Meshel Laurie, host of the incredibly successful Australian True Crime
podcast speaks to the forensic pathologists, homicide detectives,
defence barristers and victims' families in this moving and gripping
study of violent crime and largescale natural disaster. CSI Told You
Lies is a gripping account of the work of the forensic scientists on the
frontline of Australia's major crime and disaster investigations. They
are part of the team at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine
(VIFM), a state-of-the-art facility in Melbourne. VIFM is a
world-renowned centre of forensic science, and its team members have led
major recovery operations over the years, from the 2004 Boxing Day
tsunami to the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires to the shooting down of
flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014. VIFM forensics experts have also
played pivotal roles in some of Australia's highest-profile homicide
cases, including the Frankston Serial Killer, the murders of Eurydice
Dixon and Aya Maasarwe, and the arrest of convicted serial killer Peter
Dupas. Join Meshel Laurie as she goes 'behind the curtain' at VIFM,
interviewing the Institute's talented roster of forensic experts about
their daily work.
