Mar 16, 2026 · 33 min · 20 segments
Dominique travels across the country to meet the two people who might be able to help her understand how Chantelle came to be living a reclusive life in a hidden corner of Western Australia, alongside…
Everything I've been hearing seems, if anything, overwhelmingly normal teenager stuff.
Chantelle was just out of school, 17 and a half, when she told her folks she was off to the city.
And the plan, as she'd dreamed for years, was to try and make her name on the stage, from those living room performances to a big stage under lights.
So they went round the Melbourne unis, but then Chantelle didn't get a place in the course she was hoping for.
As you might expect of an almost 18-year-old who's just left home for the first time, Jim and Cath weren't privy to the finer details of Chantelle's life in the city.
Everything I've been hearing seems, if anything, overwhelmingly normal teenager stuff.
Chantelle was just out of school, 17 and a half, when she told her folks she was off to the city.
And the plan, as she'd dreamed for years, was to try and make her name on the stage, from those living room performances to a big stage under lights.
So they went round the Melbourne unis, but then Chantelle didn't get a place in the course she was hoping for.
As you might expect of an almost 18-year-old who's just left home for the first time, Jim and Cath weren't privy to the finer details of Chantelle's life in the city.
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