Shanelle Dawson: Coming To Terms With The Teacher's Pet
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The murder of Lynette Dawson was a crime that unravelled in real-time via a podcast called The Teacher’s Pet) in 2018. It was a groundbreaking investigation. One that forced police to re-investigate things they’d filed away as unimportant decades prior. 

Shanelle Dawson, Lynette's daughter, had already pieced together the truth before investigative journalist Hedley Thomas came knocking. But his podcast helped put her father behind bars. 

Since then, Shanelle has released her own story, in her own words via a memoir called My Mother’s Eyes. On this episode of True Crime Conversations, she joins Mamamia's Mia Freedman to give incredible insight into what it’s like to grow up with a father who did an unthinkable crime, and spent years lying to her about it.

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You can hear our recent episode with Hedley Thomas, looking behind the scenes of making The Teacher's Pet podcast here).

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Guest: Shanelle Dawson)

Interviewer: Mia Freedman

**Host: **Gemma Bath

Executive Producer: Gia Moylan****

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