Murder, Mystery & Makeup
A "freak accident" or pure evil?? Unraveling the death of Phoebe Handsjuk
Tue, 01 Apr 2025
Hi friends, happy Tuesday! Phoebe Handsjuk was a 24-year-old Australian woman who had her entire life ahead of her. Until one day, she was found at the bottom of her apartment building's garbage cute... after "falling" 12 stories. No one knew exactly how or why. So let's dive into the chilling details of Phoebe's death... because they continue to baffle investigators and experts to this day. Also, let me know who you want me to talk about next time. Hope you have a great rest of your week, make good choices and I'll be seeing you very soon. xo Bailey Sarian I sometimes talk about my Good Reads in show. So here's the link if you want to check it out. IDK. lol: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/139701263-bailey _________ FOLLOW ME AROUND Tik Tok: https://bit.ly/3e3jL9v Instagram: http://bit.ly/2nbO4PR Facebook: http://bit.ly/2mdZtK6 Twitter: http://bit.ly/2yT4BLV Pinterest: http://bit.ly/2mVpXnY Youtube: http://bit.ly/1HGw3Og Snapchat: https://bit.ly/3cC0V9d Discord: https://discord.gg/BaileySarian RECOMMEND A STORY HERE: [email protected] Business Related Emails: [email protected] Business Related Mail: Bailey Sarian 4400 W. Riverside Dr., Ste 110-300 Burbank, CA 91505 _______ Personal styling for everyone—get started today at https://www.stitchfix.com/makeup. Cancel your unwanted subscriptions and reach your financial goals faster with Rocket Money. Go to https://www.rocketmoney.com/makeup today.
Chapter 1: Who was Phoebe Handsjuk and what happened to her?
Hi friends, how are you today? My name is Bailey Sarian and today is Monday, which means it's Murder, Mystery, and Makeup Monday! Okay. Hi, if you are new here, hi again. My name is Bailey Sarian and on Mondays I sit down and I talk about a true crime story that's been heavy on my... noggin, and I do my makeup at the same time, you know, to keep my hands busy.
If you're interested in true crime and you like makeup, I would say subscribe. So today's story is definitely one that's been heavy on my noggin because, I mean, jeez, this story is so weird. So weird, oh my god. Has kept me up so many nights because it's like you're trying to piece it all together to make it make sense, and none of it makes sense.
So if you're ever curious to know what I'm using, I'll list it in the description box down below. But other than that, I will shut up and tell you about today's story. So. takes place December 2nd, 2010 in the heart of Melbourne, Australia. So the story takes place at the Balencia Apartments.
You know, they stand tall, they're a luxury high rise that promises like safety and sophistication, but something, something unthinkable happens. Phoebe Handstuck, a 24-year-old woman, is found dead at the bottom of a garbage chute. Yes, you heard that right. A garbage chute. Now, it appeared she had fallen through the garbage disposal chute from the 12th floor,
where Phoebe had shared an apartment with her boyfriend. I know, already weird. Though the police had ruled her death as a suicide and the coroner had determined her death was a freak accident, many, many, many, many did not accept this as her cause of death. No. So let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let's rewind and get to know Phoebe a little bit. Phoebe sounded like a wonderful person.
She was born May 9th, 1986 in Melbourne, Australia to her mother, Natalie, and her father, Len. Len was a psychiatrist and he had for a long time, he had been a psychiatrist for like 40 years now. She had two younger brothers named Nikolai and Tom. Yes. And the family lived in Richmond, which was like a suburb of Melbourne.
Now, growing up, it was said that Phoebe was known to be a free spirit, a wild child. She had a really active imagination. She loved being active herself, like going outside in nature or going to the ocean. She was also an avid climber and a martial artist. I know, she's doing a lot. On top of all of this, she was artistically gifted and very creative. In school, she was very popular.
She loved socializing. She liked being around her peers and people just overall really seemed to like her. She played on like a basketball team with some of her friends and she was very competitive. She was really good too. She would like zip from one side of the court to the other and like she was unstoppable on the court.
It was also said that Phoebe was quite cheeky and playful, and she had a really funny sense of humor. But on the other hand, she could be extremely sensitive, compassionate, and also quick-tempered. Phoebe was known to feel things pretty deeply. I was trying to think, what do you call that? an empath, right? I think she would like feel deeply. Okay.
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Chapter 2: What was Phoebe's background and personal life like?
So obviously like Anthony's attorney objected to the notion that Phoebe was murdered. He was like, no, look at what everyone else said. And during the inquest, coroner Peter White had testified Once again, that Phoebe sleepwalked herself right into that shoe. But there's a detective, his name is Detective O'Brien. He was actually with Aunt the night of Phoebe's death.
And he testified saying that Anthony's demeanor at the time was strange. I was like, go on, yes, what about it, what? In a statement to the court, Detective O'Brien said that he remembered Aunt cried, but that there were no tears running down his face. nor did it appear that there had been any at all. He added that Ant was sniffling, yet there was no sign of mucus or snot coming from his nose.
He also said that his eyes were not bloodshot or red and his face appeared quite normal. Mm hmm. Again, that night, like police officers went to Ant and they were like, hey, we need to like get your statement. And Ant Tripp told the officer, oh, I can type the statement up myself. He told the officer, like, I'm a really fast typist. I could just type it for you really quick.
And the officer was like, okay. And he said, the officer said that as soon as Ant started typing his statement, he immediately stopped crying and appeared calm and composed. There was someone else who like came forward and said Ant was being weird. One of his longtime friends, her name was Vanessa Levin. She was shocked at his unusual behavior after Phoebe's death.
She said that he appeared to enjoy all of the people that were coming by his apartment, saying that he was lapping up the attention. This friend also said that while she was visiting aunt, he would be totally fine, normal. Everything was great. He was scrolling on Facebook, answering emails.
But then as soon as like a visitor came by, he would go to the couch, grab a pillow, go into the fetal position and just cry. Do we expect him to be crying all day, every day? No. But this friend was saying that, it seemed like he was turning on and off his emotions. You know what I'm saying? It seemed like a performance a little bit.
Now, when Phoebe's grandmother, Jeanette, came over to the apartment, she said something was off. She looked around the apartment and she was like, there is nothing around this apartment that even belongs to Phoebe or shows Phoebe's personality, which you would assume there would be traces of your existence in your apartment that you live in, right? She said there was nothing around the apartment
that was a Phoebe's except for carefully arranged photographs of aunt and Phoebe that were like laid out on the table. She was like, this is weird. Cause Phoebe liked to paint. She was a colorful person. Like, you know? So she was just like, this is weird. So there was another friend. This one's weird. It was aunt's friend. His name was Christo.
I guess they were, they were like work colleagues and it was said that their relationship was only professional, but many disagree that it was only professional, they seemed extra friendly. Like there was many photos of them on Facebook that made them seem like they were really good personal friends.
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