The Baby, The Dingo, and The Lie
7/21/20261 hr 3 min
On a cold August night in 1980, nine-week-old Azaria Chamberlain vanished from a campsite near Uluru, prompting Lindy Chamberlain's famous cry: "The dingo's got my baby." What followed was a decades-long saga of sensational media coverage, flawed forensic science, and public hysteria that culminated in wrongful convictions.
After years of legal battles, inquiries, and the discovery of missing evidence, the Chamberlains were ultimately exonerated and Azaria's death was officially attributed to a dingo in 2012. This episode explores confirmation bias, junk science, and the heavy human cost of mass judgment.
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First 90 secondsFrank· Host0:01
Every team, every topic, everywhere. This is Believe. [gentle music] Welcome to another episode of Fringe.
Speaker 20:46
Beyond Limits.
Lynette· Host0:49
Hi.
Speaker 20:51
Hi. [laughs] [laughs] I was like, is there a delay?
Frank· Host0:54
[laughs] Nope, no delay. I just wanted- This is Frank being awkward ... I just wanted you guys to start the show off this time.
Lynette· Host1:00
Hi, guys. How's everybody's week going?
Frank· Host1:03
[laughs] Okay, how's that going?
Lynette· Host1:05
Oh, yeah, yeah. Anything new?
Frank· Host1:08
Yeah, yo, let me tell you what's new here at W670, the Fringe. [laughs] So yeah, yeah. [laughs] Nothing new. Tomorrow's my anniversary.
Lynette· Host1:22
Happy anniversary. Happy anniversary.
Frank· Host1:25
Yeah. 15 years. Ugh.
Lynette· Host1:28
My word.
Speaker 21:29
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