#75 Who Was Mr Cruel? Melbourne's Unsolved Nightmare

Wednesday Night Mysteries by Weeknight Mysteries Podcast

Jul 1, 202678:22True Crime

Between 1987 and 1991, an unidentified offender known only as Mr Cruel terrorized Melbourne, Australia, carrying out a series of meticulously planned home invasions, child abductions, and assaults. Despite one of Austral...

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