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Australian True Crime

The Last Victim of Serial Conman Hamish McLaren

Apr 21, 2025
53:52

Tracy Hall was in a long-term relationship with a man she knew as Max Tavita—until his 2017 arrest revealed he was actually serial con artist Hamish McLaren.


As explored in the hit podcast Who the Hell is Hamish?, McLaren defrauded victims worldwide of millions.


Tracy joins us to discuss her new book and the shocking discovery that she, too, had been one of his victims.


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Click here to purchase Tracy's book, The Last Victim


Click here to visit Tracy Hall's website


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CREDITS:

Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on instagram.

Guest: Tracy Hall

Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard


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