Episode 126 - Disappearing Act
The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories
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4.4 • 6.5K Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2022
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
40-year-old mother Carole Packman had been living in a toxic household - with a husband who physically abused her, and was openly having an affair with another woman he’d invited to live with them.
Carole had the means, motive, and opportunity to vanish completely and start fresh somewhere else. And for nearly ten years, that’s exactly what everybody thought she’d done.
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Investigating the Almost Perfect Murders, Anthony Nott (2020)
The Investigator: A British Crime Story
Russel Causley Conviction Appeal 2003
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, before we start the show I just wanted to let you know, on April 29th to |
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| 0:10.7 | team madness members, Dr. Frisani and our head writer Ryan. |
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| 0:37.2 | So join us at CrimeCon in Vegas, April 29th to May 1st. |
| 0:41.7 | I'll also include links in the episode notes. |
| 0:44.7 | We hope to see you there. |
| 1:14.7 | Is it really possible for a person to pack up and disappear without leaving a trace? |
| 1:41.6 | 40-year-old mother Carol Pacman had been living in a toxic household with a husband who |
| 1:46.6 | physically abused her and was openly having an affair with another woman he'd invited |
| 1:51.6 | to live with them. |
| 1:53.4 | Carol had the means, mode of an opportunity to vanish completely and start fresh somewhere |
| 1:58.8 | else, and for nearly 10 years, that's exactly what everybody thought she'd done. |
| 2:04.6 | Join me now, as we take a look at one of England's most enduring mysteries, the disappearance |
| 2:10.9 | of Carol Pacman. |
| 2:12.7 | You'll learn how a decade of twisted lies, deceptions, frauds and schemes can crash |
| 2:18.6 | down, only after someone finally got too greedy. |
| 2:33.8 | Before we get into the disappearance of Carol Pacman, we need to start where the mystery |
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