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For more than 25 years, Sally Leydon has been waiting for answers about her missing Mum, Marion Barter.
Sally, steps beyond her own story to speak with other families enduring the same, unthinkable reality - the ambiguous loss of a loved one who has vanished without explanation.
These raw, intimate conversations about hope that refuses to fade, grief without closure and the strength it takes to endure.
Sally, steps beyond her own story to speak with other families enduring the same, unthinkable reality - the ambiguous loss of a loved one who has vanished without explanation.
These raw, intimate conversations about hope that refuses to fade, grief without closure and the strength it takes to endure.
Hosts:
Average audio length:
49 minutes
Guest interviews
English
Australia
49 episodes
since May 14, 2026
episodic
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In this final episode, Sally reflects on the emotional announcement that the reward for information into her mum Marion Barter’s disappearance has been increased to $1 million.
After nearly three decades of searching, Sally travels to Sydney for the announcement at NSW Police Headquarters, speaks …
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PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
To close out the season, Sally and Joni come together for one final conversation about Marion's case, what’s been happening in the background, what new information has come to light, and where the investigation may go next.
A psychic reading sends Sally to Mullumbimby looking for answers about her mum, Marian Barter — but this episode goes further. Sally also shares moving updates on Joanne’s decades-long grief for Andrew Inglish, Jason’s ongoing search for his father Nicola, and the growing momentum behind the Green …
In this urgent bonus episode of The Missing Matter, Sally shares the story of Yvonne Whear, a 73-year-old woman who disappeared from her rural New South Wales property in February 2026 without explanation.
As her family searches for answers, the episode explores the final known movements in Yvonne…
Hedley Thomas started his career as a copy boy at 17 and spent four decades chasing some of the world's biggest stories, from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the Hong Kong handover, before finding his most powerful tool yet: the podcast.
In this episode of The Missing Matter, Sally sits down with t…
In this deeply personal episode, Sally sits down with her daughter Ella to explore what it’s really like growing up in the shadow of a missing person. It’s a raw and honest conversation about family, identity, and the quiet impact of a story that never truly leaves you.
Former police officer turned investigator Graeme Crowley has spent nearly fifty years chasing justice.
What began as a career in policing eventually evolved into something unexpected, true-crime podcast investigations that challenge official narratives and reopen forgotten cases.
In this episode …
When 23-year-old Leisl Smith left home on the New South Wales Central Coast on August 19, 2012, she told her father she’d be back by five to feed her animals.
She never returned.
In this episode of The Missing Matter, Leisl's mother, Sandi Harvey, shares the story of the quirky, animal-loving you…
****Content Warning****:
This episode contains discussion of human remains being discovered. Listener discretion is advised.
When Anna Jenkins vanished in Penang in December 2017, her family believed authorities would act swiftly. They were wrong.
In Part Two of this gripping conversation, Greg J…
****Content Warning****:
This episode contains discussion of human remains being discovered. Listener discretion is advised.
Anna Jenkins went to the dentist in Penang on December 13, 2017. Hours later, she called her husband in panic, saying someone was trying to kidnap her.
Then the line went d…
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