Between 1989 and 1993, seven international hitchhikers vanished without a trace along Australia’s Hume Highway. Eighty miles south of Sydney, beneath the pine needle floor of Belanglo State Forest, search teams uncovered a clandestine killing field marked by spent .22-caliber rimfire casings, ritualistic cairns, and brutal forensic signatures.

In this episode of Truth Will Out, we examine the exhaustive investigation led by Taskforce Air to unmask Australia’s most notorious serial predator, Ivan Milat. From the ballistics matched to a Ruger 10/22 hidden inside suburban drywall to the British backpacker who sprinted under gunfire to bring the truth to light, this is the clinical breakdown of the Backpacker Murders.

TIMESTAMPS:

• 00:00 – The Vanishing Highway

• 01:00 – The Trail Goes Cold

• 06:00 – The Belanglo Discovery

• 11:30 – The Forest of Shadows

• 16:30 – The Foreign Travelers

• 21:30 – The Hunter’s Profile & Forensic Signature

• 26:30 – Taskforce Air & The Suspect Matrix

• 31:30 – The Man Who Ran

• 36:30 – The Name on the File

• 41:30 – Operation Blue Rock & The Lineup

• 46:30 – The Secret in the Walls

• 51:30 – The Courtroom at Darlinghurst

• 56:30 – Epilogue: The Open Graves & Legacy

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