Podcasts by Who the Hell is Hamish?
He was born Hamish Watson, a surfie dude from Sydney – but he could morph into whatever you needed him to be. Hamish is due to be sentenced to jail in early 2019 for swindling a handful of victims out of more than $7m. But these crimes are just the final pages in a resume too thick to staple; for decades he’s duped victims in the US, Canada, Britain, Hong Kong and Australia. How did he do it? How did he evade authorities around the world for so long and what’s he done with all those tens of millions of dollars he stole?
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Introducing Breaking Badness from 2023-12-12T05:30
From our colleagues at The Telegraph, a new podcast from inside prison walls, with former homicide detective Gary Jubelin, host of I Catch Killers. This is Episode 1 of Breaking Badness.
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ListenIt's back: The Teacher's Pet returns for Australian listeners from 2023-06-30T03:00
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". Listen
Introducing: My Sister's Secrets from 2022-02-06T13:00
My Sister's Secrets is the gripping story of one woman's quest to get justice for her sister - and along the way, to uncover the hidden places in her family, and all our families.
In this...
ListenIntroducing: What Really Happened in Wuhan from 2021-12-19T13:00
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...
Introducing: The Breakdown from 2021-03-28T14:00
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...
ListenIntroducing: The Lighthouse from 2019-11-16T00:06
Introducing: Nowhere Child from 2019-08-02T06:30
The Reckoning from 2019-06-21T04:45
For years Hamish McLaren had evaded the law. But not any more. The brutal truth, like a runaway out-of-control limited edition Mercedes McLaren, is bearing down on him. There's no escape. Judgement...
ListenBonus Episode - Jane from 2019-04-05T03:50
As a bonus for all listeners, we are publishing the full interview with Jane, recorded in her house north of Sydney. She speaks at length about her experiences of Hamish, the impact it had on her l...
ListenThe Definition of Evil from 2019-03-29T03:57
It may appear that Hamish got away with his schemes for decades. But he didn't. He kept getting caught out, time and again. It's self evident that many systems failed to apprehend this serial offen...
ListenOn the Couch with Hamish from 2019-03-22T03:50
He killed off his parents, by air and by sea. He ran over his twin brother Phil, and killed him too. What are we to make of these fanciful stories Hamish made up about his life? We've called in exp...
ListenKevin from Queensland Goes to Canada from 2019-03-15T03:50
Skiing was Hamish Watson's great love. Before he was a puffed-up futures trader in Sydney, he was a pumped-up muscle-bound ski instructor, in Australia and Canada. The ski fields of Canada were his...
ListenWho the Hell is Phil? from 2019-03-08T03:50
Hamish arrived on the floor of the Sydney Futures Exchange in the late 90s - he talked big, but they all knew he traded small. They called him a One Lot Wonder. And they all wondered where he got h...
ListenThe Intern from 2019-03-01T03:50
Jane was destined for big things. She was the great hope of her local school. She was in love with Jack, her teenage sweetheart. Life was sweet. Then along came Hamish, promising an internship and ...
ListenThe Gatsby of the Great Lakes from 2019-02-22T03:50
Hamish arrived in sleepy Blueys Beach with a beautiful woman on his arm, and on the run from his past. Rumours of dark deeds wafted through in his wake. Then he met Bec Rosen. He'd shower her with ...
ListenFashion Crimes from 2019-02-15T03:49
Hamish McLaren was always attracted to the high-life. It was inevitable he'd gravitate to fashion. And so, nestled among the retirees and energy healers Hamish stole from was another name: Lisa Ho....
ListenThe Day Max Died from 2019-02-08T04:00
Tracy fell in love with Max Tavita, a man who won her over with tales of a life in the investment world and how he was working in the World Trade Center in New York when the first plane hit in 2001...
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