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Shandee's Story

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About the show

Shandee Blackburn was brutally murdered as she walked home from work - but this cold-case can still be solved. Gold Walkley-winning journalist Hedley Thomas - who created The Teacher’s Pet and The Night Driver - goes deep to find out who killed Shandee, and why.  Episodes of the podcast first, plus exclusive stories, videos, pictures and extraordinary evidence are available with a subscription through The Australian's app, or at shandee.com.au To contact Hedley Thomas anonymously with any information on Shandee's Story email here - Shandee@theaustralian.com.au

Latest episodes

  • Shandee’s Legacy Episode 12: History Repeating

    October 27, 2023 · 1 hr 14 min

    Public hearings for a rare second inquiry into catastrophic failings at Queensland’s besieged forensics lab are about to get underway in Brisbane.  In this episode of Shandee’s Legacy, Hedley Thomas, David Murray, Claire Harvey, and…

  • Shandee’s Legacy Episode 11: What Linzi Left Out

    September 15, 2023 · 1 hr 27 min

    A cloud has been cast over the new chief of the lab following revelations that a DNA extraction method may have failed across thousands of samples in criminal cases for nine years. Professor Linzi Wilson-Wilde reviewed the automated…

  • Shandee's Legacy Episode 10: Project 13

    September 8, 2023 · 1 hr 18 min

    Dr Kirsty Wright is the remarkable scientist who exposed the worst forensics disaster in Australia’s history, and now she’s identified the ‘smoking gun’ in the Queensland DNA lab disaster. It’s a catastrophe called ‘Project 13’ which has…

  • Shandee's Legacy Episode 9: Consequences

    December 17, 2022 · 1 hr 56 min

    Will anyone face criminal charges for the disaster at the laboratory? We examine more of Walter Sofronoff’s findings about how this catastrophe unfolded, delve deeper into Cathie Allen’s conduct, and meet a lady who -- when the laboratory…

  • Shandee's Legacy Episode 8: Astounded

    December 16, 2022 · 1 hr 27 min

    At last, Commissioner Walter Sofronoff hands down his 500-plus-page report -- and it is a sweeping denunciation of the laboratory’s failings, and of the conduct of one person in particular: Cathie Allen. He finds the managing scientist…

  • Shandee's Legacy Episode 7: Freedom Day

    November 25, 2022 · 1 hr 40 min

    It’s the final week of public hearings in the explosive inquiry into a broken DNA lab and we’re all here because of one person -- Shandee Blackburn. The vicious and unprovoked murder of the defenceless 23-year-old walking home from work is…

  • Shandee's Legacy Episode 6: Disney Villain

    November 4, 2022 · 1 hr 45 min

    In the harsh spotlight of the inquiry, lab boss Cathie Allen admits to absolutely nothing, tearfully insisting she always acted with the best intentions and has been terribly misunderstood. In her account, white-anting staff were to blame…

  • Shandee's Legacy Episode 5: Blowtorch

    October 28, 2022 · 1 hr 38 min

    The big guns from the DNA lab - Lara Keller, Justin Howes and Cathie Allen - are rolled into the formal inquiry and subjected to withering questioning by a lawyer on top of his game over alleged cover-up, lies to police, and scientific…