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Bloodguilt

By: Dan Box, Kate Wild
Narrated by: Dan Box, Kate Wild
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  • Summary

  • Please note: this podcast includes discussion of mature themes including suicide and murder. Listener discretion is advised.

    First Australians should also know that this podcast includes the names and stories of people who have died.

    Days after Richard Dorrough violently takes his own life at a public gun range in Perth, Western Australia, his fiancée receives a parcel from him in the post - a book filled with the former sailor’s handwriting. She starts to read and, horrified by the chilling confession inside it, quickly hands the book to police....

    Suicides rarely get reported. But reporters Dan Box and Kate Wild believe this unnerving public death is worthy of further explanation. Exploring what made Dorrough take his life leads the pair to the country’s far corners, to uneasy truths about race and prejudice in the criminal justice system and to questions about how we tell true crime stories.

    In the process they start to understand that Dorrough took much more than just his own life.

    Dan Box

    Dan Box is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author. He has previously worked for The Australian, the BBC and London’s The Sunday Times. He has won awards in both the UK and Australia, including for investigative reporting, feature writing and true crime writing. He is the writer and presenter of the Bowraville podcast series and The Queen & Zak Grieve documentary series, both of which have also won major awards.

    Kate Wild

    Kate has spent most of her working life as a researcher and producer in television, almost always for the ABC and SBS in documentaries, comedy and current affairs. The biggest stories she has worked on are Who Killed Mr Ward and Code of Silence, for Four Corners, both of which won Walkleys, a Logie and NSW and Victorian Premier's Awards for journalism.

    Written by: Dan Box

    Presented by Dan Box and Kate Wild

    Audio Producer: Selena Shannon

    Producer: Ivan O'Mahoney

    Produced by In Films in association with Audiocraft.

    This is an Audible Original Podcast. Free for members.

    ©2022 In Films Pty Ltd (P)2022 Audible Australia Pty lTD.
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Episodes
  • Ep 1: Confession
    Jun 26 2022

    Dorrough is being interviewed by police in Western Australia, who warn him: 'Anything you say or do will be electronically recorded and may later be used as evidence.' Dorrough doesn't answer, so what is he hiding? Soon after, Dorrough sought salvation by joining the Jehovah's Witnesses. What is the connection between these events and his subsequent decision to take his own life?

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    31 mins
  • Ep 2: Sara-Lee
    Jun 26 2022

    Following his suicide, Dorrough leaves a confession to the murder of three people, but doesn't name them. In a remote community on the Dampier Peninsula, Kate meets Indigenous elder Irene Davey, whose daughter Sara-Lee went missing in Broome on January 14, 1997. That same night, Dorrough is also in Broome, his Navy ship is moored at the jetty. After a night out, he tries bringing Sara-Lee back to his ship. She is never seen again.

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    35 mins
  • Ep 3: Rachael
    Jun 26 2022

    In Sydney, the body of Rachael Campbell is discovered, lying in a church carpark. The young Maori woman had migrated to Australia from New Zealand as child and had fallen into addiction before being murdered. At the time, Dorrough is in Sydney. His Kombi van is parked near where Rachael’s body is found, but no one is arrested over the killing. Soon after, Dorrough moves to Queensland.

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    32 mins

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So in depth!

I really enjoyed this podcast and I listen to podcasts often. I’m always looking for an interesting one that draws me in. Well this one did! You know when you’re listening to an interview and your mind is screaming a question that you think is so important and they don’t ask it? Not happening on this podcast. The two hosts ask all the questions you want to know the answers to. I didn’t want it to end. Loved it!

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super well done

interesting thought provoking. true crime done respectfully. do not miss this great listen. you won't regret it

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