PODCAST · comedy
Trial By Wine
by trialbywine
True crime comedy podcast that changes the sentencing game.
Episodes
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Episode 260 But Did You Die?
Schmidty tells a story where no one died, and questions who the victim was in the famous McMillions mail fraud scandal.
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Episode 259 en or ex clave
Clarky lightens the mood with a series of crypto crimes and Schmidty reveals the magnitude of her own crypto fortune (about $22).
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Episode 258 90 Day Narcissist
Swanny tells the story of Geoffrey Paschel:- an actor, an entrepreneur (drug dealer) and serial woman abuser and the women who came together to bang him to rights.
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Episode 257 Let Her Speak
Schmidty tells the story of Tameka Ridgeway, one of several women who fought to change the law in Tasmania to allow for victims of SA to speak for themselves and the terrible crime that lead her to that.
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Episode 256 Tracheotomy man
Schmidty tells the story of Dr Paolo Macchiarini, a gifted surgeon who promised hope and healing to terribly ill patients, but instead delivered misery, agony and death.
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Episode 255 Alicia Schiller in the chiller
Clarky tells the story of Alicia Schiller, how she ended up in jail and how much money the state of Victoria was prepared to spend on her whilst she was in there. He leads the jury in a debate about what is appropriate medical access for incarcerated murderers.
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Episode 254 Police Minning
If there's such a thing as lam maxing, then this episode is about police minning - where the police do less than the minimum to solve a crime. Swanny tells the story of Sherry Leighty, who disappeared without a trace. Police indifference, nasty inlaws and local gossip conspired to keep the truth...
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Episode 253 Lam maxxing
Schmidty tells the story of Malcolm Naden who holds the record for longest time spent by a fugitive on the lam in Australia after murdering two young women.
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Episode 252 The other brother
Clarky continues the story of the Stayner brothers. Cary Stayner was the reason Steven didn't get to be a park, now we find out why.
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Episode 251 Sick Fxs
Clarky brings the tragic story of Steven Stayner to the jury as part of a two part series on the Stayner brothers. Steven was just seven when he was abducted off the street.
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Episode 250 Modern Slavery
Clarky tells the story of Jane, a modern slave in Melbourne. Keep your peepers peeled people, as this is the sort of story that could be much more common than we realise.
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Episode 249 Sharp Turn
Swanny tells one of the most disturbing stories we've heard on this podcast. The murder of Reagan Simmons- Hancock and her unborn child and the circumstances that lead up to the crime will haunt the jury for a long time. Trigger warning for violence against pregant women and babies.
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Episode 248 Reality Bites
Schmidty's hip replacement has gone well, but recovery has given her way too much time on her hands to doom scroll. This episode covers the nefarious deeds of influencers and a few other random tangents the jury go off on.
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Episode 247 Irma Palasics
Clarky tells the terrible story of Gregor and Irma Palasics, two elderly grandparents who were repeatedly robbed, eventually leading to the tragic death of Irma. Thanks to advances in forensic technology and excellent police work, eventually the family found out who was responsible.
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Episode 246 Career Pivot
When life gives you lemons (or crippling debt), make lemonade (capitalise on your own nefarious behaviour). That's the upshot of this story brought to us by Swanny. Khouri Richins didn't quite have it all going on, but that was never going to hold her back.
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Episode 245 Delusion of Competence - Christopher Duntsch
Schmidty survived her hip replacement and comes in hot with this story of medical malfeasance, which is dedicated to the lovely anaesthetic nurse who was vibing pre surgery with her. Fortunately, there were no incompetent surgeons on that day, unlike in this story of Christopher Duntsch who…
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Episode 244 You're embarrassing me
Schmidty tells the story of Connie and Richard Dabate. Victims of a Vin Diesel like attacker, or was there something else afoot?
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Episode 243 Joseph Pikul
Swanny tells the story of Joseph Pikul, a self made millionaire and violent husband who killed his wife Diane and got custody of the kids - and that is only one of several plot twists in this story.
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Episode 242 Rebel without a brain
Schmidty tells a story of brutal violence set in 1950's Nebraska - the spree killings by Charles Starkweather and Caril Fugate and explores the likelihood of Caril's true involvement.
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Episode 241 Patty Duke
Clarky discusses the topics of grooming and child abuse and then tells the story of Patty Duke who was a hugely successful child and adult star, and the nefarious influences in her life.
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Episode 240 Alison Botha
Swanny tells the remarkable story of Alison Botha who was brutally attacked by two monstrous men in Port Elizabeth, South Africa in 1994.
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Episode 239 Charles Ponzi
Schmidty tells the story of Charles Ponzi. whose name became a verb to describe pyramid scheme fraud, but who wasn't actually the OG!
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Episode 238 Oops I did it again
Clarky tells a fan pick story that simply astonishes the jury. Insurance fraud, serial murder and fake self harm are the key themes of this story out of South Korea. Without giving away too much, Eom In-suk came to be known as the Black Widow or Lady Death.
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Episode 237 Over his dead body
Swanny tells the story of Molly Martens, an au pair that found love with Jason Corbett after he tragically lost his wife. What could have been a love story about second chances, turned into a nightmare of epic preportions.
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Episode 236 Rillington Place
We have a guest star this episode, with Tony making a rare appearance to tell the story of John Christie and Rillington Place, a shocking case that contributed to the end of capital punishment in the UK.
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Episode 235 Crazy Rich Asian
Schmidty tells the story of Thomas Kwan and his over developed sense of entitlement.
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Episode 234 Palate Cleanser
Schmidty brings a selection of crime sorbets to the jury - a series of amusing crimes and stories to lighten the mood.
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Episode 233 Katie's Revenge
Clarky takes the team to Crothersville Indianna, a tiny and once peaceful town that was rocked by the 2005 abduction and murder of 10 year old Katelyn Coleman.
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Episode 232 Pure Evil
Swanny brings a terribly violent case to the jury's attention. This is the story of a series of horrific murders in Colorado that went unsolved for decades. Trigger warning - this story contains violence against children and SA.
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Episode 231 Barbara Mackle
Schmidty tells the story of Barbara Mackle, a young woman who showed remarkable resilience in the face of unimaginable terror.
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Episode 230 Schapelle Corby
It's incredible that it took 229 episodes to get here, but Clarky tells the infamous story of Schapelle Corby who had a boogie bag full of weed when entering Bali - a very bad situation indeed.
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Episode 229 Vortex of Evil
Swanny traumatises the jury with the story of Jackie and Thomas Hawks, who disappeared when selling their boat in 2004.
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Episode 228 Colleen Rebelo
Clarky tells the story of the death of Colleen Rebelo. A loving mother who became victim to her son's need for fast money.
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Episode 227 Family Secrets
Schmidty tells the story of William Leslie Arnold who disappeared in 1967, having served 8 years of his life sentence, and the cold case search that spanned over 50 years.
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Episode 226 Preppy Killer AKA Shitbloke
Swanny regails the team with the case of Jennifer Levin's murder. Nicknamed the Preppy Killer, Robert Chambers and his defence team were shit blokes, introducing victim shaming as a means to get away with murder.
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Episode 225 Too much true crime
Clarky lightens the mood with an educational episode on the risks of imbibing too much true crime.
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Episode 224 Bad Angel
Schmidty tells the story of Milton Sawyer, who married an angel, only to be the victim of a devil.
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Episode 223 The Pyjama Girl
Clarky takes us back in the timey winey machine to 1934 Aubury, where a man out walking his bull made a grisly discovery. Apparently people walked their bulls in 1934.
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Episode 222 Oh the humanity (TFU)
Schmidty curates a series of horror stories from the Daily Express US, which prompts the jury to ponder the world we are living in.
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Episode 221 School Shootings
Swanny tackles the horrendous stories of the Dunblane and Sandy Hook school massacres, highlighting the different government and social responses to these tragedies. Trigger warnings abound.
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Episode 220 Code name Skora
Schmidty tells the disturbing story of Katarzyna Zowada who went missing in late 1998. Her remains were found in the Vistula river in 1999, and the investigation became known for both the macabre circumstances and the first use of DNA in Poland to identify the victim.
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Episode 219 Davine v Gene
Clarky tells the story of Davine, a young Belgian backpacker in Australia who answered an ad for work in a rural setting only to found herself in a living nightmare.
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Episode 218 Joanna Simpson
Swanny tells the story of Joanna Simpson, a successful business woman who fell for the wrong man and was let down by the legal system.
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Episode 217 Not Die Hard
Clarky brings a Christmas crime story to the jury, in celebration of the silly season. It's about as Christmassy as Die Hard, only there isn't a hero saving the day.
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Episode 216 Body Brokers
Schmidty delves into the dubious ethics of body brokering - inspired by the internet search "human remains in the mail".
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Episode 215 Murderous Mother
Clarky’s on a roll with murderous mothers. This week it’s the story of Donna Fitchett who decided her only course of action was to murder her two sons, because her husband was passive aggressive.
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Episode 214 Unreliable Historian
Clarky tells the disturbing story of Hakyung Lee, a New Zealand citizen originally from South Korea who took the lives of her children and then fled the country. Lee was sentenced to life imprisonment on the 26th of November (4 days ago as this story is published).
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Episode 213 Nothing to see
Swanny tells the story of Stephen Port, also known as the Grinder Killer, who got away with murder for a time as the police thought there was nothing to see here.
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Episode 212 Drugs, dogs and gators
Schmidty takes us to Florida, where the air is humid, the gators are huge and the meth is rife. Not to mention the curiosity shops are amazing!
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Episode 211 Scam Hostages
Clarky follows up the AI Scams episode, with this very educational piece on human trafficking and scam call centres. It takes us back to the good old days of call centre work in Moonee Ponds....
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True crime comedy podcast that changes the sentencing game.
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True crime comedy podcast that changes the sentencing game.
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