In 1980, nine-week-old Azaria Chamberlain disappeared from a campsite at Airs Rock. Her mother claims a dingo had taken her. Two years later, the question of what happened was tested in court. Told through the witnesses and evidence presented at trial, this episode follows how the infamous case unfo…In 1980, nine-week-old Azaria Chamberlain disappeared from a campsite at Airs Rock. Her mother claims a dingo had taken her. Two years later, the question of what happened was tested in court. Told through the witnesses and evidence presented at trial, this episode follows how the infamous case unfolded before a jury. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.more
Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-code…In this episode, Payton dives into the case of Azaria Chamberlain, a baby who allegedly was taken by Dingoes or was murdered.
On August 17 1980, the Chamberlain family were camping at Uluru when Lindy Chamberlain went to put her nine-week-old daughter Azaria to sleep in the tent. Moments later, the other campers heard Lindy cry out, “My God, my God, a dingo has got my baby!”
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Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host
Epi…On August 17 1980, the Chamberlain family were camping at Uluru when Lindy Chamberlain went to put her nine-week-old daughter Azaria to sleep in the tent. Moments later, the other campers heard Lindy cry out, “My God, my God, a dingo has got my baby!”
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Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host
Episode written and by Elsha McGill and Erin Munro
Episode researched by Erin Munro
Creative Director: Milly Raso
For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-136-azaria-chamberlain
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As the sun set over Uluru on August 17th, 1980, Lindy and Michael Chamberlain put their two month old baby Azaria to bed. What happened next is burnt into the collective consciousness of not just Australia but the world.
This won’t be like most episodes of True Crime Conversations, mostly, because…As the sun set over Uluru on August 17th, 1980, Lindy and Michael Chamberlain put their two month old baby Azaria to bed. What happened next is burnt into the collective consciousness of not just Australia but the world.
This won’t be like most episodes of True Crime Conversations, mostly, because in this case there was no crime. Instead, it was one of the most significant and devastating miscarriages of justice Australia has ever seen.
So impactful was the handling of this case that forensic science in Australia was completely overhauled and as a result we’re now one of the leading countries in the field.
Host Jessie Stephens speaks to legal scholar, criminologist and historian Katherine Biber about the case of Lindy Chamberlain and the death of her daughter Azaria. Katherine co-authored the book The Lindy Chamberlain Case: Nation, Law, Memory.
CREDITS
GUEST: Katherine Biber
HOST: Jessie Stephens
PRODUCER: Elise Cooper
Research
• Staines, D., Arrow, M., & Biber, K. (Eds.) (2009). The Chamberlain case: nation, law, memory. Melbourne, Vic.: Australian Scholarly Publishing.
• Dingo’s Got My Baby: Trial By Media, Retro Report; The New York Times
• Confronting Lindy Chamberlain: A Dingo Stole My Baby; 60 Minutes Australia Nine Network
• The Azaria Chamberlain Story, This Fabulous Century, Prime Network
• Azaria Chamberlain 4th Inquest Findings Live Broadcast ABC News 24, ABC TV
• 4th Coronial Inquest into the death of Azaria Chamberlain Alternative Law Journal (2012) 37(3) AltLJ 207 GET IN TOUCH:
