation into the suspicious death of Mark Haines, a 17-year-old whose body was found on railway tracks outside Tamworth in January 1988, reaches its explosive conclusion.

Investigative journalist Ruby Jones delves into the 1978 disappearance of Trudie Adams and uncovers a corrupt and influential predator on Syndey's Northern Beaches.

In June 1980, Maria James, a mother of two from suburban Melbourne, was stabbed to death in the back of her bookshop. Her killer remains unidentified.

Lawyer Nicola Gobbo represented some of Australia’s most dangerous criminals, all the while secretly working as a police informer. Why did she do it, and how was it allowed to happen?