Lies in Lismore - the latest season of Unravel, the ABC’s award-winning investigative true crime podcast series.
German backpacker Simone Strobel was on a dream trip to Australia in 2005 when she disappeared from a caravan park in Lismore. Six days later her body was found covered by palm fronds. Ever since that night, questions have followed her boyfriend, Tobias Suckfuell. He's always insisted he's innocent. Despite decades of sleuthing and undercover work, the police investigation has been tangled in lies, and no one has been convicted of Simone’s murder. Now there are new twists in the story. Has the truth been hiding in plain sight? Or did a killer escape without scrutiny? Acclaimed investigative journalist Richard Baker investigates who killed Simone Strobel.
Previous series of Unravel cover various investigations into crimes and crime-related topics including solved and unsolved murder cases, missing persons, forensic analysis, gangland crimes, love scammers, con-artists, drugs, terrorism, neo-nazis, and miscarriages of justice — all investigated by some of Australia's best reporters and people who know the story best.
In Season 8, ABC Journalist Rob Burgin investigates the disappearance of 27-year-old Queenslander Jack McLennan. Jack had been relaxing, drinking beers at a picnic spot, when his mate said he looked away, and when he looked back, Jack had vanished. Jack was fit and healthy, and even though he’d just been through a breakup, he seemed positive. But now, Jack was missing, and strange clues began to surface, hinting at his last movements. With online theories about the case spreading like wildfire, Rob sets out to investigate. Has there been a crime or not? He traces the fragments of that night through a web of small Queensland towns, where everyone knows everyone, everyone knows something, but no-one can agree on what became of Jack.
In Season 7, Blood on the Tracks, award-winning Muruwari and Gomeroi journalist Allan Clarke spends five years investigating the unusual circumstances surrou
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08 Lies in Lismore | BONUS Inquest insider speaks
Sep 23, 2026
Key inquest lawyer says other suspects weren't adequately investigated by police. Philip Strickland SC acted as counsel assisting the coroner for the recent inquest into the death of Simone Strobel…
07 Lies in Lismore | The black top
Sep 08, 2026
A fresh inquest holds surprises and examines the alleged confessions. A new investigation begins, with the police work in different hands — but will it find justice for Simone? The coroner points to…
06 Lies in Lismore | Strange decisions
Sep 08, 2026
Parts of the police investigation seem confusing, even bizarre. Looking into how the detective work unfolded leads journalist Richard Baker to raise questions about the decisions made during the…
05 Lies in Lismore | Confessions
Sep 08, 2026
Multiple people are alleged to have confessed to murdering Simone, so why were they ruled out as suspects? Journalist Richard Baker hits the road to try to find them, and the people who heard their…
04 Lies in Lismore | An arrest
Sep 08, 2026
Decades on, police make an arrest and lay charges for the murder of Simone Strobel. But what is the new evidence they've found? Richard Baker tries to figure out what led police to this dramatic…
03 Lies in Lismore | One traveller speaks out
Sep 08, 2026
He's never spoken publicly about the night Simone disappeared, until now. Breaking his silence in an interview with journalist Richard Baker, he answers questions about what happened that night, and…
02 Lies in Lismore | The lies
Sep 08, 2026
Simone's diary reveals arguments amongst travellers, police say they're being lied to, and the investigation into who caused Simone's death begins to narrow its focus.
An inquest into Simone…
01 Lies in Lismore | The backpackers
Sep 08, 2026
On a dream trip to Australia, Simone disappears. Her boyfriend Tobias reports her missing, and the search begins. Six days later Simone Strobel's body is found under palm fronds just a short distance…
INTRODUCING — Lies in Lismore
Sep 06, 2026
Simone Strobel was 25 and travelling in Australia when she disappeared from a Lismore caravan park. Six days later, her body was found hidden under palm fronds. Ever since, questions have followed…
Blood on the Tracks | BONUS The Inquest Findings
Jul 06, 2026
After almost forty years, two inquests and because of one family that never gave up, the Coroner has finally delivered her findings into the death of Gomeroi teenager Mark Anthony Haines. Journalist…
08 What Became of Jack? | BONUS Behind the scenes
Jul 01, 2026
Journalist Rob Burgin breaks down his approach to investigating What Became of Jack? with Stephen Stockwell, host of the ABC's true crime podcast, "The Case Of."
Stocky asks Rob about the challenges…
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07 What Became of Jack? | Two cars
Jun 29, 2026
A new theory emerges from tip-offs coming in to ABC journalist Rob Burgin. Rob investigates two cars spotted at Ficks Crossing the night Jack McLennan disappeared, hoping it might lead him to an…
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06 What Became of Jack? | Duke Speaks
Jun 22, 2026
The last known person to see Jack alive finally breaks his silence. Chris Duke speaks in detail for the first time, laying out his version of what happened the night Jack McLennan vanished and…
05 What Became of Jack? | Whispers
Jun 15, 2026
Jack’s mum gets a shocking tip-off from a scared community member. With the rumour mill in overdrive, ABC journalist Rob Burgin tries to decipher what’s true and what’s not about the disappearance of…
04 What Became of Jack? | The Wondai house
Jun 08, 2026
One of the last places Jack was seen was a house in Wondai. Rob goes there, despite being told the people inside that night have links to the region's darker side, to investigate why Jack visited…
03 What Became of Jack? | The dark side
Jun 01, 2026
Rob retraces Jack's final hours via CCTV footage and meeting people who saw him in his last days. He also learns about another item found in Jack's wallet that reveals a different side to what went…
02 What Became of Jack? | The breakup
May 25, 2026
The day he vanished, Jack moved his stuff out of Carlee's place. They'd just broken up. Carlee hasn't spoken publicly about what led up to that day or why she called police twice in the days before…
01 What Became of Jack? | Vanished
May 25, 2026
When Jack's mate turns around, he's just… gone. Vanished. His mate says that's how fit 27-year-old Jack McLennan disappeared from a bush picnic spot 3 hours from Brisbane. But when searchers discover…
INTRODUCING — What Became of Jack?
May 11, 2026
When a fit young man disappears from a picnic spot, leaving a trail of strange clues behind him, a community begins to suspect the worst. The belongings he leaves behind are discarded in a way that…
08 Blood On The Tracks | Finally, a new inquest
Oct 21, 2025
It's 2025, and the NSW Deputy Coroner is holding a fresh inquest into the death of Gomeroi teenager Mark Haines, who was found dead on the train tracks back in 1988.
As the inquest hearings spiral…
07 Blood On The Tracks | Face To Face
Oct 21, 2025
Years of investigation have led to this moment … a major breakthrough in the case, a potential answer to thirty years of mystery and pain for the Haines family.
An alleged confession has revealed…
06 Blood On The Tracks | Revelation
Oct 21, 2025
Allan and the team shift their focus to Tamworth and the truth starts to emerge from a fog of rumours. As Allan builds on the case, he discovers the police aren't far behind.
An eyewitness comes…
05 Blood On The Tracks | The Driver
Oct 21, 2025
More than two decades have passed since the coronial inquest into Mark Haines' death. The family have been forgotten about — until news reporter Allan Clarke arrives in Tamworth on a routine story…
04 Blood On The Tracks | Whitewash
Oct 21, 2025
Nine months after Mark's death, an inquest is held. The family are hopeful it will give them answers, but the police won't budge from their theory that he put himself on the tracks.
As the hearing…
03 Blood On The Tracks | The Boxer
Oct 21, 2025
On the surface, Tamworth in 1988 is a typical Aussie town with rodeos, farmers and an active Country Women's Association. But beneath the friendly veneer, there's a thriving criminal underbelly…
02 Blood On The Tracks | Foul Play
Oct 21, 2025
When Mark Haines dies, news of the teenager's death spreads quickly through Tamworth and beyond. His family are on summer holidays in different parts of the state and rush home to be together in…
01 Blood On The Tracks | Blood On The Tracks
Oct 21, 2025
Just outside Australia's country music capital, a young man's body is found on the train tracks, surrounded by shattered Christmas presents and discarded wrapping paper.
For decades, the mystery has…
REINTRODUCING: Blood On The Tracks (reprise)
Oct 21, 2025
Back in 2018, our first season Blood on the Tracks investigated the suspicious death of 17-year-old Mark Haines, whose body was found on the railway line outside Tamworth in January 1988.
Since…
BONUS | Behind the scenes on Mr Big
Oct 21, 2024
Go behind the scenes of the podcast with reporter Alicia Bridges, who answers questions about how she investigated Mr Big.
Asking the hard questions is Rachael Brown, the host of the ABC's first…
07 Mr Big | Through the looking glass
Oct 07, 2024
As Alicia Bridges investigates the beginnings of an epic deception, she finds it spans across continents. At the heart of the deception is an upside-down world of gang crime, and a series of…
