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Di McDonald thought she had ended the relationship. Instead, the stalking escalated into years of fear, intimidation and obsession.

Watch Stalked: Nowhere To Hide on the True Crime Australia YouTube channel.

Ignored warning signs. Escalating obsession. Lives changed forever.

Featuring survivors, families, investigators and experts including Aggie Di Mauro, whose daughter Celeste Manno was murdered by a stalker in 2020, this documentary explores the devastating reality of stalking and the warning signs too often ignored before cases escalate.

Also featuring stalking survivor Di McDonald, David Limbrick MP, former detective Narelle Fraser and psychologist Emma Kenny.

Di McDonald broke up with her short-term boyfriend, he ended up stalking her for three years.

In 2014 Di was recently divorced and dating was the last thing on her mind. But a chance encounter with a customer at the store where she worked changed her life. When she ended her brief relationship with boyfriend, Max Gardiner, he retaliated by embarking on a relentless three-year stalking campaign.

This exclusive two-part investigation highlights the difficulties women face in having stalking cases taken seriously by police and explains in forensic detail how Max Gardiner managed to act unapprehended for so long.

Continuing the story of Di McDonald’s quest for justice after being stalked by ex-boyfriend Max Gardiner for three years.

After police seemed powerless to stop Gardiner, Di’s case is finally handed to young detective Beck Norris.

Detective Senior Constable Norris conducts a search on Gardiner’s house and finds evidence implicating him in an anonymous campaign of offensive posters targeting Di. But it’s not enough and to secure a conviction, the young detective enlists the help of the famous FBI profiler who helped crack the Unabomber case in the US.

Can linguistic analysis finally prove that Max Gardiner is Di McDonald’s stalker?