A podcast where we discuss fascinating things that have happened in the Melbourne area.
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Episode 7 of our collaboration with Whoismrcruel.com on the story of the Karmein Chan abduction. NB:- this podcast deals with topics of a serious nature. Sexual assault and murder are discussed. This episode includes the following:- Victoria Police send 1.4 million posters to every household in the state seeking information on the abductions of Sharon Wills, Nicola Lynas and Karmein Chan. A man in…
Episode 6 of our collaboration with Whoismrcruel.com on the story of the Karmein Chan abduction. NB:- this podcast deals with topics of a serious nature. Sexual assault and murder are discussed. This episode includes the following:- Premier Joan Kirner appeals to the offender to release Karmein. Police conduct Victoria Polices's largest ever doorknocking campaign in Templestowe to seek information…
In this exclusive Melbourne Marvels special, host Eamonn tracks down and speaks directly with the elusive witness who encountered Mr Cruel on the very night he released his young victim, Sharon Wills. For decades, this brief but chilling interaction has lingered on the edges of the case, and it has been unclear as to whether it was a genuine encounter with the offender. Now, for the first time,…
NB:- this podcast deals with topics of a serious nature. Sexual assault and murder are discussed. We continue discussing the story of the Karmein Chan abduction. In this episode we focus on the media telling of the story from the 19 and 23 April. Some of the main themes covered in this episode are:- - A profile in the Herald Sun on the offender by criminologist Paul Wilson. Years later, Wilson…
NB:- this podcast deals with topics of a serious nature. Sexual assault and murder are discussed. We continue discussing the story of the Karmein Chan abduction. In this episode we focusing on the media telling of the story from the 17 and 18 April. Some of the main themes covered in this episode are:- - The expected offer of a reward to help capture the offender - A Sandringham woman fights off…
In a special edition of the Melbourne Marvels and Who is Mr Cruel podcast collaboration, we take time out from telling the Karmein Chan story to discuss a recent meeting and interview Eamonn from Melbourne Marvels had with the witness David. David had a staggering encounter with a suspicious man on the night of 13 April 1991, about 90 minutes after Karmein Chan was abducted from her Templestowe…
We continue discussing the story of the Karmein Chan abduction. In this episode we focusing on the media telling of the story from the 16 and 17 April. Some of the main themes covered in this episode are:- - The relationship between the Chan family and high-ranking members of the Victoria Police Force. - The offer and rejection of a government reward. - The heart-rending appeal by Phyllis Chan for…
Warning, this episode contains details about the sexual assault of children and the murder of a child. Please use discretion before listening. In the second episode on the abduction of Karmein Chan we reveal some new information in this case. New information is revealed for the first time about the abduction by a detective who worked on the Spectrum taskforce. We continue our coverage of the…
This is the first in a series of podcasts about the enduring mystery that is the unsolved abduction and murder of Karmein Chan in 1991. In this series, Eamonn from Melbourne Marvels and Jay from Whoismrcruel.com will discuss the fallout from this event by analysing contemporary media reports on it in the hope that it may give us a different perspective on the Mr Cruel mythos. In episode 1 of this…
In the early hours of 27 December 1988 an intruder broke into the home of the Wills family in Ringwood. After tying up the parents he took a 10 year old girl from the home and took her to an unknown lair where she was held for 18 hours. This episode is an an analysis of this crime.
