Dear Rachelle: The Hunt for My Sister’s Killer, a conversational review

Dear Rachelle: The Hunt For My Sister’s Killer investigates the cold case murder of Rachelle Childs, whose body was found in beachside scrub in New South Wales, Australia, in 2001. In this conversational review, journalists and academics Caroline Graham and Kylie Stevenson reflect on the ways true crime podcasts have become a 'medium of last resort' for cold cases and the ethical complexities this creates for reporters. Through the lens of Dear Rachelle and their own podcast reporting practice, they discuss the subjective position of a true crime podcast reporter, intimacy in podcast reporting practice, the changing and sometimes blurred relationships between journalists and police in longform true crime and ethical challenges in structuring longform audio documentary.