About this episode

This episode explores the case of Azaria Chamberlain's disappearance and the ensuing media frenzy and legal battles that followed.

On a cold August night in 1980, nine-week-old Azaria Chamberlain vanished from a campsite near Uluru, prompting Lindy Chamberlain's famous cry: "The dingo's got my baby." What followed was a decades-long saga of sensational media coverage, flawed forensic science, and public hysteria that culminated in wrongful convictions. After years of legal battles, inquiries, and the discovery of missing evidence, the Chamberlains were ultimately exonerated and Azaria's death was officially attributed to a dingo in 2012. This episode explores confirmation bias, junk science, and the heavy human cost of mass judgment.

Topics covered

• disappearance
• media coverage
• forensic science
• wrongful convictions
• confirmation bias
• public hysteria
• mass judgment

Keywords

• Azaria Chamberlain
• Lindy Chamberlain
• dingo
• wrongful conviction
• forensic science
• public hysteria
• confirmation bias

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Uluru

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