Life and Crimes with Andrew Rule

WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT:  June Nolte wanted the depraved men who brutally tortured and killed her 15-year-old daughter in western Victoria to be hanged. She died before political and legal dishonesty robbed her of her wish. 

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Ten years ago, Masa Vukotic's short life was ended by a dangerous and deluded man.  Andrew Rule probes his violent past — and the forces that may have shaped him into a brutal killer.

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Comedian Marty Fields returns to recount a time he was nearly scammed, and what he did about it.

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Veteran court reporter Jamelle Wells joins the show to talk about doing the rounds of country trials across Australia.

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Home invasions have hit the headlines this month. Crime reporter Regan Hodge joins the show to talk about what he's seen covering this disturbing trend.

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In another of our infrequent Q&A shows, Andrew answers your questions.

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A recent trial has laid bare the twisted honour codes that rule Australia's outlaw motorcycle clubs.

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Sometimes the hardest part of a police investigation is when a suspect leaves our shores. Andrew Rule explains.

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This episode's guest lived a happy family life until her son fell in with a very wrong crowd. She talks frankly about the horrors of youth crime and the struggle to bring her boy back.

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He was a colourful crook with a fondness for fast cars and kickboxing. But in a suburban hotel car park, his luck finally ran out.
Olivia Jenkins and Regan Hodge join the show to talk about the man they called The Punisher.

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The annals of Australian true crime history aren't filled with too many romantic tales. But the one of the most sweet - and violent - is the ballad of Joey and Shirley Hamilton.

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When Joe Taranto went to sell his prized sports car, he had no idea he had just passed the keys over to a most notorious villain.

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Deb Gray was born with no arms and tiny deformed legs amid suspicions her mum — and many others — were medical guinea pigs. But she has been determined to live a life of courage.

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Michelle Buckingham’s violent and senseless death was a macabre mystery and a stain on the Shepparton area for more than 30 years – until a journalist and cop started asking questions.

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Former country cop Mark ‘Trigger’ Tregellas returns to the show to tell more stories of remote policing.
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Former country cop Mark ‘Trigger’ Tregellas joins the show to tell tales of his many adventures in remote corners of Victoria.
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Andrew Rule sits down with producer Jonty Burton to recommend some summer reading, watching and listening.

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Some of our summer recommendations
Reading:
Life and Crimes: https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781761561733/
Rule on Crime: https://www.wilkinsonpublishing.com.au/product/rule-on-crime/
Dark City: https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781761561535/
The Kingpin and the Crooked Cop: https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Neil-Mercer-Kingpin-and-the-Crooked-Cop-9781760879952
Murder on Easey St: https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/murder-easey-street-0

Watching:
The Jinx - Season 2:https://binge.com.au/shows/show-the-jinx-the-life-and-deaths-of-robert-durst!5677
Who Killed JonBenet Ramsay: https://www.netflix.com/au/title/81705443
The Menendez Brothers: https://www.netflix.com/au/title/81506509
Slow Horses: https://tv.apple.com/au/show/slow-horses/umc.cmc.2szz3fdt71tl1ulnbp8utgq5o

Listening to:
Life and Crimes episodes featuring Helen Thomas
-Searching for Julie Ann
-Returning to Easey St

Life and Crimes episodes featuring Neil Mercer
-Tales of the kingpin and the crooked cop

Witness: William Tyrell: https://www.news.com.au/national/crime/william-tyrrell-podcast-witness-series-reveals-shocking-truth-about-investigation/news-story/31ff27d9bb2a33ef55d6c3355e445868

Bronwyn: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/bronwyn

https://www.goalhangerpodcasts.com/ for:
The Rest is History, The Rest is Entertainment, We Have Ways of Making You Talk, The Rest is Classified
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The Herald Sun's crime team is back with Andrew to discuss more high-profile crimes of 2024, including the missing campers trial and the mushroom case.

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Crime reporters Olivia Jenkins, Regan Hodge and Anthony Dowsley join Andrew to talk about the biggest stories of 2024, including Easey Street and the disappearance of Samantha Murphy.

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Gelu Pucea shocked police when they found his detailed video guide on growing commercial quantities of cannabis.  But his helpful how-to was only the first part of an extraordinary story.

Life and Crimes is indebted to the inimitable Mark Buttler who wrote about this story in the Sunday Herald Sun.

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Not every rapper is a wannabe gangster but a lot of wannabe gangsters tap into rap’s “street” culture of violence, sex, guns, drugs and prison.

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We've told you the story of the great bookie robbery, its aftermath and of a fortress house in suburban Essendon. But there's one shadowy figure that remained in the background of all of it. And now his story can finally be told.

If you'd like to hear more about the great bookie robbery, the death of Ray Chuck or the steel  house in the suburbs, we go more in-depth in the following episodes.
All are available right now in your podcast feed.

-The heist
-Ray Chuck, you will get yours
-The inside man in blue
-A house of many mysteries

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When a ute appeared on CCTV near a crime scene, it led dogged police to stolen number plates, hidden guns and a curious tale of deception.
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A former top cop is asking questions over the apparent disappearance of firearms seized by the force. Andrew Rule explains.

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A recent brazen car theft  at an inner Melbourne suburb has Andrew Rule remembering a similar crime and the cunning villains who pulled it off.

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Andrew sits down to answer more listener questions about cold cases, serial killers and very bad men. 

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Wayne Sherwell would go from rural cop to hero policeman in one day, when he confronted a dangerous fantasist who'd committed a series of brazen bank robberies.

Andrew Rule examines the case.

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Twenty years after Andrew Rule exposed the powerful politician's dangerous side, he re-examines  Geoff Clark's many crimes.

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It is one of Australia's most enduring crime mysteries. Now police have made an arrest over the murders of Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett.
Andrew Rule examines how police investigators reopened this very cold case.

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In one day, Andrew Rule had four conversations with four separate people, about crime. But they all had one thing in common.

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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT In 1981, a young mum was murdered in a cold blooded hit. But it's only now that the full, sad story can be told.

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Ian Lesser is a fixture of the seedier side of Melbourne's iconic bayside suburb, but also its amateur footy team. Andrew Rule explores the many shades of grey of one of St Kilda's stalwarts.

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It was a society crime replete with affairs, scandal and a trail of blood. Andrew Rule looks at the crime that shocked a state.

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Andrew steps away from crime in this bonus episode to outline his involvement in a new documentary about the struggles and triumphs of a champion racehorse.

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Andrew Rule goes further into the issue of young gangs and the people and communities affected by them.

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In this edition of our semi-regular Question and Answer shows, Andrew Rule discusses crime family wars, police corruption and the perils of being a fruiterer.

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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Last week, we examined the murders of Margaret and  Seana Tapp. This week, we look at the police investigation and some of the men suspected of the crimes.

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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Nearly 400 episodes ago, Andrew Rule outlined the horrific deaths of Margaret and  Seana Tapp. Now in a two part series, he revisits the story, along with some new clues that have come to light.  

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By the time he was a teenager, Larry Blair had survived the torture death of his stepfather, hiding from hitmen and a high-stakes areoplane standoff. Andrew Rule tells his remarkable tale.

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Businessman Alan Metcalfe convinced investors he had found the secret to artificial intelligence while reading the Bible, and that his company would be “bigger than Google".  But after he died, those promises turned to dust.

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As a crime kingpin orchestrated a series of drug imports from inside Barwon Prison, he didn’t know the AFP was listening.

Reporter Regan Hodge joins Andrew Rule to explain.

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Journalist Neil Mercer joins the show to talk about uncovering extraordinary new stories about one of Australia's most notorious corrupt cops.

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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. In 1993, Christopher Clarence Hall terrorised Melbourne's inner north west. 
In a short, sharp episode, Andrew Rule shows how police finally caught and jailed this most evil man.

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Andrew Rule outlines the cases of three women found guilty over the deaths of their husbands, and one who wasn't.

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Youth crime is nothing new, but Andrew Rule argues that in this latest outbreak, young offenders have shown themselves particularly willing to do particularly bad things.

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Jen Kelly, host of the In Black and White podcast joins Andrew Rule to discuss the tragic case of Jean Lee, who was executed for murder in 1951.

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As Greg Lynn is found guilty of murdering one missing camper, Carol Clay, Andrew Rule goes behind the scenes on the investigation that led police to the former pilot's door.

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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. On Melbourne Cup day 1976, a trip to see some live music turned into an agonising ordeal for two teenage schoolgirls.
Andrew Rule outlines one of those girls' ongoing hunt to make the perpetrators pay. 

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The jury has returned in the trial of Gregory Lynn. Andrew Rule is joined by court reporter Miles Proust to go over what the court found, and what the jury could not be told.

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Investigative journalist Stephen Drill joins Andrew Rule to outline his new podcast series examining the tangled web of the international drug trade.

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The jury has retired to consider their verdict in the trial of Gregory Lynn. Court reporter Miles Proust joins Andrew Rule to give a short report on everything that's happened in the last seven days.

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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. One of the most sinister killers this country has seen spent much of his life slipping and sliding through the justice system. And a series of women would pay the ultimate price.

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Andrew Rule is joined by Laura Placella and Miles Proust to talk about the final remarks by the prosecution and the defence, as well as the the testimony of the man accused: Gregory Lynn.

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Just days after hit man “Benji” Veniamin was shot in Carlton, Lewis Moran took a disturbing phone call as he sat at the bar of the Brunswick Club — moments later he was dead.

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The last seven days in the trial of Gregory Lynn have been dominated by the jury hearing his police record of interview.

Guest host Laura Placella and Herald Sun court reporter Miles Proust discuss what the court was told.

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In our latest Q and A special, Andrew answers your questions about who has the best crooks between Sydney and Melbourne, crime in the '80s, and many other issues.

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The trial of Gregory Lynn is in its third week as the jury hears from a raft of experts giving evidence about guns, teeth, insects and more.

Guest host Laura Placella and court reporter Miles Proust talk through the last seven days in court.

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After being brought in to a ring-in crew by crooked racehorse owner Rick Renzella, jockey Steve Wood found his world falling apart. Andrew Rule tells the rest of his tale.

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As the trial of Gregory Lynn moves into its second week, the court hears more evidence - including details of the relationship between Russell Hill and Carol Clay.

Court reporter Miles Proust joins the Herald Sun's Laura Placella for more.

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Steve Wood was a young jockey with stars in his eyes. But a crooked horse owner, and one fateful decision, would send him down a long and dark path.

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Yesterday was the first day of one of Victoria's most anticipated court cases: the trial of Gregory Lynn, who is accused of murdering two campers in north east Victoria. Court reporter Miles Proust joins the Herald Sun's Laura Placella to outline the openings.

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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Thirty years ago this week, murder John Wayne Gacy was executed. Andrew Rule talks with Karen Conti, the lawyer who represented him through his final appeals.

She talks about his horrific crimes, the death penalty and looking evil in the eye.

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When Louise Faulkner and her daughter Charmian went missing in 1980, all signs pointed to an unspeakable possibility.

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Abalone poaching has plagued Australian waters for decades. Now a mix of triad money and local divers is threatening entire ecosystems.

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Andrew sits down with Brooke Grebert-Craig, host of a new podcast series about the alleged South Gippsland mushroom poisoning mystery.

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Last episode, we described Andrew 'Benji' Veniamin's rise through the underworld. This week, we describe his death, the trial of Mick Gatto, and Gatto's subsequent acquittal.

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It's 20 years since the death of violent hitman Andrew 'Benji' Venaimin. In the first of a two-part series, Andrew Rule looks at the rise of the young assassin.

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The recent death of Melbourne fruit and vegetable wholesaler John Latorre has Andrew Rule looking at the murky world of the Victorian mafia.

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At age 29, Holly Deane-Johns found herself  serving seven horrific years in prison in Bangkok. She talks with Andrew Rule about how she survived the ordeal.

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Andrew Rule charts the rise and dramatic fall of a recently deceased ex-cop turned crook.

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Journalist Helen Thomas joins the show to talk about her next podcast series looking at the disappearance of Julie Ann Garciacelay.

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While the desperate search for  Ballarat woman Samantha Murphy continues, Andrew Rule outlines extraordinary cases  where the missing have been found against the odds.

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We've told you of the many sins of Roger Rogerson. This week we give more stories about this complex character.

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When a young boy was brutally murdered by his own father 10 years ago, his mother Rosie Batty  quickly emerged as one of the most powerful voices against domestic violence this country has seen.

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With Andrew on assignment and away from the studio, we thought we'd re-release a two-part special we originally produced in 2019 about the life and crimes of one of Australia's most infamous corrupt cops.

That disgraced officer died a prisoner just a couple of weeks ago.

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In a short and sharp episode, Andrew answers a few more questions from the mailbag about arson and armed gangs.

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Rebecca Hazel's path to writing started when she first met the 'schoolgirl' at the centre of the mystery made famous by the Teacher's Pet podcast

She joins the show to talk about her new book chronicling the twists and turns of the Lynette Dawson murder case.

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Andrew Rule tells the real life story of the man who inspired the scallywag criminal stepfather character in Netflix's new series Boy Swallows Universe.

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Andrew answers more questions from the mailbag, including telling the story of producing the first Chopper book.

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In the first part of our summer Q and A sessions, Andrew answers your questions about dangerous reporting, DNA evidence, and the last man flogged in Victoria.

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Between arson attacks, grave desecrations and brazen daylight assassinations, it's been a big, bad year for Melbourne's organised crime world. Andrew is joined by crime writers Mark Buttler and Olivia Jenkins to discuss.

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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Bradley Lyons' tough life came to a brutal end at the hands of drug-addled thugs. The fact that it came after a rumor campaign from some of his nearest and dearest, made the whole sorry tale even more tragic.

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Among the many misdemeanors in the colourful life of Graham ‘The Munster’ Kinniburgh, was one of the greatest bank heists this country has ever seen.

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The host of the hit podcast series I Catch Killers has been investigating a new style of prison that aims to break the cycle of recidivism.

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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT: From crash tackling a madman to having a shotgun jammed against his head, Les O'Hagan's police career was not without incident. Nor was it without unbelievable acts of courage.

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In the pantheon of Melbourne criminal law, few shine brighter than Dermot Dann KC. Andrew Rule charts his rise - and the murder case that cemented his place at the top.

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The city has been gripped by the toxic fallout from what is still emerging as one of Australia’s biggest fraud schemes. Andrew Rule examines the man at the centre of it all.

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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. It’s all but certain one of two violent men who accompanied a crime writer to Julie Ann Garciacelay’s North Melbourne flat murdered her. But 48 years on, we’re no closer to the truth.

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History is littered with stories of lawmen catching their quarry. Here are some stories where, for whatever reason, that didn't happen.

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A meeting in a fast food joint in Melbourne's inner north may have inadvertently ended a bloody gangland war. But not before it sparked bloodshed all of its own.

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What seems to be a minor way to dodge a luxury tax, may instead be fanning the flames of a new gangland battle. 
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Andrew Rule speaks with Olivia Jenkins on the complexities of writing about the accused, the victims and the families involved in crime cases.

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Andrew Rule has covered several horrific events in his time in the newsroom. He talks with crime writer Olivia Jenkins about reporting on disasters.

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In a new miniseries from Life and Crimes, Andrew Rule sits down with young crime journalist Olivia Jenkins to talk about how the job of reporting has changed over the years.

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Trigger warning: this episode contains discussions of sexual assault and may be distressing for some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.

The Jaz brothers ran Mama Hooch, a trendy bar that attracted young women. For years, they drugged and assaulted them.

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The story of Gavin 'Capable' Preston, a notorious Melbourne criminal whose extreme violence inevitably caught up with him.

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Did imprisoned child killer James Ryan O'Neill take the Beaumont children in 1966?

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Shane Barker was killed in his driveway in 2009 but the case went cold. For a decade, his former parents-in-law lived a quiet life in rural Tasmania, saying nothing. Until the day the police arrested them for murder.

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Self-described 'mad scientist' Rory Jack Thompson decided to make his wife vanish by cutting her into tiny pieces. The grotesque crime committed exactly 40 years ago is one of many carved into Tasmania's dark history. 

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