Casefile Revisited: Mr Cruel
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Casefile Revisited: Mr Cruel

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 17, 20261 hr 17 min
  • Documentary
  • Crime & justice

Casefile Revisited features newly re-recorded versions of classic episodes, revisiting the stories with enhanced production, fresh narration, and updated research where possible. The Mr Cruel episode was originally released in January 2017. *** Content Warning: Child sexual abuse, child abduction, murder of a child *** In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Melbourne was gripped by fear when a masked assailant began breaking into suburban family homes and abducting young children. The attacks were particularly callous, earning the assailant the moniker of ‘Mr Cruel’. 10-year-old Sharon Wills, 13-year-old Nicola Lynas and an unnamed 11-yea...

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For suggested phone numbers for confidential support and for a more detailed list of content warnings, please see the show notes for this episode on your app or on our website. Today's episode involves crimes against children and won't be suitable for all listeners. A mummy cries for her little girl who never came back home.

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Now a family lives in a shattered world straining the family home. Are her cries of help ringing in your ears? Her eyes pleading for release? Do you feel her mounting fears?

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