On the five-year anniversary of 25-year-old Josiah Hilderbrand’s disappearance, Laura interviews his warrior mom Liz Hilderbrand. Josiah disappeared whilst en-route to a concert at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington State on June 7, 2019. Liz explains when she first realised her son, Josiah, was missing and what happened next. A total of seven pe…

Laura continues her fascinating conversation with Diana Parkes & Hetti Nanton unraveling the important & illuminating judicial review judgment & the risk assessment & management of Robert Brown. You won’t want to miss this. #JoannaSimpson #HerNameWasJoSimpson #RobertBrown #BritishAirwaysKiller #CoerciveControl #Stalking #PreventMurderInSlowMotionä …

Nancy Brophy fills her novels with romantic betrayals and murder. It’s a far cry from her quiet life in the suburbs, where she and her chef husband, Dan, are living out their golden years. But when Dan is shot dead, Nancy finds herself at the center of a murder case that could be ripped from the pages of her novels. From Wondery, this is a story ab…

Laura is rejoined once more by Diana Parkes, Joanna’s mother, and Hetti Nanton, Joanna’s best friend and chair of the national domestic violence charity, Refuge to discuss the incredible campaign which started on Crime Analyst resulting in the Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Alex Chalk preventing Brown’s automatic release from prison in Novem…

Laura interviews bestselling author and award-winning journalist Jo Piazza about her transporting and immersive book, The Sicilian Inheritance, rooted in her own family history about a long-awaited trip to Sicily, a disputed inheritance, and a family secret that some will kill to protect. The book and podcast are based on Jo’s great, great grandmot…

Laura and Lauren continue to unravel Kipp Walford’s coercive control of Lauren as well as his years long grooming of children at a sports club, having purposefully got himself into a position of trust as the sports coach and president. Facing serious and extensive criminal charges for sexually abuse of multiple girls, Walford started Family Court p…

Laura continues her interview with Australian author and advocate Lauren Trevan about her own case and book, Now I See You. In this episode Laura and Lauren discuss nuanced and subtle micro aggressions, sexual intimacy vs sexual coercion, the push and pull of coercive control, overt and covert manipulations along with the psychological games abuser…

Laura interviews Australian author and advocate Lauren Trevan about the national crises of men killing women and her book Now I See You. We recorded this episode just after the horrific Bondi attack by Joel Cauchi on April 13 2024, where he stabbed 18 people including a nine-month-old baby killing her mother, Ashlee Good, and four other women, Dawn…

In this episode Laura interviews best-selling thriller writer and former clinical psychologist Dr Lucinda Berry. Laura and Lucinda discuss One of Our Own, Lucinda’s Audible Original Thriller performed by AJ Cook (Criminal Minds) and Tessa Albertson and Lucinda’s expertise in childhood trauma. If you like to journey through the recesses of the human…

Less than two weeks away from Jason Smith, the man who tried to kill Zoe Dronfield, being released from prison on May 2nd 2024, Laura and Zoe discuss the new reality she and her family are faced with and what’s really changed to better protect women in the last 10 years. At the start of the UK’s National Stalking Awareness Week (a week Laura first …

Laura shares her final reflections and analysis of the Coroner’s Findings about the disappearance of Marion Barter which includes a number of questions and a call to action. You won’t want to miss this. Follow and listen to Crime Analyst wherever you get your podcasts and join the conversation on social media. If you know anything about Marion emai…

Laura continues her interview with Marion Barter’s daughter, Sally, and super sleuther and researcher Joni about Coroner Teresa O’Sullivan’s findings, which were handed down on February 29 2024. Sally shares why she is underwhelmed by the recommendation for the case to remain within New South Wales Police State Crime Command Unsolved Homicide team …

Laura interviews Sally Leydon, Marion Barter’s daughter, and super sleuther and researcher Joni Condos about Coroner Teresa O’Sullivan’s findings, which were handed down on February 29 2024. More than 15, 000 people tuned in to hear what the Coroner believes happened to Marion Barter. Follow Crime Analyst and join the conversation. If you know anyt…

Laura continues her interview with Crime Analyst and Intelligence Manager, Sam Robins, and discusses the police strategy which led to a woman’s important phone call and Antoni Imiela’s arrest. Join Laura and Sam as they discuss other offences committed by Imiela, the trial, the psychological autopsy of this prolific and dangerous serial perpetrator…

Join Laura as she interviews Sam Robins, Crime Analyst and Intelligence Manager, and takes you behind the scenes of the biggest UK manhunt since the search for Peter Sutcliffe, codenamed Operation Orb. The first attack known to police was the rape of a 10-year-old girl on 15 November 2001 in Ashford, Kent. When she was grabbed in broad daylight fro…

Laura and Sam Robins, Crime Analyst and Intelligence Manager, take you behind the scenes of a successful high profile, multi-force serial rape investigation code named Operation Monarch. Join Laura and Sam and hear the conclusion of this excellent example of how pioneering analytical and police detective work led to the arrest of Richard Baker at H…

Laura and Sam Robins, Crime Analyst and Intelligence Manager, take you behind the scenes of a successful high profile, multi-force serial rape investigation code named Operation Monarch. Laura and Sam discuss the highly pressured joint Metropolitan Police, Essex Police and Sussex Police investigation they worked on which led to the arrest of an ext…

Laura continues her interview with Crime Analyst and Intelligence Manager Sam Robins about the murder of Dr Naomi Dancy and the suspicious death of Dr John Dancy’s second wife, Mary Garstin and her father, Edmund Lewis Longmire Garstin. Edmund Garstin moved into the Richmond house in September 1939. Within months he would be dead, leaving the inher…

Laura interviews Crime Analyst and Intelligence Manager Sam Robins about the murder of Dr Naomi Dancy and the suspicious death of Dr John Dancy’s second wife, Mary Garstin/ Dancy, who was pregnant at the time. Laura and Sam discuss Mary Garstin’s death, her death certificate and the cause of death as well as the death of her father, Edmund Lewis Lo…

Laura is re-joined by Bill Thomas, brother of murder victim Cathy Thomas and Kristin Dilley, podcaster, advocate and teacher to discuss the latest developments in the case. Join Laura, Bill and Kristin as they discuss other potentially linked offences, key information about the timeline and Bill shares his concerns about law enforcement lack lustre…

Laura is re-joined by Bill Thomas, brother of murder victim Cathy Thomas and Kristin Dilley, podcaster, advocate and teacher to discuss the latest developments in the case. Join Laura, Bill and Kristin as they discuss other potentially linked offences and a legal loophole that prevents the DNA profile of Alan Wade Wilmer Sr from being uploaded onto…

Laura continues her interview with retired Detective Chief Inspector Jackie Malton from New Scotland Yard about the murder of Dr Naomi Dancy. Laura and Jackie share and discuss the facts, evidence, and red flags they identified when analyzing the case file that the hit podcast Ghost Story left out. Domestic homicides of women by the men who claim t…

Laura interviews presenter, crime journalist and podcaster Isla Traquair about her horrific experience of stalking. Laura advised Isla throughout the situation and the stalker was convicted in 2022. But that’s not the end of the story - it never is with stalkers. Listen to Laura and Isla discuss the urgent need for stalkers to be included on the Vi…

Laura continues her interview with retired Detective Chief Inspector Jackie Malton from New Scotland Yard about the murder of Dr Naomi Dancy. Laura and Jackie share and discuss the facts, evidence, and red flags they saw when analyzing the case file. In this episode you will also hear Laura and Jackie’s forensic deconstruction of the phone call Dr …

New DNA evidence has linked Alan Wade Wilmer Snr to the 1987 murders of 20-year-old David Knobling and 14-year-old Robin Edwards as well as the rape, strangulation and murder of 29-year-old, Teresa Howell. Alan Wade Wilmer Snr is also linked to the disappearance of Keith Call and Cassandra Hailey in 1988. In this episode, Laura is once again joined…