Tortoise Investigates (Various Seasons)
5.0/5
Critic Rating
Introducing...The Lab DetectiveKathleen Folbigg experienced unimaginable loss. All four of her infant children died suddenly, over a 10-year period. Their deaths were unexplained. Until a police detective turned up at her door, and arrested Kathleen on suspicion of murder. She was labelled ‘Australia's worst female serial killer’, convicted, and was destined to spend most of the rest of her life in jail. Until a different type of detective entered her life. A scientist working in a lab who uncovered the truth behind the deaths. This is the story of a shocking miscarriage of justice, but as journalist Rachel Sylvester starts to...
Critic Reviews
Score: 4.9
Rebecca Lavoie, Kevin Flynn, Lara Bricker & Toby Ball • Crime Writers On • May 13, 2025
"(Series: Lucky Boy) Kevin agreed, saying this tight four-episode series could have gone even deeper into these issues not previously explored in podcast form. Rebecca said the whole case was stunning and a must listen."
Score: 5
Alice Florence Orr • PodcastReview.org • Mar 10, 2025
"(Series: Lucky Boy) difficult questions come quickly...In this important four-part series, reporter Chloe Hadjimatheou challenges societal notions of gets to be a perpetrator and a victim."
Score: 4.9
Fiona Sturges • Financial Times • Mar 10, 2025
"(Series: Lucky Boy) ...an affecting and discomforting four-part podcast...Lucky Boy also examines our shifting understanding of issues around consent and abuse. Hadjimatheou navigates all this with thoughtfulness and empathy. By far the most compelling element of Lucky Boy is Gareth himself, whose testimony is blunt, shocking and sad."
Score: 5
Jude Rogers • The Guardian • Mar 1, 2025
"(Series: Lucky Boy) ...the telling of this story, and her coverage of its ramifications, was handled with exceptional due diligence, sensitivity and power. …"
Score: 5
Sarah Larson • New Yorker • Dec 3, 2024
"(Season: Elon’s Spies) The sound design indulges in some corniness—the powerful man-child’s spiteful machinations don’t need underscoring with agitated piano—but mostly avoids it. A bonus episode, released after the election, contemplates the future."
