Where's Willi! - Under Investigation

Our Senior Investigator, Valentine Smith joins the panel with Liz Hayes in the investigation of Australia's first celebrity chef, star of radio and television Willi Koeppen, who runs one of the country's most successful restaurants before he vanishes without a trace in 1976.
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AIRED 15TH FEBRUARY 2023​

The Curse of the High Country - Under Investigation

Our Senior Investigator, Valentine Smith joins the panel with Liz Hayes in the investigation Following the ground-breaking investigation that examined the disappearance of elderly lovers Russell Hill and Carol Clay, from their remote campsite in Victoria's High Country.
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AIRED 23RD FEBRUARY 2022​

Phillip Island Murder - Under Investigation

Our Senior Investigator, Valentine Smith joins the panel with Liz Hayes in the investigation into the brutal murder of 23-year-old Elizabeth "Beth" Barnard in 1986, that divided the close but secretive community of Victoria's Phillip Island.
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AIRED 13TH SEPTEMBER 2021

Under Investigation - The High Country Mystery

Our Senior Investigator, Valentine Smith joins the panel with Liz Hayes in the investigation of two ageing lovers who escaped to Victoria's remote High Country to conduct their secret affair – and have never been seen again.
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AIRED 1ST MARCH 2021

The Crime Couch Podcast - an enquiring mind part 1

Valentine "Val" Smith spent 45 years in police and military service specialising in investigations. He worked in a number of CIB's, the Dealers Squad, was the Operational Manager of Crimestoppers and in the State Intelligence Division. After leaving VicPol, Val continues to be a consultant for Stopline; he's also worked with the Victorian Department of Justice and Crime Stoppers International.
Val's created an international company; "Missing Persons Network" focusing on missing persons cold cases. More recently, you'd have spotted Val on Nine's "Under Investigation".

The Crime Couch Podcast - An enquiring mind part 2

Valentine "Val" Smith spent 45 years in police and military service, specialising in investigations. Val also helped create the "Crimestoppers" program and worked in Victoria Police's industrial relations division.
After leaving Victoria Police, Val's been a consultant for Stopline; the Victorian Department of Justice and Crimestoppers International. Val's also the Director and Founder of the Missing Persons Network, a company focusing on missing persons cold cases. He joins me on The Crime Couch to discuss several cases that've stayed with him.