Australia Australia - Marion Barter - Missing After Trip to UK - June 1997 #21

[Kie22]

'So the statistics indicate that homicide is the most likely explanation for Marion’s disappearance'.

To my mind no doubt about it. How, where and whether there's enough evidence after all these years to convict POI(s?) are the questions.
Hope SL gets some answers soon. Very sad.
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[KiwiNZ]

Post from the facebook page -

going to guess the PI was the coffin confessor, that guy gives me the creeps, I have empathy for him and what TSS did, I totally believe him but he seems quite twisted and dark and I think gave Sally a really hard time, if I remember correctly accused her of stealing her mother's possessions and knowing where the container was ( none of which I believe)

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[mishy66]

New recap in the AWW

On the trail of Marion Barter | AWW

The mysterious disappearance of Marion Barter gripped Australia. Her daughter and a team of amateur sleuths untangled the clues.

www.womensweekly.com.au

 

[KiwiNZ]

New website - Sally Leydon

 

[mishy66]

New website - Sally Leydon

What I really love about this new website is the fact there is NO mention of AH name! NO glory that he yearns for and NO recognition of a name

A photo to trigger a memory perhaps for other women but nothing more.

I hope this is the start of a new way of addressing the oxygen thief. The man of no name who doesn't deserve a stage. Just the names of the all the women he destroyed - their lasting legacy a beacon for all women who have been trapped in a nightmare by a criminal.

 

[MrsEmmaPeel]

Very nice website and a shift to the positive (like Sally's posts on IG) without denying the crime and injustice. Thank you @KiwiNZ! And you're right, @mishy66.

 

[tiffwatkins84]

Update this morning from Sally on the new Facebook page -
"Inquest update:
Crown Solicitors have now sent us their reply to Ric Blum’s submissions.
Now we wait for the coroner to give us a date for her findings."
Cant believe its taking this long. Poor Sal. At least we are edging closer.

 

[CuriousKat99]

Someone posted this on the new MPMB FB Community along with extracts from the book which are uncannily familiar, eg nude photos used to blackmail ex lovers, blonde women, taking phone calls from old pay-phones, marriage proposals 45 days after they met, vanishing lovers, starting a new life, fire burning down a club, furniture manufacturing business for export to Europe, rape, poisoning & murder.

Written in the style of a Mills & Boon romance just like the singing testicles letter.

Island Secrets

Beyond the Bali known from idyllic images of Hollywood movies and five-star resort holidays are the secret lives of men and women who flock to the island from around the world in search of new beginnings. Not all find the bliss and peace they hope for.Island Secrets is a collection of stories...

books.google.com

Island Secrets: Stories of Love, Lust and Loss in Bali

Beyond the Bali known from idyllic images of Hollywood …

www.goodreads.com

 

[TootsieFootsie]

The book was written by an "Alwin Blum"

 

[Observe_dont_Absorb]

Someone posted this on the new MPMB FB Community along with extracts from the book which are uncannily familiar, eg nude photos used to blackmail ex lovers, blonde women, taking phone calls from old pay-phones, marriage proposals 45 days after they met, vanishing lovers, starting a new life, fire burning down a club, furniture manufacturing business for export to Europe, rape, poisoning & murder.

Written in the style of a Mills & Boon romance just like the singing testicles letter.

Island Secrets

Beyond the Bali known from idyllic images of Hollywood movies and five-star resort holidays are the secret lives of men and women who flock to the island from around the world in search of new beginnings. Not all find the bliss and peace they hope for.Island Secrets is a collection of stories...

books.google.com

Island Secrets: Stories of Love, Lust and Loss in Bali

Beyond the Bali known from idyllic images of Hollywood …

www.goodreads.com

Yet another strange 'coincidence' in all this. Apparently Alwin is a man's name. I know we're not allowed to sleuth any innocent person -but- is this author possibly the man himself? How could we establish more facts? It seems just beyond belief. I also imagine that holing up to 'write' and going places to do 'book launches' and 'readings' would be a really good excuse for disappearing for days / weeks on end as well as justifying sporadic income and regular trips to Bali.

 

[Observe_dont_Absorb]

The book, chapter one*, is about an American white man called 'Ken' 'an itinerant scholar' hitting on a woman in Bali. It's repulsive actually. There's mention of him needing to take viagra when supposedly describing a hot sexy scene. He has estranged wives and adult children all across the states. He doesn't like to speak of his past as he lives in the present moment and all his previous relationships have 'dissolved into nothingness'. All his former lovers want nothing to do with him, almost as if they wish to excise him from their lives like a malignant tumour. Stuff about withdrawals of money and him disappearing. Hmm. Reads like a confessional of someone we might know IMO. Chapter two is sub titled 'bon vivant for hire'.

*I think each chapter is a different tale.

 

[CuriousKat99]

Yet another strange 'coincidence' in all this. Apparently Alwin is a man's name. I know we're not allowed to sleuth any innocent person -but- is this author possibly the man himself? How could we establish more facts? It seems just beyond belief. I also imagine that holing up to 'write' and going places to do 'book launches' and 'readings' would be a really good excuse for disappearing for days / weeks on end as well as justifying sporadic income and regular trips to Bali.

Agree, there are so many coincidences and we know he fancies himself as a literary type and a great lover. The themes in the book are just up his alley….sleazy romance, obsession with money & delusions of grandeur.

It wouldn’t be the first time a criminal tried their hand at writing “crime fiction” believing they were too smart to get caught. (eg John Leonard Orr)

 

[KinseyFan]

Someone posted this on the new MPMB FB Community along with extracts from the book which are uncannily familiar, eg nude photos used to blackmail ex lovers, blonde women, taking phone calls from old pay-phones, marriage proposals 45 days after they met, vanishing lovers, starting a new life, fire burning down a club, furniture manufacturing business for export to Europe, rape, poisoning & murder.

Written in the style of a Mills & Boon romance just like the singing testicles letter.

Island Secrets

Beyond the Bali known from idyllic images of Hollywood movies and five-star resort holidays are the secret lives of men and women who flock to the island from around the world in search of new beginnings. Not all find the bliss and peace they hope for.Island Secrets is a collection of stories...

books.google.com

Island Secrets: Stories of Love, Lust and Loss in Bali

Beyond the Bali known from idyllic images of Hollywood …

www.goodreads.com

Wow

 

[KinseyFan]

Some charming book reviews. Warning- this is nauseous. Island Secrets: Stories of Love, Lust and Loss in Bali

 

[Observe_dont_Absorb]

There's mention in the final chapter of the male taking an advert out in 'The Bali Advertiser' in to sell second hand stuff to raise money. A quick google shows that 'The Bali Advertiser' is a real publication for the expat community. I wonder if anyone we know has an account with them or is known for placing adverts?

 

[KinseyFan]

The actor who did the book reading: Chacko George Vadaketh on LinkedIn: #booklaunch #readings

 

[KinseyFan]

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if he was the author of his own undoing. Sweet.

 

[CuriousKat99]

The actor who did the book reading: Chacko George Vadaketh on LinkedIn: #booklaunch #readings

And that actor gave the book a 5 star review on Good reads

 

[CuriousKat99]

Some charming book reviews. Warning- this is nauseous. Island Secrets: Stories of Love, Lust and Loss in Bali

Based on what I’ve read so far I’d have to agree. Just like his testimony at the inquest.
Someone on the MPMB FB Community noted just how easy and inexpensive it is these days to publish your own book. Any delusional narcissist can become a published author.

 

[KinseyFan]

The book has a fb page! If you search the title, you’ll find it.