The Disappearance of Willie Koeppen (with Scott Williams)

A celebrity chef disappears. An abandoned Kombi. A mysterious phone call at 3am. Nearly fifty years later, nobody knows what happened to Willie Koeppen. As the owner of Olinda's famous Cuckoo Restaurant, Willie was a Melbourne success story, but behind the scenes his life was unravelling. On a summer night in 1976 he vanished, leaving behind a trail of unanswered questions, suspicious characters, and a mystery that remains unsolved to this day. Today we examine the final hours of Willie Koppen and one of Victoria's most enduring cold cases, this is the case of the disappearing cuckoo chef.

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