Death and Taxes

Mar 31 2025 54 ep. 54 mins
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■ Print clearly using a black pen. ■ Use whole dollars or '0' (zero). ■ This is another true crime podcast. 

Benny, Carrie, Lizzie and Clare use their lunch break to forget about tax accounting and discuss crimes that interest them.

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54 - Sarah Williams (April Fools 2025)

Mar 31 2025 46 mins  
In this bonus episode, Benny covers the 1986 abduction of a toddler by his 16 year old babysitter and half-sister, Sarah Williams. #Labyrinth #DavidBowie #JimHenson #JenniferConnelly Theme music by MVM Productions.

53 - Graeme Thorne

Mar 26 2025 85 mins  
It's an incredibly famous building - perhaps one of the most recognisable modern buildings in the world - but the Sydney Opera House will also forever be linked to a crime that changed Australia forever. Benny presents this weeks case. Sources: https://www.amazon.com.au/Kidnapped-Crime-that-Shocked-Nation/dp/1925310221 https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/nsw-treasury/ab

52 - Christina Parcell

Mar 12 2025 57 mins  
In 2021, 41-year-old veterinarian Christina Parcell was found brutally stabbed inside her South Carolina home. Her body appeared to have been posed, with rose petals strewn around her in what appeared to be some kind of ritual associated with the killing. Clare presents this fascinating case. This case does also include discussion of crimes involving children. Sources: https://www.

51 - Behind 'The Wizard of Oz'

Feb 11 2025 64 mins  
Asbestos and amphetamines and explosions - oh my! In our season 3 premiere, Carrie covers the disastrous production of 1939's 'The Wizard of Oz'. Sources: Sesame Street - Wicked Witch Scenes from Episode 847 (1976) - RARE! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RytWnZbOA9s) Judy Garland on the Munchkins (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-zYbKiK6Gs) Theme music by MVM Productions.

50 - The Williamson Sisters & "Starvation Heights"

Oct 16 2024 75 mins  
In 1910, two wealthy sisters would respond to an advertisement that promised wellness in the Seattle wilderness. An institution devoted to natural therapeutics, "Wilderness Heights" was run by Dr Linda Burfield Hazzard. To locals, however, the grounds were infamously dubbed "Starvation Heights"... Benny covers this week's case. Theme music by MVM Productions.

49 - Tamla Horsford

Oct 02 2024 112 mins  
On November 4 2018, Tamla Horsford was discovered dead in the backyard of a home where she had been attending a slumber party with other "football mums" the night before. Some argue that her race played a role in the events leading up to her death and in the investigation that followed, and her death became a topic of advocacy during the George Floyd anti-police brutality protests

48 - The murder of Lana Clarkson

Sep 18 2024 75 mins  
Lana Jean Clarkson was an American actress and fashion model. During the 1980s, she rose to prominence in several sword-and-sorcery films. On the morning of February 3, 2003, Lana was found dead inside the California mansion of record producer Phil Spector. Theme music by MVM Productions.

47 - Joseph Giarratano

Aug 18 2024 63 mins  
We've all been there. You've had a big night of partying, wake up the next morning, and you don't remember all that much about the night before. On February 4 1979, this was the case for Joseph "Joey" Giarratano. Only when he woke up, he was confronted by two dead bodies and the sinking feeling that he might be responsible. Clare covers this fascinating case and it's legacy. Theme

46 - Pauline Parker & Juliet Hulme

Aug 02 2024 74 mins  
At around 3:30pm on Tuesday, June 22nd 1954, a woman named Agnes Ritchie is working in a small tearooms or kiosk in a parkland known as Victoria Gardens. Suddenly she hears some commotion and hears footsteps running up the stone steps that lead to this kiosk window. She turns to see two young girls, around 15 years old, running frantically up the stairs. The girls cry out, “Pleas

45 - The Glee Curse

Jul 24 2024 83 mins  
The show Glee, which ran from 2009 to 2015, jumpstarted the careers of actors like Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, and Naya Rivera. But the show's cast and crew fell victim to a number of tragedies and scandals during the end of its run and since it went off the air. Carrie covers this week’s episode on the ‘Glee Curse’. Theme music by MVM Productions.