Episode Summary
Beth Barnard has been murdered, Vivienne Cameron is missing, and the family of the man connecting them seems to have their stories straight. But as time passes, cracks begin to appear in the façade, and new testing reveals someone may be lying about what happened that fateful night.
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Vivienne Cameron (left) and Beth Barnard (right).
The Phillip Island bridge.
A map of Phillip Island showing the locations of the Barnard house, the Cameron house, the Warley Hospital and the Cowes Police Station.
Photo Source: Created by audiochuck staff using Google Earth.
Fergus Cameron.
Vivienne Cameron’s Landcruiser.
Evidence from Beth Barnard’s house.
Vikki Petraitis, author of “The Phillip Island Murder”.
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.
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- 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.