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Vanished West
by Reba McClane
Vanished West is a true-crime podcast shining a light on Western Australia’s missing. Told with care and respect, each episode explores not only the mystery of disappearance but also the cracks in our systems - from mental health to policing - that allow people to slip away. This is not sensational true crime, but memory, accountability, and the search for answers.
Episodes
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Magdeleen Dempster: The Blue Door
Magdeleen “Maggie” Dempster has been missing from Western Australia since 1998. Almost 28 years later, her disappearance remains unsolved.The 27-year-old Aboriginal woman left Perth with her de facto partner in August 1998, travelling through Western Australia in a white Datsun touring bus with a...
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Justyna Kozioł: Three Days from Home
Justyna Kozioł was nearing the end of six months in Western Australia when a family trip took her more than 800 kilometres north of Perth to Shark Bay.On a Monday morning in March 2014, the 28-year-old Polish woman disappeared from the small coastal town of Denham. More than twelve years later…
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Jeanne D'Arcy: The Woman Who Belonged to the Sea
In April 2022, 75-year-old Jeanne D’Arcy disappeared fromCottesloe, Western Australia, after leaving the Ocean Beach Hotel late at night.But Jeanne’s connection to Cottesloe began almost sixtyyears earlier, when she was one of a small group of young women finding their place in WA’s emerging surf...
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Rigby Fielding: He Said He Was Coming Home
In August 2015, Rigby Fielding spent a Saturday afternoon in East Perth. He called his mother and said he was heading home to Rockingham.He never arrived.Months later, some of Rigby’s belongings were found in bushland south of Perth. Rigby wasn’t with them.More than a decade later, questions…
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Kichae Kwon: Beyond Belmont Street
In February 2021, 57-year-old Kichae Kwon left his home in Kenwick for what appeared to be an ordinary walk.Witnesses saw him heading along Kenwick Road before turning into Belmont Street. After that, no verified sighting of him has ever been made.Follow Vanished West wherever you're listening…
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Dean Pollard: After 3:15
In May 2010, 41-year-old Dean Pollard disappeared from Perth, Western Australia. More than sixteen years later, he has never been found.His final weeks left behind a complicated trail, but one moment remains remarkably precise: at approximately 3:15 one morning, Dean made a phone call. It went...
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Vanished West Q&A: Cases, Snakes & Rabbit Holes
Something a little different from Vanished West today.I'm stepping away from the usual case format to answer six questions about the podcast, the cases that stay with me, what happens behind the scenes, the strange messages and tips that sometimes find their way to me... and, somehow, snakes.We...
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Paul Murphy: The Road to Toolinna
Paul Murphy was 24 years old when he disappeared from Western Australia in 1986. Living in Perth at the time, Paul was quiet and independent, with an interest in prospecting and gold mining. Then contact with his family stopped.For years, very little was known publicly about where Paul had gone....
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Joseph da Silva: Where the City Meets the Sea
Joseph da Silva was 34 years old when he disappeared from Perth in April 2017. In the days before he vanished, he returned several times to City Beach, a place he knew well. When his family realised something was wrong, they found his apartment untouched, with his phone, wallet, passport and keys...
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Rebecca Anne Delalande: Looking for a Witness
Rebecca Anne Delalande was 23 years old when she disappeared from Perth in November 2001. For more than sixteen years, her family believed she had left Western Australia. Then Cold Case detectives investigating the disappearance of Lisa Jane Brown went looking for Rebecca as a witness and...
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Alfred Keith Crozier: It's All Sorted
In 2013, Alfred Keith Crozier walked away from his Perth home and was never seen again. More than a decade later, a coronial inquest uncovered the extraordinary events leading up to his disappearance. What really happened during those final weeks?Follow Vanished West wherever you're listening…
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Michael Graham: Walking Very Weak
In January 2013, Michael Keith Graham travelled to Western Australia's remote Goldfields for a prospecting trip. Days later, he vanished. Searchers eventually discovered two handwritten messages in the dirt: "Walking very weak" and "Help". Despite an extraordinary search involving police,...
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Veronica Lockyer: Missing with Adell
A mother and her baby disappeared. Decades later, questions remain.In 1998, Veronica Lockyer and her baby daughter Adell vanished in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.This week on Vanished West, we retrace the known timeline, the investigation that followed, and the unanswered questions...
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Lorraine Kessey: Almost Home
On a warm December night in 1977, 21-year-old Lorraine Kessey left friends after a night out in Perth and began the short journey home to Maddington.She never arrived.Nearly five decades later, Lorraine remains one of Western Australia's oldest unsolved missing persons cases. In this episode of...
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John Moran: Looking for Peace
In February 2006 John left Perth and travelled east through regional Western Australia. He spoke with police, called his insurer and stayed in contact with the people who cared about him.Then the calls stopped.John's car was recovered near Menzies, but John was never found.In this episode, I...
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Josephine Jennings: The Courage to Speak
In April 1997, Josephine Jennings gave evidence against a man she had accused of rape.It was the last confirmed time she was ever seen.In this episode of Vanished West, we explore the life ofthe proud Wangkai and Wongi woman from Western Australia's Goldfields, the courage it took to speak, and…
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Simon Gurrier-Jones: The Road to Cocklebiddy
In June 2003, 25-year-old Simon Gurrier-Jones left Perth alone.By the following morning, he was more than 1,000 kilometres from home, travelling east along the Eyre Highway.What happened on that journey — and what happened after he reached Cocklebiddy — has never been fully known.In this episode…
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Winifred Peace: Gone to Get Pennies
On 22 October 1959, 31-year-old Winifred Peace disappeared from her home in Bentley, Western Australia.She left behind two young children, an unhappy marriage, mounting financial pressures and a trail of unanswered questions that would persist for decades.In the days that followed, there were...
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William French: The Last Call from Carnarvon
In December 1997, 24-year-old William Maddison French travelled north through Western Australia hoping for a fresh start.After a final call from Carnarvon, he vanished.What followed would become one of Western Australia's most unusual missing persons investigations. A case spanning multiple…
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Richard Milgin: They Left Together
In 1994, Richard Milgin and Julie Buck left Looma together, hoping to build a future on their own terms. Months later, Julie's remains were found. Richard was never seen again. For more than three decades, rumours, allegations and unanswered questions have surrounded this Kimberley case. Was it a...
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Sally Greenham: The Silence at Bootenal
In August 1987, 28-year-old Sally Greenham failed to arrive at a work meeting in Geraldton, Western Australia.At first, there appeared to be a simple explanation. But as days turned into weeks, and weeks into years, Sally vanished not only from public view, but from every part of her life.Nearly...
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Ian Tolli: The Missing Kayaker of Point Peron
On December 15, 2020, Ian Tolli went kayaking off Point Peron in Western Australia.He never returned.His kayak was found drifting offshore. His paddle was recovered the following day. Ian has not been seen since.Follow Vanished West for more stories from across Western Australia.Support the show...
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Hendrick Oosterbaan: The Two Men in His Head
In January 2017, Hendrick Oosterbaan abandoned a hire car in the remote Western Australian town of Menzies and disappeared into the Goldfields.A respected communications consultant, father and trusted family friend, Hendrick appeared to be living an ordinary life. But as serious allegations...
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Parbhat: Alone at The Gap
Parbhat came to Australia to study, work and build a better future.By August 2024, he was alone in Albany — living in his car, far from home, and carrying pressures few people around him fully understood.Last seen at The Gap, his story raises powerful questions about isolation, expectation, and…
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Sharon Fulton: She Said He Would Kill Her
Sharon Fulton disappeared from Perth in March 1986 after dropping off her young son.She was a mother of four and before she vanished, she told people she feared for her life.What followed was decades of unanswered questions, shifting explanations, and a case that would eventually become one of...
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Stephen Angel: The Signal Before the Silence
In April 2019, a distress beacon activated off Cape Peron, south of Perth.A kayak was found drifting.A paddle washed ashore.But Stephen Angel was never seen again.What initially appeared to be an accident at sea would go on to raise far more complicated questions.🎧 Vanished West explores what...
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Frederick Winslow: The Crash Without a Body
The disappearance of Frederick Winslow remains one of Western Australia’s enduring unsolved mysteries.In December 1974, Winslow vanished after his car was found crashed along Duncan Road near Golden Gate Cutting in the remote Kimberley region of WA. Despite search efforts, no trace of him was…
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Petronella Albert: The Last Night in Broome
In 1999, 22-year-old Petronella Albert disappeared after a night out in Broome, Western Australia. She was known in the community and rarely out of contact for long. Then, sometime between late April and early May… she was gone. In this episode of Vanished West, we explore Petronella’s final...
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Barry Podmore: The Car in the Bush
In December 2020, 73-year-old prospector Barry Podmore travelled into remote bushland near Karroun Hill Nature Reserve in Western Australia’s Goldfields.He never returned.In this episode of Vanished West, we explore Barry’s final known movements and the mystery that unfolded in one of Western...
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Lisa Mott: Gone in 10 Minutes
A 12-year-old girl.A 10-minute walk home.No witnesses. No answers. In this episode of Vanished West, we examine the disappearance of Lisa Mott — and how someone can vanish in minutes… without anyone realising what they’re seeing.
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Instinct. Proof. Blame.: Justice, Sentencing and the Burden of Proof
In this special milestone episode of Vanished West, we step away from a single case to examine something that sits beneath many true crime stories — the gap between what we feel happened, and what the law can actually prove.Why do people often blame police when a case goes cold? What does “beyond...
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Guido Michel: Beneath the Jarrah Trees
In January 2022, 54-year-old Fremantle electrician Guido Michel drove into State Forest near Christmas Tree Well in Western Australia — and never returned.What began as a personal retreat into the WA bush soon became a missing person investigation that raised difficult questions about isolation,...
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Cheryl Renwick: Long-Term Parking
In May 1986, 33-year-old Cheryl Renwick vanished from Como, Western Australia. Days later, her car was found parked at Perth Airport — but there was no record of her boarding a flight.Nearly four decades on, Cheryl remains missing. Was she the victim of foul play? Could her disappearance be…
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Wayne Dennis George Drewett: Diamonds That Never Existed
A diamond deal. Hundreds of thousands of dollars. A man who vanished without a trace.In April 2003, Wayne Dennis George Drewett disappeared in Perth, Western Australia. What remains is a coronial finding — and a silence that has never been resolved.
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Jorn Jesper Jensen: The Blood That Didn't Follow
In June 2017, Jorn Jesper Jensen vanished from his Ocean Reef home. He left behind blood on the floor.A broken internal door.And days later, his car was found more than an hour away in Lancelin — parked neatly, keys still in the ignition. No body has ever been found. An inquest determined Jesper…
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Ah Bee 'Pauline' Mack: Beneath Fairfield Street
Beneath Fairfield Street is a resolved missing person case. For years, Pauline was missing without alarm — her absence explained away, her silence mistaken for choice. This episode examines how she vanished quietly from a Mount Hawthorn home, why it took so long for questions to surface, and how...
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James Patrick Taylor: The Kimberley, 1974
In August 1974, twelve-year-old James Patrick Taylor disappeared from the Kimberley town of Derby after being sent on a simple errand. He never came home. This episode examines how a known predator was able to operate freely, how police failures shaped the response to a missing child, and why it…
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Kate Campbell Haythornwaite: The Walk That Never Ended
In January 1968, Kate Campbell Haythornthwaite began a familiar walk home in Boulder, Western Australia — and never arrived. Independent and routine-driven, Kate did not leave by choice. Decades later, a coroner would conclude she died that night, and that her body was concealed.
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Peter Guidera: A Case Reconsidered
For years, this case was viewed through a single lens. A man disappears. Assumptions are made. But when you examine the timeline closely — the distance travelled, the missing vehicle, and evidence that surfaced years later — the story no longer fits as neatly as it once did. In this episode of...
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Radina Marie Djukich: When Absence Isn’t Urgent
In May 1992, fourteen-year-old Radina Marie Djukich disappeared from North Beach in Perth’s northern suburbs. At first, her absence didn’t feel alarming. It felt temporary.This episode explores Radina’s life before she went missing, the assumptions that shaped the early response, and how...
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Introducing Vanished West
Vanished West is a Western Australian true-crime podcast dedicated to unresolved missing persons cases. Follow the show on Spotify for in-depth investigations and new episodes.
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The Silence in the Trees: Part Two
In Part Two, the focus shifts away from what was left behind and toward what was happening quietly in the months before the disappearance.This episode examines the beliefs, communications, and influences that shaped the decisions leading up to July 2007 — including the ideology at the centre of…
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The Silence in the Trees: Part One
Four people vanished from Nannup, Western Australia, without leaving a trace.This two-part investigation explores what happened before the silence — the beliefs, the movements, and the unanswered questions that still remain. Part One examines how this story began.
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Sarah Anne McMahon: The Call That Changed Everything
Her car was found. Sarah Anne McMahon was not.This episode examines what is known and what remains unanswered about her disappearance in Western Australia.
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Glenyce Rae McGowan: Northbound Into Silence
She planned to leave at first light.By morning, she was gone.In December 1975, 19-year-old Glenyce Rae McGowan vanished overnight from a crowded campsite at Nanutarra Roadhouse in Western Australia’s Pilbara. This is her story.
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Sara-Lee Davey: The Scream on Broome Wharf
A young Bardi woman walks into the shadows of Broome Wharf with a man she barely knows. Moments later a scream cuts through the air and only one of them returns. Decades a secret confession will change everything.
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Peta Weber: The Silence at The Gap
A young mother disappears at one of WA’s most dangerous cliffs. No footprints. No witnesses. No trace. And an anonymous call that changes everything.This is Episode Five: The Silence at The Gap.
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Iveta Mitchell: The Silence on Meares Avenue
In May 2010, 37-year-old mother of three, Iveta Mitchell, stepped outside her Meares Avenue home after a late-night argument — and was never seen again. Her phone, keys, cigarettes and car were left. Her family reported her missing within days. For years, rumours swirled, theories spread, and...
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Lisa Jane Brown: The Night She Never Came Home
A missing mother. A violent assault. A man accused — then acquitted. A white Jaguar seen in the dark. In Episode 3, we unravel the disappearance of Lisa Jane Brown and the secrets that have kept her case cold for 27 years. Someone knows the truth. Could it finally surface?
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Julie Cutler: The Car in the Sea
In June 1988, twenty-two-year-old Julie Cutler left a work function at Perth’s Parmelia Hilton. Two days later, her Fiat was found upside down in the surf at Cottesloe Beach. Julie was gone.Decades later, an inquest confirmed she had died but could not say how. Lost evidence, unanswered calls…
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Vanished West is a true-crime podcast shining a light on Western Australia’s missing. Told with care and respect, each episode explores not only the mystery of disappearance but also the cracks in our systems - from mental health to policing - that allow people to slip away. This is not sensational true crime, but memory, accountability, and the search for answers.
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Reba McClane
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