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Australian True Crime

Xanthé Mallett: The Act of Staging a Crime Scene

Australian True Crime

Meshel Laurie

True Crime

4.6979 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

We're joined today by Dr. Claire Ferguson, a Forensic Criminologist and Associate Professor at QUT, who has spent years diving into the complexities of staged homicides and detection avoidance strategies in Australia. Claire’s research and expertise have supported police forces and courtrooms nationwide.


Widely published and highly regarded, Claire is here to discuss the ways in which criminal offenders stage fake crime scenes to deter criminal investigators, as well as the tactics they use to avoid suspicion.


Leading the conversation with Claire today is Dr. Xanthe Mallett, our guest host and fellow forensic criminologist.


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Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram 

Guest Host: Dr. Xanthé Mallett

Guest: Dr. Claire Ferguson

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard

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0:00.0

The manipulation of people is as important, if not more important, than the manipulation of evidence.

0:07.0

Say, I stage a scene to make it look like my partner suicided, and I go about telling everyone about how poor his mental health was for years.

0:20.0

That goes a really long way into getting investigators to think, you know, this could be suicide.

0:27.0

We joined today by Dr. Claire Ferguson, a forensic criminologist who has spent

0:36.6

years diving into the complexities of staged homicides and detection avoidance strategies

0:41.3

in Australia. Claire's research and expertise have supported police forces and courtrooms nationwide.

0:47.6

Widely published and highly regarded, Claire is Dr. Zanthi Mallet, our guest host and fellow forensic criminologist.

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