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'Please, please don't....' - The Murder of Rachel Barber

May 14, 2026 • Belinda Brady • Season 1 • Episode 45

0:00 | 33:42

Fifteen year old Melbourne teen Rachel Barber was thriving. The bubbly and popular teen with the striking green eyes had a loving and caring family, a boyfriend who adored her and was pouring all her energy into her first true love - dance. What Rachel didn't know was she also had an admirer, Caroline Reed, a family friend, who was bitter and jealous of Rachel's looks and the life she was carving out for herself. So, rather than come up with a plan to thrive like Rachel was, she decided she was going to become Rachel.

Join Belinda over a coffee or two as she looks into the disturbing and heartbreaking 1999 murder of Rachel Barber, the stunning dancer and much loved daughter and sister, at the hands of someone who was meant to be a friend.

This episode discusses the murder of a young person. Listener discretion is advised.

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