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The Boy in the Goldmine

Dee Dee Dunleavy

True Crime

Frequency: 1 episode/10d. Total Eps: 12

On June 28, 1975, 12-year-old Terry Floyd was standing beside the road in a small Victorian country town when a panel van pulled up beside him. When it drove away he was gone. Terry’s family never saw him again. His brother Daryl has spent the last five decades trying to find his brother, including digging in an old gold mine. In this nine-part true crime series veteran journalist and broadcaster Dee Dee Dunleavy follows former Homicide Detective Charlie Bezzina as he investigates Terry’s disappearance. He firmly believes that this case can be solved. He has his suspicions about who too

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Bonus Episode Two: The Frawleys, and The Missing Evidence

Sunday, August 17, 2025 • Duration 01:23:04

Daryl Floyd, Charlie Bezzina and Dee Dee Dunleavy get together to discuss the suspicions of a couple who ran the Avoca Hotel on the day that Terry Floyd went missing. We answer listeners’ questions, including: were police deliberately turning a blind eye to paedophiles in the area?

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Bonus Episode One: The Coroner, Camping and The Buried Car

Sunday, August 10, 2025 • Duration 55:48

Daryl Floyd, Charlie Bezzina and Dee Dee Dunleavy get together to look for progress in Terry’s case, including the news that a new police brief has been handed to the Coroner. We try to unravel some unanswered questions, including whether Terry had told his parents he was going camping, his missed football games, why did he miss some football games, and how did his school books end up in someone’s caravan? And we look at the mysterious car that was buried on a property near Avoca at the time Terry went missing.

Special thanks to 3NE and EDGE FM - part of the Ace Radio Network - for allowing Daryl to use their Wangaratta studio.

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Episode 9 - The Summit

Season 1 · Episode 9

Sunday, June 15, 2025 • Duration 31:18

With the 50th anniversary of Terry Floyd’s disappearance approaching, we take stock of where the investigation stands.

Daryl Floyd’s frustration grows as he battles for answers, and seeks the crucial funding to complete the excavation of the mine that he believes holds his brother’s remains.

There’s a new legal roadblock in the investigation, but fresh hope that the inquest into Terry’s death will be reopened.

Daryl learns about a new piece of evidence, but where has it gone?

Victoria Police has a one million dollar reward on offer for information that leads to the conviction of Terry Floyd’s killer.

You can email us at - theboyinthegoldmine@gmail.com

The Boy In The Gold Mine was written and hosted by journalist and broadcaster Dee Dee Dunleavy.

It was recorded and produced by Mike Liberale at Podcast Mike Media https://www.podcastmike.com.au/

Instagram: theboyinthegoldmine https://www.instagram.com/theboyinthegoldmine/

Facebook: The Boy In The Gold Mine https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575264487015

Email: theboyinthegoldmine@gmail.com

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Episode 8 - The Inmate

Season 1 · Episode 8

Sunday, June 8, 2025 • Duration 30:27

A sliding doors moment in Pentridge Jail: one inmate was about to be released as one was being locked up. Daryl Floyd tracks down one of the men and tries to find out more about the conversation that he claims took place between the two.

Former Homicide Detective Charlie Bezzina takes a closer look at multiple claims of sightings of Terry Floyd in the days, weeks and even years after he disappeared.

He gathers new information from a couple in Maryborough that exposes an ugly truth about the area at the time.

Victoria Police has a one million dollar reward on offer for information that leads to the conviction of Terry Floyd’s killer.

You can email us at - theboyinthegoldmine@gmail.com

The Boy In The Gold Mine was written and hosted by journalist and broadcaster Dee Dee Dunleavy. It was recorded and produced by Mike Liberale at Podcast Mike Media https://www.podcastmike.com.au/

Instagram: theboyinthegoldmine https://www.instagram.com/theboyinthegoldmine/

Facebook: The Boy In The Gold Mine https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575264487015

Email: theboyinthegoldmine@gmail.com

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Episode 7 - The Alibi

Season 1 · Episode 7

Sunday, June 1, 2025 • Duration 30:02

Raymond Jones, the key Person of Interest in the Terry Floyd case, admits that he spent the day in Avoca on the day that Terry went missing with his mate Graeme Wardlaw. Jones has always denied being involved in Terry’s disappearance, and Wardlaw has always stood by his mate.

In this episode we compare their accounts of where they were that day.

Victoria Police has a one million dollar reward on offer for information that leads to the conviction of Terry Floyd’s killer.

You can email us at - theboyinthegoldmine@gmail.com

The Boy In The Gold Mine was written and hosted by journalist and broadcaster Dee Dee Dunleavy. It was recorded and produced by Mike Liberale at Podcast Mike Media https://www.podcastmike.com.au/

Instagram: theboyinthegoldmine https://www.instagram.com/theboyinthegoldmine/

Facebook: The Boy In The Gold Mine https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575264487015

Email: theboyinthegoldmine@gmail.com

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Episode 6 - The Suspects, Part Two - Jones

Season 1 · Episode 6

Sunday, May 25, 2025 • Duration 37:16

We look at the man who has been named by police as the key person of interest in the disappearance of Terry Floyd. Raymond Kenneth Jones has always denied being involved. Who was he, and what was he doing in Avoca on the day that Terry went missing?

Former Homicide Detective Charlie Bezzina examines Jones’ police statements, while Daryl Floyd visits the key locations that Jones mentions, and questions whether his claims add up.

We interview a man who alleged that he was attacked by Jones in the years prior to Terry’s disappearance.

Victoria Police has a one million dollar reward on offer for information that leads to the conviction of Terry Floyd’s killer.

You can email us at - theboyinthegoldmine@gmail.com

The Boy In The Gold Mine was written and hosted by journalist and broadcaster Dee Dee Dunleavy. It was recorded and produced by Mike Liberale at Podcast Mike Media https://www.podcastmike.com.au/

Instagram: theboyinthegoldmine https://www.instagram.com/theboyinthegoldmine/

Facebook: The Boy In The Gold Mine https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575264487015

Email: theboyinthegoldmine@gmail.com

The Boy in the Gold Mine is produced by Podcast Mike Media. Head to www.podcastmike.com.au for more.

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Episode Five - The Suspects, Part One: Unc

Season 1 · Episode 5

Sunday, May 18, 2025 • Duration 29:31

Immediately after Terry Floyd went missing, his parents suspected a man who had a reputation for befriending boys at the local footy club.

Some parents warned their children away from Frank Drake, who was known around town as “Unc”. And their concerns weren’t entirely unfounded.

Daryl Floyd tries to make sense of a memory of a phone call that Terry made from a phone box near their home.

Victoria Police has a one million dollar reward on offer for information that leads to the conviction of Terry Floyd’s killer.

You can email us at - theboyinthegoldmine@gmail.com

The Boy In The Gold Mine was written and hosted by journalist and broadcaster Dee Dee Dunleavy. It was recorded and produced by Mike Liberale at Podcast Mike Media https://www.podcastmike.com.au/

Instagram: theboyinthegoldmine https://www.instagram.com/theboyinthegoldmine/

Facebook: The Boy In The Gold Mine https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575264487015

Email: theboyinthegoldmine@gmail.com

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Episode Four - The Witnesses

Season 1 · Episode 4

Sunday, May 11, 2025 • Duration 57:57

Around 5pm on the day Terry Floyd disappeared, several witnesses claimed to see him near a fawn-coloured panel van, close to town.

For the first time publicly, we hear the claims of a woman who said she could identify the driver of that van.

The last known sighting of Terry alive leads Daryl Floyd to the place where he believes that his brother was killed. Why didn’t the person who saw Terry there come forward until eleven years later?

Victoria Police has a one million dollar reward on offer for information that leads to the conviction of Terry Floyd’s killer.

You can email us at - theboyinthegoldmine@gmail.com

The Boy In The Gold Mine was written and hosted by journalist and broadcaster Dee Dee Dunleavy.

It was recorded and produced by Mike Liberale at Podcast Mike Media https://www.podcastmike.com.au/

Instagram: theboyinthegoldmine https://www.instagram.com/theboyinthegoldmine/

Facebook: The Boy In The Gold Mine https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575264487015

Email: theboyinthegoldmine@gmail.com

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Episode Three - The Search and The Evidence

Season 1 · Episode 3

Sunday, May 4, 2025 • Duration 52:49

We visit the gold mine where Daryl Floyd believes his brother’s body was dumped, and examine the clues that have been uncovered there.

Julie from Search and Rescue Dogs Australia introduces us to cadaver dog Billie, and we watch them in action.

Miner Nathan Ward explains the process of digging the mine shaft for Terry’s remains, and recalls the day that a key piece of evidence was found.

We ask forensic pathologist Professor David Ranson what might be left of Terry after 50 years?

Former Homicide Detective Charlie Bezzina explains what is needed to have this inquest into Terry’s death reopened.

And we try to locate other key items of evidence in this case, including a panel van, and a stained pair of overalls.

Victoria Police has a one million dollar reward on offer for information that leads to the conviction of Terry Floyd’s killer.

You can email us at - theboyinthegoldmine@gmail.com

The Boy In The Gold Mine was written and hosted by journalist and broadcaster Dee Dee Dunleavy.

It was recorded and produced by Mike Liberale at Podcast Mike Media https://www.podcastmike.com.au/

More information on Search and Rescue Dogs Australia at sarda.net.au

To donate so that Daryl Floyd can complete the search of the gold mine go to https://www.gofundme.com/f/searching-for-terry-floyd

Instagram: theboyinthegoldmine https://www.instagram.com/theboyinthegoldmine/

Facebook: The Boy In The Gold Mine https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575264487015

Episode Two - The Investigations

Season 1 · Episode 2

Sunday, May 4, 2025 • Duration 32:56

Terry Floyd’s brother Daryl takes us inside the family’s home from the first moment that they realised something was wrong.

We follow the frantic search by the Floyd family, Maryborough locals and police.

We look at what happened in the initial police investigation, and at what police have done in the years since, to try to find Terry.

Former Homicide Detective Charlie Bezzina hones in on a comment on the initial Missing Persons report that might have hampered the early investigation.

Daryl’s hunt for Terry leads him to a disused gold mine.

Former lead Homicide Detective on this case, Ron Iddles, explains why he re-opened this case after 25 years.

Victoria Police has a one million dollar reward on offer for information that leads to the conviction of Terry Floyd’s killer.

You can email us at - theboyinthegoldmine@gmail.com

The Boy In The Gold Mine was written and hosted by journalist and broadcaster Dee Dee Dunleavy.

It was recorded and produced by Mike Liberale at Podcast Mike Media https://www.podcastmike.com.au/

Instagram: theboyinthegoldmine https://www.instagram.com/theboyinthegoldmine/

Facebook: The Boy In The Gold Mine

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575264487015

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