Vanished West

In 1994, Richard Milgin and Julie Buck left Looma together, hoping to build a future on their own terms.
Months later, Julie's remains were found.
Richard was never seen again.
For more than three decades, rumours, allegations and unanswered questions have surrounded this Kimberley case. Was it a tragic accident? A deliberate act of violence? Or is the truth still known only to those who have never spoken?
In this episode of Vanished West, we explore the lives of Richard and Julie, the cultural context that shaped their story, the investigations that followed, and the coronial findings...

In August 1987, 28-year-old Sally Greenham failed to arrive at a work meeting in Geraldton, Western Australia.At first, there appeared to be a simple explanation. But as days turned into weeks, and weeks into years, Sally vanished not only from public view, but from every part of her life.Nearly four decades later, she has never been found.In this episode of Vanished West, we explore Sally's life in rural Bootenal, the unanswered questions surrounding her disappearance, the investigation that followed, and why her family are still searching for answers today.If you have information relating to Sally Greenham's disappearance...

On December 15, 2020, Ian Tolli went kayaking off Point Peron in Western Australia.He never returned.His kayak was found drifting offshore. His paddle was recovered the following day. Ian has not been seen since.Follow Vanished West for more stories from across Western Australia.Support the show via Buy Me a Coffee.

In January 2017, Hendrick Oosterbaan abandoned a hire car in the remote Western Australian town of Menzies and disappeared into the Goldfields.A respected communications consultant, father and trusted family friend, Hendrick appeared to be living an ordinary life. But as serious allegations emerged, a far darker picture began to unfold.In this episode of Vanished West, we examine trust, deception and the unsettling reality that some people hide in plain sight.If you have information about this case, contact Crime Stoppers WA on 1800 333 000.Follow Vanished West wherever you listen, and support the research behind the show at Buy Me A...

Parbhat came to Australia to study, work and build a better future.By August 2024, he was alone in Albany — living in his car, far from home, and carrying pressures few people around him fully understood.Last seen at The Gap, his story raises powerful questions about isolation, expectation, and the hidden struggles many international students face in Australia.If this episode has affected you, support is available through Lifeline on 13 11 14 or at lifeline.org.au.Follow Vanished West and support the show via Buy Me a Coffee.

Sharon Fulton disappeared from Perth in March 1986 after dropping off her young son.She was a mother of four and before she vanished, she told people she feared for her life.What followed was decades of unanswered questions, shifting explanations, and a case that would eventually become one of Western Australia’s most significant no-body murder convictions.This episode of Vanished West explores Sharon’s disappearance, the warning signs that came before it, and the long path toward justice, without resolution.Follow Vanished West wherever you’re listening, and if you’d like to support the research behind the show, you can...

In April 2019, a distress beacon activated off Cape Peron, south of Perth.A kayak was found drifting.A paddle washed ashore.But Stephen Angel was never seen again.What initially appeared to be an accident at sea would go on to raise far more complicated questions.🎧 Vanished West explores what happened that morning and why this case is not as straightforward as it first seems.If you have any information, contact Crime Stoppers WA on 1800 333 000.Follow Vanished West for more cases from Western Australia☕ Support the show

The disappearance of Frederick Winslow remains one of Western Australia’s enduring unsolved mysteries.In December 1974, Winslow vanished after his car was found crashed along Duncan Road near Golden Gate Cutting in the remote Kimberley region of WA. Despite search efforts, no trace of him was ever found.This episode of Vanished West explores the timeline, investigation, and unanswered questions surrounding the case.If you enjoy true crime stories from Western Australia, follow Vanished West so you don’t miss future episodes.If you’d like to support the research behind the show, you can do so via Buy Me a Coff...

In 1999, 22-year-old Petronella Albert disappeared after a night out in Broome, Western Australia. She was known in the community and rarely out of contact for long. Then, sometime between late April and early May… she was gone.
In this episode of Vanished West, we explore Petronella’s final movements and the questions that still remain.
If you have any information, contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or report anonymously at crimestopperswa.com.au.
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In December 2020, 73-year-old prospector Barry Podmore travelled into remote bushland near Karroun Hill Nature Reserve in Western Australia’s Goldfields.He never returned.In this episode of Vanished West, we explore Barry’s final known movements and the mystery that unfolded in one of Western Australia’s most vast and unforgiving landscapes.If you have information about Barry Podmore’s disappearance, contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

A 12-year-old girl.A 10-minute walk home.No witnesses. No answers.
In this episode of Vanished West, we examine the disappearance of Lisa Mott — and how someone can vanish in minutes… without anyone realising what they’re seeing.

In this special milestone episode of Vanished West, we step away from a single case to examine something that sits beneath many true crime stories — the gap between what we feel happened, and what the law can actually prove.Why do people often blame police when a case goes cold?
What does “beyond reasonable doubt” really mean in the Australian justice system?
Why can serious crimes sometimes result in sentences that feel too short?Drawing on the kinds of cases often discussed in Western Australian true crime — from missing persons investigations to domestic homicide and long-running cold cases — this episo...

In January 2022, 54-year-old Fremantle electrician Guido Michel drove into State Forest near Christmas Tree Well in Western Australia — and never returned.What began as a personal retreat into the WA bush soon became a missing person investigation that raised difficult questions about isolation, survival in remote environments, and the quiet struggles many people carry beneath the surface.Phone data placed Guido Michel near Christmas Tree Well days after he left home. After that, the trail goes cold. His vehicle has never been located, and extensive searches of the surrounding jarrah forest in Western Australia have failed to uncover what happened.A...

In May 1986, 33-year-old Cheryl Renwick vanished from Como, Western Australia. Days later, her car was found parked at Perth Airport — but there was no record of her boarding a flight.Nearly four decades on, Cheryl remains missing. Was she the victim of foul play? Could her disappearance be linked to the Birnie murders, domestic proximity, or other unsolved crimes in Perth’s history? And why was her vehicle left in long-term parking?In this episode of Vanished West, we examine the timeline, the investigation, the public speculation, and the unanswered questions that still haunt Cheryl’s family.If you have inform...

A diamond deal.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars.
A man who vanished without a trace.In April 2003, Wayne Dennis George Drewett disappeared in Perth, Western Australia. What remains is a coronial finding — and a silence that has never been resolved.

In June 2017, Jorn Jesper Jensen vanished from his Ocean Reef home.
He left behind blood on the floor.A broken internal door.And days later, his car was found more than an hour away in Lancelin — parked neatly, keys still in the ignition.
No body has ever been found.
An inquest determined Jesper is deceased, but how he died remains officially unascertained. Within his own family, two very different narratives endure.
This episode walks carefully through what is known, what is alleged, and what still refuses to settle.
Because sometimes, it isn’t the blood you...

Beneath Fairfield Street is a resolved missing person case.
For years, Pauline was missing without alarm — her absence explained away, her silence mistaken for choice. This episode examines how she vanished quietly from a Mount Hawthorn home, why it took so long for questions to surface, and how the truth was ultimately uncovered years later.
This is a story about a missing person whose case was solved — and what it reveals about silence, delay, and why answers sometimes come far too late.

In August 1974, twelve-year-old James Patrick Taylor disappeared from the Kimberley town of Derby after being sent on a simple errand. He never came home.
This episode examines how a known predator was able to operate freely, how police failures shaped the response to a missing child, and why it is very likely Jimmy was taken by someone who should have been stopped.
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In January 1968, Kate Campbell Haythornthwaite began a familiar walk home in Boulder, Western Australia — and never arrived.
Independent and routine-driven, Kate did not leave by choice. Decades later, a coroner would conclude she died that night, and that her body was concealed.

For years, this case was viewed through a single lens.
A man disappears. Assumptions are made.
But when you examine the timeline closely — the distance travelled, the missing vehicle, and evidence that surfaced years later — the story no longer fits as neatly as it once did.
In this episode of Vanished West, we revisit the disappearance of Peter James Guidera and ask whether the original explanation overlooked something crucial.
This is not about rewriting history.It’s about questioning what we thought we understood.

In May 1992, fourteen-year-old Radina Marie Djukich disappeared from North Beach in Perth’s northern suburbs. At first, her absence didn’t feel alarming. It felt temporary.This episode explores Radina’s life before she went missing, the assumptions that shaped the early response, and how vulnerability can be quietly misread. It reflects on a cycle that continues today, as children and teenagers are still reported missing across Perth, some returning home, others never doing so.Listener discretion advised.

Vanished West is a Western Australian true-crime podcast dedicated to unresolved missing persons cases. Follow the show on Spotify for in-depth investigations and new episodes.

In Part Two, the focus shifts away from what was left behind and toward what was happening quietly in the months before the disappearance.This episode examines the beliefs, communications, and influences that shaped the decisions leading up to July 2007 — including the ideology at the centre of the group, the role of control and persuasion, and why this case cannot be explained as a simple disappearance or spontaneous act.What emerges is a story where certainty replaced doubt, and preparation mattered more than escape.This is Vanished West.

Four people vanished from Nannup, Western Australia, without leaving a trace.This two-part investigation explores what happened before the silence — the beliefs, the movements, and the unanswered questions that still remain.
Part One examines how this story began.

Her car was found. Sarah Anne McMahon was not.This episode examines what is known and what remains unanswered about her disappearance in Western Australia.

She planned to leave at first light.By morning, she was gone.In December 1975, 19-year-old Glenyce Rae McGowan vanished overnight from a crowded campsite at Nanutarra Roadhouse in Western Australia’s Pilbara. This is her story.

A young Bardi woman walks into the shadows of Broome Wharf with a man she barely knows. Moments later a scream cuts through the air and only one of them returns. Decades a secret confession will change everything.

A young mother disappears at one of WA’s most dangerous cliffs.
No footprints. No witnesses. No trace. And an anonymous call that changes everything.This is Episode Five: The Silence at The Gap.

In May 2010, 37-year-old mother of three, Iveta Mitchell, stepped outside her Meares Avenue home after a late-night argument — and was never seen again. Her phone, keys, cigarettes and car were left. Her family reported her missing within days. For years, rumours swirled, theories spread, and silence settled over a case that never felt natural, never felt voluntary, and never felt like a woman simply walking away from her life.This episode retraces Iveta’s final days, the pressures she was carrying, the night she disappeared, and the unsettling events that followed. It explores the investigation, the evidence, and the questions that...

A missing mother. A violent assault. A man accused — then acquitted. A white Jaguar seen in the dark. In Episode 3, we unravel the disappearance of Lisa Jane Brown and the secrets that have kept her case cold for 27 years. Someone knows the truth. Could it finally surface?

In June 1988, twenty-two-year-old Julie Cutler left a work function at Perth’s Parmelia Hilton. Two days later, her Fiat was found upside down in the surf at Cottesloe Beach. Julie was gone.Decades later, an inquest confirmed she had died but could not say how. Lost evidence, unanswered calls, and the slow erosion of urgency turned her disappearance into one of Western Australia’s most haunting mysteries.In this episode, I revisit Julie’s story — the investigation, the family who refused to give up, and the silence that still hangs over the sea.🎧 Episode 2 – Julie Cutler: The Car in the Sea
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In 2017, Carole Livesey — traveller, mentor, and self-described “life explorer” — vanished after walking away from Rockingham Hospital in Western Australia. This episode traces her extraordinary life and the systemic failings that followed, revealing how eating disorders can silence even the brightest voices.