sleepers

the family case: The Family No One Wants.

This episode contains references to child exploitation, grooming, drugging allegations, sexual abuse, trauma, and strong language. Listener discretion is advised. This interview audio has been altered at the request of the Interviewee. Sleepers begins a new investigative line into The Family and the wider stories, allegations, witnesses, and unanswered questions surrounding Adelaide in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Max Marten introduces investigative journalist Bryan Littlely, conducting an interview with someone who grew up vulnerable in Adelaide, with fear, secrecy, survival, and terrifying encounters that left them believing they had escaped something far larger than one predator. Some claims made in this interview cannot be independently verified. They are presented as one person’s recollection and lived experience. Thank you to everyone who attended Sleepers Live at the Arkaba Hotel. Your support, your questions, and your willingness to listen help keep this investigation moving. This new direction into The Family doesn’t mean Sleepers will stop pursuing information connected to earlier episodes. If new witnesses come forward or new evidence appears, we’ll follow it. Part Two, coming next, continues the interview, moving deeper into Adelaide’s hidden social world, parks after dark, private houses, powerful men, and allegations that still cast a shadow over South Australia. Interview by Bryan Littlely. Hosted by Max Marten. Always remember, #fightlikejo BRYAN'S Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/bryan.littlely All the info about the Whyalla show will be there first. Bryan is old school. Sleepers is an investigative podcast exploring the stories that refuse to stay buried. #TRUECRIMECOMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES 🇦🇺 AUSTRALIA * Lifeline Australia – Crisis Support & Suicide Prevention: 13 11 14 (24/7) * Kids Helpline – For young people aged 5–25: 1800 55 1800 (24/7) * Beyond Blue – free, confidential telephone counselling 24/7: 1300 22 4636 * MensLine Australia – Counselling for men: 1300 78 99 78 * 1800RESPECT – National Sexual Assault, Domestic & Family Violence Counselling Service: 1800 737 732 (24/7) 🌍 INTERNATIONAL UNITED STATES * RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network): 1-800-656-4673 (24/7) * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Dial 988 (24/7) UNITED KINGDOM * NSPCC (for children & young people): 0808 800 5000 * Samaritans UK: 116 123 (24/7) * NAPAC (National Association for People Abused in Childhood): 0808 801 0331 CANADA * Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868 (24/7) * Talk Suicide Canada: 1-833-456-4566 (24/7) NEW ZEALAND * Safe to Talk (Sexual harm helpline): 0800 044 334 or text 4334 (24/7) * Lifeline New Zealand: 0800 543 354 EUROPE (GENERAL) * 116 123 – European standard suicide helpline (works in many EU countries) * 116 111 – Child Helpline Europe GLOBAL * Child Helpline International: childhelplineinternational.org/child-helplines IT'S TIME TO RISE - #FIGHTLIKEJO ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Sowing the Seeds

This episode contains confronting material, including references to abuse, trauma, and distressing personal experiences. Listener discretion is advised. What happens when memory doesn’t come back clean? In this episode of Sleepers, we hear from the grand nephew of the monster STAN HART, in an interview that is as fragmented as it is confronting. What unfolds is not a neat narrative, but something far more complex: a series of lived experiences shaped by major trauma, survival, and time. Some claims made in this interview cannot be independently verified. Where relevant, we have made that clear. This episode does not seek to confirm every detail, but it does recognise the weight and courage it takes to speak at all. This is not an easy listen. It wasn't easy for Bryan or Max to produce. But it is an important... very important! As Sleepers continues to dig into South Australia’s most confronting and unresolved stories, this episode marks a shift into territory where truth, memory, and perception don’t always align. And where the questions matter just as much as the answers. SLEEPERS LIVE — Wednesday, August 22 Adelaide, SOUTH AUSTRALIA Join investigative journalist Brian Littlely for Sleepers Live at the Arkaba Hotel, Adelaide. 📍 Arkaba Hotel, 150 Glen Osmond Rd, Fullarton SA 5063 Adelaide SA - https://www.arkabahotel.com.au/ [https://www.arkabahotel.com.au/] 📅 Wednesday, August 22 7:00 pm for a 7:30 pm start. Book via HERE [http://tix.yt/sleeperslive] or The Ark [https://www.arkabahotel.com.au/?bn_event=sleepers-live-true-crime-feat-bryan-littlely] HURRY - AT TIME OF POSTING, there were fewer than 100 Tix left! Sleepers is an investigative podcast exploring the stories that refuse to stay buried. IT'S TIME TO RISE - #FIGHTLIKEJO ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

adelaide oval abduction: Evil Play

In this episode of SLEEPERS, two separate accounts, decades apart, begin to flesh out the pattern. The first comes from a man recalling an experience as a six-year-old boy living directly behind Stanley Arthur Hart's property in Yatina, Regional South Australia. He describes a room called a playroom, a space he was taken into and not allowed to leave. The second account comes from an adult witness who visited the same property years later. What he encountered appeared unusual, even at that time: a sick woman in bed, a floor strewn with wasted medication, a conversation about a caravan, and an attached room, known as a shed, containing jars described as animal specimens. Individually, these are fragments. Together, they raise questions. This episode does not present conclusions. It presents testimony, memory, and environment and examines how spaces can be normalised, explained away, and later understood differently. As Sleepers continues its investigation into cold cases, historical abuse, and unresolved questions in South Australia, Evil Play asks listeners to consider what was seen… and what was missed. If you have information relevant to this series, you can reach out confidentially. Listener discretion advised. 🎤 SLEEPERS LIVE — TRUE CRIME EVENT Join Bryan Littlely live as Sleepers steps off the podcast and into the room. 📍 Arkaba Hotel, Adelaide 🎟️ Tickets & details: https://www.arkabahotel.com.au/?bn_event=sleepers-live-true-crime-feat-bryan-littlely [https://www.arkabahotel.com.au/?bn_event=sleepers-live-true-crime-feat-bryan-littlely] #SleepersPodcast #Playrooms #AustralianTrueCrime #ColdCasesAustralia #SouthAustralia #TrueCrimePodcast #UnsolvedCases #InvestigativePodcast #HistoricalAbuse #TRUECRIMECOMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES 🇦🇺 AUSTRALIA * Lifeline Australia – Crisis Support & Suicide Prevention: 13 11 14 (24/7) * Kids Helpline – For young people aged 5–25: 1800 55 1800 (24/7) * Beyond Blue – free, confidential telephone counselling 24/7: 1300 22 4636 * MensLine Australia – Counselling for men: 1300 78 99 78 * 1800RESPECT – National Sexual Assault, Domestic & Family Violence Counselling Service: 1800 737 732 (24/7) 🌍 INTERNATIONAL UNITED STATES * RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network): 1-800-656-4673 (24/7) * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Dial 988 (24/7) UNITED KINGDOM * NSPCC (for children & young people): 0808 800 5000 * Samaritans UK: 116 123 (24/7) * NAPAC (National Association for People Abused in Childhood): 0808 801 0331 CANADA * Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868 (24/7) * Talk Suicide Canada: 1-833-456-4566 (24/7) NEW ZEALAND * Safe to Talk (Sexual harm helpline): 0800 044 334 or text 4334 (24/7) * Lifeline New Zealand: 0800 543 354 EUROPE (GENERAL) * 116 123 – European standard suicide helpline (works in many EU countries) * 116 111 – Child Helpline Europe GLOBAL * Child Helpline International: childhelplineinternational.org/child-helplines IT'S TIME TO RISE - #FIGHTLIKEJO ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

adelaide oval abduction: The Chameleon

In this episiode Bryan Littlely speaks to a woman who knew Stan Hart inside the ordinary spaces of community life. Stamp meetings, tennis courts, and coffee with family. What she describes is not the public persona. It is a locked room... A dying wife living in dim light. A warning whispered: ‘Please don’t come back… it’s bad here for you.’ And a man capable of charm in public and force in private. Through lived experience, this witness reveals the duality she now recognises: a respected community figure who, in her words, was a ‘chameleon’. This episode does not deal in speculation. It deals in memory, pattern, and behaviour and asks whether concealment allowed something darker to operate for decades. If you have information relevant to the matters discussed in SLEEPERS, you can contact us confidentially. Always remember — Fight Like Jo! #SleepersPodcast, #TheChameleon, #StanHart, #SouthAustralia, #TrueCrimeAustralia, #ColdCase ⚠️ Content warning: This episode discusses child sexual abuse and trauma. Listener discretion is advised. SUPPORT SERVICES 🇦🇺 AUSTRALIA * Lifeline Australia – Crisis Support & Suicide Prevention: 13 11 14 (24/7) * Kids Helpline – For young people aged 5–25: 1800 55 1800 (24/7) * Beyond Blue – free, confidential telephone counselling 24/7: 1300 22 4636 * MensLine Australia – Counselling for men: 1300 78 99 78 * 1800RESPECT – National Sexual Assault, Domestic & Family Violence Counselling Service: 1800 737 732 (24/7) 🌍 INTERNATIONAL UNITED STATES * RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network): 1-800-656-4673 (24/7) * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Dial 988 (24/7) UNITED KINGDOM * NSPCC (for children & young people): 0808 800 5000 * Samaritans UK: 116 123 (24/7) * NAPAC (National Association for People Abused in Childhood): 0808 801 0331 CANADA * Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868 (24/7) * Talk Suicide Canada: 1-833-456-4566 (24/7) NEW ZEALAND * Safe to Talk (Sexual harm helpline): 0800 044 334 or text 4334 (24/7) * Lifeline New Zealand: 0800 543 354 EUROPE (GENERAL) * 116 123 – European standard suicide helpline (works in many EU countries) * 116 111 – Child Helpline Europe GLOBAL * Child Helpline International: childhelplineinternational.org/child-helplines IT'S TIME TO RISE - #FIGHTLIKEJO ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

adelaide oval abduction: Family Ties

Sleepers returns after a few weeks away, and it doesn’t ease back in. In Family Ties, brothers Mark and Stephen Marshall confront memories that have followed them since childhood. One recalls being lifted onto his brother’s shoulders and told to look inside what was called Poppa’s Jail. The other, decades later, faces that memory . Interviewed by Bryan Littlely, their accounts are raw, fragmented, and deeply unsettling, not because of what they claim, but because memory, denial, and family silence collide. This episode sets the tone for Season Two: quieter, darker, and driven by testimony that refuses to stay buried. We’ve been away over Christmas, but we haven’t been idle. More interviews. More voices. More threads are already pulling tight. This is only the beginning. ⚠️ Content warning: This episode discusses child sexual abuse and trauma. Listener discretion is advised. SUPPORT SERVICES 🇦🇺 AUSTRALIA * Lifeline Australia – Crisis Support & Suicide Prevention: 13 11 14 (24/7) * Kids Helpline – For young people aged 5–25: 1800 55 1800 (24/7) * Beyond Blue – free, confidential telephone counselling 24/7: 1300 22 4636 * MensLine Australia – Counselling for men: 1300 78 99 78 * 1800RESPECT – National Sexual Assault, Domestic & Family Violence Counselling Service: 1800 737 732 (24/7) 🌍 INTERNATIONAL UNITED STATES * RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network): 1-800-656-4673 (24/7) * National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Dial 988 (24/7) UNITED KINGDOM * NSPCC (for children & young people): 0808 800 5000 * Samaritans UK: 116 123 (24/7) * NAPAC (National Association for People Abused in Childhood): 0808 801 0331 CANADA * Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or text CONNECT to 686868 (24/7) * Talk Suicide Canada: 1-833-456-4566 (24/7) NEW ZEALAND * Safe to Talk (Sexual harm helpline): 0800 044 334 or text 4334 (24/7) * Lifeline New Zealand: 0800 543 354 EUROPE (GENERAL) * 116 123 – European standard suicide helpline (works in many EU countries) * 116 111 – Child Helpline Europe GLOBAL * Child Helpline International: childhelplineinternational.org/child-helplines IT'S TIME TO RISE - #FIGHTLIKEJO ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.