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Casefile True Crime

296: Case 252: Margaret Maher, Mersina Halvagis & Nicole Patterson

Casefile True Crime

Casefile Presents

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.741.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2023

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

*** Content warning: serial rapist and killer, sexual assault, stalking ***
When Melbourne women Margaret Maher, Mersina Halvagis and Nicole Patterson were found brutally murdered in the late 1990s, police didn’t immediately link the crimes. The killer left behind no incriminating evidence, indicating he was an experienced offender who knew how to beat the system. Little did investigators know, the story began almost 30 years earlier, when a 15-year-old boy knocked on his neighbour’s door and asked to borrow a knife.

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Narration – Anonymous Host
Research & writing – Milly Raso
Creative direction – Milly Raso
Production and music – Mike Migas
Music – Andrew D.B. Joslyn

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0:00.0

I was set on being a Mounted Police Officer from a young age, but I knew it had to move

0:05.1

to make it happen, and for me, the Met presented endless opportunities.

0:10.0

From joining as a PC at age 23, I went into a variety of roles, from emergency response

0:15.3

to public order policing. As a sergeant in the Mounted Branch, my dream job became reality.

0:21.1

Now I've been promoted to Inspector, I can't wait to see where my career takes me next.

0:25.9

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0:43.5

Our episodes deal with serious and often distressing incidents.

0:47.5

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0:53.1

For suggested phone numbers for confidential support and for a more detailed list of content warnings,

0:59.6

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1:06.5

The names of several witnesses in this case have been changed.

1:13.8

Melbourne resident Irene Langley was looking through the heraldson newspaper

1:18.0

when she came across a job ad for phone sex workers.

1:22.1

The customer would ring a 1900 number and he pre-recorded messages from various women.

1:28.7

When they heard one they liked, they dial a pin number that directed the call to that particular person.

1:35.8

Irene took on the job and had the calls come through to her home phone.

1:41.3

After a year in the role, only three calls left her feeling disturbed.

1:46.3

One customer told Irene that he'd become sexually aroused while watching his sister shower.

1:53.4

Another expressed a desire to have sex with his own daughter.

1:58.6

The third man wanted to speak to an older woman.

2:02.8

To appease him, Irene pretended she was 55 years old.

2:08.2

In a mean angry voice, the caller asked,

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