Synopsis
William Tyrrell was a three year old boy who disappeared from the village of Kendall, on the mid-north-coast of New South Wales. Key facts were kept from the public, from day one. A lot of what was reported, especially early on, was false. In the new podcast, Nowhere Child, The Australian's Caroline Overington delves into a case where notions of class and privilege; opportunity and poverty came crashing together, to create a nightmare for William Tyrrell. Music used in this podcast: Daniel Birch - Blue Lobster, Trees in the Wind, Marimba on the Loose Electric-tric - Sketch 9 Kai Engel - September, Smoldering Swelling - Night I
Episodes
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William Tyrrell update
16/11/2021 Duration: 16minThere has been a significant update in the case of missing toddler, William Tyrrell. NSW Police are focusing on a person of interest who had previously been ruled out by detectives and they are searching three separate locations on the Kendall property where William was last seen in 2014. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Missing William Tyrrell extract
28/02/2020 Duration: 22minIt's been five months since the Nowhere Child podcast finished, the former detective Gary Jubelin has been on trial in Sydney, we won't know the outcome until the magistrate comes back in April. The inquest into William's disappearance is ongoing, with hearings due to resume in March with a result probable in the middle of the year. In the meantime Caroline Overington has finished a book on William's disappearance. Here she reads the first chapter to give a sense of the book and a later chapter to give you an idea of the kinds of things police did to try and find him. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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This is Not the End
13/09/2019 Duration: 46minThe truth about William Tyrrell will be revealed, and we will find out what happened to him. The truth will not be forever concealed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Eyewitness
06/09/2019 Duration: 43minWhat exactly have police been doing for the nearly five years William has been missing? We look at some of the scenarios and some of the stings. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Usual Suspects
30/08/2019 Duration: 41minWith few leads to go on - no witnesses they yet know of, and no forensic evidence - police begin rounding up the usual suspects: local sex offenders and pedophiles. But are they any closer to finding William? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Secrets and Lies
23/08/2019 Duration: 40minAustralia is one of the worst democracies when it comes to press freedom. We look at the suppression, the secrets and the lies told in William’s case. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Risks and Rewards
16/08/2019 Duration: 39minThe NSW government approved a record $1 million reward for the return of William. We take you inside the public relations campaign designed to keep pressure on police and the government. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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A Person of Interest
09/08/2019 Duration: 37minWhat does it mean to be a "person of interest" in a major police investigation? In episode four of Nowhere Child, we follow police down the first lines of inquiry, as the search turns from the hunt for William to those who may have taken him. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Love and Loss
02/08/2019 Duration: 41minWilliam Tyrrell disappeared from outside a house near the state forest. How can we be sure that he didn't get lost, and that he's simply not found? In this week's episode, we examine the extensive land and water search for William; the failure of search teams to find a single trace of him; and the dawning realization that he may have been taken. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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More than William
26/07/2019 Duration: 44minWilliam Tyrrell was a foster child, a fact kept from the public for more than two years after he went missing from the township of Kendall on the mid-north-coast of New South Wales on 12 September 2014. What else was being hidden from you? Listen now to Nowhere Child, episode two, More Than William, as we peel back layers of bureaucracy and deceit. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Missing William Tyrrell
19/07/2019 Duration: 41minWilliam Tyrrell was a three-year-old boy who disappeared from the township of Kendall on the mid-north-coast of New South Wales on 12 September 2014. William was in foster care when he went missing: his foster Mum has said he was there one minute, and gone the next. No trace of him has ever been found. The five-year investigation has torn the NSW homicide squad apart, with allegations of misconduct, mistakes, and miscalculations. We chose the title Nowhere Child: Missing William Tyrrell carefully. William is missing. He's also missed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.