Peter Falconio and Joanne Lees

A similar truck to Bradley John Murdoch’s

(Sam Gamdschie / Wikipedia / CC BY 3.0)

Bradley John Murdoch

(ABC TV)

Georgia:

The murder of Peter Falconio and survival of Joanne Lees

Episode sources:

1. “Timeline: Peter Falconio Murder” (The Guardian) 2005

2. “How Witness Became Hate Figure for the Press” by David Fickling (The Guardian) 2004

3. “Falconio’s Girlfriend Admits Sex With Other Man” (The Guardian) 2004

4. “Lees Relives Night She Feared She’d Died” (The Sydney Morning Herald) 2005

5. “Timeline: Falconio Still Missing after 10 Years” (The Sydney Morning Herald) 2011

6. “Court transcripts and experts reveal the evidence of Peter Falconio's murder” (ABC News (Australia)) 2025

7. “Murder in the Outback: The Falconio and Lees Mystery”

Karen:

The Chilean goalie World Cup scandal

Episode sources:

1. “The Fall of the Condor” (ESPN/30 for 30 Podcast)

2. “The photo which exposed a goalkeeper’s fake injury” (BBC) 2025

3. “World Cup scandal! The unbelievable plot to eliminate Brazil” by Piers Edwards (CNN Sports) 2014

4. “Brazil Victory Open to Interpretation” (The New York Times) 1989

5. “The Chilean Plot to Steal a Place at the 1990 World Cup” by Rob Hunt (The Set Pieces)

6. “The Chile ‘Maracanazo’ that left them without to world cups” by Kelvin Loyola (BolaVIP) 2025

7. “The photographer from GLOBO who exposed the hoax involving Chilean goalkeeper Rojas 30 years ago recalls the episode: ‘Luck’” (O Globo) 2019

8. “El Maracanazo of 1989: The Scandalous Match And Its Plane Crash Connection” (BabaGol) 2020

9. “'I cut myself with a razor... I cut my own dignity' - The goalkeeper banned for life for faking an injury” by Daniel Edwards (Goal) 2019

10. “The Dangerous Keen Football Fan (Turned Out To Be a Conspiracy)” by Ryan Menezes (Cracked) 2021

11. “Brazil held in extremely eventful game” (Italia1990)

12. “Has Brazil ever failed to qualify for the World Cup? Most Successful FIFA National Holds Rare Record” by Kyle Bonn (The Sporting News) 2025

13. “On this day: The unforgettable night of Chile’s thrashing of Brazil in Córdoba” by Miguel Patiño (El Mostrador) 2015

14. RIO, 1989: CHILEAN SKULLDUGGERY, HIDDEN RAZOR BLADES AND BRAZILIAN FLARES by Dominic Hougham (These Football Times) 2023

15. “THE SENSATIONAL PLOT OF ROBERTO ‘CÓNDOR’ ROJAS TO ELIMINATE BRAZIL FROM WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION” by Nicolas Garcia-Huidobro (These Football Times) 2017

16. “Maracanã Stadium” (Britannica)

17. FIFA lifts Rojas lifetime ban” (CBC Sports) 2001

18. “El Maracanazo” (Wikipedia)

Roberto Rojas

(PA Images/ Alamy)

Santiago's National Stadium

(Estadios FC)

Maracanã Stadium

(Jcsalmon / CC BY-SA 3.0)

The 1987 Chile National Team

Brazil’s national team in 1990

(Aflo Co. Ltd. / Alamy)

Roberto Rojas being carried off the field

(Football & Witball)

The photo that proved Roberto was not hit by the flare

(Jorge William / Agência O GLOBO)

Additional images of the flare hitting the field

(O GLOBO)

Additional images of the flare hitting the field

(O GLOBO)

Additional images of the flare hitting the field

(O GLOBO)

The photo on the front page of the Globo newspaper on September 4, 1989

(O GLOBO)

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