NEW PODCAST: Dear Rachelle

NEW PODCAST: Dear Rachelle

Author: Daily Telegraph April 4, 2025 Duration: 3:27

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.

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In the quiet New South Wales town of Kendall, a three-year-old boy in a Spiderman suit vanished from his grandmother's yard. The disappearance of William Tyrrell became one of Australia's most haunting and protracted mysteries, a case that would unravel over years with more questions than answers. Little Boy Lost, from the Daily Telegraph, is not a retelling of headlines but a deep, narrative journey into the heart of the investigation. This true crime podcast is built upon the most detailed media interviews ever conducted with William's foster parents, conversations granted to the Telegraph on the first anniversary of his disappearance. For years, legal restrictions shrouded even their basic identities, a suppression order only recently lifted by the Supreme Court. The series meticulously traces the agonizing search, the complex dynamics within a foster family thrust into a national spotlight, and the relentless police work that continues long after the public's attention may have faded. Each episode of this podcast pulls you closer to the unsettling core of a story that defies easy resolution, examining the fragile intersection of a community, a family, and an investigation desperate for a break.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 3

Little Boy Lost
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