How Malka Leifer was brought to justice, plus when America went mad for Mars

from Late Night Live — Full program podcast · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

A new documentary recounts the 15-year struggle of three sisters from Melbourne's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community to bring their abuser and former-headmistress Malka Leifer to justice. Plus, science writer David Baron transports us to 1890s America, when many were convinced there was intelligent life on the planet Mars.

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