Liar, Liar: Melissa Caddick and the Missing Millions

By: The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
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  • Since late 2020, the case of missing Sydney woman Melissa Caddick has captivated the country. A seemingly successful businesswoman from Sydney's eastern suburbs went missing after authorities raided her Dover Heights home amid questions over an unlicensed financial planning business.
    Sydney Morning Herald investigative journalist Kate McClymont would reveal key details of a massive Ponzi scheme and a $23 million fraud that ripped off investors including her family and friends as Caddick lived the high life of overseas trips, cars and high end fashion. McClymont's coverage would win her a ninth Walkley Award.
    Now McClymont and 60 Minutes’ Tom Steinfort are set to present a breakthrough podcast Liar, Liar: Melissa Caddick and the Missing Millions that will follow the twists and turns of a case where everyone has a theory of their own. What happened to the money and what happened to Melissa? Liar Liar will reveal fresh details of the crime of the century through interviews with key players and takes listeners from upmarket jewellery auction rooms in Hong Kong, to the ski slopes of Aspen to private islands in the South Pacific.
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  • Introducing: Trial by Water

    Introducing: Trial by Water
    May 26 2024

    From The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, Trial by Water is a new investigative podcast series about Robert Farquharson, who has been locked up for decades for an unthinkable crime: murdering his three sons in a dam on Father’s Day, 2005.

    Now scientists and lawyers are asking the question: did we get it wrong? And is this man in prison for a crime he didn’t commit?

    Episode 1 will arrive on Saturday, June 1.

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    4 mins
  • Melissa Caddick: Fraudster's death to remain a mystery

    Melissa Caddick: Fraudster's death to remain a mystery
    May 28 2023

    Warning: This story contains graphic content.

    We finally know what happened in the missing persons investigation that captured a nation. Melissa Caddick, the fraudster who stole $23 million from her closest family and friends, is dead.

    So said the deputy state coroner, who handed down her report last week. But how did she come to this finding? Until now, all we knew was that Caddick’s right foot had washed up on the shores of a remote beach. This was shortly after she went missing, nearly two and a half years ago.

    Today, investigative reporter Kate McClymont joins Samantha Selinger-Morris on The Age and SMH daily news podcast Please Explain to discuss what we now know - and what we’ll never know - about what happened to Melissa Caddick.

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    13 mins
  • Special episode: Anthony Koletti takes the stand

    Special episode: Anthony Koletti takes the stand
    Sep 30 2022

    The second week of the Coroner's inquest into the disappearance & suspected death of Melissa Louise Caddick has seen her husband, Anthony Koletti, give evidence about the raid and Melissa's disappearance.

    In this special episode, we bring you the latest from The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age's podcast Please Explain, where Kate tells us all the essential information from the second week of the inquest.

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    17 mins

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Great true crime investigation Down Under

I stumbled into thia podcast as you do, with no context about the story at all. I will say it was very effective in setting the story up and retelling the events.
The hosts are both professional, knowleadgeable and fun. The investigation and expert contributions are perfect. My only point would be that the podcast goes back and forth a lot, it becomes repetitive. For such a complex case, it sometimes felt like they had to add fillers - maybe because the case had not been completely uncovered at the time of publishing

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Never heard this one!

Super interesting and unfamiliar to me as a US listener. I wish there was a bit more detail about Melissa’s motivation but it seems like they were never really known.

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Extremely Amateurish

It's like listening to an episode of The Muppets! Perhaps my standards are higher, being a fan of networks like The NY Times and Serial Productions, this was offensively sloppy and amateurish. The two so-called "journalists" are ridiculous! I could not take them seriously from the first few minutes. The introductions were laughable, and my god, the fake voices and the pretend stuttering that is meant to indicate.. stupefaction, I suppose? Nah. One star rating is one star too many for this garbage.

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