Sleepers: The Adelaide Oval Abductions #9In 1973, seven-year-old Donna was at the Adelaide Oval the day Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Gordon disappeared.She played with two little girls outside the toilets. Then they were gone.Police interviewed Donna soon after, took her statement, and promised to follow up on the matter. They never did.For fifty years, her memories sat alone until now.In this episode, Donna shares what she saw that day, what she later learned about her own father, and how her life became entangled with the family of the man long suspected of taking those girls — Stanley Arthur Hart.Her testimony reveals a chilling web of names, methods, and silences stretching across generations:A father who used hypnosis like Hart once did.A grandson who repeated the same violence.Families whose lives kept circling the same dark secret.It’s not coincidence. It’s connection.And as this web tightens, the pattern of South Australia’s hidden crimes begins to take its true shape.Hosted by Bryan Littlely. Narration by Max Marten.Music by Cody Martin.Produced by Bearslayer Media / Leave A Light On Inc.It's time to rise - #fightlikejo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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adelaide oval abduction: Warrior Women #2
Episode 8 of Sleepers takes listeners back to Yatina, the remote mid-north town in South Australia, where truth and terror share the same ground.In conversations with journalist Bryan Littlely, the survivor of the 1966 assault that ultimately led to the only prison time that Stanley Arthur Hart ever served, they recall growing up in Stan Hart's orbit, a man they would both quickly realise was the monster hiding in plain sight.From their first memories of the terror to the police investigations and successive governments that failed them, their stories reveal the human cost of silence and the strength it takes to speak after so long.Max Marten’s narration traces how a 2013 call to police set off the SAPOL Major Crime dig, how other survivors’ voices converged, and how two adjoining properties in Yatina have become a symbol of everything South Australia still refuses to confront.As the final minutes unfold, one quiet statement from Amanda stops everything cold: ‘That wasn’t my shoe.’A phrase that reopens the questions the state never answered, and propels Sleepers toward its most unsettling chapter yet.⚠️ Content warning: This episode discusses child sexual abuse and trauma. Listener discretion is advised.🌏 Support Services🇦🇺 AustraliaLifeline Australia – Crisis Support & Suicide Prevention: 13 11 14 (24/7)Kids Helpline – For young people aged 5–25: 1800 55 1800 (24/7)Beyond Blue – free, confidential telephone counselling 24/7: 1300 22 4636MensLine Australia – Counselling for men: 1300 78 99 781800RESPECT – National Sexual Assault, Domestic & Family Violence Counselling Service: 1800 737 732 (24/7)🌍 InternationalUnited StatesRAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network): 1-800-656-4673 (24/7)National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Dial 988 (24/7)United KingdomNSPCC (for children & young people): 0808 800 5000Samaritans UK: 116 123 (24/7)NAPAC (National Association for People Abused in Childhood): 0808 801 0331CanadaKids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868 (24/7)Talk Suicide Canada: 1-833-456-4566 (24/7)New ZealandSafe to Talk (Sexual harm helpline): 0800 044 334 or text 4334 (24/7)Lifeline New Zealand: 0800 543 354Europe (general)116 123 – European standard suicide helpline (works in many EU countries)116 111 – Child Helpline EuropeGlobalChild Helpline International: childhelplineinternational.org/child-helplinesInternational Suicide Hotlines Directory: findahelpline.comIt's time to rise - #fightlikejo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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adelaide oval abduction: Warrior Women #1
Warrior Women, #1In this episode of SLEEPERS, the silence is broken by voices that can no longer be ignored.Three Warrior Women, survivors, witnesses, and sisters, step forward to reveal what they saw, what they lived through, and what was covered up.Their accounts point deeper into the shadows of Stanley Arthur Hart and expose the cracks in systems that failed to protect the innocent.What they share is confronting, unsettling, and impossible to dismiss.And it is only the beginning. The revelations in this series are gathering momentum.What lies ahead will challenge everything you thought you knew about the Adelaide Oval abductions.SLEEPERS is not just unearthing the past. It is forcing the truth into the light.⚠️ Content warning: This episode discusses child sexual abuse and trauma. Listener discretion is advised.🌏 Support Services🇦🇺 AustraliaLifeline Australia – Crisis Support & Suicide Prevention: 13 11 14 (24/7)Kids Helpline – For young people aged 5–25: 1800 55 1800 (24/7)Blue Knot Foundation – Counselling for adult survivors of childhood trauma: 1300 657 380MensLine Australia – Counselling for men: 1300 78 99 781800RESPECT – National Sexual Assault, Domestic & Family Violence Counselling Service: 1800 737 732 (24/7)🌍 InternationalUnited StatesRAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network): 1-800-656-4673 (24/7)National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Dial 988 (24/7)United KingdomNSPCC (for children & young people): 0808 800 5000Samaritans UK: 116 123 (24/7)NAPAC (National Association for People Abused in Childhood): 0808 801 0331CanadaKids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868 (24/7)Talk Suicide Canada: 1-833-456-4566 (24/7)New ZealandSafe to Talk (Sexual harm helpline): 0800 044 334 or text 4334 (24/7)Lifeline New Zealand: 0800 543 354Europe (general)116 123 – European standard suicide helpline (works in many EU countries)116 111 – Child Helpline EuropeGlobalChild Helpline International: childhelplineinternational.org/child-helplinesInternational Suicide Hotlines Directory: findahelpline.comIt's time to rise - #fightlikejo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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snakes in the grass
In this episode of Sleepers, survivor Paul Cornelius speaks publicly for the first time about his abuse at the hands of disgraced magistrate Peter Liddy. His story shines a light on the hidden networks of power that thrived in South Australia through the 1970s and ’80s, linking surf clubs, politics, and the dark underbelly of Adelaide’s so-called establishment.Cornelius’s testimony doesn’t just revisit Liddy’s crimes; it connects to Stan Hart’s network, our prime suspect in the abduction and murder of Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Gordon. Paul's experience draws new lines to convicted offender Tony Munro. His account also reopens the trail to Steve Williams, Gypsy Jokers president, who vanished after revealing too much.Snakes in the Grass is a story of survival and exposure, a reminder that the dangers were never just on the streets, but in the institutions meant to protect us.⚠️ Content warning: This episode discusses child sexual abuse and trauma. Listener discretion is advised.🌏 Support Services🇦🇺 AustraliaLifeline Australia – Crisis Support & Suicide Prevention: 13 11 14 (24/7)Kids Helpline – For young people aged 5–25: 1800 55 1800 (24/7)Blue Knot Foundation – Counselling for adult survivors of childhood trauma: 1300 657 380MensLine Australia – Counselling for men: 1300 78 99 781800RESPECT – National Sexual Assault, Domestic & Family Violence Counselling Service: 1800 737 732 (24/7)🌍 InternationalUnited StatesRAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network): 1-800-656-4673 (24/7)National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Dial 988 (24/7)United KingdomNSPCC (for children & young people): 0808 800 5000Samaritans UK: 116 123 (24/7)NAPAC (National Association for People Abused in Childhood): 0808 801 0331CanadaKids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868 (24/7)Talk Suicide Canada: 1-833-456-4566 (24/7)New ZealandSafe to Talk (Sexual harm helpline): 0800 044 334 or text 4334 (24/7)Lifeline New Zealand: 0800 543 354Europe (general)116 123 – European standard suicide helpline (works in many EU countries)116 111 – Child Helpline EuropeGlobalChild Helpline International: childhelplineinternational.org/child-helplinesInternational Suicide Hotlines Directory: findahelpline.comIt's time to rise - #fightlikejo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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adelaide oval abduction: Forum #1 - the sleepers rise
In our first-ever Sleepers forum episode, the public steps forward, and the ripple effect is undeniable.From firsthand memories of the Adelaide parklands to lost police reports, overlooked sightings, and new connections to persons of interest, this is the episode where long-held silence begins to crack.You’ll hear directly from listeners, ordinary people with extraordinary insight, who may hold the missing pieces that were never pursued, never filed, and never followed up on.As new witness names surface and old suspicions are re-examined, the question becomes unavoidable: Were we told the whole story in 1973? Or were key voices left out?The Sleepers are waking.It's time to rise - #fightlikejo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
sleepersJoin investigative journalist Bryan Littlely as he pulls back the curtain on Australia's most haunting cold cases. With compelling detail and chilling insights, Bryan is joined by a dedicated ground crew and unexpected allies as they pursue buried truths that authorities have long dismissed or hidden.Each gripping episode reveals never-before-heard details from key witnesses and confidential statements, shedding new light on decades-old evidence and disturbing revelations about police connections, suppressed leads, unsettling tunnels, and possible crime scenes.Featuring exclusive interviews, hidden recordings, and raw, confronting narratives, sleepers bravely challenges the official story and gives voice to the silent witnesses and forgotten victims who refuse to remain in the dark.This isn't just a podcast. It's a relentless quest for justice, a reckoning, and a promise to fight for answers.support 'Leave a Light On Inc.' here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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