Beneath Fairfield Street is a resolved missing person case.

In August 1974, twelve-year-old James Patrick Taylor disappeared from the Kimberley town of Derby after being sent on a simple errand. He never came home.

This episode examines how a known predator was able to operate freely, how police failures shaped the response to a missing child, and why it is very likely Jimmy was taken by someone who should have been stopped.

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In January 1968, Kate Campbell Haythornthwaite began a familiar walk home in Boulder, Western Australia — and never arrived.

Independent and routine-driven, Kate did not leave by choice. Decades later, a coroner would conclude she died that night, and that her body was concealed.

For years, this case was viewed through a single lens.

A man disappears. Assumptions are made.

But when you examine the timeline closely — the distance travelled, the missing vehicle, and evidence that surfaced years later — the story no longer fits as neatly as it once did.

In this episode of Vanished West, we revisit the disappearance of Peter James Guidera and ask whether the original explanation overlooked something crucial.

This is not about rewriting history.

It’s about questioning what we thought we understood.

In May 1992, fourteen-year-old Radina Marie Djukich disappeared from North Beach in Perth’s northern suburbs.

At first, her absence didn’t feel alarming. It felt temporary.

This episode explores Radina’s life before she went missing, the assumptions that shaped the early response, and how vulnerability can be quietly misread. It reflects on a cycle that continues today, as children and teenagers are still reported missing across Perth, some returning home, others never doing so.

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Vanished West is a Western Australian true-crime podcast dedicated to unresolved missing persons cases.

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In Part Two, the focus shifts away from what was left behind and toward what was happening quietly in the months before the disappearance.

This episode examines the beliefs, communications, and influences that shaped the decisions leading up to July 2007 — including the ideology at the centre of the group, the role of control and persuasion, and why this case cannot be explained as a simple disappearance or spontaneous act.

What emerges is a story where certainty replaced doubt, and preparation mattered more than escape.

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Four people vanished from Nannup, Western Australia, without leaving a trace.