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Trial by Water
Trial by Water is an investigative podcast series about Robert Farquharson, who has been locked up for decades for an unthinkable crime: murdering his three sons in a dam on Father’s Day, 2005. Now scientists and lawyers are asking the question: did we get it wrong? And is this man in prison for a crime he didn’t commit?
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Ratings & Reviews
3.6 stars from 647 ratings
Interesting as a recap of the case for those (like me) who know it only by reputation. But despite the makers’ insistence of their clear-eyed neutrality (in presenting an experiment to assess visibility while driving at night, which fails to prove that a prosecution witness’s evidence was...Read full review »
Ben Sequoia via Apple Podcasts · Australia · 10/30/24
Boring
Very very boring
miamimomma via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 10/05/24
Excellent objective review
Thoroughly enjoyed this professionally presented podcast with such a highly emotive and sad situation. Well written and well presented with as much information as possible allowing you an immersive look into this sad and distressing case. Heartfelt sorrow for those poor kids and their mum.
Lana name already-taken via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 10/02/24
Recent Episodes
Since releasing the Trial by Water podcast, we’ve been contacted by a lot of people. Some have wanted to ask questions, some to give feedback – positive and negative – and others to tell their stories.  The evidence in this case is so broad-ranging that we couldn’t touch on everything in the...
Published 07/25/24
Published 07/25/24
As lawyer Luke McMahon prepares a new fight for Robert Farquharson’s release, we discover something new: that Farquharson and his ex-wife believed that police investigators were trying to pin the crime on him just days after the crash. So would it be a problem if the system had a strong...
Published 07/05/24
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