The story you weren’t allowed to hear is finally out in the open. It’s a silent epidemic— and it’s coming for our kids.
Australian documentary-maker Akhim Dev follows the Queensland Police investigation of a notorious child exploitation website. ‘The Love Zone’ hosts thousands of members around the world creating, uploading, and sharing videos and photographic material of unimaginable acts against children.
This dark web network is infiltrated by an elite team of Australian investigators— Taskforce Argos. Argos use their global connections and controversial undercover strategies to take down hands-on abusers in order to save The Children in the Pictures. 
This 8 part series is a powerful examination into how child abuse has become endemic online, and what we can all do to fight it.
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Introducing: The Children in the Pictures

The NSW Police Force is searching for a missing teenage boy with only a blackened jawbone to work from. Investigators create a nationwide bulletin, seeking the dentist who extracted two teeth from the individual shortly before his death. A record or an X-ray of that operation holds the key to our lost boy’s identity and possibly his fate
In this 3rd episode, Real Crime Investigative Journalist Adam Shand returns to Umina Beach to confirm the theory that the jawbone was carried in floodwaters from the Hawkesbury River to the coast in 2012. Another massive flood in NSW gives investigators a chance to model the early event and better understand the discovery site.
And our forensic investigators reach out to colleagues across Australia for fresh thinking on how to unlock the mystery of the black bone.
If you have information on this case please contact Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000 or your local police station.
 
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Lost at Sea: The Black Bone - Part 3

In the wake of new evidence brought forward after the release of Lost At Sea: The Black Bone Part 1, Real Crime investigative journalist Adam Shand and NSW Police broaden their search to try and identify the young boy who belongs to the washed up jawbone. Hear all the new theories in the second part of this live investigation.
If you have information on this case please contact  Encouraging people Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000 or your local police station.
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Lost at Sea: The Black Bone - Part 2

If you're going to do something shady - don't involve your family. Australia introduced the worlds first plastic banknote in 1988, new money that the Government believed couldn't be forged. Real Crime investigative reporter Adam Shand tells the story of Funny Money, the 1966 crime that sparked the creation of these new $10 notes and chats with co-conspirator and financier of the crime 'Mr. Big'.
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Funny Money

In June 2020, a human jawbone was found at a beach on the NSW Central Coast, possibly carried there by the storms and shifting sands. The bone is in excellent condition but almost black. Real Crime investigative reporter Adam Shand and NSW police discover there are more questions than answers. Through DNA analysis, police and forensic experts are able to pull more information from the jaw bone that could help identify who this forgotten person was and their fate.
If you have information on this case please contact  Encouraging people Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000 or your local police station.
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Lost at sea: The Black Bone

Kellie Carter-Bell grew up in Melbourne’s underworld and suffered years of harrowing abuse until she broke the cycle, becoming an advocate for domestic violence victims. A chance meeting with real crime investigative reporter Adam Shand leads to a quest to find Kellie’s father, a policeman, who left her nearly five decades before. Hear the amazing story of survival and what it was like living day to day with some of Melbourne's most notorious criminalsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kellie Carter Bell - Part 1: When Dad left

The story continues, and Kellie's amazing feats of strength and incredibly positive attitude contrast with the harrowing tale of her survival. Kellie makes a family with a career criminal who ultimately tries to kill her. A second abusive relationship follows before Kellie finds the strength to break away but can real crime investigative reporter Adam Shand come through on his search to reunite Kellie with her missing Father
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Kellie Carter Bell - Part 2: Jailhouse Bride

Real Crime investigator Adam Shand tells the story of Fijian-born Mosese Cava who cut ties with his family in 2006. In March 2020, police began searching for the one-time DJ and made an unexpected and remarkable discovery.  Constable Brandon Lim delivered an answer for a grieving family.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mosese Cava

Real Crime investigator Adam Shand reports on forensic evidence that removes any doubt as to Mary Wallace’s killer. A suspect Robert John Adams is convicted but, claiming his innocence, does not reveal the location of Mary’s body. Police are appealing for public assistance to bring her home. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mary Wallace: Part 3 - Bob The Yob

Real Crime investigator Adam Shand re-examines mysterious letters to police from 1983/84 for clues. Did the killer hoax the police with a bogus burial site? Investigators comb new potential crime scenes and another murder investigation yields a breakthrough.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mary Wallace: Part 2 - Building A Case

Real Crime investigator Adam Shand tells the story of Mary Louise Wallace, missing and presumed murdered in 1983. Homicide investigator Nicole Jones re-opens this cold case and returns to the original case files to go after Mary’s killer.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mary Wallace: Part 1 - Justice For Mary

Bill Roach, missing since New Year’s Eve 1993. Detective Constable Mark Symons follows up leads that Bill was killed on a remote farm near Armidale NSW, and his remains hidden in a deep waterhole, then later buried at another location. Symons goes back to Roach’s childhood to understand his final days.
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Bill Roach: Part 2 - A Psychedelic Adventure

Eight weeks before his disappearance, Bill Roach attended a counter culture festival where he claimed he was cursed by witches. Some believed Bill left town in search of answers from traditional healers. However, Real Crime investigator Adam Shand explains that, Mark Symons finds an earthlier motive for Roach’s demise, a possible involvement in the drug trade.  Police offer a $1 million reward for information.
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Bill Roach: Part 1 - Deep Water

Real Crime investigator Adam Shand returns to Tasmania to find that Lucille’s brother Jimmy has terminal cancer and plans to confront his sister’s alleged killer Geoffrey Charles Hunt after Tasmania Police have shelve Lucille’s case.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The disappearance of Lucille Butterworth: Part 6 - Jimmy's Final Place

Tasmanian prosecutors face a dilemma in deciding whether to put Geoff Hunt before the Supreme Court for Lucille's murder. Real Crime investigator Adam Shand explains why Geoffrey Hunt's anonymity in a quiet country village is blown.
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The disappearance of Lucille Butterworth: Part 5 - Whitey

The coroner makes a finding on Lucille’s fate after a breakthrough in the case in July 2015. Real Crime investigator Adam Shand describes the excavation on a site where Lucille's remains are alleged to have been dumped. Questions are asked when it's discovered that police have known of the location since 1976. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The disappearance of Lucille Butterworth: Part 4 - The Dig

They prove he is a liar but can they pin a murder on Geoffrey Hunt? Real Crime investigator Adam Shand explains how police built a case against him over the murder of Lucille. Armed with reams of new evidence, investigators question Hunt for four hours. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The disappearance of Lucille Butterworth: Part 3 - The Interview

Real Crime investigator Adam Shand reports on the cold case review by Tasmanian police which uncovers a new suspect Geoffrey Charles Hunt and sources never interviewed by the original investigators. An old confession comes to light. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The disappearance of Lucille Butterworth: Part 2 - The Confession

Real Crime investigator Adam Shand probes the 1969 disappearance of 20-year-old Lucille Butterworth from a bus stop in Hobart. Police believe she is a runaway who will return and fail to search for weeks. Eventually, a suspect is identified but not charged. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The disappearance of Lucille Butterworth: Part 1 - Lucille

Real Crime investigator Adam Shand examines the 2001 disappearance of Year 12 student Passy Reyes who left her family’s home on Sydney’s northern beaches early one winter morning. Many believe she took her own life. Her family disagrees and awaits Passy’s return. Detective Senior Sergeant Jason Ferns investigates. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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