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After she was caught trying to smuggle 5.8kg of cocaine out of Colombia in 2017, the media nicknamed her ‘Cocaine Cassie’. But Cassie Sainsbury’s life in a tough Colombian prison was so much more complicated. And interesting.
In this episode, she speaks to Mia Freedman about prison life: the abuse, the relationships, the sex. And what happened afterwards.
You can hear the second half of Mia's conversation with Cassie here.
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Host: Mia Freedman. You can find Mia on Instagram here and get her newsletter here.
Executive Producer: Kimberley Braddish
Audio Producer: Madeline Joannou
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![Why Women Kill And The Lives They Live Behind Bars [fresh episode]](https://us-central1-podcastguru-217d6.cloudfunctions.net/gcf_get_image?image_url=https://www.omnycontent.com/d/clips/3ea926be-9be7-482a-8ac3-a44f016e43d1/abaa347e-8ac5-454e-85f9-aa64005c285f/07b92bf5-55a2-419a-83f0-b24100691205/image.jpg?t=1733725397&size=Large&width=300&height=300&api_key=xqFmUFX5BHLBTA)
Women are responsible for only 10 per cent of homicides in Australia, Canada, England, and the US, and because it’s such a small sample size not much research has been done into the motives and behaviours that drive female killers.
Dr. Kathryn M. Whiteley, a feminist criminologist, has been researching women who kill for over 20 years. She’s spoken to more than a hundred women behind bars, many of whom are serving life sentences with no chance of parole.
Dr. Whiteley’s focus is on telling their stories and understanding their experiences and perspectives in their own words.
You can listen to Dr Kathryn’s conversations on her podcast Self Identities: Conversations With Convicted Women here.
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Guest: Kathryn M. Whiteley
Host: Gemma Bath
Producer: Tahli Blackman
Audio Producer: Jacob Round
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
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In 2023, Malka Leifer was sentenced to 15 years in prison for 18 counts of sexual abuse against Dassi Erlich and her little sister.
Leifer was the sisters' former high school principal, and when whispers of their allegations came to light in 2008, she fled from her home in Melbourne to Israel before any formal complaint could be made.
It took 70 extradition hearings and 13 years to bring her back to Australia. But finally last year, Dassi was able to breathe a sigh of relief. Leifer was finally going to pay for what she’d done.
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Guest: Dassi Erlich
You can find out more about her memoir In Bad Faith here.
Host: Gemma Bath
Executive Producer: Gia Moylan
Audio Producer: Thom Lion
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Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
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Eve Wiley is one of the featured voices in the Netflix series The Man with 1000 Kids, but the story of how she came to be a fierce advocate for victims of fertility fraud is a deeply personal one…and one you have to hear to believe.
In this episode of No Filter, Eve Wiley tells Mia Freedman how she finally found out that she is the child of fertility fraud and how she discovered who her biological father was - a discovery that turned her world upside down and transformed her into a fearless fighter for the women and families who’ve been harmed by fraudulent and serial sperm donors.
Through her work, she’s successfully lobbied for the creation of laws that criminalise conception deception - but as you’ll hear, her fight is only just beginning.
You can learn more about Eve Wiley here.
If this story has brought up any hard emotions, please reach out to Lifeline on 13 11 14.
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In 2018, while taking a picture of her son at a gathering, Nicole Madigan had a brief encounter with a stranger who asked her if she was photographing a man named Adam.
The exchange felt bizarre, but Nicole thought little of it. That is, until later that night when she received a text from the woman. What started as one odd message soon spiralled into years of harassment, ultimately leading to the woman, Karissa, being charged with stalking. But even in 2024, a conviction hasn’t stopped her.
Nicole joins Gemma on True Crime Conversations to share her story. A journalist herself, with extensive experience investigating stalking, Nicole has written a book about her experience.
Read Obsession: A journalist and victim-survivor’s investigation into stalking, here.
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Guest: Nicole Madigan
Host: Gemma Bath
Producer: Tahli Blackman
Audio Producer: Jacob Round
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Feedback? We’re listening! Email us at [email protected]
If any of the contents in this episode have caused distress, know that there is help available via Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636.
Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
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