PRESENTS — Awaye on Mark Haines
In 1988, Rudi Bremer's cousin Mark Haines was found dead on railway tracks outside Tamworth — the day after Rudi was born.
Unravel explored Mark's story in our series Blood on the Tracks, culminating in a 2025 inquest into his death.
Now, in a deeply personal episode of the ABC podcast Awaye, host Rudi sits down with Mark's siblings Lorna and Ron Boy, who continue to search for answers about what really happened to their brother.
It's an intimate conversation about what it means to endure an inquest decades after losing someone you love, and you can find the full interview by searching for Awaye on the listen app or wherever you get your podcasts.
For more on this story you can also go back and listen to the Blood on the Tracks series in the Unravel feed.
To binge more great episodes of Unravel, the ABC's award winning investigative true crime podcast documentary series, search 'Unravel podcast' on the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts.
There you'll find previous series covering various crimes and crime-related topics including solved and unsolved murder cases, forensic analysis, gangland crimes, love scammers, con-artists, drugs, terrorism, neo-nazis, and miscarriages of justice — all investigated by some of Australia's best reporters and people who know the story best.
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Transcript
Speaker 1 Hey Unravel listeners, I'm Rudy Bremmer, a cousin of Mark Haynes and presenter of Away on ABC Radio National.
Speaker 1 I was born the day before Mark died. I never knew him, but his absence has shaped my life.
Speaker 1 On Away, my family shares what it's like to live through decades of waiting for answers.
Speaker 1 You'll hear from Mark's siblings Lorna and Runboy about sitting through inquest hearings 37 years after losing their brother.
Speaker 1 But this isn't just about one death. It's about the ripple effects, how he lost Mark's mother, Auntie Josie, to grief, and with her, cultural knowledge that can never be recovered.
Speaker 1 It's about what happens to a family when justice takes almost four decades.
Speaker 1 Check out the full episode by searching for the Away podcast on the ABC Listen app or wherever you get your podcasts.
