AUSTRALIA: “The Dingo’s Got My Baby”

International Infamy with Ashley Flowers

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True Crime

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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A family camping trip in 1980 ended with a cry that became a punchline, and a mother accused of murder. It would take three decades for the Australian government to acknowledge what Lindy Chamberlain had been saying all along — that her nine-week-old daughter Azaria had been killed by dingoes. But in that time, the shoddy investigation and sensational media coverage ensured there was more than one victim in this case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Imagine this for a second.
0:05.8	You're a young parent out on a camping trip when suddenly a wild animal steals your newborn
0:12.2	daughter right out from under you.
0:15.0	You frantically head after it, but it's pitch black and you're in the middle of nowhere.
0:20.4	What do you do?
0:21.8	You call the police, but they don't even believe you.
0:24.6	You try to get your story out to warn people so at least it doesn't happen again, but no
0:28.6	one else believes you either.
0:30.9	In fact, the more you explain what happened, the more everyone thinks that you killed your
0:36.7	baby and somehow police start finding evidence that proves it.
0:42.0	You've already lost your baby.
0:43.8	Now you might lose the rest of your life in prison.
0:47.7	This is the story of Australia's most infamous missing child, Azaria Chamberlain.
1:06.6	I'm Ashley Flowers and this is International Infamy, a Spotify original from Parkcast.
1:12.6	On this show I'm taking you on a world tour of 15 notorious crimes from 15 different countries.
1:19.5	Today we're diving deep into the outback to tell the story of Azaria Chamberlain, a baby
1:24.8	who disappeared in the Australian wilderness.
1:28.1	The case inspired a nationwide frenzy that tore her mother's life apart.
1:36.6	All of that is coming up.
1:38.2	Stay with us.
1:41.5	This episode is brought to you by Lionsgate Plus.
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