Trace
ABC (Australia)
An investigative podcast hosted by ABC journalist Rachael Brown, Trace examines the fractures in Australia's criminal justice system, and the decades-long ripples they have caused.
Location:
Australia
Genres:
True Crime
Networks:
ABC (Australia)
Description:
An investigative podcast hosted by ABC journalist Rachael Brown, Trace examines the fractures in Australia's criminal justice system, and the decades-long ripples they have caused.
Language:
English
Episodes
Maria James inquest finding
3/31/2022
A Victorian Coroner has failed to name a killer in the 1980 cold case of Maria James. Her sons are devasted. But there's still hope, in leads yet to be chased by police.
Duration:00:18:33
S1 | The Inquest
11/3/2021
The new coronial inquest into the murder of Maria James has wrapped up. Will the Coroner be able to name her killer? And of the police exhibits that haven't disappeared, what DNA testing can be done? This episode nears us closer to the end of the James brothers' 41-year-fight for answers for their mum.
Duration:01:05:16
S1 | Breakthrough in Maria James cold case
8/12/2021
The discovery of a police exhibit - thought to be missing for around three decades - could finally help unmask the killer in the 1980 cold case of Maria James.
Duration:00:26:44
S2 BONUS — The Price
12/16/2020
The Royal Commission has released its final report into defence lawyer turned police informer Nicola Gobbo.
Duration:00:40:52
S2 08 | End game
9/21/2020
We reveal the story of Nicola Gobbo's audacious bid to return to Australia.
Duration:00:42:22
S2 07 | Reckoning
9/14/2020
Everything unravels, for Nicola Gobbo and Victoria Police. Their secret is out.
Duration:00:40:35
S2 06 | Whatever it takes
9/7/2020
Nicola hits rock bottom, but Victoria Police wants her to take on a new role ... as a witness.
Duration:00:40:57
S2 05 | Glittering prize
8/31/2020
Nicola wants to be the best source ever, and she leads police to the biggest target of all: the mafia. Her double life is getting riskier, but she can't stop. This episode charts an addiction and a crash.
Duration:00:39:36
S2 04 | Rubicon
8/24/2020
Nicola crosses the point of no return and becomes a police informer. She'll represent clients, while passing on the underworld's secrets to Victoria Police.
Duration:00:37:46
S2 03 | The darkest night
8/17/2020
A drug house burglary smells of police corruption and a police informer is executed.
Duration:00:39:48
S2 02 | One of the crew
8/10/2020
As the gangland war explodes, both police and criminals start questioning Nicola's allegiances. Where do her loyalties lie?
Duration:00:37:37
S2 01 | Nicola
8/3/2020
We meet Nicola Gobbo in a secret location, in hiding, now that her double life as a police informer is out, and she begins telling us her full story.
Duration:00:35:42
INTRODUCING Trace season 2 - The Informer
7/27/2020
Lawyer Nicola Gobbo represented some of Australia's most dangerous criminals, all the while secretly working as a police informer. Why did she do it?
Duration:00:05:13
S1 07 | Hope
12/3/2018
More than a year on from their plea for a new coronial inquest, the James brothers get a decision. Will they finally get answers to the burning questions they've carried for 38 years about the murder of their mother? And what about those items Trace has been given that might have DNA on them? Can they identify the killer? We take them to one of the world's best DNA labs, with some of the most sensitive equipment, to find out.
Duration:00:36:57
S1 06 | Limbo
6/12/2018
New evidence has been found. So can police test it for a trace of the killer? What happened to crucial documents? And a new confession. It is nearly a year since the James brothers applied for a new coronial inquest into their mum's murder, but the case hangs in legal limbo.
Duration:00:29:11
S1 05 | Wait
9/6/2017
The fall-out from major revelations in the Maria James cold-case continue, as her sons make a desperate plea to the Coroner.
Duration:00:24:21
S1 04 | DNA
7/12/2017
There's a major break in the case, as Trace uncovers a police bungle in the murder of Maria James. But it only serves to throw up more questions than answers, as the James brothers continue their desperate search for justice.
Duration:00:32:02
S1 03 | Sins
7/5/2017
A second person of interest emerges within the church. Rachael Brown investigates their past and discovers a dark and disturbing history.
Duration:00:27:55
BONUS | How your leads are helping the investigation
7/4/2017
Since Trace was first released, the ABC has received over 50 emails from the community with leads and tip offs. In this bonus update, reporter Rachael Brown follows up with two women who got in touch to say they saw men acting suspiciously around Maria's bookshop at the time of her murder. Send us your tips: trace@abc.net.au
Duration:00:07:45
S1 02 | Confessions
6/27/2017
Rachael Brown's investigation into the death of Maria James turns to the local Church, and Rachael tracks down a new witness who saw someone covered in blood around the time of Maria's death.
Duration:00:35:40