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
Bonus Episode Two: The Frawleys, and The Missing Evidence
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?
10 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT
Bonus Episode One: The Coroner, Camping and The Buried Car
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.
15 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT
Episode 9 - The Summit
Daryl Floyd seeks funding to excavate the mine believed to hold his brother Terry Floyd's remains, facing legal roadblocks but finding fresh hope for reopening the inquest into Terry's death.
8 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT
Episode 8 - The Inmate
Journalist Dee Dee Dunleavy investigates a conversation between inmates at Pentridge Jail and former Homicide Detective Charlie Bezzina examines Terry Floyd sightings after his disappearance, uncovering truths about the area.
1 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT
Episode 7 - The Alibi
Raymond Jones' alibi regarding his whereabouts on the day of Terry Floyd's disappearance is examined against Graeme Wardlaw's account, revealing potential inconsistencies in their stories.
25 May 2025TRANSCRIPT
Episode 6 - The Suspects, Part Two - Jones
Host Dee Dee Dunleavy and former Homicide Detective Charlie Bezzina examine Raymond Kenneth Jones' statements regarding Terry Floyd's disappearance, while Daryl Floyd questions the claims, in this interview episode.
18 May 2025TRANSCRIPT
Episode Five - The Suspects, Part One: Unc
Dee Dee Dunleavy investigates the initial suspicions of Terry Floyd's parents, focusing on Frank Drake, known as "Unc," and his interactions with local boys, revealing early leads in the missing person case.
11 May 2025TRANSCRIPT
Episode Four - The Witnesses
Dee Dee Dunleavy investigates witness testimonies placing Terry Floyd near a van on the day of his disappearance, exploring a delayed revelation in the case.
4 May 2025TRANSCRIPT
Episode Three - The Search and The Evidence
Host Dee Dee Dunleavy explores the gold mine and evidence related to Terry Floyd's case, featuring insights from Julie (Search and Rescue Dogs Australia), Nathan Ward, Professor David Ranson, and Charlie Bezzina.
4 May 2025TRANSCRIPT
Episode Two - The Investigations
Daryl Floyd recounts the Floyd family's frantic search and initial police investigation following Terry Floyd's disappearance, as former Detective Charlie Bezzina analyzes a potentially flawed missing persons report, and Ron Iddles explains reopening the case after 25 years.
4 May 2025TRANSCRIPT
Episode One - The Day He Disappeared
Journalist Dee Dee Dunleavy investigates the 1975 disappearance of 12-year-old Terry Floyd in rural Victoria, interviewing Daryl Floyd, Detective Charlie Bezzina, and witnesses to understand the boy's last known movements.
29 Apr 2025TRANSCRIPT
Introducing: The Boy In The Gold Mine
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 Terry, 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 took Terry that day. So why has nobody ever been charged over Terry’s disappearance? Who was in the small country town that day, and what were they doing? Who saw what? And where are Terry Floyd’s remains?
We examine the suspects, the physical clues that have been uncovered, and we hear from witnesses who saw Terry on the day he disappeared
The first three episodes of The Boy In The Gold Mine launch on Monday, May 5, 2025.
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Bonus Episode Two: The Frawleys, and The Missing Evidence
Published 17 Aug 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] At Professor David Ranson, who I spoke to for the podcast, said that there's a possibility there could be DNA between the links of that chain. Is it too late to have it tested now? Is that something you've thought about, Darrell? Yeah, and possibly when it comes back to my own fault for this aren't a couple of occasions I handled the chain. When I was first found, I didn't. We were wearing gloves and all at the mine and there was a forensic person on site who took the delivery of the chain and put places in the envelope that was then sent off. But since it came back and we're talking that was started 2011, I did ask for any further possibility. […]
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