Is Australia's Worst Serial Killer Still Unknown?
Australian True Crime
Meshel Laurie
4.6 • 979 Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
In late 2024, Upper House member Jeremy Buckingham addressed the NSW state parliament with a shocking possibility—one of Australia’s most prolific serial killers may have never been identified.
There are up to 72 unsolved cases of missing and murdered persons along the NSW North Coast, spanning from 1977 to 2024.
In today’s episode of Australian True Crime, guest host and criminologist Dr. Xanthé Mallett speaks with Jeremy Buckingham to discuss the disturbing possibility that these cases are connected—and why police haven't acted sooner.
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Guest Host: Dr. Xanthé Mallett
Guest: The Hon. Jeremy Buckingham, MLC
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| 0:00.0 | The worst serial killer in the nation's history has gotten away with it. |
| 0:05.6 | Ivan Malat was convicted of seven murders. |
| 0:08.6 | There is someone on the North Coast that has murdered as many or more, |
| 0:12.7 | and they are still amongst us if they haven't died or fled the country. |
| 0:18.0 | The worst crime in our state's history is unresolved. |
| 0:27.1 | We're joined again in this episode of Australian true crime by guest host, |
| 0:31.5 | criminologist and forensic pathologist Zanthi Mallet. |
| 0:35.3 | Today I'm joined by Jeremy Buckingham, who is an Australian politician and is served as a member |
| 0:40.9 | of New South Wales Legislative Council since 2023. |
| 0:44.6 | He was a member of the Greens and then moved over to the legalised cannabis party. |
| 0:49.5 | Jeremy has joined us today to talk very specifically about the cold cases on the New South Wales |
| 0:55.3 | North Coast. This is Australian true crime. We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land |
| 1:01.4 | on which this podcast is created, the Wurundri Woi Warrung people of the Koolin Nation. |
| 1:07.0 | And a warning, this episode of the podcast contains graphic descriptions of violence. |
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