After the attack, authorities in Austria learnt that the terrorist had been linked to a high-profile extremist in their country – Martin Sellner. The terrorist had given Sellner a sizeable donation, and had visited Austria four months before the attack. So, the question was asked – did Sellner and the terrorist have contact? However, the Austrian investigation into the links between the pair was compromised. Joey travels to Vienna to find out what happened. If you want to listen to Episode 6 now, you can find it for free on the LiSTNR app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Lone Actor - Episode 4 - The Balkans
Two trips to the Balkans, in South-Eastern Europe might hold the key to the terrorist's mindset in the years before the attack. This is a region steeped in nationalist history and revered by the far-right, and the details of his time here are murky. Joey follows the terrorist to the other side of the world, searching for more clues about his radicalisation, trying to find out if anyone in Europe knew what was coming. Don't want to wait a week? Episode 5 is available for free on the LiSTNR app. Download the app and listen now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Lone Actor - Episode 3 - In the scene
On the afternoon of the attack, a member of a private Facebook group for Australian extremists comments that the terrorist had been “in the scene for a while”. Digging through an archive of Facebook posts, Joey Watson uncovers just how deep those connections ran. Joey finds the terrorist had been in contact with Australian extremists for years – including signalling the violence that he would go on to commit. Don't want to wait a week? Episode 4 is available for free on the LiSTNR app. Download the app and listen now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Lone Actor - Episode 2 - Shitposting
The terrorist posted a manifesto and a live stream link on an obscure image board just minutes before the attack, urging users to “do their part by spreading my message.” Journalist Joey Watson investigates the online community of 4chan, and finds how a once-creative part of the internet was taken over by far-right extremists, desensitizing each other towards violence. Joey sifts through newly unearthed posts made anonymously by the terrorist, finding a crucial shift in his radicalisation journey. Every episode of Lone Actor is available exclusively for free on the LiSTNR app. You can download the app and listen to Episode 3 now. Further reading: The Role of Ideology in Motivating Lone Actor Terrorism: An Analysis of the Online Record of the Christchurch Terrorist See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Lone Actor - Episode 1 - March 15
In 2019, a 28-year-old Australian terrorist live-streamed himself murdering 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch New Zealand, sending shockwaves around the world. It was the deadliest act of right-wing extremist violence committed by an Australian. As journalist Joey Watson speaks with survivors and researchers, he begins to uncover a more complex story. What, or who, led the terrorist to violence? In Secrets We Keep: Lone Actor, Joey sets out to retrace the terrorist's trajectory in the years leading up to the attack. Every episode of Lone Actor is available exclusively to binge now on the LiSTNR app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Each season, Secrets We Keep investigates a different Australian secret.
Lone Actor (Season 7): Joey Watson traces the radicalisation trajectory of the Christchurch terrorist, asking the question - did he really act alone?
By Any Means (Season 6): An investigation into the modern fertility landscape, confronting complex questions about consent, identity and human rights.
Should I Spit? (Season 5): The origin story of the multibillion dollar consumer DNA industry. From police hoping to solve cold murder cases, to one of the most powerful churches in the world, everyone seems to want a piece of what makes you, you.
Pray Harder (Season 4): investigative journalist Richard Baker uncovers the unbelievable and compelling true story of Australia’s oldest and most hard line Pentecostal Church, the Geelong Revival Centre.
Baghdad Nights (Season 3): Richard Baker takes you inside Australia's biggest corruption scandal, finding out how Australia funded a dictator in the lead up to the Iraq War.
Nest of Traitors (Season 2): Joey Watson is pulled into the world of espionage, attempting to track down an Australian spy who turned to work for the enemy during the Cold War.
Shame Lies & Family (Season 1): A mystery photo of Amelia Oberhardt’s mum exposes the practice of shotgun marriages, forced adoption, and quiet abortions carried out in Australia until the 1980s.
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