A killer is on the loose in an Australian country town. Excited for the June long weekend, bubbly 23-year-old Rachelle Childs leaves work, calls her sister, and is dead within hours. Her burning, partially naked body is found nine hours later in bushland on a lonely coastal road. Her killer has never been caught. Now innocent people, once too afraid to speak, are breaking their silence. If you’re looking for your next true crime podcast obsession, search out Dear Rachelle. An unstoppable cold case team is reinvestigating and uncovering damning new evidence. Could this finally be the break the family needs? Dear Rachelle is hosted and investigated by journalist Ashlea Hansen, who teams up with retired detective and renowned cold case specialist Damian Loone. The first episode of Dear Rachelle is now available on all podcast platforms. If you’re looking for your next true crime podcast binge and you want to be first to hear what’s next, visit dearrachelle.com.au - your News Corp Australia subscription grants you access to podcast episodes three weeks before everyone else, as well as exclusive access to videos, interactive evidence, behind-the-scenes content, and more. Dear Rachelle is a podcast from True Crime Australia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Sheriff of Bondi
One Sydney police detective made it his mission to keep tabs on the Ibrahims and it got under the brothers' skin. Listen to Fadi, Michael and John talk about how much Joshua Murphy annoyed them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Crime Figure's Big Secret
During one call tapped by police, Michael Ibrahim is heard discussing with a Sydney crime figure about the latter's fetish for having sex with men who dress as women. Listen to the conversation between the pair. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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I Thought He Was My Mate
Ryan Watsford was delivered a crushing blow during a police interview with an AFP agent; a man he believed was his friend was actually an undercover cop. Hear the Ibrahim associate's reaction during a recording of the interview. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Mysterious Gift
The network that spreads beyond the Ibrahim brothers contains a handful of colourful characters. In one phone call tapped by police, Sydney construction identity George Alex is moved to tears as he thanks Michael Ibrahim for a mysterious gift. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Ibrahims are Sydney's most fascinating family. And in 2016 when police began an undercover operation into members of the family and their associates, few could have predicted the result. Less than two years later, more than 20 people were arrested over a billion dollar drug and tobacco smuggling ring. But the investigation also pulled back the curtain on the Ibrahim clan and gave unprecedented insight into the complex politics and heated rivalries within the family and their associates that had remained behind closed doors, until now.
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