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 as they discuss the details of Mr Cruel's confirmed attacks, and the fear and panic that was instilled in families across Melbourne during the late eighties and early nineties. Support the show on: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/truebluecrime Link to one-off Supporter donations at the bottom of show notes Website - www.truebluecrimepodcast.com - includes our merch store Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/380493356066315/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/truebluecrime/ Email - [email protected] 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 4. http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/0a8fb1587d83c6e071b9cfe669381632?width=650 5. https://www.news.com.au/news/national/child-abducting-murderer-mr-cruel-could-still-be-alive/news-story/b317a3e9f6971deacc3e60b56801707a 6. https://www.news.com.au/news/national/child-sex-offender-mr-cruel-has-never-been-identified/news-story/26b509b9960d3053b65df4450048e0f0 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 9. https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=22072015&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjEyMDcxNTcxNCwiaWF0IjoxNTk2NDQ5OTkxLCJleHAiOjE1OTY1MzYzOTF9.5Gq_0JtMx4ME4fG3msinBngndguCcnrDzdtVLm5KoG8 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 23. https://www.nowtolove.com.au/news/real-life/mr-cruel-58280 24. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/