INTRODUCING — Forensic

Forget everything you’ve learned from crime dramas. Forensic is a new podcast series from All in the Mind on ABC Radio National that takes you behind the psychological tools used to solve crimes. Across four episodes, we investigate criminal profiling, false confessions, eyewitness memory and lie detection, revealing what actually works, what doesn’t, and the surprising ways things can go wrong. Forensic gives an evidence-led look at the cracks and complexities inside modern forensic psychology. Our first episode drops this Sunday! In the mean time, check out our other true crime themed series from 2025, Criminal Psychology https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/allinthemind/munchausen-by-proxy-criminal-psychology/105376860. You can catch up on more episodes of the All in the Mind podcast with journalist and presenter Sana Qadar, exploring the psychology of topics like stress, memory, communication and relationships on ABC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts.

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  Think you can spot a liar? Think again. Think your memory is solid? What if someone could make you confess to something you didn't do? Forensic is a new series from All in the Mind, diving into the psychological tools used to crack cases and the surprising ways that they can go wrong. The myths we still believe on everything from criminal profiling to how well you can spot a liar.

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  How a memory works can be quite damaging for the integrity of a justice system.

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  Judging lies via non-verbal behaviour is, has, will be connected to wrongful convictions.

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  There are many, many cases of high-profile serial murderers where the profile has been completely way off from what actually happened.

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  Because the mind is not always as reliable as you'd like to think. That's Forensic. With me, Sana Qadar. Search for All in the Mind on ABC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts.