Episode 97: Amanda Carter

Welcome to episode 97, in which Claire is joined by her brother Matt as she tells the story of a Tasmanian case that was one of the earliest in Australia to use DNA technology to help bring a murderer to justice.It began in 1980, when Amanda Carter was out in Hobart celebrating her upcoming 22nd birthday with her sister. But after leaving a pub in the early hours of the morning, the pair walked to a taxi rank with two men they had befriended and Amanda was never seen alive again...Despite an exhaustive police investigation it would be another 13 years before technology had advanced far enough to help convict her killer.And to finish things off Matt delivers on his promise from the last time they all recorded together to share the tale of Charles 'Boney' Anderson, the hapless convict who was punished by being chained to a rock on an island in Sydney Harbour for two years!If you would like to reach out, please email us at [email protected]