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Motive & Method

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Australia · All podcasts
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Australia · True Crime
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About the show

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 will also hear from victim survivors, investigators and advocates for change analysing motive, and method.

Latest episodes

  • How To Rob A Bank: The Thief & The Agent Who Caught Him

    October 6, 2026 · 55 min

    They were on opposite sides of the law -  one robbing banks, the other hunting him.  In this extraordinary interview, bank robber Steven Meyers and former FBI agent Shawn Johnson sit down with Tim & Xanthe to share their side of the case…

  • Did An Innocent Man Hang? The Execution Australia Tried to Stop

    September 29, 2026 · 31 min

    Was an innocent man sent to the gallows in Australia’s most infamous - and final - execution?On February 3, 1967, Ronald Ryan was hanged for the murder of a prison guard during a chaotic escape from Melbourne’s Pentridge Prison - an…

  • 13. Nadine Haag: The Note That Said 'He Did It' 

    September 22, 2026 · 21 min

    Her death was ruled a suicide. But was crucial evidence missed that could point to foul play?When Nadine Haag was found dead in her Sydney apartment in 2009, police immediately treated her death as suicide. But her family refused to accept…

  • Fatal Sex Trend: Teens Learning From Porn & Social Media

    September 17, 2026 · 23 min

    Australia is seeing a disturbing trend of teenagers engaging in extremely dangerous, and potentially fatal, sexual acts. After a 16-year-old girl reportedly died during a suspected sexual strangulation act, experts are warning how…

  • 12. The Case of Janine Vaughan: A Red Car, CCTV Clues & The Lost Evidence

    September 16, 2026 · 30 min

    After 25 years, could forensic experts uncover new leads from the final clue in this case?In December 2001, Janine Vaughan was seen on CCTV getting into a red car outside a Bathurst nightclub - then she vanished. In this episode, her…

  • 11. Ivan Milat's Accomplice & Questions Of Lost Files

    September 11, 2026 · 29 min

    Did Ivan Milat really act alone? And could lost documents link him to unsolved murders?The Crown prosecutor who put Ivan Milat behind bars believes the notorious serial killer may have had help with some of the murders. This episode, Tim…

  • Lindsay Clancy: A Hung Jury In The Case That Gripped The World

    September 9, 2026 · 35 min

    She killed her three children. But was she in control of what she was doing?The Lindsay Clancy case has gripped the world - a mother accused of killing her three young children, and a trial that ended in a dramatic hung jury after weeks of…

  • The Murders Of Karlie & Khandalyce

    September 1, 2026 · 32 min

    Two unidentified bodies were found years apart and thousands of kilometres away from eachother- Then came the chilling discovery that they were a mother and her young daughter. When the remains of a young woman were discovered in the…