Episode Summary
When 23-year-old Beth Barnard is found murdered in her home, investigators immediately suspect another local named Vivienne Cameron who has mysteriously gone missing. But despite learning about the love triangle that connects them, there are several pieces of the puzzle that don’t fit, no matter which way they look at it.
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Episode Source Material
- The Age (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia): Police describe brutal murder via Newspapers.com.
- The Age (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia): Phillip Island’s Murder Mystery via Newspapers.com.
- The Age (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia): Unrest among the penguins via Newspapers.com.
- YouTube: Sensing Murder: The Scarlet Letter (Season 1, Episode 8)
- The Bulletin (Australia): Mystery on a southern land, by Paul Daley via Internet Archive.
- Bass Coast Post (Bass Coast Shire, Australia): Case not closed, by Phyllis Papps.
- Herald Sun (Melbourne, Australia): The brutal slaying of Beth Barnard on Phillip Island remains a mystery, by Monique Hore.
- News.com.au (Sydney, Australia): The brutal ‘Scarlet Letter’ Phillip Island murder mystery, by Nathan Jolly.
- 9 Now (Australia): Under Investigation: The love triangle murder mystery that haunts an Aussie island, by Lauren McWilliams.
- YouTube: 60 Minutes Australia: Adultery, Murder and Mayhem: The scandalous crime unsolved for 30 years | Under Investigation.
- 10s1
- The Phillip Island Murder (Book), by Vikki Petraitis.
- The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron (podcast): The Women, Before (Episode 1), by Casefile.
- The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron (podcast): The Last Day (Episode 2), by Casefile.
- The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron (podcast): The Morning After (Episode 3), by Casefile.
- The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron (podcast): The Murder Scene (Episode 4), by Casefile.
- The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron (podcast): The Aftermath (Episode 5), by Casefile.
- The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron (podcast): The Forensics (Episode 6), by Casefile.
- The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron (podcast): The Search for Vivienne Cameron (Episode 7), by Casefile.
- The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron (podcast): The Scientific Analysis (Episode 8), by Casefile.
- The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron (podcast): The Case Analysis (Episode 9), by Casefile.
- The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron (podcast): The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron (Episode 10), by Casefile.