About this podcast
Trial by Water is an investigative podcast series about Robert Farquharson, who has been locked up for decades for an unthinkable crime: murdering his three sons in a dam on Father’s Day, 2005.
Now scientists and lawyers are asking the question: did we get it wrong? And is this man in prison for a crime he didn’t commit?
Episodes
- Introducing Virginia · 2 minVirginia Giuffre was fearless in taking down some of the world’s most powerful people. As Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent victim, she helped expose his crimes and hold his…
- Diagnosing Murder | Ep 4: The List · 1 h 0 minKabir and Dipika's case reaches its dramatic conclusion. And, while officials say they're not keeping track of how many shaken baby cases there are in Australia, an unlikely duo…
- Diagnosing Murder | Ep 3: The Engine Room · 57 minOnce forensic physicians believe a child might have been shaken, their next step is to look for a perpetrator. When they call in police and child protection, the investigation…
- Diagnosing Murder | Ep 2: The Science · 1 h 0 minDoctors and lawyers can't come to a consensus on the science of shaken baby syndrome 50 years after it was first proposed as a theory. Does shaking a baby actually lead to the…
- Diagnosing Murder | Ep 1: The Theory · 47 minOne evening Kabir's baby stops breathing. When he and his wife Dipika rush to hospital, they expect their daughter will receive the best treatment possible. Instead, the doctors…
- Introducing: Diagnosing Murder · 4 minFor decades, families in Australia and overseas, have been accused of one of the worst crimes imaginable. Diagnosing Murder is an investigative podcast about parents who've had…
- Bonus Episode: Farquharson Inside · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 8Robert Farquharson has now spent nearly two decades in prison for murdering his three sons. We've made multiple requests to Corrections Victoria to interview Farquharson, but…
- Bonus Episode: The Psych Report · 24 minWhen we first released this podcast, we found a gaping hole in the evidence against Robert Farquharson. It seemed like nobody had done a psychological evaluation of a man who was…
- Bonus Episode: Your questions answered · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 6Since releasing the Trial by Water podcast, we’ve been contacted by a lot of people. Some have wanted to ask questions, some to give feedback – positive and negative – and others…
- Episode 5: The Golden Thread · 56 min · Season 1 Episode 5As lawyer Luke McMahon prepares a new fight for Robert Farquharson’s release, we discover something new: that Farquharson and his ex-wife believed that police investigators were…
- Episode 4: The Dad Test · 58 min · Season 1 Episode 4In the story of Robert Farquharson, there's one thing that’s hardest to understand: his behaviour in the minutes and hours after the crash. Because on that night, his actions…
- Episode 3: Bad Memories · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 3There were two key witnesses in the Robert Farquharson case. The first was Greg King, an old friend of Farquharson, and the story he told provided police with something they…
- Episode 2: Strands of the Rope · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 2A day after Robert Farquharson drove his car into the dam with his three sons, the homicide squad took over the investigation. Sceptical of his story and suspecting Farquharson's…
- Trial By Water, Episode 1: Father's Day · 56 min · Season 1 Episode 1On Father’s Day, 2005, Robert Farquharson crashed his car into a dam. He survived, but his three children who were in the car with him didn’t. At first it seemed like a tragic…
- Introducing: Trial by Water · 4 minFrom The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, Trial by Water is a new investigative podcast series about Robert Farquharson, who has been locked up for decades for an unthinkable…
