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The Adam Shand Collection

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Adam Shand is one of Australia’s best known investigative journalists, covering the biggest crime stories and mysteries of the past 40 years. The Adam Shand collection brings together his biggest hits and memories plus new investigations into the shadowy netherworld of crime and justice. Season 1 is Creating Mr Cruel is on in Apple podcast Subscription from Monday June 22nd.

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Ep 4 - Was Mr Cruel Really One Man? Jun 28, 2026 1649 Thirteen-year-old Nicole Lynas was abducted from her family home and held captive for 50 terrifying hours. Her detailed account gave police vital clues—but it also exposed troubling differences between her attacker and the man described in earlier cases. As the Spectrum Taskforce races to prevent another attack, detectives begin questioning the theory at the heart of the investigation: were

Ep 3 - Inside the House of Mr Cruel Jun 21, 2026 1972 For 18 hours, ten-year-old Sharon Wills was held captive inside a stranger’s home—blindfolded, restrained and unable to know where she was. In this episode, Adam Shand reconstructs her abduction and the earlier Lower Plenty attack, as police begin to understand just how calculated their suspect really was. But Mr Cruel wasn’t as careful as he believed. Hidden among the evidence w

Ep 2 - The Task Force Begins Jun 21, 2026 1849 When Karmein Chan remains were found in a shallow grave, Melbourne’s worst fears were confirmed — the child taken from her home had been murdered. In episode two, Adam Shand follows the creation of the Spectrum Task Force as police began linking a string of terrifying home invasions, abductions and sexual assaults to one unknown offender. But as investigators compared the cases, a dark

EP 1 - The Night Melbourne Changed Jun 21, 2026 2123 In the dead of night, a masked man broke into family homes across Melbourne and abducted young girls from their bedrooms. Some were returned hours later. One, 13-year-old Karmein Chan, never came home alive. In episode one, Adam Shand goes back to the first abduction police linked to Mr Cruel and asks whether the hunt for one monster may have blinded investigators to the truth.See omnystudio.com/l

Introducing - Creating Mr Cruel Jun 10, 2026 168 For more than 30 years, the name Mr Cruel has haunted Melbourne.  He was meticulous, terrifying and seemingly vanished without a trace — leaving behind one of Australia’s most disturbing unsolved crime mysteries. But in this gripping six-part investigation, Adam Shand uncovers secret forensic evidence that challenges everything police thought they knew about the case.  Across

The Adam Shand Collection

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