Trial By Wine
True crime comedy podcast that changes the sentencing game.
Episodes
Episode 199 Anita Cobby
Clarky covers the horrific 1986 murder of Anita Cobby in Blacktown, Sydney.
Episode 198 Cold Revenge
Swanny tells the story of poor Kelli Peters, an after school volunteer who got on the wrong side of Jill Easter, or Ava Everheart, or Miss Delicious, or whatever - a woman who was bent on revenge for something that didn't happen.
Episode 197 The ring of Truth
Clarky takes his inspiration from Dylan's Hurricane in this story of Rubin Carter, the boxer who may or may not have shot and killed three people on a hot New Jersey night.
Episode 196 Rodney Alcala
Schmidty tells the story of Rodney Alcala, one of the USA's most prolific serial killers who predated on women and girls through the late '60's and '70's and was a vicious and brutal killer - trigger warnings for this one.
Episode 195 Victoria's weird laws
Clarky lightens the mood with a series of weird laws that still exist in Victoria, much to the amusement of Swanny and Schmidty.
Episode 194 Value Chain Nut Punch
Swanny breaks her rule about telling an Australian story with this one. Local boy Chris Lane was living his best life when he was murdered for absolutely no reason at all. Â
Episode 193 Facilitated Communication, or not.
Clarky tells the story of Derrick Johnson and Anna Stubblefield. Did Anna find a way to communicate with Derrick that turned into a love story, or was she exploiting him?
Episode 192 Becky Bliefnick
Schmidty tells the story of Becky Bliefnick, a remarkable woman who was shot to death in her home and the subsequent arrest and trial of her estranged husband Tim. Â
Episode 191 Bourke Street Massacre
Clarky continues his anti Victorian tourism campaign by telling the story of the lead up to the Bourke Street Massacre, where six innocent people were murdered and twenty seven injured. Â
Episode 190 That was unexpected
Swanny tells the story of Dr Michael Mastromarino whose redemption story took quite the turn. Our jury was not expecting that!
Episode 189 Utter Carnage
Clarky tells one of the most unexpected stories about the aptly named band, Mayhem to the jury's surprise and at times, disgust. Â
Episode 188 Wedding Crimes
Schmidty dedicates this episode to her friends Liv and Phil and their wedding - who knew crashing was such a prolific crime??
Episode 187 Whackjob
Clarky curates a series of stories related to agalmatophilia, which certainly raised some eyebrows in the jury.
Episode 186 Susan Powell and sons
Schmidty tells the story of the disappearance of Susan Cox Powell and the tragic aftermath. Trigger warnings abound.
Episode 185 Overkill
Swanny tells the story of the Gonzales family murders which rocked the suburb of North Ryde NSW in 2001.
Episode 184 Womb Madness
Julian Knight had a personality disorder with hysterical features - more your womb madness than funny. Clarky covers the horrendous story of the Hoddle street massacre, an event that scarred the psyche of Melbourne forever.
Episode 183 Lucy Letby
Schmidty covers the story of Lucy Letby, Britain's baby killer, who was convicted of killing 8 babies whilst they were in her care in ICU. This jury isn't so sure.
Episode 182 Bitcoin bunko
Clarky does a pretty bad job at explaining Bitcoin to the jury, whilst telling the story of Gerry Cotten who built a bitcoin empire, but didn't have a password back up plan....or did he?
Episode 181 Patty Hearst
Clarky forgot his laptop so Swanny tells Schmidty the story of Patty Hearst who was kidnapped, brainwashed and then used as an example to put young radicals off their cause.
Episode 180 The Beaumont Children
Clarky covers one of Australia's most famous mysteries - what happened to the Beaumont Children? Jane, Grant and Arnna Beaumont went to Glenelg beach on a hot summers day on the 26 January 1966 and were never seen again. Â
Episode 179 Faecal Matters
Schmidty talks turd and its application to crime and warfare. Â
Episode 178 Balwyn Murder
Clarky tells the correct suburban murder story in this case of the domestic abuse and murder of Julie Ramage and a defence that changed Victorian law. If you, or someone you know are the victim of domestic abuse seek help at www.whiteribbo…
Episode 177 Crazy Love
Swanny tells the story of Vicky White and Casey White (not related to each other), star crossed lovers who circumstance brought together and who tried to defy the law and the odds.
Episode 176 Melbourne society murders
Clarky tells the story of Margaret Wales King and her husband Paul who were murdered by her son Matthew over alleged financial abuse. We're not buying it.
Episode 175 Larrikins or Louts
Schmidty tells the remarkably extensive story of Ned Kelly and his gang - were they victims of an oppressive government, or plain old violent criminals...or both?
Episode 174 No Harvard for you
Clarky tells the story of Gina Grant, a brilliant young woman whose Harvard offer was rescinded after details of her youth emerged. Â
Episode 173 Delphi Murders
Swanny takes us to Delphi, Indiana, telling us the story of the murders of Abigail Williams and Liberty German, two little girls who went for a hike one day and crossed paths with Richard Allen, who became known as bridge guy.
Episode 172 Cold Concealment
Schmidty tells the stories of David Heal, John Wainwright and Mary Margaret Haxby-Jones, who were all the victims of cold concealment.
Episode 171 Busy Beaver
Clarky tells a Melbourne story that came to him through 2 degrees of separation. This is the story of Robyn Lindholm, a girl who always wanted more.
Episode 170 Yorkshire Nobody
Having recently got back from a UK trip, Schmidty tells a story from ol'Blighty. It's the story of Anthony Arkwright, a man who wanted fame through infamy and failed, but not before committing unspeakable crimes.
Episode 169 Kimberley Killer
Here's an '80's story that neither Schmidty or Clarky had ever heard of. Joseph Schwab, AKA the Kimberley Killer, terrorised people in the remote area of the Kimberley WA and the Top End of the Northern Territory in 1987.
Episode 168 Grace Millane
Schmidty tells the story of Grace Millane, a beautiful young woman travelling the world whose life was cut short by a terrifying Tinder date.
Episode 167 Bad Decisions
Clarky brings a New Years story to the jury. It's the tragic tale of Tyrone Hassell, gunned down in his father's driveway on New Years eve and the subsequent unravelling of bad decisions made by his wife and her lover.
Episode 166 Collier Landry
Swanny tells the story of little Collier Landry (Boyle) whose love of his mother Noreen lead to him being crucial in bringing her killer to justice when he was just 12 years old.
Episode 165 Dungeon Gang
For anyone who has seen The Unbreakable Kimmie Schmidt, this story has some parallels and even has a person named Schmidt in it. Schmidty (no relation) tells the story of John Jamelske who hoarded bottles, cans, and collected women off the…
Episode 164 Neighbours
As Barry Crocker intoned, good neighbours become good friends. Which may be true, but not in this collection of neighbours from hell, brought to you by Clarky. Transcript: https://trialbywine.com/blog#8bfe4099-fac3-43a2-b49c-0423db3629de
Episode 163 Organised Killer
Swanny terrifies the gang with the story of Israel Keyes, a serial killer who took planning to the next level.
Episode 162 Uninvited Creeps
Nothing says 'I love you' like living in a crawl space and leaving notes on the kitchen counter written in condiments, just ask Daniel LaPlant who terrorised a young woman and her family and went on to commit truly heinous crimes.
Episode 161 Bad trades
Clarky tells a story of greed, murder and outsourcing. You're only as good as the team around you which Mary Ellen Samuels knew too well.
Episode 160 Alabama Shooting
Schmidty takes us to Alabama University where Amy Bishop gunned down her innocent colleagues one horrific afternoon. But wait, there's more....