In April 1994, Anthea Bradshaw married her high school sweetheart in a beautiful Adelaide wedding. 96 days later, she was found lifeless in a pool of blood, in Brunei, South East Asia, half a world away from home. This month, Roberta talks with Ben Avery, an Australian journalist and host of the Just Married podcast, who is investigating what really happened to Anthea and dives into our love, and obsession, with True Crime.

Things we talked about in this episode:

Just Married: The Anthea Bradshaw Mystery

9 News Adelaide Coverage of the Anthea Bradshaw Case

Criminal podcast with Phoebe Judge

Adelaide, South Australia

Brunei, Southeast Asia

Episode Credits:

Our thanks to Ben Avery for joining us from his home in Adelaide, Australia today. You can listen to Just Married: The Anthea Bradshaw Mystery at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
A Bend in the Road is written, hosted, and produced by Roberta Panjwani and created by Roberta Panjwani and Diane Sims.
Editing by Roberta Panjwani with additional edits by Elias Rosner
Our Technical Directors and Audio Engineers are Matt Giannotti and Elias Rosner
Original Theme Music is written and performed by Diane Sims
Our Digital Media Producers are Melissa Egan and Elias Rosner
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