LiSTNR app releases crime podcast series

The streaming service LiSTNR has just released 11 podcasts about crimes you need to know about.

In each podcast series, investigation teams lay out the facts, and try to bring justice and closure to the victims' families - from the famous disappearance of the three Beaumont children in Adelaide in 1966, to William Tyrell, the three-year-old boy in the Spiderman suit who vanished just metres from his mum.

As a bonus, the final two podcasts on the list include The Children in the Pictures, the groundbreaking - and often tough to listen to - documentary by Australia's Akhim Dev on the investigation of a notorious child exploitation website, plus Dr Death, the global hit about the former American neurosurgeon, his recklessness with 33 patients, and the medical system that failed to protect them.

The podcasts can be listened to on your smart device through the LiSTNR app, which you can download here.

1. You Don't Know Me

A teenage girl leaves her boyfriend's house, and is never seen again... ever. She could be your daughter, your sister, your best friend. It could happen in your street. The story of Lizzie Burdett's mysterious disappearance, and the secrets of those in the community around her, is baffling. Adapted from a novel by award-winning Australian crime writer, Sara Foster, You Don't Know Me is a dark and brooding fictional audio drama set in Sydney's Northern Beaches, with unseen twists as each episode focuses on a different potential suspect. It's Big Little Lies meets Agatha Christie, and family drama meets crime-thriller, in a compelling all-new immersive audio-storytelling format. Listen

2. Fairy Meadow (BBC)

Three-year-old Cheryl Grimmer disappeared without a trace from Fairy Meadow beach in New South Wales in 1970. Investigators found a confession in 2016, but the suspect, known as 'Mercury', walked free because the confession was deemed inadmissible. Listen

3. Crime Junkie: Missing - The Beaumont Children

In one of the most famous and still unsolved cases, Jane, Arnna, and Grant Beaumont left their home in Adelaide to go swimming at the beach on Australia Day 1966 and were never seen again. Their disappearance changed Australian life forever. Listen

4. Morbid: The Highway of Death

In Northern Queensland, many refer to Flinders Highway, which crosses the state from east to west, from Townsville to Cloncurry, as The Highway of Death, or the real Wolf Creek. Since 1970, over 12 people have confirmed to have been killed along this stretch of desolate highway and some believe a thrill killer could be behind it all. Listen

5. Where's William Tyrrell?

How does a child simply disappear with his mother just metres away? In 2014, Australia was rocked by the disappearance of William Tyrell, the three-year-old old boy in the Spiderman suit. This is the story, so far, with updates. Listen

6. Crime Junkie: The Mysterious Death of Phoebe Handsjuk

In December 2010, 24-year-old Phoebe Hansjuk was found dead at the Balencea apartment building on St Kilda Road in Melbourne. She had fallen 12 floors down a waste disposal shaft, leaving many questions unanswered about what happened that night. Listen

7. Crime Insiders: In Focus - The Day Lucille Disappeared

LiSTNR probes the 1969 disappearance of 20-year-old Lucille Butterworth from a bus stop in Hobart. Police believe she is a runaway who will return and fail to search for weeks. Eventually, a suspect is identified but not charged. Listen

8. This Thing of Darkness (BBC)

An award-winning audio-fiction series exploring the psychological impact of murder on a victim's family and on the killer - inspired by real forensic work in prisons. Listen

9. Bear Brook (Stitcher)

A fantastic investigative piece into a cold case about two barrels containing four bodies. A search to identify the family, whose bodies were discarded in these barrels in a state park in America, and what happened 17 years later to help investigators solve the mystery. Listen

10. The Children In The Pictures

The story you weren't allowed to hear is finally out in the open. Australian documentary-maker Akhim Dev follows the Queensland Police investigation of a notorious child exploitation website. This powerful eight-part series is an examination into how child abuse has become endemic online, and what we can all do to fight it. It's challenging and tough, but it's also the podcast every parent or carer needs to listen to. Listen

11. Dr. Death

All physicians are taught, "First do no harm." But what happens when a doctor does harm his patients? This series follows the horrifying true story of former American neurosurgeon Dr. Christopher Duntsch, 33 patients and a spineless system that failed to protect them. Listen