Inside Story (AU)

We’ve all seen their tearful pleas on the nightly news … heard their sobbing cries for help. The loving husband whose wife’s mysteriously disappeared … the grieving son shattered by the brutal murder of his mum and dad. Our hearts go out to them…we feel their pain, but then we discover we’ve been conned …we were watching the killers all along…. bare-faced liars who are literally trying to get away with murder. In episode one, Leila McKinnon looks at some of the most notorious cases of Crocodile Tears… and we learn how to tell the difference…how to spot a murderer.

In the movies, they’re sexy, sultry seductresses… cunning liars who manipulate men with their lustful acts. Blonde bombshell Jodi Arias played the role to perfection, but this wasn’t a movie. And Michelle Burgess, she was a cold, scheming predator – a temptress who used sex as a weapon… with deadly results. Two women – from both sides of the world – don’t seem to have anything in common; American Jodi Arias is glamorous, softly spoken and seemingly very nice, and Adelaide woman Michelle Burgess is a plain, brash, married, mother-of-two. Both women are obsessive and controlling, and both will stop at nothing, not even murder, to get what they want…and what they want is another man.

This is a story about terrible betrayal and survival against incredible odds. It’s the story of two men both from very different backgrounds. Joe Rix is a farmer, a knockabout kind of bloke. Chris Soteriou is a millionaire businessman, used to the good life. But there were some striking similarities. They were devoted fathers, loving husbands, and in both case, someone wanted them dead. Someone very close to home.

Psychopaths – their crimes both fascinate and repulse us. And that fascination is reflected in popular culture – from Alfred Hitchcock’s classic movie “Psycho … to the chilling “Silence of the Lambs”. Inside Story ventures into the disturbing world of the psychopath – we’ll meet some of Australia’s worst serial killers – predators who lie, manipulate and murder with no remorse … and no empathy. We’ll also look at the best movie psychopaths of all time. But, be prepared for a shock…psychopaths are all around us.