Episode 175 - Private Pain To Public Conviction - A Mother's Journey To Redemption

One after the other, the children just kept dying.

By the time Laura Elizabeth Folbigg was laid to rest at just one-and-a-half years old, the world wanted answers, and her mother Kathleen Folbigg stood accused of one of the most heinous crimes imaginable, the murder of four of her own children, all under the age of two.

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Research & Writing:

Matt Snell

Sources:

7news.com.au: Kathleen Folbigg’s ex-husband Craig Folbigg speaks out after her pardon

ABC.net.au Kathleen Folbigg conviction questioned after scientists discover genetic mutation which 'likely' killed two children

BBC: Kathleen Folbigg: Woman jailed over infant deaths pardoned

BHP: Our history

CNN: Genetics may free a woman convicted of killing her 4 babies and help other parents explain the unexplainable

Crimelibrary.org: Her Father's Daughter - The Kathleen Folbigg Story

Daily Mail: Read the ominous handwritten letters a convicted baby killer sent to her best mate from behind bars - as they claim new evidence proves she DIDN'T smother her four kids to death: 'She's innocent'

Huntervalley.com

Justice for Kathleen Folbigg: Plea for Craig Folbigg to Provide His DNA

Mamamia: When Kathleen Folbigg was 15, she learned the truth about her family's dark history

Mayo Clinic: Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

Nationwide Children’s Hospital: Laryngomalacia

New Zealand Herald: Kathleen Folbigg: Notorious serial killer savagely bashed after moving prisons

news.com.au: Inside serial baby killer Kathleen Folbigg’s violent and tragic life

Redacted report of Dr Michael Diamond dated 16 April 2019

Skynews.com.au: Tracy Chapman tells Kathleen Folbigg's former husband 'no point holding grudges' after ex wife pardoned over kids' deaths

Supreme Court of New South Wales: R v Folbigg [2005] NSWCCA 23 (17 February 2005)

The Age: 'I read her diary,' husband tells court

The Age: Killing them softly

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The Daily Telegraph: Kathleen Folbigg: Scientists plea for ex-husband's DNA

The Guardian: Kathleen Folbigg hoped for ‘genetic miracle’ after murder convictions, prison letters show

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YouTube: Despite Kathleen's release from jail, Craig Folbigg still believes his children were murdered

YouTube: IN FULL: NSW Attorney-General pardons Kathleen Folbigg | ABC News

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Release date

Lydbog: 7. august 2023