Robert Farquharson in 2009.

Robert Farquharson’s life behind bars:15 years of chores and lost hope

Not much is known about the convicted child killer’s days inside prison,aside from what his inner circle has told the Trial By Water podcast in a new episode.

  • Michael Bachelard andRuby Schwartz

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Robert Farquharson’s case was one of the most high-profile and controversial in Victorian history.

Robert Farquharson’s lost psychological report revealed

The report was buried in Victoria Police files for decades – until now. It remains the only attempt made to get the bottom of what motivated a man convicted of killing all three of his children.

  • Michael Bachelard andRuby Schwartz

Trial By Water,Episode 5:The ‘golden thread’

Listen now to the final episode of the hit investigative podcast about the case of Robert Farquharson.

  • Michael Bachelard andRuby Schwartz

‘I’m going to nail you for it’:Was Robert Farquharson’s prosecution a case of tunnel vision?

Police need to focus their efforts,but what happens if they miss clues along the way?

  • Michael Bachelard andRuby Schwartz
Robert Farquharson leaving the Supreme Court in 2010.

Revenge was the motive but nobody got a psych report into Farquharson

Experts question how the prosecution could have argued convicted child-killer Robert Farquharson was driven by revenge and not sought evidence to back that up.

  • Michael Bachelard andRuby Schwartz
Trial By Water podcast episode 4 – Robert Farquharson and the Dad test

Trial By Water,Episode 4:How Robert Farquharson failed the Dad test

In the story of Robert Farquharson there’s one thing that’s the hardest to understand.

  • Michael Bachelard andRuby Schwartz
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Trial By Water podcast – Episode 3 – Bad Memories

Listen to Trial By Water – Episode 3

Listen now to the third episode of the podcast investigation on the Robert Farquharson case – and why memory evidence can be particularly fraught in murder trials.

  • Michael Bachelard andRuby Schwartz

Listen to Trial By Water – Episode 2

Listen now to the second episode of the podcast investigation on the Robert Farquharson case – and the serious questions about the science that helped convict him.

  • Michael Bachelard andRuby Schwartz
Dawn Waite (centre) is helped by friends leaving court after an emotional afternoon giving evidence.

‘Fried noodles #23’:Witness’s new detail raises crucial question in Farquharson case

Dawn Waite’s evidence excited police,swayed Robert Farquharson’s ex-wife against him and was held to be crucial by the judge. But it might well have been impossible.

  • Michael Bachelard,Ruby Schwartz andNick McKenzie
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Trial By Water,Episode 1:Father’s Day

In a new podcast investigation,we explore why a growing number of experts believe the case against convicted child killer Robert Farquharson is “fundamentally flawed”.

  • Michael Bachelard andRuby Schwartz