The Poisoned Wife

Hedley, Karina and Rex reunite in Melbourne for a podcast live event for listeners.
Some of Rosslyn’s relatives are in the audience, along with her close friends Wendy, Jillian and Lisa.
Many new connections are made and new information comes to light.
The morning after the event, Rex reflects on the podcast investigation and shares what the future might hold for the case.
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Former Bendigo resident Max Miles comes forward to reveal that Ray McQueen asked him troubling questions about autopsy testing in the days immediately after Rosslyn's death.
Hedley and Karina delve into strychnine, the toxic farming poison that killed Rosslyn.
With help from experts like toxicologist Adjunct Professor Dimitri Gerostamoulos, and historical and modern poisoning accounts, they unpack how the "very nasty poison" can produce violent convulsions in someone who ingests it.
Because if Rosslyn died experiencing back-arching convulsions often caused by strychnine poisoning, is it likely that she would have ended up lying across the kitchen chair after her death? Police suspect she was placed there after she died. We talk to experts to tackle these questions.
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For the first time, Rosslyn's best friend Wendy's real voice is heard in the podcast.
She has never believed that her friend committed suicide and is sure she met foul play.
Wendy reveals that homicide detectives told her some things in 1987 about Ros's poisoning with strychnine and their theory about how her body ended up on a kitchen chair.
Wendy recalls how she connected with Rex years ago after he placed a public notice in a newspaper.
After many phone calls, the pair meet for the first time in Bendigo during the podcast investigation.
Hedley unpacks the highlights of Rex's heroic investigation efforts and the many rejections he received along the way.
When Rex's regular phone calls stop, Hedley discovers Rex has been unwell and in hospital. Rex describes his immense relief that Rosslyn's story is finally being told.
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Donna reveals she received a secret letter from Ray after Rosslyn's death.
The then teenager tells Hedley and Karina that she didn't give it to police when they came to her home with a search warrant.
Donna recalls how the letter "freaked her out" and regrets not handing it over.
Donna asks herself whether things might have turned out differently if she and others had "not fought for Ray" had they known about his lies at the time.
Back in Bendigo, Rex tells Hedley and Karina why the inscription on the headstone of Rosslyn's grave infuriates him.
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Former detective Ron Blackshaw breaks his silence to reflect on critical aspects of the police case, 40 years after charging Ray with Ros's murder.
Ray told friends, neighbours, work colleagues and teenager Donna that Ros had cancer and might die. Ros and her doctors told a very different story.
A former neighbour of Ray and his first wife Jeanette speaks publicly for the first time about helping Jeanette flee the family home.
Peter and Yvonne Dixon "call bullshit" on Ray's claims their neighbour Vin McKenzie supplied the strychnine that killed Ros. They say Vin went to his grave heartbroken from the smear.
Rex's reasons for relentlessly investigating Ros's death become clearer.
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