Motive and Method

Motive & Method is an expert-led Australian true crime podcast. Join Dr Xanthe Mallett and criminal psychologist Tim Watson-Munro as they unpack what really makes the offenders behind some of history’s most notorious cases tick, and also react and unpack crimes as they hit the headlines. You will also hear from victim survivors, investigators and advocates for change analysing motive, and method.

Recent Episodes
  • Female Serial Killers: From Poisoners to Predators
    Jun 10, 2025 – 28:32
  • Shooting Victim Confronts His Killer: An Artificial Intelligence World First
    Jun 3, 2025 – 41:33
  • His Brother Vanished 50 Years Ago - Can The Case Be Solved Now?
    May 27, 2025 – 41:15
  • Who is ‘The Playboy Swindler’? Inside the Psyche of a Serial Scammer
    May 20, 2025 – 40:35
  • SPECIAL GUEST: Why Innocent People Confess
    May 12, 2025 – 39:13
  • Is Lucy Letby Innocent?
    May 6, 2025 – 38:36
  • The Dark Side of Public Registers: Protection or Peril?
    Apr 29, 2025 – 31:53
  • Bondi Junction stabbings one year on with Greg Barton
    Apr 22, 2025 – 39:57
  • Do Citizen Sleuths Help or Hinder Investigations?
    Apr 15, 2025 – 35:26
  • Adolescence and the Manosphere
    Apr 8, 2025 – 30:14
  • SPECIAL: Tony Mokbel FREED after a 'Seismic Moment in Legal History'
    Apr 4, 2025 – 52:05
  • A cult convicted of killing an 8-year-old girl
    Apr 1, 2025 – 38:55
  • Should juries have to explain their verdicts?
    Mar 25, 2025 – 29:36
  • Will Victoria's 'toughest ever' bail laws reduce reoffending?
    Mar 18, 2025 – 31:26
  • Simon Feldman: The Man Who Embezzled $16.7 Million
    Mar 11, 2025 – 37:29
  • Can people really commit crime whilst asleep?
    Mar 3, 2025 – 35:45
  • How Belle Gibson conned the world
    Feb 25, 2025 – 26:59
  • Remembering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies... One Year On
    Feb 18, 2025 – 28:25
  • The Unbelievable Horrors of Human Trafficking Networks
    Feb 11, 2025 – 34:01
  • Where Is Samantha Murphy's Body?
    Feb 4, 2025 – 31:14
  • How Forensic Genetic Genealogy Is Solving Serial Crime...
    Jan 28, 2025 – 44:11
  • Hate Crimes & The Rise of Anti-Semitic Incidents
    Jan 21, 2025 – 30:41
  • Unpacking the Menendez case with Laura Richards
    Jan 14, 2025 – 43:53
  • Ask The Expert | 2024
    Dec 17, 2024 – 29:22
  • Watch out for crime at Christmas time...
    Dec 10, 2024 – 31:21
  • "He could attack at any time"... The woman who was stalked
    Dec 3, 2024 – 42:25
  • Tracy Hall... The woman who dated an international con artist
    Nov 26, 2024 – 45:33
  • Investigative journalist Neil Mercer on Crime and Corruption
    Nov 19, 2024 – 50:19
  • Former Deputy Police Commissioner Mick Willing
    Nov 12, 2024 – 58:16
  • Is There a Serial Killer Loose on the NSW North Coast?
    Nov 5, 2024 – 53:37
  • The Menendez Brothers | Halloween
    Oct 29, 2024 – 32:42
  • A Tale Of Whistleblowers and Rotten Apples
    Oct 22, 2024 – 01:00:20
  • Poisoning Cases
    Oct 15, 2024 – 32:24
  • Women as Offenders
    Oct 8, 2024 – 36:40
  • Easey Street | Advances in DNA Analysis
    Oct 1, 2024 – 44:25
  • Ashley Griffiths | Monster Hiding in Plain Sight
    Sep 24, 2024 – 36:03
  • The Harrowing Story of Gisèle Pélicot
    Sep 17, 2024 – 33:06
  • Who kills?
    Sep 12, 2024 – 38:59
  • The Trauma of Unsolved Child Abduction and Murder Cases
    Sep 10, 2024 – 34:48
  • An Analysis of Gregory Lynn
    Sep 5, 2024 – 01:01:14
  • The Brutal and Inexplicable Murder of Charlise Mutten
    Sep 3, 2024 – 34:34
  • Women as Sexual Predators
    Aug 27, 2024 – 27:38
  • Henry Keogh | The Murder That Never Was
    Aug 20, 2024 – 46:21
  • From Bali to Brazil | The Life of a Crime Reporter with Ashlea Hansen
    Aug 13, 2024 – 49:12
  • Melissa Downes and Jess Lodge | The Ultimate Sacrifice
    Aug 6, 2024 – 41:14
  • Ben Avery | Just Married: The Anthea Bradshaw Mystery
    Aug 1, 2024 – 53:01
  • Retail Crime Is On The Rise | Why You Should Care
    Jul 24, 2024 – 25:32
  • Murder by Fire
    Jul 16, 2024 – 31:18
  • Derek Bromley | A Case That Blows Our Minds
    Jul 10, 2024 – 01:05:22
  • Assange | McBride | The Bigger Picture...
    Jul 2, 2024 – 32:48
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