Mr Cruel was a child abductor, sexual predator, and presumed murderer, active in suburban Melbourne during the late eighties to early nineties. He has been quite accurately described as the bogeyman for children who grew up in the area at this time.

The crimes attributable to this unidentified offender are some of the most calculated, meticulous, and sickening we’ve ever seen here in Australia. But it’s what we don’t know, which is a lot, that makes this tale equal parts mysterious and downright frightening...

Join Shaun and Chloe in part 2 of this episode to discuss questions, theories, persons of interest and suspects.

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This episode was produced by True Blue Media using the open source materials referenced below: 

1. https://www.9now.com.au/australian-crime-stories/season-3/episode-7 - Australian Crime Stories Season 3, Ep 7 Mr Cruel

2. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/archive/the-investigator/mr-cruel-still-on-the-most-wanted-list-says-the-investigator-charlie-bezzina/news-story/b125099085ba1df96d473a42f263e587

3. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/mr-cruel-was-a-meticulous-intelligent-predator-say-police-investigators/news-story/a88da79742d534a0f10cd255bfd41f65

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7. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/mr-cruel-suspected-of-at-least-a-dozen-attacks-on-children/news-story/a9025019f12955de575702a7bd96c282

8. http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/12/14/3093126.htm

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10. Daley, Paul; Catalano, Antony (21 April 1991). "A man in dark shatters a happy family". The Sunday Age. 

11. https://www.theage.com.au/national/mr-cruel-filmed-his-victims-say-police-20060408-ge23k9.html

12. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/the-hunt-for-mr-cruel-20101214-18wtw.html

13. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/mr-cruel-link-missing-with-bung/news-story/aea1fc90c3243e310e2bca7c40828f1f?sv=582c2e6287fc9e162317e20c7978c13d

14. https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/sacramentobased-serial-killer-shared-bizarre-trait/3396162/

15. https://listverse.com/2019/08/26/10-chilling-facts-about-mr-cruel/

16. https://truecrimenewsweekly.com/the-great-criminal-mr-cruel-prime-suspect-wrote-sex-death-essay-to-do-evil-while-committing-rape-attacks/

17. https://thecoldcasefiles.com/tag/mr-cruel/

18. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/up-to-20-men-were-suspected-of-being-mr-cruel-and-one-prime-suspect-still-lives/news-story/6f5663c332f611339fd4765967d291ae

19. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Cruel

20. https://s3.amazonaws.com/uploads.knightlab.com/storymapjs/cf9f1a518caf46006bbe43aa7ac82a36/mr-cruel/draft.html

21. https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/av9j85/a-new-fbi-profile-sheds-light-on-karmein-chans-killer

22. Why Mr Cruel has to be caught. By Bruce Tobin, The Age Apr. 12, 1993

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