Motive & Method
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Motive & Method
Motive & Method is an expert-led Australian true crime podcast. Join Dr Xanthe Mallett and criminal psychologist Tim Watson-Munro as they unpack what really makes the offenders behind some of history’s most notorious cases tick, and also react and unpack crimes as they hit the headlines. You wil...
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151 episodis
3. Kevin Docherty: 47 Years Searching For Answers
A twin brother's 47-year fight for answers, suspicious letters and a new witness who may hold the key to where Kay Docherty is buried.
In this e...
2. Ivan Milat's 11 Other Victims?
Families demand answers - police under scrutiny - and a revelation that could reshape the Milat case.
At the first hearing into dozens of Austra...
1. Australia's Killer Secrets: Milat, Murders & Missing
What if the full story behind Australia's most notorious serial killer Ivan Milat has never been told?
In episode one of this special series of...
Introducing: Australia's Killer Secrets
What if the full story behind Australia's most notorious serial killer Ivan Milat has never been told? And what if more recent cases point to a copyca...
Is There A Byron Bay Serial Killer?
Mysterious disappearances, unsolved deaths & terrifying stories - Is a killer stalking Byron Bay? And could there be more than one?
In 2019, 18-...
A Horrific Crime In Campbelltown: Australia's DV Crisis
A mother & two young boys killed allegedly at the hands of their father - This tradegy has once again left an entire country asking how this keeps hap...
Crimefluencing: The Disturbing Phenomenon Of Crimes For Clout
Crimes for clicks, shares and online status - In this episode, Tim and Xanthe unpack the dangerous new phenomenon “crimefluencing”. Australia’s top c...
Breakthrough: Body Found In Search for Jayden Penno-Tompsett
In December 2017, two young men took off on a drug-fuelled roadtrip to spend New Year's Eve in Cairns. One made it to the party - the other was never...
The Wrong Man? Who Killed Leanne Holland
More than three decades after 12-year-old Leanne Holland was murdered in Ipswich, her case remains one of Australia’s most controversial unsolved kill...
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Bonus: Mark Jones [Extended Interview]
Mark Jones’ little brother Tony was hitchhiking to meet their other brother in 1982 when he made a final phone call back home & was never heard from a...
Outback Murder Highway: The Disappearance Of Tony Jones
In the early '80s a young hitchhiker vanished off the Flinders Highway - despite a mysterious tip-off in the mail, a killer’s confession, and growing...
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Bonus: John Twaddle [Extended Interview]
John Twaddle thought he knew who murdered his brother Gordon, but the person he had suspected has been ruled out by police on multiple occasions.
Outback Murder Highway: Triple Murder At Spear Creek
In October 1978 three bodies are found at Spear Creek in remote outback Queensland - each has a single rifle shot to the head. Decades later a prime s...
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Bonus: David Cunningham [Extended Interview]
For over fifty years, David Cunningham has been searching for the truth about his sister Anita, who vanished while hitchhiking Queensland’s notorious...
Outback Murder Highway: The Sensible Creek Killings
Two 18-year-old girls disappeared on the Flinders Highway in 1972. One was found murdered, the other has never been found.
In this first episod...
Outback Murder Highway - Coming Soon...
One Australian highway - 11 people dead or missing
In this special series, criminal psychologist Tim Watson-Munro and forensic criminologist, Dr...
TED BUNDY BONUS EPISODE: DNA Breakthrough In Serial Killer Case
Breaking news on notorious serial killer Ted Bundy decades after his execution - A DNA breakthrough has linked Ted Bundy to another cold case murder,...
Catching Peter Foster & Finding A Missing Baby: Ken Gamble (Part 2)
A dramatic arrest on a Queensland beach and a years-long search for a missing baby - it’s not all cybercrime for private investigator Ken Gamble! In p...
Hunting Scammers & Chasing Con Artists: Ken Gamble (Part 1)
He’s helped bring down international fraud rings, recover millions for victims and hunt some of the world’s most notorious con artists - including ser...
REPLAY - DEZI FREEMAN: The Porepunkah Police Shootings
REPLAY: This episode was originally released in September, 2025 as the hunt was continuing for self-described sovereign citizen, Dezi Freeman who was...
A Not So Perfect Murder: The Kouri Richins Case
Her husband died. She wrote a book about grief. Then she was charged with his murder.
The Kouri Richins case is one of the most talked about rec...
He Got Away With Murder - Where Is 'Mr Cruel' Now?
He was one of Australia's most feared predators - and he was never caught. In this episode, Tim & Xanthe revisit the terrifying crimes of Mr Cruel, th...
Cult On Trial: Who Are The Zizians?
Six deaths, multiple states and a high-IQ cult at the centre of it all. In this episode Xanthe and Tim unravel the bizarre and deeply unsettling case...
The Killer Babysitter: Living Free & Babysitting Again
She killed three babies and tried to murder two others. How is Australia's worst female serial killer now living in anonymity within close proximity t...
Lucy Letby: Is History Repeating?
Is this another case of wrongful conviction like Kathleen Folbigg?
In this episode, we revisit the case of Lucy Letby, as fresh legal developmen...
What Happened To Gus Lamont?
The disappearance of four-year-old Gus Lamont has become one of the most troubling and fast-moving investigations in the country. The case that began...
Julian Ingram: Wanted For Murder
At the time this episode is released, Julian Ingram is one of the most wanted men in Australia.
A major manhunt was launched in regional NSW af...
Sydney’s Baby Farming Murders
When the remains of an infant were uncovered in a Sydney backyard, it was just the start of a dark and twisted scandal that shocked colonial Australia...
The Most Isolated Prisoner In The World
Robert Maudsley has spent more than 40 years in near solitary confinement, caged in a bespoke glass cell. Also branded ‘Britain’s Most Dangerous Crimi...
Taken In The Night: The Eloise Worledge Mystery
Fifty years after eight-year-old Eloise Worledge vanished from her bedroom, the case is back in the spotlight with a $1 million reward announced for a...
Files Unsealed: The Last Woman Executed in Australia
In 1951, Jean Lee was the last woman executed in Australia. 75 years after her execution, the case has been thrust back into the spotlight with the re...
Cold Cases Cracked Open In 2025
As we step into the new year, this episode turns the spotlight to some of the meaningful progress made in major Australian cold cases in 2025. After d...
Year in Crime: Cases That Defined 2025
In this special end-of-year episode, Xanthe and Tim look back on Australia’s biggest and most unsettling cases of 2025. From the trial that gripped t...
REPLAY: 2025 Fan Favourite - Inside Snowtown with Gordon Drage
Catch up on one of our most-listened episodes in 2025. Forensic investigator Gordon Drage lifted the lid on Australia’s most horrific serial killings...
HOLIDAY SPECIAL: Bizarre, Brazen & Baffling Cases of 2025
In this special holiday episode, Tim & Xanthe step away from the dark and disturbing and turn to some of the more unusual crime stories of the year -...
REPLAY: Xanthe's 2025 Top Episode - The Horrors of Human Trafficking Networks
If you're a new listener or haven't heard this episode, this is Xanthe's 2025 "must listen" episode from February.
While many think human traff...
Terror At Bondi: Stories from 2GB & 9News
On December 14, 2025, Bondi Beach became the site of the deadliest terror attack on Australian soil - 15 innocent people killed when two gunmen opened...
BONDI TERROR ATTACK: A Forensic Perspective with Dr Nathan Brooks
In the wake of the deadly Bondi terror attack, Tim and Xanthe are joined by Forensic Psychologist Dr Nathan Brooks - a leading expert in ‘lone actor’...
Toyah Cordingley & The International Manhunt To Catch Her Killer
A young woman murdered, a suspect who vanished overseas and a seven-year pursuit of justice that spanned continents. This episode revisits the killing...
A Poisonous Legacy: One Family, Two Killers
In 1920 Alexander Newland Lee murdered his wife and three of his children. His method? Poison. It would later be uncovered he was the nephew of infamo...