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Pendulum

Pendulum

Written by: 7NEWS Podcasts
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She was a vibrant young woman with plenty of friends: a daughter a sister, a wife and mum to two small children. Why did Margaret Kirstenfeldt suffer a violent, bloody death in the tiny Queensland cane town of Sarina? From murder to suicide and back again - expert opinions have swung wildly. It’s been more than 40 years. Is a killer still on the run?

2026 7NEWS Podcasts Politics & Government Social Sciences True Crime
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  • 15. Queenie Goes Home

    15. Queenie Goes Home
    Aug 21 2022

    47 years since her murder in Rockhampton, the loved ones of Queenie Hart have finally been able to bring her home to Wakka Wakka country and say goodbye.




    Theme: The Clock is Ticking by Dark Orb Music

    https://soundcloud.com/dark_orb_music


    Dark Walk by Kevin MacLeod

    Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3612-dark-walk

    License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

    Artist website: https://incompetech.com


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    16 mins
  • Introducing - Accidental Celebrity

    Introducing - Accidental Celebrity
    Jan 31 2021
    Imagine your trauma leads the news. Your private life is then public property. Your anonymity is lost. That’s what it’s like to become an accidental celebrity. Now, the spotlight is turned around. Each weekly episode offers rare media insights from an ordinary Australian who faced an extraordinary event. They expose the tricks of a competitive trade – the relentless pursuits, the manipulation and misrepresentation, the betrayals of truth and trust – with journalist Fiona Reynolds. Learn too why they participated in media coverage. This is the inside story on a shrewd industry that plucks unknowns from obscurity to feed our fascination with adversity and the strength of the human spirit.

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    4 mins
  • 14. Man or Monster

    14. Man or Monster
    Jun 29 2020

    A sinister portrait develops of the man once known as Steven Henry Kiem. Described as cruel and violent, those who used to be in close contact come forward with their harrowing memories, relieved he's now dead. What they say about his link to the cold cases of Margaret Kirstenfeldt and Queenie Hart.




    Theme: The Clock is Ticking by Dark Orb Music

    https://soundcloud.com/dark_orb_music


    Satiate by Kevin MacLeod

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4322-satiate

    License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Long note One by Kevin MacLeod

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3992-long-note-one

    License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/


    Long Note Two by Kevin MacLeod

    Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3994-long-note-two

    License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/


    Loss by Kevin MacLeod

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4003-loss

    License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/


    Interloper by Kevin MacLeod

    Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3919-interloper

    License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/


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    58 mins
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