Charlie Bezzina has been in confined spaces with some of the most monstrous people imaginable. People who have committed crimes so terrible they would make your skin crawl. The former Detective was one of Victorias most successful and longest-serving Homicide squad detectives. So how did he do it, without losing self-control? What was the first thing he always did on a crime scene? And what is the one question he'd ask himself, every single time?He tells Meshel Laurie how crime, and criminals, have gotten smarter in the last few decades. And why the police need the public's help more than ever.Show notes:Your hosts are Meshel Laurie and Emily WebbWith thanks to Charlie BezzinaLike us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram or TwitterSupport us on PatreonVisit our Bookshop Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on Google PodcastsListen on SpotifyIf you have any information on the cases covered by this podcast, please contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.Thank you for listening!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/australiantruecrime.
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episode 453: Shortcut: Going to the same school as your abusers
This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.
It's estimated that around one third of sexual assaults committed against Australian children are carried out by other children, according to the Australian Center for Child Protection...
episode 452: Going to the same school as your abusers
It's estimated that around one third of sexual assaults committed against Australian children are carried out by other children, according to the Australian Center for Child Protection.
Australian children are increasingly displaying harmful sexual behaviours and there's a tendency within our society to minimise it and characterise it as normal sexual development...
episode 451: Shortcut: My violent ex became a murderer
This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.
A couple of years ago, there was a lady called Lynda living in a small community in Australia, who had bright pink keys.
She wanted them to be very visible so that she could find them quickly and get inside her house or car in the event that she was ambushed by her ex-partner...
episode 450: My violent ex became a murderer
A couple of years ago, there was a lady called Lynda living in a small community in Australia, who had bright pink keys.
She wanted them to be very visible so that she could find them quickly and get inside her house or car in the event that she was ambushed by her ex-partner.
One in night in 2020, though, she didn't make it inside in time, and was bashed and stabbed to death outside her own front door...
episode 449: Shortcut: How a Homicide Detective Prepares for a Murder Trial
This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.
Charlie Bezzina is a former Homicide Detective who has been part of some of the biggest murder trials this country has ever seen.
Charlie remains in very high demand, both as a media commentator and as a private investigator...
episode 448: How a Homicide Detective Prepares for a Murder Trial
Charlie Bezzina is a former Homicide Detective who has been part of some of the biggest murder trials this country has ever seen.
Charlie remains in very high demand, both as a media commentator and as a private investigator.
He joins us today to talk about the process of taking a big homicide investigation to trial from the perspective of the detectives involved...
episode 447: Shortcut: Why you should think twice about online vigilantism
This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.
Dr Renee Zahnow is an Urban Criminologist, and an Australian Research Council (ARC) Senior Research Fellow in the School of Social Science at the University of Queensland...
episode 446: Why you should think twice about online vigilantism
Dr Renee Zahnow is an Urban Criminologist, and an Australian Research Council (ARC) Senior Research Fellow in the School of Social Science at the University of Queensland.
She joins us today on Australian True Crime to discuss productive ways of thinking about those who criminally offend, keys to prevention for at risk youths, and the harmful results of people taking justice into their own hands...
episode 445: Shortcut: The Work of WA Police's Sex Crimes Division
This is a "Shortcut" episode. It’s a shortened version of this week’s more detailed full episode, which is also available on our feed.
Dr. Hamish Mckenzie is the Detective Superintendent of the Western Australia Sex Crimes Division. That means he's the boss.
As you're about to hear, Sex Crimes is a very challenging area of policing, and Western Australia is the largest single policing jurisdiction in the world...
episode 444: The Work of WA Police's Sex Crimes Division
Dr. Hamish Mckenzie is the Detective Superintendent of the Western Australia Sex Crimes Division. That means he's the boss.
As you're about to hear, Sex Crimes is a very challenging area of policing, and Western Australia is the largest single policing jurisdiction in the world.
Policing, like everything else, is done differently in WA. But according to Hamish McKenzie, child sexual assault is the one area of law enforcement where egos really do take a backseat to results...