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Oct 6
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DETECTIVES | Australia's most famous 'Mr...

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Professor Paul Bleakley is a Gold Coast-born academic based in Kentucky in the United States. He’s an expert on child abuse and investigative developments. 

In this episode of Crime Insiders | Detectives, Paul talks us through Queensland’s Strike Force Argos.  He also tells host Brent Sanders about the Mr Big operation, the sting that caught Daniel Morcombe's killer, made famous by the TV series The Stranger.  We discuss how it happened, the key players AND whether or not it’s legitimate.

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