Max’s behaviour and harassment quickly gets out of hand and Di is told by police that the only way they can help is if she gets an AVO. But he doesn’t stop. Three years later, Di gets a special detective on the case who puts Max in the cross-hairs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When Di McDonald dates a man called Max, his helpful behaviour quickly turns into something more petulant and controlling. After three months, Di tells Max she no longer wishes to see him. She expects that will be the end of it. But it’s not. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Faced with horrendous injuries, Officer B has to fight to regain his health and figure out who he is in the aftermath of the attack. A complete breakdown means he has to start over and build himself back to health, physically and mentally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Officer B had been at the Joint Counter Terrorism Team for just over three weeks when he met his first terror suspect, 18-year-old Numan Haider. When the armed teenager turned on them, the encounter would change all their lives forever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the long road to recovery, Carl realises that the bomb has taught him to grab life by the horns because it could all end in an instant. He has to come to terms with the random nature of the bomb and the fact that not everyone survived it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Carl Donadio was a 19-year-old cop in 1986, fresh out of the Police Academy, when he crossed Russell Street on the day the bomb went off on Holy Thursday. He was in the path of the shrapnel blast of the bomb and suffered severe injuries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With the horror of Lindt in his wake, Ben is left to pick up the pieces of the events that day. It would take a really good therapist to help him understand how Lindt affected him and to help him on the long road to recovery. To purchase a copy of Ben's book, please visit https://tigertigertigerbook.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben (Officer A) from the Tactical Operations Unit did a lot of dangerous jobs before Lindt. When his team was called to Martin Place on 15 December 2014, he had no idea that they would be confronting an agitated terrorist who said he had a bomb. To purchase a copy of Ben's book, please visit https://tigertigertigerbook.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the Lindt Café siege drags on, the world watches. With each reporting, it feels more dangerous for the hostages. The police finally infiltrate at 2 am. Louisa and her mother are caught in the crossfire. The road to recovery is a learning journey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When Louisa Hope and her mother, Robyn, stay overnight in Sydney, they go for breakfast at the Lindt Café. A man in the café sets Robyn on edge. It isn’t until they go to leave that they understood why. Suddenly, they are all hostages. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

True crime authors and podcasters, Vikki Petraitis and Emily Webb, join up to create The Unthinkable, a podcast exploring stories of people who have experienced unthinkable events but who have come out the other side, stronger and wiser. They share their stories and their wisdom in double episodes that give each guest the time and space to explore what they experienced and what they learnt from it.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.