Civilian Sleuths
Civilian Sleuths is a new investigative podcast shining a forensic light on Australia’s most challenging unsolved murders and missing persons cases.
For decades, these crimes have haunted families, investigators, and communities searching for answers—not for lack of effort, but because the tools of the past were limited.
Using original source material, coronial records, archived media, and modern analytical tools, Civilian Sleuths recreates timelines, re-examines evidence, and explores theories that may have been overlooked for decades. But the most powerful tool remains public memory.
Behind every cold case is a real person. A family. A life interrupted. And often, someone who still knows the truth.
If you know something—no matter how small—it may matter.
Launching January 6 with new episodes every second Tuesday, Civilian Sleuths invites you to become part of the investigation.
Unsolved. Unforgotten. Unfinished.
Listener discretion advised.
Civilian Sleuths
Latest Episodes
Margaret & Seana Tapp: A Name, Then an Apology
After twenty-four years, science produced a name. Two weeks later, science took it back.In August 1984, Margaret Tapp and her nine-year-old daughter Seana were murdered in their home in Ferntree Gully, in Melbourne's outer east. T...
Margaret & Seana Tapp: He Pulled The Covers Up
A whole street saw the drawn blinds — and not one person knew that behind them, a mother and her nine-year-old daughter lay murdered in their beds.For almost a full day, no one knocked. Neighbours walked past. Children went to sch...
Margaret & Seana Tapp: The Blinds Stayed Drawn
For almost a day, everyone who looked at 13 Kelvin Drive found an ordinary explanation. Inside, Margaret and Seana Tapp were already dead.On Tuesday 7 August 1984, Margaret was studying for her law degree while her nine-year-old d...
Margaret & Seana Tapp - Series 3 Trailer (1984)
For almost a day, no one realised anything was wrong.A neighbour assumed Margaret was sleeping after studying. A schoolfriend noticed Seana wasn't at school. Inside their home on Kelvin Drive, a mother and her nine-year-old daught...
Bonus Update: A Note to Listeners and Contributors
A short update at the close of the Mary Anne Fagan series.Thank you to everyone who listened, shared the series, spoke about Mary Anne with family or friends, or reached out privately with memories and material connected to the ca...
