The Children in the Pictures | Ep 4 | The Takeover

The Children in the Pictures | Ep 4 | The Takeover

From Secrets We Keep by LiSTNR

April 8, 2026 · 32 min

About this episode

This episode features the dramatic arrest of Shannon McCoole and the ongoing fight against online child exploitation in Australia.

With the crisis of child exploitation gripping Australia, for the next few weeks, Secrets we Keep feed brings you the LiSTNR award-winning series,  Children in the Pictures, an investigative podcast about the global fight against online child exploitation, following Australian investigators as they track offenders hiding in plain sight across the internet. The series exposes the scale of abuse, the emotional toll on those working to stop it, and the disturbing ways technology is being used to harm children worldwide. In episode four, the police move in and confront Skee at his home. His real name is Shannon McCoole. Hear never-before-shared police footage of McCoole’s dramatic arrest and prison interviews that reveal the full extent of the power he wielded as head of The Love Zone.  McCoole’s arrest presents Argos with a rare opportunity to hunt down TLZ’s most depraved operators, one by one. Content Warning: This series delves with sexual abuse against children. Listener discretion is advised. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Shannon McCoole

Topics covered

  • child exploitation
  • investigative podcast
  • online safety
  • police investigation
  • emotional toll
  • technology abuse

Keywords

  • child exploitation
  • investigation
  • police footage
  • arrest
  • online safety
  • emotional toll
  • technology abuse

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: LiSTNR, The Love Zone, Argos

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