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Case 252: Margaret Maher, Mersina Halvagis & Nicole Patterson

Casefile True Crime

CHAPTER

Introduction

Melbourne resident Irene Langley was looking through the Herald Sun newspaper when she came across a job ad for phone sex workers. The customer would ring a 1900 number and hear pre-recorded messages from various women. When they heard one they liked, they dial a pin number that directed the call to that particular person. After a year in the role, only three calls left her feeling disturbed. One customer told Irene that he'd become sexually aroused while watching his sister shower. Another expressed a desire to have sex with his own daughter. A third man wanted to speak to an older woman. To appease him, Irene pretended she was 55 years old. Get the low rate of $29.

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