CLAREMONT: The Trial
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CLAREMONT: The Trial
Ever since the shocking deaths of three young women in 1996 and 1997, the unanswered questions surrounding the Claremont serial killings have remained one of the biggest mysteries in WA history. Any hope of justice in the tragic deaths of Ciara Glennon, Sarah Spiers and Jane Rimmer seemed bleak for...
Recent Episodes
128 episodesS2E103: THE SENTENCING: 'Coward' Edwards likely to die in prison
After 20 years of hiding in plain sight, sadistic killer and brutal rapist Bradley Edwards will likely never leave jail and die without his freedom, a...
S2Enigma of the Dark: Claremont the Trial LIVE
Join the Claremont in Conversation team in this special live event at the University of Western Australia.
Hear stories never told in court, ane...
S2E102: How Long Could Edwards Stay Behind Bars?
Should Bradley Edwards be allowed to participate in rehabilitation programs in prison? Or should the prison just 'throw away the key'?
Legal exp...
S2E101: Inside the MACRO Taskforce
Former homicide detective Paul Ferguson has put away his fair share of bad guys. The retired police officer was in charge of the MACRO Taskforce when...
S2E100: Dr DNA: The Man Behind the Breakthrough
Bradley Edwards hid in plain sight for more than two decades, but what he didn’t realise, was that he was just simply hidden, and that meant he could...
S2E99: The Hollywood Hospital Victim: In Her Own Words
May 7, 1990 was the day that changed Wendy Davis’ life.
A social worker at Hollywood Hospital, she was going about her day when Telstra worker a...
S2E98: Inside the Mind of a Killer
Bradley Edwards will 'never' reveal the location of Sarah Spiers. That’s according to leading forensic anthropologist and criminologist Dr Xanthe Mall...
S2E97: The Verdict Analysis with Tom Percy
Bradley Robert Edwards killed Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon.
Over the last two days, we’ve heard from the families of those two young, vibrant w...
S2E96: Justice delivered: THE VERDICT
The Claremont Killer has been revealed.
Bradley Robert Edwards terrorised Perth for two decades, he sparked fear into the hearts of people in Cl...
S2Bonus Episode: The Moment of Truth upon Us
Is Bradley Robert Edwards guilty or not guilty?
Only one person knows what the answer to that question is, and he’s taken 12 weeks to make it.
S2Bonus Episode: What's Next?
95 trial days and 95 episodes (plus a few bonus ones) later,
WA's trial of the century has officially come to a close.
The trial has been...
S2E95: It’s Up to Justice Hall Now
Everything’s been said, the evidence is out in the open and now Justice Hall has a massive task ahead of him.
After 95 days and more than 200 wi...
S2E94: The Closing Statements: A New Alibi
On Day 94 of the trial, and the fourth day of Paul Yovich’s closing statements, the defence focussed on Ciara Glennon’s disappearance.
The court...
S2E93: The Closing Statements: Mr Edwards ‘Should be Acquitted’ of Killing Sarah
Paul Yovich told the court Sarah Spiers was the victim of a grave crime, but Bradley Edwards didn’t commit that crime.
Making sure to tell the c...
S2E92: The Closing Statements: “If He Wanted to Kill Her, She’d be Dead”
The defence told court today that Bradley Edwards did not intend to kill his rape victim.
That he planned his attack carefully and carried it ou...
S2E91: The Closing Statements: “If the DNA Evidence isn’t Proven, the Whole Case Falls Over”
In this episode, the Claremont in Conversation podcast team are joined by leading Perth criminal QC Tom Percy, who weighs in on the defence case, or l...
S2E90: The Closing Statements: "Bradley Robert Edwards, we say, is the Claremont serial killer.”
The final words of prosecutor Carmel Barbagallo as she wrapped up 7 months of evidence left Tim Clarke saying she believed she could say with authorit...
S2E89: The Closing Statements: When Preparation met Opportunity
Ruthless, efficient, calculating. That’s how prosecutor Carmel Barbagallo described Bradley Edwards when recapping the crimes he’s alleged to have com...
S2E88: The Closing Statements: Was he just a Rapist, or a Rapist and a Murderer?
A disturbing and graphic picture of Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon’s final hours was painted to the court on the second full day of the prosecution’s c...
S2E87: The Closing Statements: The DNA Points to Him
Without any distractions or delays, Day 87 of WA’s trial of the century began.
Bradley Edwards’ DNA was found with Ciara Glennon’s fingernail sa...
S2E86: "When the Normal Meets the Abnormal”: The Closings Begin
The lead prosecutor - looking under the weather soldiered on during the beginning of her closing statements on day 86 of the Claremont Serial Killings...
S2“Public Health Concern” Delays Trial Resumption
On the day that was supposed to see the closing statements of WA’s trial of the century to begin, an 11th-hour decision was made to delay proceedings...
S2Bonus Episode: Remembering Jane
Jane Rimmer was a happy, vibrant 23-year-old childcare worker, just starting out in life.
She loved her family, her friends, and she liked to ha...
S2E85: The Case End
“Brace yourself, Bradley,” is what Detective Senior Sergeant Joe Marrapodi said to Bradley Edwards during the final part of his police interview.
S2E84: The Police Interview
Day 84 was the day the court heard directly from Bradley Edwards, through his police interview, recorded after his arrest in 2016.
Today, we hea...
S2E83: “The Most Significant Piece of Evidence the Prosecution is Going to Bring”
In this episode, the podcast team look ahead into the evidence which has been anticipated for weeks - Bradley Edwards police interview - which Damien...
S2E82: Claremont "Too Much Trouble" For Cab Drivers
As the court waited for a reasonable time in the UK to video call Dr Ray Palmer for his final day giving evidence, two witness statements were read in...
S2E81: “Very Strong” Chance Ciara Glennon was in Bradley Edwards’ Car
The state’s key fibre expert has detailed how the combination of fibres and the types of fibres found in Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon’s hair, as well...
S2E80: Another Woman’s Terrifying Encounter
Day 80 of the Claremont Serial Killings trial sat late to accomodate an expert witness from overseas. But before Dr Ray Palmer gave evidence, the defe...
S2E79: The Mammoth Evidence
After spending nine days on the stand, Chem Centre scientist Rees Powell finally wrapped up his evidence on day 79 of the Claremont Serial Killings tr...
S2E78: Pre-Murder Fibres No Match to Post-Murder Fibres
**BREAKING: We’ve received a last-minute email from the WA court, there will be no Claremont Trial tomorrow (Friday April 24), court will resume on Tu...
S2E77: The Pristine Hair Sample
For the first time, the court was shown a picture of a pristine hair sample, which was never touched before
RH17 was the hair sample taken from...
S2E76: The FBI Petri dish Which Allegedly Links a Rape and a Murder
Tiny strands of Ciara Glennon’s hair were sent to the FBI in 1999. Those hair strands in a Petri dish have become vital in the prosecution’s case - al...
S2E75: The First Physical Evidence Linking Jane and Ciara
One slide of two microscopic fibres compared to each other shown to the court on day 75.
That’s the first piece of physical evidence in the tria...
S2E74: The Karrakatta Rape Victim, Jane and Ciara Connected Through a Blue Fibre
During day 74’s evidence, the court heard that Ciara’s hair mass was split into 16 sections, and was meticulously examined for 17 days at Chem Centre....
S2E73: The 1000 Fibres Found in Jane’s Hair
The sheer lengths ChemCentre scientists went to, to test the MACRO exhibits were again showed during the day’s evidence.
After Jane’s hair was s...
S2E72: The Moment the Forensics linked Ciara and Jane’s Murders
Although the MACRO taskforce had investigated Jane, Ciara and Sarah’s disappearances together since the moment Jane went missing, but before 2012, the...
S2E71: Looking For a Needle in a Haystack
Today in court we found out a world-first fibre database was created specifically for the Claremont Serial Killings trial, which led to a ground break...
S2E70: Fabric Under Scrutiny
That crucial Telstra Blue fibre was again under the spotlight on day 70 of the Claremont Serial Killings trial, this time by the defence.
Joined...
S2E69: Telstra Blue
Telstra Blue.
The fibre that delayed the trial of the century for more than four months.
And it’s the fibre which the prosecution say was...