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Think nothing ever happens in your town? Australia's suburbs are home to some of the most mysterious and disturbing true crime cases in the world.

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Latest Australian True Crime transcripts

The Unsolved Murder of German Backpacker Simone Strobel

October 18, 2026

Meshel Laurie (0:00)

This is Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie. In 2005, 25-year-old German backpacker Simone Strobel disappeared from a caravan park in Lismore, New South Wales.

Six days later, her body was found hidden beneath palm fronds, and despite a lengthy investigation, nobody has been convicted of her murder.

Richard Baker (0:59)

Yeah, it was a, it was a, a labor of, of love, I guess, to try and make it as well-rounded and as interesting. And there's just so much over 20 years, so many ins and outs. So it was, it was a challenge to make, but yeah, I'm happy with the way it turned out.

Meshel Laurie (1:15)

What you demonstrated really clearly was how we as an, I'm going to say an audience, but you know, this story started way before what we now call true crime when true crime was the news and you demonstrate how our opinions are cultivated and changed by the media. For example, a person who I would say is one of the…

I was well and truly in the cohort back in the day that, oh, it's the boyfriend. It's the boyfriend. There's something dodgy about this guy, classic last words, the last one to see her. She stomped away from an argument and we've never seen her again, kind of vibes.

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