About this episode

The episode discusses a case of missing children in Adelaide and how a brave boy helped bring a murderer to justice.

WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. When a string of children went missing from Adelaide's quiet suburban streets, police were stumped. It took some quick thinking from a frightened child to bring the murderer to justice. Author Michael Madigan joins the show with more. More about his books at:  https://www.amazon.com.au/stores/author/B01FDHICS6 Subscribe to Crime X+  to hear episodes early and ad free, unlock bonus content and access our slate of award-winning true crime podcasts Have a question for one of our Q+A shows? ask it at:  lifeandcrimes@news.com.au Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries:  newspodcastssold@news.com.au Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Rule

Guest: Michael Madigan

Topics covered

• true crime
• missing children
• justice
• bravery
• police investigation

Keywords

• Adelaide
• missing children
• murderer
• bravery
• police
• Michael Madigan
• true crime

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Crime X+, Crimestoppers, True Crime Australia

Places: Adelaide

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