Motive & Method is an expert-led Australian true crime podcast. Join Dr Xanthe Mallett and criminal psychologist Tim Watson-Munro as they unpack what really makes the offenders behind some of history’s most notorious cases tick, and also react and unpack crimes as they hit the headlines. You will also hear from victim survivors, investigators and advocates for change analysing motive, and method.
Latest episodes
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17 min
Searching For Elaine: Does A Sinister Arcade Hold The Clue?
Could dark secrets at a games arcade in 1980’s Cronulla hold the key to solving this cold case? This episode, journalist Kate Kachor joins Tim and Xanthe to discuss her investigati…
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28 min
49,000 Reports| Who Is Looking For Australia's Missing
What happens behind the scenes when someone disappears? In this episode, Tim and Xanthe sit down with AFP Commander Joanne Cameron to discuss how Australia tackles some 49,000 miss…
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23 min
14. Two Teenage Girls Vanished: A Sister’s 46-Year Search For Answers
It’s been 46 years since 16-year-old Elaine Johnson vanished alongside her friend Kerry-Ann Joel. But Elaine’s little sister, Helen Cooper, refuses to let her become a forgotten st…
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32 min
You Asked, We Answered: Serial Killers, Psychopaths & Bizarre Murder Methods
In our first ever Q & A episode Tim and Xanthe are answering your questions about the inside world of true crime, forensics and criminal psychology.From the top personality traits…
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55 min
How To Rob A Bank: The Thief & The Agent Who Caught Him
They were on opposite sides of the law - one robbing banks, the other hunting him. In this extraordinary interview, bank robber Steven Meyers and former FBI agent Shawn Johnson sit…
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31 min
Did An Innocent Man Hang? The Execution Australia Tried to Stop
Was an innocent man sent to the gallows in Australia’s most infamous - and final - execution?On February 3, 1967, Ronald Ryan was hanged for the murder of a prison guard during a c…
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21 min
13. Nadine Haag: The Note That Said 'He Did It'
Her death was ruled a suicide. But was crucial evidence missed that could point to foul play?When Nadine Haag was found dead in her Sydney apartment in 2009, police immediately tre…
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23 min
Fatal Sex Trend: Teens Learning From Porn & Social Media
Australia is seeing a disturbing trend of teenagers engaging in extremely dangerous, and potentially fatal, sexual acts.After a 16-year-old girl reportedly died during a suspected…
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30 min
12. The Case of Janine Vaughan: A Red Car, CCTV Clues & The Lost Evidence
After 25 years, could forensic experts uncover new leads from the final clue in this case?In December 2001, Janine Vaughan was seen on CCTV getting into a red car outside a Bathurs…
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29 min
11. Ivan Milat's Accomplice & Questions Of Lost Files
Did Ivan Milat really act alone? And could lost documents link him to unsolved murders?The Crown prosecutor who put Ivan Milat behind bars believes the notorious serial killer may…
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35 min
Lindsay Clancy: A Hung Jury In The Case That Gripped The World
She killed her three children. But was she in control of what she was doing?The Lindsay Clancy case has gripped the world - a mother accused of killing her three young children, an…
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32 min
The Murders Of Karlie & Khandalyce
Two unidentified bodies were found years apart and thousands of kilometres away from eachother- Then came the chilling discovery that they were a mother and her young daughter.When…
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37 min
Forgery & Foul Play: Who Killed Les Ball?
Leslie Ball didn't just disappear, someone went to extraordinary lengths to erase him.But a trail of forged signatures, fraud and burnt evidence couldn't keep this 33-year-old cold…
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39 min
Mr Rent-A-Kill: The Underworld Hitman Who Disappeared
For years, Christopher Flannery AKA 'Mr Rent-a-Kill' was the man Australian mobsters hired to make people disappear - until he became a target and vanished into thin air himself.In…
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48 min
‘Falsely Convicted’ with Neil Mercer: True Stories of Injustice in Australia
From unvetted science to coerced confessions, catastrophic failures in Australia's justice system have stolen decades from innocent people for crimes they didn't commit. In this ep…
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38 min
Port Arthur: The Massacre That Changed Australia
The Port Arthur massacre remains the deadliest mass shooting in Australian history - a tragedy that shattered lives and transformed the country’s gun laws.On a quiet Sunday afterno…
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36 min
Terror In The Outback: Can Peter Falconio’s Body Be Found?
On a remote highway Peter Falconio vanished forever - His murder became every outback travellers worst nightmare.25 years after one of Australia’s most infamous murders, the case i…
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30 min
10. Painful Patterns: Inside The Grafton Hearing with Tim & Xanthe
At the second hearing of the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into unsolved missing and murdered cases, Tim and Xanthe examine three more cases that expose troubling similarities in the e…
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26 min
9. Andrew Inglis: The First Love Who Never Came Home
A teenager climbed into his red Datsun and drove off into the rain on Boxing Day 1985. He was never seen again.Nearly 40 years later, what happened to 18-year-old Andrew Inglis rem…
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25 min
The Thailand Suitcase Murder: An Australian Charged
A 17-year-old disappeared in Thailand after meeting an Australian man. Less than a day later her body was found inside a suitcase abandoned near railway tracks. In this episode Tim…