The Mysterious Disappearance of Marion Barter: Her daughter's Fight for Truth

Respected school teacher Marion Barter disappeared in 1997 but that's only the beginning of this mystery. She secretly changed her name. Hundreds of thousands of dollars disappeared from her bank account. A convicted conman was questioned for days at a coronial inquest, yet nearly three decades later, no one knows what happened to Marion. In this episode, Tim & Xanthe are joined by Marion’s daughter Sally Leydon. She reveals the extraordinary twists in her mother’s disappearance, the police failures that left the case largely uninvestigated for years and the new leads that continue to emerge. Sally also reflects on her appearance before the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into unsolved cases, where she’s fighting for reforms to ensure other families don’t endure the same devastating search for answers. Anyone with information about Marion’s disappearance is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 Podcasts Mentioned: The Lady Vanishes - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast... The Missing Matter - https://open.spotify.com/show/033fR7E... -------------- CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Where is Marion Barter? 1:04 - The Emotional Impact 1:30 - Sally's last meeting: 1997 Timeline 2:17 - Coercive Control & Gaslighting 3:16 - Marion’s Secret Name Change 4:43 - Who is Ric Blum? 7:40 - New Handwriting Evidence 11:00 - The Battle with Police 14:45 - Podcast Impact 16:53 - The Coronial Inquest Findings 19:05 - The Personal Toll 21:05 - How to Fix the System 23:43 - The Green Seat Project