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Maria James inquest finding from 2022-04-01T13:30

A Victorian Coroner has failed to name a killer in the 1980 cold case of Maria James. Her sons are devasted. But there's still hope, in leads yet to be chased by police.

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S1 | The Inquest from 2021-11-04T01:00

The new coronial inquest into the murder of Maria James has wrapped up. Will the Coroner be able to name her killer? And of the police exhibits that haven't disappeared, what DNA testing can be don...

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S1 | The Inquest Begins from 2021-09-06T01:00



For 41 years, Mark and Adam James have lived in a holding pattern, not knowing who killed their mum, Maria. But they might finally be close to answ...

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S1 | Breakthrough in Maria James cold case from 2021-08-13T01:00

The discovery of a police exhibit - thought to be missing for around three decades - could finally help unmask the killer in the 1980 cold case of Maria James.

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Introducing: Unravel Juanita from 2021-07-13T01:00



In 1975, Australia was transfixed by the disappearance of Juanita Nielsen.

Juanita was a journalist, fashion model, socialite and Sydney's...

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Introducing: Brainwashed from CBC Podcasts from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Brainwashed from CBC Podcasts investigates the CIA's covert mind control experiments - from the Cold War and MKULTRA to the so-called War on Terror. ...

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S2 BONUS — The Price from 2020-12-17T01:01

The Royal Commission has released its final report into defence lawyer turned police informer Nicola Gobbo.

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S2 08 | End game from 2020-09-22T01:00

We reveal the story of Nicola Gobbo's audacious bid to return to Australia.

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S2 07 | Reckoning from 2020-09-15T01:01

Everything unravels, for Nicola Gobbo and Victoria Police. Their secret is out.

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S2 06 | Whatever it takes from 2020-09-08T01:00

Nicola hits rock bottom, but Victoria Police wants her to take on a new role ... as a witness.

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S2 05 | Glittering prize from 2020-09-01T01:00

Nicola wants to be the best source ever, and she leads police to the biggest target of all: the mafia. Her double life is getting riskier, but she can't stop. This episode charts an addiction and a...

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S2 04 | Rubicon from 2020-08-25T01:00

Nicola crosses the point of no return and becomes a police informer. She'll represent clients, while passing on the underworld's secrets to Victoria Police.

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S2 03 | The darkest night from 2020-08-18T01:00

A drug house burglary smells of police corruption and a police informer is executed.

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S2 02 | One of the crew from 2020-08-11T01:00

As the gangland war explodes, both police and criminals start questioning Nicola's allegiances. Where do her loyalties lie?

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S2 01 | Nicola from 2020-08-04T03:30

We meet Nicola Gobbo in a secret location, in hiding, now that her double life as a police informer is out, and she begins telling us her full story.

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INTRODUCING Trace season 2 - The Informer from 2020-07-28T01:00

Lawyer Nicola Gobbo represented some of Australia's most dangerous criminals, all the while secretly working as a police informer. Why did she do it?

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S1 07 | Hope from 2018-12-04T03:00

More than a year on from their plea for a new coronial inquest, the James brothers get a decision. Will they finally get answers to the burning questions they've carried for 38 years about the mur...

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S1 06 | Limbo from 2018-06-13T04:00

New evidence has been found. So can police test it for a trace of the killer? What happened to crucial documents? And a new confession. It is nearly a year since the James brothers applied for a n...

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S1 05 | Wait from 2017-09-07T02:00

The fall-out from major revelations in the Maria James cold-case continue, as her sons make a desperate plea to the Coroner.

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S1 04 | DNA from 2017-07-12T17:00

There's a major break in the case, as Trace uncovers a police bungle in the murder of Maria James. But it only serves to throw up more questions than answers, as the James brothers continue their d...

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S1 03 | Sins from 2017-07-05T22:30

A second person of interest emerges within the church. Rachael Brown investigates their past and discovers a dark and disturbing history.

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BONUS | How your leads are helping the investigation from 2017-07-04T15:00

Since Trace was first released, the ABC has received over 50 emails from the community with leads and tip offs. In this bonus update, reporter Rachael Brown follows up with two women who got in tou...

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S1 02 | Confessions from 2017-06-28T02:00

Rachael Brown's investigation into the death of Maria James turns to the local Church, and Rachael tracks down a new witness who saw someone covered in blood around the time of Maria's death.

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S1 01 | Bookshop murder from 2017-06-21T06:00

On a winter morning in June 1980, Maria James turned to her son Mark and looked him in the eyes. "If anything happens to me, look after your brother." Later that day she was found stabbed to death ...

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S1 | Preview from 2017-06-17T09:00

June, 1980, suburban Melbourne: Mother of two Maria James is stabbed to death in the back of her bookshop. Her killer has never been found. Was it a scorned lover? A random stranger? Or was Maria's...

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