The Night Driver

Listen to Hedley Thomas reading Chapter 1 of his new book, The Teacher's Pet.The book is published by Pan Macmillan and is available at all good bookstores, and wherever you get audiobooks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It's back: The Teacher's Pet returns for Australian listeners

Jun 30th, 2023 35s

The Australian's global smash-hit podcast Teacher's Pet returns for Australian audiences on July 1. You can find it wherever you got this podcast. Just search for "The Teacher's Pet". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Introducing - The Teacher's Trial

May 13th, 2022 1h 2m

From Hedley Thomas and the journalists at The Australian comes The Teacher's Trial. A new episode will be published every Friday for the duration of the trial of Chris Dawson, who is accused of the murder of his wife Lynette Dawson. Search for

Introducing: What Really Happened in Wuhan

Dec 19th, 2021 41m 4s

Investigative journalist Sharri Markson goes deep into the secret history of Covid-19. In a series of exclusive interviews - from Donald Trump and Mike Pompeo to intelligence chiefs and Chinese dissidents - Markson takes us inside the investig

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Introducing: The Breakdown

Mar 30th, 2021 39m 49s

Australian rugby once had $40 million in the bank. Crowds over 100,000. TV audiences of 3 million. Today the Wallabies have sunk to their lowest world ranking ever. Off the field rugby is a "war zone" with a $20 million deficit last year alone.

Episode 11 - Fate

Dec 30th, 2020 1h 48m

Was Janine Vaughan murdered by a Bathurst man with a propensity for shocking acts of violence? Women who have been with him describe his depravity and cruelty. Or was she killed by a different man who has been dead for years? A man who worked a

Episode 10 - The Screams

Dec 21st, 2020 1h 6m

John Haynes is a former senior cop in Bathurst who still lives at Mount Panorama. He’s been retired for a decade and for the first time he’s speaking publicly about blood-curdling screams he and his family heard near the local university, two d

Episode 9 - Love You, Sis

Oct 18th, 2020 1h 26m

In the search for Janine’s murderer, her sister Kylie who devotes much of her life to this case is taken to the brink of what she believes is a breakthrough, only to have her hopes dashed. Every time there’s a discovery of bones near Bathurst i

Episode 8 - Trying Like Mad

Oct 11th, 2020 1h 5m

Janine’s private life came under close scrutiny and details were aired publicly as the Coroner Mary Jerram heard evidence about a young woman overwhelmed by sadness at times in the final days of her life. Janine was in financial and emotional d

Episode 7 - The Cops

Oct 4th, 2020 1h 22m

A local woman’s evidence was dramatic and deeply disturbing - she was adamant that she saw Janine with her hands bound with baling twine and a look of grave distress on her face while in a small red car being driven by the town’s top cop. The w

Episode 6 - The Pharmacist

1 Sep 27th, 2020 1h 17m

Andrew Jones is a deeply spiritual man who came to Bathurst after studying pharmacy, travelling and working in a small hospital in Nepal, and studying religion in Sydney. When Janine disappeared, Jones lived alone at The Scots School in Bathurs

Episode 5 - Bad Denis

1 Sep 20th, 2020 1h 2m

When Janine disappeared there was no crime scene or body.One man in Bathurst stepped up to tell a chilling story of having raped her at White Rock and cut her throat. Denis Briggs called himself ‘Bad Denis’ when a reckless side of his bipolar

Episode 4 - The Dirty Tav

Sep 13th, 2020 1h 11m

Lynette Boreland ran terrified and hid in the pre-dawn darkness as the mystery driver of a small red car stalked her. In the minutes before Janine took her fateful last steps, Lynette feared for her life. She saw the driver and the interior of

Episode 3 - Innuendo

1 Sep 6th, 2020 1h 26m

Brad Hosemans was a top Bathurst cop and the town's deputy mayor. Some colleagues tipped him to rise to the top of the police force but when Janine Vaughan disappeared his life and standing began to crumble around him as rumours and gossip link

Episode 2 - Stalking

Aug 30th, 2020 1h 13m

The stalking of Janine Vaughan escalated when her boyfriend Phil Evans was away for work. A shadowy stalker would leave menacing handwritten notes on her car and send lacy panties to her. There were troubling telephone calls and a home break-in

Episode 1 - Sisters

Aug 23rd, 2020 1h 4m

Janine Vaughan was a young woman with many friends, a loving family and a good job. She lived in a country town famous for one of the world's great annual car races. She stepped into a red car in front of friends 19 years ago - and disappeared

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Aug 5th, 2020 3m 22s

A young woman disappears into a rain-soaked night. A country town divides on rumour and speculation. And the relentless quest of a family to uncover the truth.The Walkley Award-winning investigative journalist behind The Teacher’s Pet, Hedley