Best KITTY BITTY Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 15: Take The Chain Off 1:55:27

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Welcome back to The Kibitz, the show where a pedantic yapper and a bimbo genius chitchat about whatever the hell we want. Now queening out weekly on all platforms! This episode: A moment for the late James Ransone! Things that are that deep: weird white gays refusing to be normal about actual earth angel Bowen Yang! Tyra Banks's peculiar new holida…

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Episode 14: Christmas For Whores 1:49:42

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Welcome back to The Kibitz, the show where a pedantic yapper and a bimbo genius chitchat about whatever the hell we want. Now queening out weekly on all platforms! This episode: A deeply wretched Hanukkah! Zendaya embraces her inner Jordan! Sydney Sweeney swears she isn't racist! Beyoncé chairs the Met Gala! Kim Kardashian's cyber goddess ascension…

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Episode 13: The Quaking God Beneath Their Feet 2:14:49

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Welcome back to The Kibitz, the show where a pedantic yapper and a bimbo genius chitchat about whatever the hell we want. Now queening out weekly on all platforms! This episode: Remedial holiday movie studies! Jonathan Bailey staring at David Corenswet! Our promised deep dive on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives! Miriam Margolyes slyly interrogating…

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Episode 12: Make Me Endless, Kim Kardashian 1:29:04

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Welcome back to The Kibitz, the show where a pedantic yapper and a bimbo genius chitchat about whatever the hell we want. Now queening out weekly on all platforms! This episode: The yuletide approacheth! Hockey yaoi on HBO Max: it's real and it's spectacular! An overdue apology to the humble fujoshi, our most essential worker! Jordan's long-overdue…

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Episode 11: Country Girls Make Do 1:43:02

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Welcome back to The Kibitz, the show where a pedantic yapper and a bimbo genius chitchat about whatever the hell we want. Now queening out weekly on all platforms! This episode: Patti Smith's 50th anniversary Horses concert! The lesbian ecstasy of Hades 2! Reopening Grindr when you don't drink anymore! In defense of bi girls: leave our admittedly s…

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Episode 10: Big Guy; Pants Okay 1:55:15

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Welcome back to The Kibitz, the show where a pedantic yapper and a bimbo genius chitchat about whatever the hell we want. Now queening out weekly on all platforms! This episode: Getting hit on at Trader Joe's! Keith Urban yet again forcing us to be aware he exists! Harvest mites, and their extremely unfortunate name in America! Nicki Minaj's new ca…

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That's a wrap on 2025 1:03

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Greetings dear listeners, this is a short announcement to say we'll be taking our annual break a little earlier than in the past but we'll be back soon! Thanks, love you - bye! xxx If you would like to reach out, please email us at [email protected]

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Episode 9: Urchinistas 1:52:00

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Welcome back to The Kibitz, the show where a pedantic yapper and a bimbo genius chitchat about whatever the hell we want. Now queening out weekly on all platforms! This episode: The Miss Piggy movie of our gay dreams! Jennifer Lawrence's entirely reasonable opinions on reality television! MrBeast's entirely unacceptable Saudi amusement park! Sydney…

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Episode 97: Amanda Carter 1:02:29

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Welcome to episode 97, in which Claire is joined by her brother Matt as she tells the story of a Tasmanian case that was one of the earliest in Australia to use DNA technology to help bring a murderer to justice. It began in 1980, when Amanda Carter was out in Hobart celebrating her upcoming 22nd birthday with her sister. But after leaving a pub in…

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Episode 8: A Bitch of Big Voice Experience 2:06:52

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Welcome back to The Kibitz, the show where a pedantic yapper and a bimbo genius chitchat about whatever the hell we want. Now queening out weekly on all platforms! This episode: NEW YORK IS SO FUCKING BACK! (Debra Messing: get the fuck outta here!) The death of Dick Cheney! Kayla Nicole's genius Halloween costume! Demi Lovato finally embracing Poot…

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Episode 96: Carolyn Matthews, with special guest Sam the forensic psychologist 44:38

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Welcome to episode 96, in which Claire is again joined by special guest forensic psychologist Sam. This time Sam tells the main story about a case which she was familiar with from her time living in Adelaide. Carolyn Matthews was a hardworking mother and wife from suburban West Lakes who was found stabbed to death in her home. But the shocking crim…

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Episode 7: Fear of a Masc Jordan 1:51:40

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Welcome back to The Kibitz, the show where a pedantic yapper and a bimbo genius chitchat about whatever the hell we want. Now queening out WEEKLY on all platforms! This episode: A mysterious illness transforms Jordan into a stud! A PSA to vote for Zohran in NYC and Prop 50 in LA or get the fuck outta here! Lily Allen's killer divorce album! A grim …

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Episode 95: The Itty Bitty Nitty Gritty with Claire & Kitty Episode 19 49:30

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Welcome to episode 95 and another instalment of The Itty Bitty Nitty Gritty with Claire and Kitty! This episode just so happens to fall on Halloween, so of course that's the theme for this month's offering. Kitty tells the tale of the trick or treat murder - the 1957 shooting of Peter Fabiano in California by a masked person who'd knocked on his do…

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Episode 6: The Horrors Continue 2:05:33

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Welcome back to The Kibitz, the show where a pedantic yapper and a bimbo genius chitchat about whatever the hell we want. Now queening out WEEKLY on all platforms! This episode: Werewolves: they fuck! Celebrating Miss Nap (the act of taking a nap)! Diane von Furstenberg's blissful lavender marriage! Tyra Banks is captivating as ever with a mysterio…

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Episode 94: Bradley Breward 41:44

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Welcome to episode 94, in which Claire is joined by special returning guest, forensic psychologist Sam, in Ben's absence. Claire talks about a fairly recent Tasmanian case - the sad and disturbing story of 22-year-old Bradley Breward, who found himself the focus of attention when former bodybuilder Mark Jones became obsessed with finding his stolen…

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Episode 5: Two Sick Bitches 1:52:14

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Welcome back to The Kibitz, the show where a pedantic yapper and a bimbo genius chitchat about whatever the hell we want. Now queening out WEEKLY on all platforms! This episode: The common cold is back, and she's pissed! An ode to the late D'Angelo! The Hollywood Walk of Fame is kind of goofy EXCEPT when it's honoring Naomi Watts! Bennifer remains …

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Episode 93: Pulse nightclub shooting 49:24

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Welcome to episode 93, in which Ben tells the story of the shocking mass shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida in 2016. Hear about the background of the shooter, 29-year-old Omar Mateen, what unfolded during the hostage situation that became a three-hour standoff, and his supposed motivation for the deadly attack. To end the episod…

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Episode 4: The Nexus of All Bisexual Realities 1:33:51

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Welcome back to The Kibitz, the WEEKLY show where a pedantic yapper and a bimbo genius chitchat about whatever the hell we want. Now queening out EVERY WEEK on all platforms! This episode: An important PSA about bisexual men! Pedro Pascal and Russell Tovey bond over being versatile! Alexander Skarsgård yanks us right into Locktober! A malediction f…

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Episode 92: John 'Rocky' Whelan 52:02

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Welcome to episode 92, in which Ben and Claire are again joined by special guest Matt Turfrey for a journey back to ye olde Van Diemen's Land! Claire tells the story of John 'Rocky' Whelan, an Irish-born convict whose rampage in the mid-1850s earned him many names, including the Huon Terror. Hear about the torturous punishments he endured over near…

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Episode 91: Francis Heaulme, with special guest Matt Turfrey 58:56

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Welcome to episode 91, in which Ben and Claire are joined - in person for the first time since the podcast began - by special guest (and Claire's brother) Matt Turfrey! He tells the story of a case which had police in the Brittany region of France perplexed. In 1989 a shocking murder in broad daylight eventually leads detectives to drifter Francis …

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Episode 3: T4T Kingdom 1:51:54

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Welcome back to The Kibitz, the show where a pedantic yapper and a bimbo genius chitchat about whatever the hell we want. Now queening out on all platforms! This episode: Jordan attends Doja Cat's chic album release party! Connor is confronted by the restless machine ghost of Stan Lee! The announcement of an exciting new side series! Prayers for Ni…

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Episode 90: The Itty Bitty Nitty Gritty with Claire & Kitty Episode 18 37:23

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Welcome to episode 90 and another instalment of the Itty Bitty Nitty Gritty with Claire and Kitty! This month the ladies prove that diamonds really are a girl's best friend when they explore the theme of all things bling - jewellery. Kitty talks about Dr Maria Maclennan, the world's first forensic jeweller, who uses jewellery principles to help sol…

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Episode 89: Nancy Grunwaldt 49:54

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Welcome to episode 89, in which Claire looks into the case of 26-year-old German tourist Nancy Grunwaldt, who was on a planned year-long trip through New Zealand and Australia when she went missing while riding a hired bike on the East Coast of Tasmania in 1993. Hear about her movements once she arrived in the state, the theories about what may hav…

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Episode 2: That's Enough Cocaine For You 1:29:50

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Welcome back to The Kibitz, the show where a pedantic yapper and a bimbo genius chitchat about whatever the hell we want. Now queening out on all platforms! This episode: Somebody's in mummy's pumps! A straggot-off on the film festival circuit! Gaylors in crisis! Jordan still can't abide Drake! (And why should she?!) Lab rats blowing fat rails for …

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Episode 88: Jaycee Dugard Part 2 54:26

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Welcome to episode 88, in which Ben picks up where he left off with the story of Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped in California in 1991 at the age of 11. If you haven't listened to Part 1 yet we highly recommend you do that first! In the second installment you will hear how Jaycee's 18 years of captivity finally came to an end, what happened when h…

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Episode 87: Jaycee Dugard Part 1 49:06

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Welcome to episode 87, in which Ben begins telling the story of Jaycee Dugard, who was abducted on her way to school in California in 1991 at the age of 11. Hear about her kidnappers, what she endured at their hands during 18 years of captivity and how, if there hadn't been numerous lapses by law enforcement, she could have possibly been freed much…

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Episode 1: Things Are Happening That Have Never Happened Before 2:15:19

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Welcome to The Kibitz, the show where a pedantic yapper and a bimbo genius chitchat about whatever the hell we want. Now queening out on all platforms! This episode: The public relaunch of The Kibitz! Unpacking Pedro Pascal's horniest project yet! Bags are fumbled at the Love Island reunion, but Olandria still deserves the world! Celebrity romance …

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Episode 86: Amy Bock 55:18

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Welcome to episode 86, in which Claire tells the story of Tasmanian-born Amy Bock, who went on to be described as New Zealand's most celebrated and energetic confidence trickster. In the late 19th and early 20th Century Amy racked up a long list of criminal charges and prison time using a host of aliases and elaborate deceptions, before she embarke…

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Episode 85: The Itty Bitty Nitty Gritty with Claire & Kitty Episode 17 52:54

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Welcome to episode 85, in which Claire and Kitty return for another instalment of The Itty Bitty Nitty Gritty! This month, as we are rugged up against the cold in the southern hemisphere, the girls have chosen chilly crime stories to fit their winter theme. Claire talks about a case from a small Canadian town in the early 1990s, in which snow playe…

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Episode 84: Bonnie and Clyde 1:03:36

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Welcome to episode 84, in which Ben returns from his little break - with a bang! He takes on the story of the infamous gangster couple Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. While the pair have been romanticised over the years, Ben lays out the truth about their time robbing and murdering their way across the central United States in the 1930s. Hear about…

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Episode 83: Special guest journalist Helen Kempton 49:02

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Welcome to episode 83, in which Claire is joined by journalist Helen Kempton. With 30 years of experience writing for Tasmanian newspapers, Helen specialises in court reporting. She talks about some of the most memorable and harrowing trials she has covered, as well as some of the more light-hearted ones. Helen also shares the unsolved cases she mo…

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Episode 82: Daniel LaPlante with special guest Matt Turfrey 47:44

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Welcome to episode 82, in which Ben is still AWOL so Claire is once again joined by a special guest (and her brother) Matt Turfrey. He tells the main story - which in his own words starts out spooky and creepy and then ramps up into dark and disturbing. In 1986 the Bowen girls of Pepperell, Massachusetts started experiencing strange things around t…

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Episode 81: Eve Askew, with special guest Chloe Hope 55:51

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Welcome to episode 81, in which Ben is taking a bit of a break so Claire is joined by her colleague, fellow true crime enthusiast and supporter of the podcast - Chloe Hope. Claire shares the story of the mysterious disappearance of 14-year-old Eve Askew from southern Tasmania in 1991. Despite a long-running investigation and many theories as to wha…

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Episode 80: The Itty Bitty Nitty Gritty with Claire & Kitty Episode 16 53:00

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Welcome to episode 80, in which Claire and Kitty return for a lightly intoxicated instalment of The Itty Bitty Nitty Gritty. Recording during a sleepover for Kitty's birthday makes for an amusing episode! This month the girls reach for the stars with their theme - space! Claire shares a story from the early 2000s that has been described as the most…

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Episode 79: Live at The Bush Inn Part 2 36:39

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Welcome to episode 79, in which we pick back up in the second half of the live show recorded at The Bush Inn, New Norfolk. In part 2, Kitty starts off by sharing some interesting stories about the historic venue, then tells us about a Tasmanian criminal who went on to take up an important role in the justice system that saw him shunned and whose pr…

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Episode 78: Live at The Bush Inn Part 1 1:10:03

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Welcome to episode 78, in which the three Crime Collective hosts combine for the first time in the long-awaited live show at The Bush Inn, New Norfolk. In part one, Claire tells the story of a significant character of the very early days of the settlement, a man known as an interesting combination of visionary and rogue... His rebellious ways got h…

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Episode 77: Claire's convict ancestors 55:18

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Welcome to episode 77, in which Claire lets the skeletons out of her closet by sharing the stories of two of her convict ancestors - her four-times great-grandparents William and Mary Turfrey. While she knew much of William's past, as an Oxfordshire boatman who got himself transported in 1845 for burglary, she realised that Mary's convict record wa…

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Episode 76: The Body in Room 348 Part 2 47:26

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Welcome to episode 76, in which Ben completes the second half of his retelling of the intriguing story of the Body in Room 348. If you haven't listened to Part 1 yet we highly recommend doing that first or this may not make much sense! Find out how the private investigator and detective reached their conclusions about what, or who, was responsible …

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Episode 75: The Body in Room 348 Part 1 47:10

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Welcome to episode 75, in which Ben shares the first installment of his two-part retelling of the mysterious story of the Body in Room 348. When popular 55-year-old oil-and-gas man Greg Fleniken is found dead in his locked Texas hotel room in 2010 it at first appears to be a simple case of natural causes. He has no visible external injuries but the…

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Episode 74: The Itty Bitty Nitty Gritty with Claire & Kitty Episode 15 1:00:27

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Welcome to episode 74, in which Claire and Kitty return for a not-so itty bitty instalment! This month as autumn comes to an end the ladies deliver a selection of stories on the theme of - trees. Kitty delves into the case of Matthew Hoffman, an out-of-work arborist who had more than a professional interest in trees... Hear about how he spiralled o…

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Episode 73: Special guest Nicole Morris 56:04

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Welcome to episode 72, in which Claire and Ben chat to Nicole Morris, the founder and director of the Australian Missing Persons Register website. Before Nicole set up the site there was no national database of missing people and now, 20 years later, the accompanying Facebook page is followed by hundreds of thousands of people, and she has gained t…

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Episode 72: The Hatton Garden Heist 48:09

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Welcome to episode 72, in which Ben tells the story of the Hatton Garden Heist, and the surprising twist behind the London safe deposit burglary in 2015. And Claire finishes things off with two stories about hidden treasure... For skippers of opening banter you can head to 4:29 for the beginning of the story. If you would like to reach out, please …

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Episode 71: Wesley Brooks 45:05

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Welcome to episode 71, in which Claire tells the story of Wesley Brooks, who went missing in 1996 at the age of 18. It wasn't until a wheelie bin was recovered from the Leven River in Ulverstone, Tasmania, nearly four years later that a murder investigation was launched... Hear about the circumstances surrounding his disappearance and the outcome o…

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Episode 70: Amerithrax 52:53

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Welcome to episode 70, in which Ben takes us back to the year 2001 and explores the anthrax attacks that gripped America soon after it was rocked by the events of September 11. Hear about the fallout and the investigation, which became one of the largest and most complex in the history of US law enforcement. And Claire ends things on a lighter note…

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Episode 69: The Itty Bitty Nitty Gritty with Claire & Kitty Episode 14 40:47

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Welcome to episode 69, in which the Itty Bitty Nitty Gritty with Claire and Kitty makes a quick turnaround from last month to embrace the saucy connotations of the episode's number by exploring some felonious fetishes. Claire shares the story of Jerry Brudos, whose obsession that started when he was five years old turned deadly, while Kitty lighten…

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Episode 68: Anzac Day - War Crimes 48:44

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Welcome to episode 68, in which we mark the occasion of Anzac Day in Australia by taking a look at war crimes. Claire tells the story of Ted Sweetman, who was a soldier in the Tasmanian 2nd/40th battalion when he was captured in Timor and became a prisoner of war on the Thai-Burma Railway and then in mines in Japan until the end of World War II. An…

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Episode 67: The Itty Bitty Nitty Gritty with Claire & Kitty Episode 13 46:23

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Welcome to episode 67 and another instalment of The Itty Bitty Nitty Gritty with Claire & Kitty! This month it coincides with Good Friday so your hosts have some Easter-related tales. Kitty tells us about the Norwegian tradition of Påskekrim and the story of Janelle Patton on Norfolk Island, while Claire shares the case of the Mad Sculptor Robert I…

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Episode 66: The women executed in Van Diemen's Land Part 2 42:06

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Welcome to episode 66, in which Claire completes her account of the women who were executed for their crimes in the convict days of Tasmania. Hear the stories of Mary Sullivan, who was only 16 years old when she was sentenced for stealing in Ireland in 1850, and Margaret Coghlin, who was transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1846 for perjury. But it …

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Episode 65: The women executed in Van Diemen's Land Part 1 48:49

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Welcome to episode 65, in which Claire tells the first half of her account of the women who were put to death for their offences in penal colony-era Tasmania. Hear the stories of Mary McLauchlan, a 24-year-old from Glasgow, Scotland, who was transported in 1828 for theft by housebreaking, and Eliza Benwell, who was 32 when she was convicted of stea…

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Episode 64: The Moorhouse Murders - with special guest Matt Turfrey 40:45

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Welcome to episode 64, in which your hosts Ben and Claire are joined by special guest Matt Turfrey. He tells the story of a horrific series of crimes that occurred not far from his current home in Western Australia. Originally from Burnie, Tasmania, the name had caught Matt's ear over time in the media, but it turned out to be referencing David and…