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INTRODUCING: What Became of Jack?

6/4/202628 min

Jack McLennan went missing in October 2024 from Ficks Crossing, a small town in southeast Queensland. A few of his personal belongings have been found scattered kilometers apart; a pair of cheap trainers, a hat and wallet, but no sign of Jack.

In this episode of The Case Of, we retrace his last moments with Rob Burgin, the host of the ABC's latest Unravel series: What Became of Jack?

If you have any information on Jack's disappearance, email the Unravel team at unraveltruecrime@abc.net.au

The Case Of is the follow-up to the hit podcast Mushroom Case Daily, and all episodes of that show will remain available in the back catalogue of The Case Of.

Clips

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Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 10:00

    [gentle music] ABC Listen. Podcasts, radio, news, music, and more One night, Jack is hanging out with a friend in a park not far from where he lives, but then he's gone and he's never been seen again.

  2. Stephen Stockwell· Host0:25

    What happened to him is the mystery being unpacked in the latest season of Unravel, one that you might be able to help solve. I'm Steven Stockwell. This is The Case Of.

  3. Rob Bergin· Guest0:35

    There's no sign of him, no messages, no contact, no footage, nothing. Just gone.

  4. Speaker 40:41

    You could nearly say an alien took him away because he's just vanished.

  5. Ross· Soundbite0:45

    So we knew something was off here big time. Something was off.

  6. Speaker 10:49

    We were told by so many people, "Don't go there. You'll get killed. You'll get shot." You don't really know what to believe, who to trust.

  7. Rob Bergin· Guest0:54

    Is it a murder? Is it someone just gone missing?

  8. Ross· Soundbite0:57

    There seems to be foul play rather involved here. Uh, nothing else makes sense of it.

  9. Stephen Stockwell· Host1:03

    The latest season of Unravel, What Became of Jack, is fresh in your feeds at the moment, and in it, Rob Bergin is trying to find a young man who disappeared in Queensland almost two years ago. Episode three has just dropped, and there is so much to talk about, so I'm very pleased that Rob could make some time for a chat on The Case Of. Rob, welcome to the pod.

  10. Rob Bergin· Guest1:23

    Thanks for having me, Steve.

  11. Stephen Stockwell· Host1:25

    In the first two episodes, I've gone from thinking that Jack has just wandered off

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