Secrets We Keep

With the crisis of child exploitation gripping Australia, for the next few weeks, Secrets we Keep feed brings you the LiSTNR award-winning series, Children in the Pictures, an investigative podcast about the global fight against online child exploitation, following Australian investigators as they track offenders hiding in plain sight across the internet. The series exposes the scale of abuse, the emotional toll on those working to stop it, and the disturbing ways technology is being used to harm children worldwide. In episode four, the police move in and confront Skee at his home. His real name is Shannon McCoole. Hear never-before-shared police footage of McCoole’s dramatic arrest and prison interviews that reveal the full extent of the power he wielded as head of The Love Zone.  McCoole’s arrest presents Argos with a rare opportunity to hunt down TLZ’s most depraved operators, one by one. Content Warning: This series delves with sexual abuse against children. Listener discretion is advised.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the crisis of child exploitation gripping Australia, for the next few weeks, the Secrets we Keep feed brings you the LiSTNR award-winning series, Children in the Pictures, an investigative podcast about the global fight against online child exploitation, following Australian investigators as they track offenders hiding in plain sight across the internet. The series exposes the scale of abuse, the emotional toll on those working to stop it, and the disturbing ways technology is being used to harm children worldwide. In episode three, Argos are closing in on The Love Zone’s head administrator Skee. Documentary maker Akhim Dev travels internationally to speak to experts who work directly with abusers, in order to find out why they’re so hard to stop.  Back in Queensland, Taskforce Argos try a new tactic in their search for Skee, with unexpected results. They’re going in… Content Warning: This series delves with sexual abuse against children. Listener discretion is advised.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the crisis of child exploitation gripping Australia, for the next few weeks, Secrets we Keep feed brings you the LiSTNR award-winning series, Children in the Pictures, an investigative podcast about the global fight against online child exploitation, following Australian investigators as they track offenders hiding in plain sight across the internet. The series exposes the scale of abuse, the emotional toll on those working to stop it, and the disturbing ways technology is being used to harm children worldwide. In episode two, Taskforce Argos has VIP access to one of the most restricted online child abuse boards on the dark net – The Love Zone. Police begin their hunt for the kingpin of the network: head administrator Skee.  Content Warning: This series delves with sexual abuse against children. Listener discretion is advised.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the crisis of child exploitation gripping Australia, for the next few weeks, Secrets we Keep feed brings you the LiSTNR award-winning series, Children in the Pictures, an investigative podcast about the global fight against online child exploitation, following Australian investigators as they track offenders hiding in plain sight across the internet. The series exposes the scale of abuse, the emotional toll on those working to stop it, and the disturbing ways technology is being used to harm children worldwide.  In Episode One, Australian documentary-maker and father of two Akhim Dev takes an unexpected tour of the dark web and discovers an epidemic hidden in plain sight: online child exploitation material.  Content Warning: This series delves with sexual abuse against children. Listener discretion is advised.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A CIA-backed coup. A hidden Australian connection. And a suburban nanny with a secret past. In Part Two of Unmasking the Alleged Torturer Turned Bondi Nanny, Uruguayan-Australian journalist Florencia Melgar takes us inside her extraordinary interview with Adriana Rivas — a former member of Augusto Pinochet’s secret police, accused of some of the dictatorship’s most brutal crimes. While living in Sydney’s Bondi, working as a nanny, Rivas was wanted in Chile for crimes against humanity. In a rare and revealing conversation, she describes how she fled Chile while on bail — paying smugglers to escape through the Andes before returning to Australia, where she had lived since the late 1970s. In this episode, we hear how Rivas justifies torture, glorifies a brutal regime, and reflects on the power she once held. More on this story: The Other 9/11 ABC Foreign Correspondent, Facing the Past More on Australia’s involvement in Chile: 'Last thing he wanted was to embarrass the CIA': Inside Whitlam's 'agonising' decision to shut Australian spy operation in Chile   Got any tips? Email us at [email protected]. Credits:  Host: Joey Watson Supervising Producer: Claudianna Blanco Sound Design: Matt Nikolic Head of Factual: Clair Weaver See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A CIA-backed coup. A hidden Australian connection. And a suburban nanny with a secret past.  In Part 1 of Unmasking the alleged torturer turned Bondi nanny, Uruguayan-Australian journalist Florencia Melgar takes us inside her groundbreaking investigation, The Other 9/11, and how she uncovered the secret role Australian spies played in the Pinochet coup in Chile in 1973.  What began as a deep dive into Cold War espionage led somewhere unexpected: to Bondi, and to a woman accused of being part of Chile’s machinery of torture.  More on this story: The Other 9/11 ABC Foreign Correspondent, Facing the Past More on Australia’s involvement in Chile: 'Last thing he wanted was to embarrass the CIA': Inside Whitlam's 'agonising' decision to shut Australian spy operation in Chile   Got any tips? Email us at [email protected]. Credits:  Host: Joey Watson Supervising Producer: Claudianna Blanco Sound Design: Matt Nikolic Head of Factual: Clair Weaver See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Secrets We Keep: Uncovered, filmmaker Kristo Langker takes us inside the long-running conflict between Indonesia and West Papuans.  Embedded with fighters from the West Papua Liberation Army, a small armed independence movement that has been battling Indonesian security forces for decades, Kristo travelled to a remote mountain village where the Indonesian military was allegedly bombing indigenous communities with high-tech explosives and drones.  He gathered evidence of these extreme measures right on Australia’s doorstep and smuggled it back to confront a multi-billion-dollar weapons manufacturer about its role in the bloodshed.  Got any tips? Email us at [email protected]. Credits:  Reporter/Host: Joey Watson Supervising Producer: Claudianna Blanco Sound Design: Matt Curry and Matt Nikolic Fact check: Madeline Larsen  Head of Factual: Clair Weaver See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For years, flatmates Wendy and Ellie trusted James. He joined Wendy’s animal rights advocacy group, quickly becoming one of her closest friends — and Ellie’s boyfriend. But James wasn’t who they thought. He was an undercover cop, deployed to spy on them. Part of a secretive UK operation now known as Spy Cops, James was one of many officers who infiltrated activist and protest groups, forming intimate and sexual relationships with their targets -sometimes for years- leaving a trail of betrayal and heartbreak behind. In this two-part tell-all interview, Wendy and Ellie take us through a 17-year-long deception so cruel that it's almost impossible to comprehend. Got any tips? Email us at [email protected]. If this episode raises issues for you, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1322 46 36. Credits:  Host: Joey Watson Supervising Producer: Claudianna Blanco Sound Design: Matt Curry Head of Factual: Clair Weaver See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For years, flatmates Wendy and Ellie trusted James. He joined Wendy’s animal rights advocacy group, quickly becoming one of her closest friends — and Ellie’s boyfriend. But James wasn’t who they thought. He was an undercover cop, deployed to spy on them. Part of a secretive UK operation now known as Spy Cops, James was one of many officers who infiltrated activist and protest groups, forming intimate and sexual relationships with their targets -sometimes for years- leaving a trail of betrayal and heartbreak behind. In this two-part tell-all interview, Wendy and Ellie take us through a 17-year-long deception so cruel that it's almost impossible to comprehend. Got any tips? Email us at [email protected]. If this episode raises issues for you, you can call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1322 46 36. Credits:  Host: Joey Watson Supervising Producer: Claudianna Blanco Sound Design: Matt Curry Head of Factual: Clair Weaver See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 After a 16-year-old extremist attempted to stab a Bishop at a church in Western Sydney, ABC investigative journalist Sean Rubinsztein‑Dunlop was approached by a man with an extraordinary claim: he was a former undercover ASIO spy who had infiltrated extremist networks in Sydney linked to Islamic State. In this episode of Uncovered, Sean tells the story of ‘Marcus’, the ex-spy who, while undercover, met Naveed Akram and his father, the men allegedly later responsible for the Bondi Beach terror attack. Marcus gathered intelligence, faced life-threatening risks, and witnessed individuals on a path to violence. He says he warned ASIO of Naveed being a potential threat, but authorities disagreed with his assessment. Through Sean’s reporting, we go inside Australia’s hidden world of counterterrorism and see how Marcus’s actions intersected with one of Sydney’s most serious domestic terror plots, offering a rare insight into national security, radicalisation, and the human cost of undercover work. Got any tips? Email us at [email protected]. Four Corners episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHnaHHC8Q9c  ASIO's statement in response to the ABC's Four Corners: https://www.asio.gov.au/asio-statement-four-corners  Credits:  Reporter/Host: Joey Watson Supervising Producer: Claudianna Blanco Fact Check: Holly Mitchell Sound Design: Matt Nikolic Head of Factual: Clair Weaver See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When BBC's Newsnight journalist Emily Maitlis interviewed Prince Andrew, Buckingham Palace was hoping for redemption. Instead, what they got was disastrous interview that shook the British monarchy, spelled the downfall of Prince Andrew and catapulted a global scandal that still reverberates today.  In this episode of Uncovered, Emily Maitlis takes us behind the scenes, through the negotiations, careful strategy, and extraordinary moments, as she confronted the now former prince over his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the allegations of trafficked victim Virginia Giuffre.  What was meant to be a controlled PR exercise instead became a global reckoning, exposing the limits of truth, power and privilege; triggering a call for accountability. Emily Maitlis is appearing at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center in an event hosted by the Wheeler Center on the 5th of March. She'll also be speaking at the All About Women Festival in Sydney on the 8th of March. Got any tips? Email us at [email protected].  Check out The Weekend Briefing's interview with Emily Maitlis here: https://play.listnr.com/podcast/the-briefing/episode/meet-the-journalist-who-brought-down-prince-andrew Credits:  Host: Joey Watson Supervising Producer: Claudianna Blanco Fact Check: Madeline Larsen Sound Design: Matt Nikolic Head of Factual: Clair Weaver See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What happens when a surgeon celebrated as a “hero” leaves some patients to suffer devastating consequences? From maggot-infested wounds to systemic failures that left some paraplegic patients and amputees in worse shape than when they first sought help. In this interview, investigative journalist Charlotte Grieve tells the story of how she uncovered the hidden side behind the halo of a doctor protected by glowing media reports, and how she fought in court to defend the truth.  Dr Munjed Al Muderis is scheduled to appeal the court's findings in mid 2026. Got any tips? Email us at [email protected].  Credits:  Reporter/Host: Joey Watson Supervising Producer: Claudianna Blanco Fact Check and Production Support: Holly Mitchell Sound Design: Matt Nikolic See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.