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Motive & Method

Motive & Method

By: Xanthe Mallett and Tim Watson-Munro
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Motive & Method is an expert-led Australian true crime podcast. Join Dr Xanthe Mallett and criminal psychologist Tim Watson-Munro as they unpack what really makes the offenders behind some of history’s most notorious cases tick, and also react and unpack crimes as they hit the headlines. You will also hear from victim survivors, investigators and advocates for change analysing motive, and method.

2026 Xanthe Mallett and Tim Watson Munro
True Crime
Episodes
  • Hunting Scammers & Chasing Con Artists: Ken Gamble (Part 1)
    Mar 31 2026

    He’s helped bring down international fraud rings, recover millions for victims and hunt some of the world’s most notorious con artists - including serial swindler Peter Foster.
    In part 1 of Tim & Xanthe’s conversation with private investigator Ken Gamble, Ken talks overnight mafia stakeouts, unmasking one of the world’s first major online ticket scammers and busting ‘boiler rooms’ in the Philippines that were stealing millions from Aussie mums and dads.

    Part two is out next week - 8th April, 2026.

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    37 mins
  • REPLAY - DEZI FREEMAN: The Porepunkah Police Shootings
    Mar 30 2026

    REPLAY: This episode was originally released in September, 2025 as the hunt was continuing for self-described sovereign citizen, Dezi Freeman who was wanted over the shooting deaths of two police officers in Porepunkah. Tim and Xanthe are joined by one of the country's leading experts on radicalism and extremism - Dr Josh Roose - to unpack the rise of the sovereign citizen movement and the threat it poses in Australia.

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    34 mins
  • A Not So Perfect Murder: The Kouri Richins Case
    Mar 24 2026

    Her husband died. She wrote a book about grief. Then she was charged with his murder.
    The Kouri Richins’ case is one of the most talked about recent criminal trials. While she was giving interviews spruiking the book she wrote to help her children cope with the loss of their father, investigators were uncovering drug deals, secret debts, an affair and a sinister murder plot. In this episode, Tim & Xanthe discuss how a story of grief unravelled into a murder motivated by greed.

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    27 mins
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