Death and Taxes: A True Crime Podcast
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Benny, Carrie, Lizzie and Clare use their lunch break to forget about tax and discuss true crime.
Episodes
76 episodes
76 - Reeva Steenkamp & Oscar Pistorius
In the early hours of the 14th February 2013, world record holding athlete Oscar Pistorius phoned emergency services to report that he had fatally shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Steenkamp, a 29 year old paralegal, model and TV presenter h...
75 - Kathleen Peterson's Death on the Staircase
On the evening of December 9th, 2001, beloved wife and mother Kathleen Peterson is found at the bottom of a staircase in a pool of blood. Accusations are quickly levelled against her husband, Michael Peterson, whose defence claims it was just a...
74 - Attila Ambrus - The Whiskey Robber
During the 1990s, a Hungarian ice hockey player named Attila Ambrus would become notorious not for his goalkeeping abilities but for committing a string of high-stakes robberies in and around Budapest. Clare presents the fascinating story ...
73 - Alan Parish (April Fools 2026)
In 1969, the son of a wealthy shoe manufacturer in Brantford, New Hampshire would go missing. Twenty-six years later there would be a major break. Clare recounts this mysterious case, and the questions that haunt the community of Brandtford ove...
72 - Gwyneth Paltrow's Ski Trial
On the 25th of February, 2016, academy award winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow was skiing at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah, when she claims she was struck from behind by fellow skier, retired optometrist Terry Sanderson. This incident wou...
71 - Rebecca Zahau
In July of 2011, two mysterious deaths will take place only days apart from one another. Both occur within a renowned and historic beachside mansion (the ’Spreckels Mansion’) in the resort city of Coronado, California. The incidents...
70 - Anita Cobby
On the 2nd February 1986, nurse and former pageant queen Anita Cobby finished work at Sydney Hospital at 3pm and met friends for dinner in nearby Redfern. She then boarded a train from Central Railway station heading home. Arriving at Blacktown...
69 - Joe Cinque
On the 24th October 1997 a dinner party is held in Canberra, Australia. Rumour has it that the young couple hosting this dinner (25-year-old Anu Singh and her 26-year-old boyfriend Joe Cinque) have together chosen to end their lives, and this d...
68 - Laci & Connor Peterson
Laci Peterson, the pregnant 27-year-old wife of Scott Peterson, disappeared from her home of Modesto, California, in December 2002. Scott Peterson became a suspect from the outset. Within days, a woman came forward saying that she was having a ...
67 - Robert Wone
On August 2nd 2006, thirty-two year old Robert Wone was finishing up work late. It was 10:24pm when he cabbed to the residence of a friend whose house he planned on staying at overnight. At 11:49pm, emergency services received a call for help, ...
66 - Valdas Bieliauskas & the Franklin River Incident
On the 22nd of November 2024, a group of eleven Lithuanians were attempting a multi-day rafting expedition down Tasmania's Franklin River when disaster struck.
65 - The Family of Dedra Hunt & Randy Duke
On Sunday March 23 1997, emergency services received a call from 16-year-old Mark Duke, crying uncontrollably and saying "they killed my family". Investigators would find symbols associated with local gangs had been carved into the walls of the...
64 - Rebecca The Musical
Benny presents the mysterious and disastrous story about a Broadway musical back in 2012, which will be plagued with problems beyond the usual missed cues, technical glitches, and poor ticket sales. We’re talking about multi-million lawsuits, s...
63 - Matthew Leveson
It’s the very early morning hours of September 23rd 2007, and 20-year-old Matthew Leveson is in Arq nightclub, on Sydney’s Oxford Street. At around 3am, one of Matty's friends realises that he hasn’t seen Matty for a while, and they exchange&nb...
62 - The Jamison Family
On a chilly Autumn morning on the 9th October 2009, the Jamison family journeyed into Oklahoma’s San Bois Mountains, where Bobby and Sherilynn were considering buying a 40-acre plot. Nine days later, their truck was found on a remote mud road, ...
61 - Ebony Simpson
On the 18th August 1992, Australian schoolgirl Ebony Simpson came home and told her mother that students had received a talk during a school assembly about stranger danger. Ebony's mother recalls "I said to her, if anything ever comes up in you...
60 - West Memphis Part 2 - The West Memphis Three
In 1993, three eight-year-old boys (Steve Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers) are reported missing in West Memphis, Arkansas. Their bodies are found the following day. This case will go on to generate decades of widespread contr...
59 - West Memphis Part 1 - The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
In 1993, three eight-year-old boys (Steve Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers) are reported missing in West Memphis, Arkansas. Their bodies are found the following day. This case will go on to generate decades of widespread contr...
58 - Casey Anthony (Part 2 of 2)
On July 15 2008, Cindy Anthony phoned Orlando police to report that her car had been stolen, and that she wished to bring somebody in to have them placed in police custody. Over the course of multiple calls, it is revealed that the person is he...
57 - Casey Anthony (Part 1 of 2)
On July 15 2008, Cindy Anthony phoned Orlando police to report that her car had been stolen, and that she wished to bring somebody in to have them placed in police custody. Over the course of multiple calls, it is revealed that the person is he...
56 - The Shark Arm Case
It's April 1935 in Sydney, Australia. In Coogee, a beachside suburb in the east, there's a new attraction called the 'Coogee Aquarium Baths'. The owner and his son head out on the harbour determined to bring in Sydney's next must-see attraction...
55 - Joss Stone
Joss Stone is an English singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to prominence in late 2003 with her multi-platinum debut album, The Soul Sessions. But what does this artist have to do with two men, a map, and a samurai sword? Lizzie covers th...
54 - Sarah Williams (April Fools 2025)
In this bonus episode, Benny covers the 1986 abduction of a toddler by his 16 year old babysitter and half-sister, Sarah Williams.#Labyrinth #DavidBowie #JimHenson #JenniferConnelly
53 - Graeme Thorne
It's an incredibly famous building - perhaps one of the most recognisable modern buildings in the world - but the Sydney Opera House will also forever be linked to a crime that changed Australia forever. Benny presents this weeks case.So...
52 - Christina Parcell
In 2021, 41-year-old veterinarian Christina Parcell was found brutally stabbed inside her South Carolina home. Her body appeared to have been posed, with rose petals strewn around her in what appeared to be some kind of ritual associated with t...
