I Catch Killers with Gary Jubelin

John Elias' rap sheet goes far beyond on-field indiscretions. As a 16-year-old he was serving time in Long Bay Prison with some of the hardest prisoners in the state. After prison, he carved out a career for himself as a high-profile professional rugby league player, but like a moth to a bright light, he was drawn to the adrenaline of the criminal world.

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In 2007, the Federal Government launched the Northern Territory Emergency Response, also known as the Intervention. It included restrictions on alcohol, changes to welfare payments, acquisitions of parcels of lands, education, employment and health initiatives, restrictions on pornography and other measures. 

When Mary Keaney saw the confronting images on the news, she uprooted her life to travel there and work for the Aboriginal Legal Aid Service.

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Mary Keaney grew up a rebel with a strong social conscience, she spent her youth protesting, fighting for the environment and other important causes. Then, in her 20s, she read Nelson Mandela's autobiography and learnt that if you want to fight the system, you first need to understand it. That simple message sent her on a path to becoming a lawyer. 

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In part two of Gary's chat with former Assistant Commissioner Ken Mckay, the pair discuss what it really takes to crack down on gang violence and how the media both helps and hinders the efforts. 

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Ken 'Slasher' Mckay spent 35 years in the police, rising the the rank of Assistant Commissioner. He's an old school cop who locked up plenty of bikies and underworld figures in his time. In part 1, he and Gary talk about some of his cases and he shares his opinion on the current state of policing. 

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Michael Franzese is one of the only men who turned his back on the Mafia and walked away with his life. In part 2 of his chat with Gary, they talk about his time in prison and how he came to turn his life around and leave his life of crime. 

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Michael Franzese is the former Capo of the infamous Colombocrime family in New York. In part one, he tells Gary how he became a 'made man', what life was like in the mob and his relationship with the Australian Mafia. 

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Graeme Simpfendorfer tells Gary about the 2.4 million dollar Armaguard heist pulled off by the infamous 'Road Gang' and how a long-term investigation, Operation Octopus led to a breakthrough. Graeme also shares what it was like working the Black Saturday bushfires, and reveals the job that almost broke him.

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Graeme Simpfendorfer first decided he wanted to become a cop when the bank he was working at was held up. Since then, he's worked in all areas of policing, from the armed hold-up squad to the Sexual Offences Child Abuse Investigation Team (SOCIT). Graeme is now the lead investigator on the hit show Hunted. 

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Dean King thought rehab was just an easy way to escape his life in prison, he couldn't have predicted the enormous life-changing transformation he would find there. In part two Dean, tells Gary how he has kept his positive outlook throughout his struggles and always looked on the bright side of life. 

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Dean King was facing the unthinkable at just 15 years old, charged with murder after a robbery gone wrong and facing a stint in an adult prison. In part one we go through Dean's downward spiral into heroin use and violence behind bars. 

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How Colin McLaren and a team of elite cops pulled off the largest undercover sting in Australian history when they posed as money laundering art dealers to infiltrate the mafia in New South Wales.

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Former detective Colin McLaren’s jaw-dropping career saw him dealing with mass shootings, hunting the Mr Cruel serial rapist and infiltrating the mafia. In part one, he shares the inside stories of these life-changing cases.

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Greg Kelly joins us again to talk more about his work, this time in the field of arson investigation. Greg outlines the telltale signs of arson and his involvement investigating the tragic Quakers Hill nursing home fire. 

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Detectives are often credited with solving tough crimes, but it's often the work that's done behind the scenes that dictates if a crime is solved, this is the work of the forensic investigator. We're joined today by Greg Kelly, a forensic investigator who will take us into the world of the crime scene examiner.

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In part two of her chat with Gary, Amanda Goff shares some more of her experiences as Samantha X and reveals why she retired from escort work and what the future has in store. 

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Gary has stared down murderers, but Amanda Goff still managed to make him nervous. In part one, Amanda and Gary discuss why she decided to trade in her 'picket fence' life to become a sex worker. 

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Luke Kennedy's wild ride through life almost came to an end in a disastrous trip to Thailand that left him in hospital. But it was this trip that would plant the seeds that would lead him to redemption.

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After a big week of news, Gary sits down with journalist Claire Harvey to give his official response to some of the allegations and questions surrounding the investigation he led for four years. 

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Former NSW cop Charlie Staunton left Australia after an appearance at the Wood Royal Commission into police corruption, his life would take a dramatic turn when he fell in with an international drug operation and was jailed in Canada for importing 25 tonnes of hash.

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Charlie Staunton always thought of himself as a good cop but was compromising his values from the first week he joined the NSW Police Force. It all fell apart when he stumbled across six dozen cases of scotch whiskey. 

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When a luxury car salesman's vehicle was found close to a notorious suicide spot it looked as if he may have taken his own life but it didn't take long for suspicions to grow as Gary Jubelin and his team probed the case.

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Crown prosecutor Margaret Cunneen recalls the headline cases that helped establish her reputation, the controversies she became embroiled in and why she jumped to the other side of the bar table

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For over four decades Margaret Cunneen helped put away some of Australia's worst as a crown prosecutor and, as her profile grew, so did the media attention

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Bowraville murders - Part 2. Three decades after three Indigenous children were murdered, their families remain as focused as ever on trying to get justice for their loved ones in the case that also changed the life of I Catch Killers host Gary Jubelin. 

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Bowraville murders - Part 1. The families of three Indigenous children who were all murdered in the NSW regional town of Bowraville open up on the toll of losing their loved ones and the inept police investigation that followed 

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Dr Sarah Yule broke new ground when she became the first forensic psychologist appointed to an operational role in an Australian police force

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Forensic psychologist Dr Sarah Yule reveals her approach to operational policing and what a forensic psychologist does to help track down crooks

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As a young boxer Khalid Baker was about to represent Australia at the Commonwealth Games but instead spent 13 years in prison as a convicted murderer. He maintains his innocence and tells Gary Jubelin that he won't rest until he clears his name and wins a world boxing title.  

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Khalid Baker was young and angry when sentenced to 17 years in jail for a murder conviction that many experts have cast doubt on and he claims to have never committed. While he spent his 20s behind bars he reveals to Gary Jubelin how he made it through and focused on his goal to win a world boxing title. 

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Katingal was Australia’s first SuperMax prison and an experiment in sensory deprivation. Bernie Matthews was the longest serving prisoner in what has been described as an ‘electronic zoo’. At one stage he tried to burn it down before it was shut for good due to the inhumane conditions.

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When Bernie Matthews arrived at Grafton Jail as an intractable prisoner in the 1970s he received a smack in the mouth and a bowl of maggot-infested porridge. Bashings from prison guards became a bloodsport and left physical and psychological scars on whoever spent time in Grafton’s cells.

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Bernie Matthews was a notorious armed robber when Gary Jubelin was in the armed hold-up squad. If they had faced off in their chosen trades guns would have been drawn. Bernie would become an award-winning journalist and opens up to Gary about his life as a stick-up merchant and prison escapee.

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Bernie Matthews emerged from prison at the turn of the century to become a journalist who broke major stories. That’s why for so many, including himself, it was such a tragedy when he once again found himself behind bars. “It was collateral damage to my life...I think it’s in my DNA” he tells Gary Jubelin in the final of the four-part special.

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Jason Semple had been stabbed and left to die in a gutter but, not only did he survive, he became one of Australia's hardest cops. He explains to Gary Jubelin how he summoned the willpower and strength to live a life inspired by Peter Forsyth, his colleague that died on that tragic night in Sydney. 

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Constable Jason Semple had just begun his career in the Police Force when he and his new friend and colleague Peter Forsyth were stabbed while off-duty on an inner-city street in Sydney. Peter tragically died but Jason overcame his life-threatening injuries and, as he tells Gary Jubelin, life would never be the same again.

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One of the country's most in-demand criminal psychologists, Dr Tim Watson-Munro's clients have included some infamous criminals from Hoddle St Massacre gunman Julian Knight to gangster Alphonse Gangitano, bikie Mick Hawi and corporate crook Alan Bond. 

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Beginning his career as a criminal psychologist at Parramatta Jail in the late 70s, Dr Tim Watson-Munro was exposed to life's dark underbelly and he had to learn fast how to navigate this new world.

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After 10 heartbreaking years a breakthrough in the search for Matthew came in 2017 when the man who disposed of his body, Michael Atkins, was forced to reveal its location. 

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When Mark and Faye Leveson's son Matthew went missing in 2007, feared dead, their world changed in an instant, never to be the same again.

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Renowned Criminologist Xanthe Mallett has researched some of Australia's most notorious cases and says the justice system has failed in many of them.

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Xanthe Mallett is an internationally renowned criminologist and anthropologist. She not only knows how to read a crime scene but why the crime has happened.

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As the head of Strike Force Raptor Deb Wallace has left a lasting legacy on the streets of Sydney by bringing down scores of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs. This is how she did it. 

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In the early part of her career Deb Wallace played a key role into the Anita Cobby murder investigation before she developed her unique policing method on the streets of Cabramatta where she took on the dangerous 5T gang.

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Luke Kennedy's life was ruled by his ego, like many lost young men he was a wrecking ball of pain, brawling, getting stabbed and generally up to no good, until a catastrophic chain of events led him to enlightenment. 

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Rob Langdon was in a foreign country, away from his family and friends, facing the death penalty for murder. In part two of his chat with Gary, Rob talks about his strategies for survival in the unforgiving prison in Afghanistan and how he came to be released. 

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Rob Langdon describes himself as an honest man, not necessarily a good man. He was a former soldier working as a private contractor in Afghanistan when he was involved in an incident that resulted in a man's death and saw him facing the death penalty. 

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In part two of Rudy's chat with Gary, he talks about how he fell in love with a man out of the blue in his 20s and realised that he was gay. Rudy also talks about travelling back to New Zealand to find his cultural roots and how he finally found his place in the world with comedy. 

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Comedian Rudy-Lee Taurua was born into a world where people talked with their fists and drugs and alcohol abuse was the norm. It felt inevitable that he would go down the same path. In part one of his chat with Gary, he talks about his decade-long addiction and how he overcame it.

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In part two of Philip Marshall, he talks more about the fascinating investigation into the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior and the breakthroughs that lead them to answers and an arrest.

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Philip Marshall found himself on the case of a lifetime as he and a team of New Zealand cops were brought in to investigate the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, a Green Peace vessel that was involved in protesting nuclear testing. The case took Phillip and his team on a wild ride with many twists and turns.

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Russell Oxford joins Gary once again and the pair talk through the final path to justice for Roxlyn Bowie's family and how it feels for him to see John Bowie convicted after decades of work. 

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Russell Oxford returns for a record-breaking fifth episode of I Catch Killers. Russell shares the story of Roxlyn Bowie, a 31-year-old woman from Walgett in NSW . Russell covers her mysterious disappearance and her family's 40-year wait for answers and justice that finally came earlier this year.

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In part two of Hedley's chat with Gary, they talk about his investigations into the murder of Lynette Dawson and Shandee Blackburn. The pair discuss the media's role in uncovering mistakes and corruption that can otherwise hinder the course of justice.

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Hedley Thomas is a multi-award-winning journalist whose work has exposed corruption and miscarriages of justice. He has helped solve serious crimes that might otherwise have remained unsolved. You won't want to miss this fascinating insight into Hedley's work.

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The night Daryl Green was shot, his dad received the most horrifying call a parent can get, his son was lying in hospital, shot in the face and shoulder. Daryl's recovery and subsequent return to policing showed his incredible strength and resilience. 

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Daryl Green is a former Queensland cop who found himself shot twice in an ambush while responding to a routine call, his partner was shot too, Daryl shares his experience of that harrowing night and how he immediately went into fight mode. 

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Caroline and Kylie are back to talk more about the disappearance of Paddy Moriarty, the mischievous Larrimah local who vanished without a trace along with his dog, Kellie. 

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Gary is joined by Kylie Stevenson and Caroline Graham, two journalists, podcasters and authors who found themselves drawn into a very unusual murder mystery in a tiny outback town. 

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In part two of Nathan Edward's chat with Gary, they talk about what it was like to be on the ground documenting the September 11 attacks and aftermath and the time he found himself visiting an ice factory in Sinaloa.

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Nathan Edwards is a former newspaper photographer who has covered some of Australia's, and the world's, biggest crimes. In part one Nathan tells Gary about the time he had a conversation with a murderer before he was arrested, his time covering a murder mystery on Norfolk islands and his experience seeing the aftermath of the Bali bombings.

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In part two of Kristi McVee's chat with Gary, she talks about PTSD, leaving the police and her new mission to keep kids safe.

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Kristi McVee is a former detective and specialist child interviewer, she spent years investigating child sexual abuse and prosecuting pedophiles. In this chat, she gets real about the scope of the problem and the challenges you face as a cop chasing down pedophiles. 

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Lainie Coldwell was found at dead the base of a large gum tree with severe head injuries that later killed her. At first glance, it looked like an accident, but Gerry Thornton trusted his gut and his single-minded pursuit of the truth, even when he wasn't supported by his own organisation, lead to a murder conviction for her husband. 

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This week we're joined by Gerry Thornton, a former Queensland cop who worked for 32 years covering high-profile investigations such as the murder of Lainie Coldwell. In part one, Gerry talks about his career and his habit of chasing up clues that other people tended to ignore. 

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Tony's life hit rock bottom as his friends died around him, he had no one to turn to, no one he could trust, and then a twist of fate took him to his salvation.

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Tony Hoang turned to the streets to escape the violence and anger of his home life. He fell in with gang members and found himself making thousands of dollars a month running heroin through Cabramatta when he was just 15 years old. He was living the high life, but things soon came crashing down. 

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Corrective Services Officer Paul Coyne has experienced some dicey situations at work, and he isn't ashamed to say he's been scared. The key is to rely on your training and know you have the experience to deal with confronting situations and still function.

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Prison officers do some of the most important work in the justice system, but the general public doesn't often hear much about them, today Corrective Services Officer Paul Coyne joins us to tell us about his work and to dispel some common myths.

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Victim's advocate Howard Brown has never shied away from a fight. In part two of his chat with Gary, he talks about the laws and procedures he has helped to change and how he handles the heavy emotional impact of his important work. 

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 Howard Brown is a victim's advocate who dedicated his life to supporting and assisting victims of crime. In part one of his chat with Gary, Howard talks about the tragedy that gave him his life mission and some of the ways he has been able to change the system for the better. 

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Photographer Andrew Quilty made the tough decision to return to Afghanistan during the Taliban takeover in Kabul to document the changes to the place he called home for years. He shares his story in his fascinating book, August in Kabul and today he tells us all about life inside a city in crisis.

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