For 18 hours, ten-year-old Sharon Wills was held captive inside a stranger’s home—blindfolded, restrained and unable to know where she was. In this episode, Adam Shand reconstructs her abduction and the earlier Lower Plenty attack, as police begin to understand just how calculated their suspect really was. But Mr Cruel wasn’t as careful as he believed. Hidden among the evidence was a mistake that could one day reveal his identity.

For 18 hours, ten-year-old Sharon Wills was held captive inside a stranger&rsquo;s home&mdash;blindfolded, restrained and unable to know where she was. In this episode, Adam Shand reconstructs her abduction and the earlier Lower Plenty attack, as police begin to understand just how calculated their suspect really was. But Mr Cruel wasn&rsquo;t as careful as he believed. Hidden among the evidence was a mistake that could one day reveal his identity.

Adam Shand is one of Australia’s best known investigative journalists, covering the biggest crime stories and mysteries of the past 40 years. The Adam Shand collection brings together his biggest hits and memories plus new investigations into the shadowy netherworld of crime and justice.

Season 1 is Creating Mr Cruel is on in Apple podcast Subscription from Monday June 22nd. 

Adam Shand is one of Australia&rsquo;s best known investigative journalists, covering the biggest crime stories and mysteries of the past 40 years. The Adam Shand collection brings together his biggest hits and memories plus new investigations into the shadowy netherworld of crime and justice.
Season 1 is Creating Mr Cruel is on in Apple podcast Subscription from Monday June 22nd.&nbsp;

The Adam Shand collection brings together his biggest hits and memories plus new investigations into the shadowy netherworld of crime and justice.

The Adam Shand Collection

Adam Shand is one of Australia’s best known investigative journalists, covering the biggest crime stories and mysteries of the past 40 years. The Adam Shand collection brings together his biggest hits and memories plus new investigations into the shadowy netherworld of crime and justice.

Adam Shand is one of Australia&rsquo;s best known investigative journalists, covering the biggest crime stories and mysteries of the past 40 years. The Adam Shand collection brings together his biggest hits and memories plus new investigations into the shadowy netherworld of crime and justice.

Ep 3 - Inside the House of Mr Cruel

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As detectives investigate the murder of Connie Armaro, cracks begin to appear in the story told by the last person to see her alive. A crucial eyewitness challenges the official timeline, while police uncover secret affairs, hidden relationships and mounting tensions inside one of Perth's most respected Sicilian families.
With suspicion falling on multiple family members, detectives make their first arrest. But as the evidence grows, so too does the mystery. Was Connie murdered to protect a marriage, a fortune, or the reputation of a family determined to keep its secrets buried?

As detectives investigate the murder of Connie Armaro, cracks begin to appear in the story told by the last person to see her alive. A crucial eyewitness challenges the official timeline, while police uncover secret affairs, hidden relationships and mounting tensions inside one of Perth's most respected Sicilian families. With suspicion falling on multiple family members, detectives make their first arrest. But as the evidence grows, so too does the mystery. Was Connie murdered to protect a marriage, a fortune, or the reputation of a family determined to keep its secrets buried?

Episode 2: A Family Affair

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When beloved Perth grandmother Connie Armaro disappears after a seemingly ordinary meeting with her sister-in-law, her family fears the worst. Days later, her body is found dumped in a pine plantation north of Perth, wrapped in black plastic.

What begins as the murder of a woman with no known enemies quickly exposes long-buried family secrets, hidden lives and fractures inside one of Perth's close-knit Italian families. As relatives speak publicly for the first time, a picture emerges of loyalty, silence and suspicion that has endured for more than two decades.

In Episode One of La Famiglia, Adam Shand begins an investigation into one of Western Australia's most extraordinary unsolved murder cases—one where the truth may have been hiding within the family all along.

When beloved Perth grandmother Connie Armaro disappears after a seemingly ordinary meeting with her sister-in-law, her family fears the worst. Days later, her body is found dumped in a pine plantation north of Perth, wrapped in black plastic.
What begins as the murder of a woman with no known enemies quickly exposes long-buried family secrets, hidden lives and fractures inside one of Perth's close-knit Italian families. As relatives speak publicly for the first time, a picture emerges of loyalty, silence and suspicion that has endured for more than two decades.
In Episode One of La Famiglia, Adam Shand begins an investigation into one of Western Australia's most extraordinary unsolved murder cases&mdash;one where the truth may have been hiding within the family all along.

La Famiglia – Episode 1: The Last Goodbye

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Connie Armaro was a devoted wife, grandmother, and the heart of a close-knit Italian family. Then she vanished.

Four days later, her body was discovered hidden beneath branches in a pine plantation north of Perth. She had been strangled. More than two decades later, nobody has ever been convicted.

Now, in a podcast years in the making, two women from opposite sides of the family break their silence to reveal what they believe really happened.

As award-winning journalist Adam Shand uncovers hidden relationships, family loyalties, allegations kept secret for years, and a suspect many believe escaped justice, one question remains...

How can a murder with so many unanswered questions remain unsolved?

This is La Famiglia—a story of betrayal, silence, and a family forever changed. 

Coming to Apple Podcast Subscription Monday August 3, Subscribe to listen ad free and early.

Connie Armaro was a devoted wife, grandmother, and the heart of a close-knit Italian family. Then she vanished.
Four days later, her body was discovered hidden beneath branches in a pine plantation north of Perth. She had been strangled. More than two decades later, nobody has ever been convicted.
Now, in a podcast years in the making, two women from opposite sides of the family break their silence to reveal what they believe really happened.
As award-winning journalist Adam Shand uncovers hidden relationships, family loyalties, allegations kept secret for years, and a suspect many believe escaped justice, one question remains...
How can a murder with so many unanswered questions remain unsolved?
This is La Famiglia&mdash;a story of betrayal, silence, and a family forever changed.&nbsp;
Coming to Apple Podcast Subscription Monday August 3, Subscribe to listen ad free and early.

Season 2 - La Famiglia - The Killing of Connie Armaro 

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Ep 3 - Inside the House of Mr Cruel

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