Case 329: Roseanne Beckett

2025-09-13

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*** Content warnings: Domestic violence, child sexual abuse, sexual assault, animal cruelty***In mid-1989, in the small New South Wales Town of Taree, local residents and law enforcement alike began investigating a woman named Roseanne Catt.There were allegations that Roseanne was a violent and cruel woman, intent on killing her husband: it was reported that she had thrown a rock at his head, stabbed him with a knife, poisoned his drinks, and solicited hitmen. But this investigation was just the beginning of a case that would grow even...

*** Content warnings: Domestic violence, child sexual abuse, sexual assault, animal cruelty***

In mid-1989, in the small New South Wales Town of Taree, local residents and law enforcement alike began investigating a woman named Roseanne Catt.

There were allegations that Roseanne was a violent and cruel woman, intent on killing her husband: it was reported that she had thrown a rock at his head, stabbed him with a knife, poisoned his drinks, and solicited hitmen. But this investigation was just the beginning of a case that would grow even stranger the more it unravelled…

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Narration – Anonymous Host

Research & writing – Erin Munro

Creative direction – Milly Raso

Production & music – Mike Migas

Audio editing – Anthony Telfer