Gabrielle Simpson was working in fashion when she realised it was time to forge a new path. A series of events and encounters led her to domestic and corporate cleaning, and soon she was taking calls from NSW Police.
When I first went in, I was like, just set fire to the houseGabrielle Simpson
Since then, Simpson has seen things most people could never imagine. She’s cleaned the remnants of murders, suicides, drug abuse, and squalor in homes, cars, national parks, and everywhere in between. She can tell you what body matter is the toughest to tackle and intuit the final moments of a person’s life from fluid patterns at the scene.
Having borne witness to so much, Simpson has a thousand stories to tell. Unfortunately, sharing most of them would likely get the show cancelled. So, please enjoy the ones we were able to get past the lawyers.
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Grave Matters is an SBS Audio podcast about death, dying, and the people helping us do both better. Find it in your podcast app, such as the SBS Audio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or LiSTNR.
Hosts: Anthony Levin and Nadine J. Cohen
Producer: Jeremy Wilmot
Writers: Anthony Levin and Nadine J. Cohen
Art and design: Karina Aslikyan
SBS team: Joel Supple, Max Gosford, Bernadette Phương Nam Nguyễn, and Philip Soliman
Guest: Gabrielle Simpson
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