Trace
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Trace
An investigative podcast hosted by ABC journalist Rachael Brown, Trace examines the fractures in Australia's criminal justice system, and the decades-long ripples they have caused.
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23 þættirS1 BONUS | A million-dollar reward
Victoria Police is set to announce a one million dollar reward for information that finally solves the case of Maria James, who was murdered in the ba...
S1 Bonus | Maria James inquest finding
A Victorian Coroner has failed to name a killer in the 1980 cold case of Maria James. Her sons are devastated. But there's still hope, in leads yet to...
S1 Bonus | The Inquest
The new coronial inquest into the murder of Maria James has wrapped up. Will the Coroner be able to name her killer? And of the police exhibits that h...
S1 Bonus | Breakthrough in Maria James cold case
The discovery of a police exhibit - thought to be missing for around three decades - could finally help unmask the killer in the 1980 cold case of Mar...
S2 BONUS — The Price
The Royal Commission has released its final report into defence lawyer turned police informer Nicola Gobbo.
S2 07 | Reckoning
Everything unravels, for Nicola Gobbo and Victoria Police. Their secret is out.
S2 06 | Whatever it takes
Nicola hits rock bottom, but Victoria Police wants her to take on a new role ... as a witness.
S2 05 | Glittering prize
Nicola wants to be the best source ever, and she leads police to the biggest target of all: the mafia. Her double life is getting riskier, but she can...
S2 04 | Rubicon
Nicola crosses the point of no return and becomes a police informer. She'll represent clients, while passing on the underworld's secrets to Victoria P...
S2 03 | The darkest night
A drug house burglary smells of police corruption and a police informer is executed.
S2 02 | One of the crew
As the gangland war explodes, both police and criminals start questioning Nicola's allegiances. Where do her loyalties lie?
S2 01 | Nicola
We meet Nicola Gobbo in a secret location, in hiding, now that her double life as a police informer is out, and she begins telling us her full story.
INTRODUCING Trace season 2 - The Informer
Lawyer Nicola Gobbo represented some of Australia's most dangerous criminals, all the while secretly working as a police informer. Why did she do it?
S1 07 | Hope
More than a year on from their plea for a new coronial inquest, the James brothers get a decision.
Will they finally get answers to the burning...
S1 06 | Limbo
New evidence has been found. So can police test it for a trace of the killer? What happened to crucial documents? And a new confession.
It is ne...
S1 05 | Wait
The fall-out from major revelations in the Maria James cold-case continue, as her sons make a desperate plea to the Coroner.
S1 04 | DNA
There's a major break in the case, as Trace uncovers a police bungle in the murder of Maria James. But it only serves to throw up more questions than...
S1 03 | Sins
A second person of interest emerges within the church. Rachael Brown investigates their past and discovers a dark and disturbing history.
BONUS | How your leads are helping the investigation
Since Trace was first released, the ABC has received over 50 emails from the community with leads and tip offs. In this bonus update, reporter Rachael...
S1 02 | Confessions
Rachael Brown's investigation into the death of Maria James turns to the local Church, and Rachael tracks down a new witness who saw someone covered i...
S1 01 | Bookshop murder
On a winter morning in June 1980, Maria James turned to her son Mark and looked him in the eyes. "If anything happens to me, look after your brother."...
INTRODUCING: Trace, series 1 — Bookshop Murder
June, 1980, suburban Melbourne: Mother of two Maria James is stabbed to death in the back of her bookshop. Her killer has never been found. Was it a s...