

The Teacher's Pet
4.4
(17.8K)
2025
Lyn and Chris Dawson appear to have the perfect marriage. He's a star footballer and popular high school teacher. She's a devoted wife and mother. They share a beautiful home above Sydney's northern beaches. But when Lyn goes missing, dark secrets are buried. This is no fairytale, but a sordid story of strangely close twin brothers, teenage student lovers, and probable murder. The Australian's Hedley Thomas digs deep into a cold case which has been unsolved for 36 years, uncovering startling new evidence.
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"This is a very long, drawn-out podcast about one specific case of a woman that went missing in Australia. I think if I had listened to this as it came out weekly in 2018 and maybe had more emotional attachment to the location and people involved, this probably would have hit a little different. 16 episodes to me was too long and too boring, especially when the case could be summed up in only a couple of episodes. However, I want to give Hedley Thomas props for his investigation that ultimately led to a conviction in this case. "
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Jamie Publicover
"I just couldn’t get into it. "
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Sarah Joubert
"This is a classic cold case true crime: missing wife, probably murdered by husband who is buds with the cops and not truly investigated. Really well-done story with lots of interviews, and they've just arrested the husband based on renewed pressure from this podcast!"
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Avery Bell
"Fascinating story but the execution of the podcast made it boring. It dragged on and on and could have been half the number of episodes. The production was so bad that it wasn’t actually edited for content but full interviews with repetitive content were included. Many times the SAME interview was replayed in multiple episodes. "
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Bijal T
"I'm listening to the "Someone knows something" series. You?"
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Sue Flanagan
"Missing person, lack of investigation, potential coverups, Aussie accents. "
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Olivia S
"Wonderful podcast about Australian disappearance of wife of rugby player…that brought killer to justice after so many years of getting away with it. But underlying story of how women and girls were treated in 80’s by teachers/predators and society in general, as no one seemed to do anything about it. Not just in Australia! "
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Savannah Holbrook
"Too drawn out and narrators voice can be boring"
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Elizabeth Hart
"It’s been a while since I first listened to it - I do remember being drawn in by the first few episodes though. "
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Keeli WK
"Detailed well researched easy to follow while cleaning"
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Roberta