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Andrew Rule is one of Australia's most prolific journalists and authors. In Life and Crimes, the True Crime Australia and Sunday Herald Sun columnist shines a light on the dark corners of Australian life, from the story behind the biggest mysteries, to the characters of yesterday and the crims of today. Produced by Jonty Burton.
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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT: After the news of a notorious child killer being savagely beaten in prison, Andrew Rule looks at more cases of parents harming their own children.
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Melbourne author Brodie Finegan Forbes lived inside the world of sovereign citizens, before turning his back on the movement.
He joins the show to tell his story.
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Andrew Rule looks at the early years ofthe self-described sovereign citizen, who was shot dead at Thologolong after a seven-month manhunt.
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WARNING: Disturbing content. Bill Ayes is a former crime journo who was at the right place at the very worst time, when a group of criminals tried to blow up Victoria Police HQ.
He talks with Andrew about being in the building when the blast happene
Former prison officer Brian Coglan rejoins the show to tell more stories from one of Australia's toughest prisons
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Brian Coghlan spent 20 years as a guard at one of our toughest prisons, and there he met some very interesting characters. He drops by the studio to tell tales of watching some of Australia's worst.
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Olivia Jenkins, host of the new crime series Hunting Justice comes to the studio to talk about her new show about the Easey Street murders.
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While car theft isn't a new thing, it has seen a dramatic surge as organised crooks steal cars for parts - or far, far worse.
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A fight for inheritance has opened up a decades-old family mystery.
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Captain Coby Webb has spent a career working with dogs in law enforcement. She tells Andrew about the cases she's worked and the people she's helped find using canine expertise.
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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. In the hellish hour after a killer forced his way into the Irwin sisters’ Altona North home, one of the girls managed to dial triple-0 – but the call was cut off. What happened after that is the stuff of nightmares.
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As South Australian police continue their search for young Gus Lamont, Andrew Rule looks at that and other open cases of people who have disappeared without a trace.
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As good crooks go, Brenden James Abbott was one of the best in the badness business. Now, with a new drama and a new doco about him on screens, Andrew Rule reviews his chaotic career.
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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT Author Gregory M Carroll rejoins the show to talk about living through the bloody aftermath of the great bookie robbery.
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Author Gregory M Carroll's big brother was one of the notorious gang that pulled off one of the biggest heists in Australian history.
Now Gregory has written a fictionalised account of the crime, and the men who pulled it off.
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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Depraved killer Bevan Spencer von Einem guarded his appalling secrets right up until his death, leaving his co-offenders in the “Family” murders unidentified — and ending any chance he could explain the fate of one of the
Prison guard Bruce McLeod joins the show again to tell more stories about working at some of the state's toughest correctional facilities.
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Prison guard Bruce McLeod lost his best mate to a violent crime. It spurred him to write the book Justifying the Means.
He joins the show to talk about his friend and life working inside some of Victoria's toughest correctional facilities.
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Producer Jonty Burton joins the show for our annual holiday reading and watching guide. A spoiler warning: this episode discusses the following true crime documentaries:
The Carman Family Deaths
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
Fred & Rose West: A British
Author Fabian Christian joins the show to talk about one of 1980's Australia's biggest heists, and the unusual way he came to write a fictionalised version of the event and its aftermath.
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Journalist and author Peter FitzSimons returns to the show to talk about a murder mystery that surrounded one of Earnest 'Weary' Dunlop's best friends.
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Acclaimed journalist and author Peter FitzSimons joins the show to talk about his new book that chronicles the life of war hero Earnest 'Weary' Dunlop.
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Author and CEO Peter Norris joins the show again to recount coming back to Victoria, getting into trouble, and what finally turned his life around.
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Peter Norris joins the show again to talk about the time his bank robber father decided to take him across the Nullarbor to a new life in Western Australia.
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His dad was a notorious criminal in the golden age of bank robbery. And it would sweep young Peter Norris into a turbulent and adventurous childhood. He joins the show to tell his story.
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As more Melburnians are feeling unsafe in their own homes, and politicians debate castle laws, Andrew Rule looks at the many dangers of fighting back.
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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. When locals made a gruesome find in the tiny South Australian town of Wynarka, they didn't realise it would link a pair of callous murders half a country apart.
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Emily Webb returns to the show to talk about some of the poisoning cases in her new book Suburban True Crime.
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True crime author, podcaster and friend ofthe show Emily Webb comes along to talk about some of the cases in her new book Suburban True Crime.
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Years before Greg Lynn was convicted of murder, a high-country camper had a very strange interaction with a very strange man. Andrew Rule explains.
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Andrew Rule spent time inside the Children's Court. This is what he found.
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Andrew Rule tells the stories of the cops who've had to swarm the bad guys where they live.
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Former Victoria Police Detective David Bartlett comes back to the show to talk about how technology can be used to help keep society safe.
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Andrew is joined by David Bartlett, a former Victoria Police Detective and former member of the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
They talk about David's time in law enforcement and the way crooks try to cook the books.
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The suspected murder of American teenager Julie Garciacelay has been one of Melbourne's more intriguing cold cases - one with a link to the horrific Easey St killings.
Now journalist and podcaster Helen Thomas has uncovered some potential new witnes
Rod Halsted comes back to the show to talk about more of his wild times and how he turned his life around.
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Rod Halsted joins the show to talk about his colourful youth and what turned his life around.
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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Andrew Rule recounts some of the more brutal killings he's covered as a crime writer.
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Crime writers Mark Buttler and Regan Hodge join the show to tell the tale of Josh Eddy and his bikie drug ring.
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While Andrew Rule is on assignment, crime reporter Anthony Dowsley joins the show to outline the latest in the investigation into the Bali murder of Zivan Radmanovic.
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Professor David Ranson joins the show again to talk crime scene dos and don'ts and famous cases he's investigated.
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David Ranson spent years finding clues to help solve crimes. He talks with Andrew Rule about working as a forensic pathologist.
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The short-lived spree of Pavel Marinof came to an end on a lonely road on the outskirts of Melbourne. Andrew Rule goes through those last moments of the man they called Mad Max, and the fateful decision officers had to make in taking him down.
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The mushroom trial is not the first example of a woman doing harm to a loved one through toxins. Andrew Rule checks in while on assignment in the UK to give other examples.
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A popular nightclub in the section of Bali now known as “Little Moscow” won’t serve anyone with neck tattoos — it’s the easiest way to keep out undesirables and potentially violent criminals.
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When a group of young people took their own lives in a suicide cluster in the Macedon Ranges, local parents vowed to give kids the language to cope with the once-taboo subject of mental health. This episode was edited by Jasime Geddes.
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Peter Boland is the sole carer for his quadriplegic, brain-injured son “PJ”. An obscure glitch in a gearbox upgrade left the veteran truck driver, who has never lost his license, navigating a legal nightmare.
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When former AFL umpire Troy Pannel's car crashed last week it ended a story of shipping, racing and elite sport. And it may have started another one that plays out in court.
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What once was a tool for the tropics is causing havoc on southern streets. Andrew Rule looks at the recent ban on machetes.
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Early morning bayside walkers often spot masked men with a bag in one hand and a speargun in the other. Here’s what they’re really up to and why our government is turning a blind eye.
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How do you lose thousands of rounds of ammunition? Andrew Rule outlines how a dispute with a real estate agent can turn into a safe full of missing bullets.
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The Ides of March finished off Julius Caesar but May is the toughest month for wannabe bosses in Australia’s Calabrian mafia.
Editing assistance for this episode by Jasmine Geddes.
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Author Lucy Sussex joins the podcast to discuss the life of one of Australia's first female crime writers, and her criminal son.
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The violent death of World War 2 veteran Hughie Wilson has cast a long shadow over a small county town - and over the one cop who fought to find the truth.
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The identification of the murderer and rapist Mr Stinky is rightly heralded as an extraordinary piece of detective work. What is less told however is the many stumbles that hindered police right from the start of their investigations.
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Crime writer Anthony Dowsley joins the show to analyse the colourful life of one of Australia's most notorious gangland figures.
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The host of the hit new True Crime Australia podcast Dear Rachelle joins the show to outline the investigative series.
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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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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 wh
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.
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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.
News.com.au reporter Ale
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
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 lo
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
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 mu
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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The Jaz brothers ran Mama Hooch, a trendy bar that attracted young women. For years, they drugged and ass
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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The Higgins family was filled with media high-flyers. But when a stranger entered their lives, a storm started brewing.
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When concreter Salvatore Rotiroti was found bashed to death outside his Geelong home, it opened up fractures in his sprawling family. And it left a son searching for answers.
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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Reporter Douglas Smith joins the show to outline his new podcast series about investigations into the deaths of indigenous women across Australia.
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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. In the depths of the 1930s depression, a grusome find shocked the nation. And it would take a true detective and some brand new technology to crack the case. Host of the In Black and White podcast, Jen Kelly, joins the sh
It's been 60 years since perhaps the most famous heist in the world. Andrew Rule tells the story of the crime and its links very close to home.
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Last year the late gangland lawyer sat down with Andrew Rule to talk about the crooks he defended and his own problems with the law. This episode was first published for subscribers at heraldsun.com.au and the Crime X+ channel.
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Last year the late gangland lawyer sat down with Andrew Rule to talk about the crooks he defended and his own problems with the law. This episode was first published for subscribers at heraldsun.com.au and the Crime X+ channel.
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Last year the late gangland lawyer sat down with Andrew Rule to talk about the crooks he defended and his own problems with the law. This episode was first published for subscribers at heraldsun.com.au and the Crime X+ channel.
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Last year the late gangland lawyer sat down with Andrew Rule to talk about the crooks he defended and his own problems with the law. This episode was first published for subscribers at heraldsun.com.au and the Crime X+ channel.
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What happens when footy players fall in with bad company? Andrew Rule tells more tales of on field champions who turned off-field felons.
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Jack Richardson was an ace player who turned to crime and made enemies of powerful people. And now police have a new clue to who gunned him down
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To most Willie Thompson was just another name to add to the bloodbath that was the Melbourne gangland war. But his death may have brought about the end of one of that war's top kingpins.
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A brazen payroll robbery sets off a tangled investigation, a long courtroom drama and a glimpse into the crooks who prey on crooks.
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Vince and Gerado were shot dead in their respective driveways nine months apart. Nobody has ever been charged, and it is unlikely anybody will be.
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Andrew Rule introduces the first episode of the new podcast The Missing Australia. Find the show ad-free on the CrimeX channel, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. The recent podcast series The Missing Australia leads Andrew Rule to examine the confronting case of a baby sent in the post.
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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. As politicians debate what to do with our most notorious prisoners, Andrew Rule tells the backstory of one of Australia's most shocking serial killers.
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Andrew Rule introduces an extract from the Audible recording of his book: Chance, a collection of stories about grit and gamblers and the romance of the racing life.
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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. It's 20 years ago that Melbourne's gangland war was supercharged when Jason Moran was gunned down at a suburban Melbourne park.
And the fact that it was done in front of small kids, shows how calous the tit-for-tat battl
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Andrew Rule is joined by Meni Caroutas, former detective and host of the new podcast The Missing Australia.
They discuss some of Australia's most disturbing missing persons cases.
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Knocking off banks and armoured cars to fuel addiction or obsession is one thing - but turning it into your day job is another.
Andrew Rule chronicles the cruel and calculating men who made robbery their career.
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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Before the networked world, bank heists were a good way to make a bad dollar. Andrew Rule introduces some of the crooks who took the money and ran.
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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. While cowboys and cattle thieves sound like a thing of the past, Andrew Rule explains that it's very much a part of modern rural Australian crime.
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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. After several heartbreaking missing persons tragedies, Australian police forces might finally be employing a new four-legged tool in their hunt to find the lost.
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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Mark Morri, host of the new podcast series Crim City, joins Andrew Rule to talk about when underworld gunmen get the wrong target.
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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Forget the bikies and the mafia - some of Australia's most captivating crimes have been perpetrated with a canvas and an easel.
Author Mark Holsworth joins the show with more.
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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Brian Murphy was a hard cop with a hard nickname. And when he passed away on Anzac Day, he left behind a pile of intriguing tales. Many of them may even be true.
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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Detective Lachlan McCulloch closes in on the shadowy fraudsters who have been ripping off banks throughout Melbourne.
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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Detective Lachlan McCulloch is called to a lawyer's office over some missing documents. But what starts off looking like a clerical error will fast turn into a major case of fraud.
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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Lachlan McCulloch was tasked with bringing down some of Australia's most notorious criminals using only his wits and a wig.
Now, in this special Life and Crimes series, Andrew Rule talks with the former undercover cop ab
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Peter 'Crackers' Keenan is a former AFL hard man who also knew his way around horse racing. He outlines some of the characters he met - both on the footy ground and on the racetrack.
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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Guest host Anthony Dowsley is joined by the Herald Sun's crime team to discuss some of the news that has crossed their desk so far this year.
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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Over two books, author and journalist Abraham Maddison told the definitive story of the charismatic crook, Brendan James Abbott.
He wrote those books under another name - Derek Pedley. Why he changed his name is the topi
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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Douglas Kay Morgan, one half of the infamous 'after dark bandit' crew, continues the discussion about his crimes, his time behind bars and his artistic post-prison life.
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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Former 'after dark bandit' twin Douglas Kay Morgan joins the show again to talk more about his time as a bank robber, as well as his road to redemption.
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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. When Elisabeth Membrey went missing from her outer suburban flat in 1994, police investigators leapt into action.
But after many leads and much grief, there' still no closure on the case.
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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Author Tony Wilson is back to discuss more of football's greatest scallywags and scoundrels.
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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Andrew is joined by investigative journalist Anthony Dowsley to talk about the new true crime podcast series: The Devil's Apprentice.
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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. With another AFL season on the horizon, broadcaster and author Tony Wilson joins the show to talk about some of the scallywags, rogues and scoundrels that have played the great game.
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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Long-time listeners will know the tale of Aubrey Broughill - AKA the beanie bandit. This episode we explore the crimes of the man who could well be the last to see old Aubrey alive.
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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. When his house was gutted by a national park fire, former AFP officer John Shobbrook used all his detective skills to investigate what went wrong.
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Nearly 50 years ago, a little girl disappeared without trace from a quiet Melbourne suburb. Now her aunt speaks for the first time about the events of the night and the ongoing search for answers.
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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT Actor Madeline West joins the show to talk about her new podcast series Predatory - an investigation into preventing child abuse.
She discusses the dangers online and on the streets - as well
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In the second of our short series inspired by the Herald Sun's Deadline column, Andrew Rule, Mark Buttler and Anthony Dowsley outline the inner workings of Melbourne's Notorious Crime Family.
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In the first of a run of episodes inspired by the Herald Sun's Deadline column, crime reporters Mark Buttler and Anthony Dowsley sit down with Andrew to talk about the bikie news of 2022 and what's brewing in '23.
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As the year draws to a close, Andrew remembers some of the names in and around the world of crime who have passed away in the last 12 months
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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Lady Ann Rylah was a very accomplished woman married to a very powerful man. And when their marriage soured, she was met with tragedy and he was met with questions. Questions, that despite his power, he couldn't quite mak
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. In between the shootings at Hoddle Street and the horrors of Port Arthur, there was a rampage that has largely drifted from the public consciousness.
But for the families of those lost, the killings at Queen St are forev
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. What started as a one night stand in an inner-city pub saw a young tradie fighting for years to clear his name.
Andrew Rule talks with him about his case.
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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Gold Coast-based journalist Greg Stolz joins the show to outline his new investigation Mayhem in the Mongols.
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Colin Creed was a tough Adelaide cop who turned to the wrong side of the law and ended up hunted by his own.
Andrew Rule outlines the story of a man, who for a hot minute, was Australia's most wanted criminal.
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Donald Tate lived a life of light planes, narcotics busts and death sentences.
And while he got himself into his fair share of scrapes, he always seemed to have an angle on an out.
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It's a shadowy world where cool customers slip past international authorities to import contraband for the highest bidder.
But it's not drugs or guns they are dealing, but rare and exotic eggs.
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While the world of racing is full of colourful characters, it also has its fair share of miracles - both at the finishing post and the betting ring.
Andrew Rule tells of two memorable moments.
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Samantha Wilson was a mystery figure with a chequered past when she appeared in a small town in Victoria's high country.
And when she went missing, the mystery only deepened.
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They may have sounded like a boy band, but for a hot minute, this group of frenemies terrorised Melbourne's western suburbs - before turning on themselves.
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Lawyer Andrew Fraser represented the top of the criminal foodchain before sinking to the depths of addiction and imprisonment. In the first of a special series, Fraser joins Andrew Rule to talk cops, crims and AK 47s
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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Katherine Mary Knight was an abattoir worker in country New South Wales, who had a fondness for knives and tempestuous relationships with men.
And one day this volatile mix turned deadly, in one of Australia's most notor
Andrew outlines the colourful lives of two colourful characters: John Kizon and Tom Erikson.
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Revelle Balmain was a dancer and model who turned to escort work to make ends meet.
But when she went missing, police searched from Sydney's sprawling nightlife, to the wilds of Tasmania, in search of answers.
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Brenden James Abbott was a smart kid with a habit for burglary. But it was his ingenious escapes and a single roll of film that would make him famous.
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In 2014, an excavator made a grisly find that reopened a very cold case.
What followed is a story of gambling, drugs and the echoes of a most notorious crime.
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In the vast plains of western Victoria, police, family and concerned locals hunted for missing Adelaide grandmother Colleen South in vain. But Andrew Rule argues there was one critical element missing that could have changed the outcome.
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In a step away from crime, Andrew sits down with author Anston Cameron to talk about the new biography Neil Balme, A Tale of Two Men.
The memoir chronicles Balme's journey from footy hard man to a source of calm in a turbulent sport.
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Investigative journalist Stephen Drill joins the show to introduce his new podcast series Bikies Inc - a series that lifts the lid on Australia’s outlaw motorcycle gangs, who now control more than $3 billion worth of illegal drugs each year.
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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT On the second part of our Q&A special, Andrew answers questions about chilling crimes, missing people and old-time crooks
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On this milestone episode, Andrew Rule answers your questions about charming crooks, the underbelly war, crime masterminds and more.
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Investigative reporter Anthony Dowsley joins the show to outline the aftermath of the acquittal of Jason Roberts ove the Silk/Miller police shootings.
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In this short episode, we outline the short crime spree of Pavel Marinof - and how his propensity for violence against cops left long shadows over the police force.
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When South Australian police needed to infiltrate the Adelaide mafia, an undercover veteran assembled a team to pull off a remarkable sting.
And after twists and turns in the legal system, their efforts resulted - only days ago - in a major convicti
WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT When Sue was only 19 years old, she sought sanctuary at an inner-Melbourne police station. What followed has been a 40-year ordeal as she has searched for the policeman who assaulted her.
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In Sydney's south west, a deadly blood feud has broken out between rival crime families. Daily Telegraph crime writer Mark Morri joins the show to talk about his new documentary series, exposing this latest fracture in Sydney's underworld.
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Andrew Rule explores the utter tragedy when old crooks induct young kids into their life of crime.
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In the last in our series on great prison escapees, Andrew outlines the colourful crimes and daring prison break of 'Doc' Smith.
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Russell 'Mad Dog' Cox's exploits are well known, but this week, we focus on his extraordinary escape from Sydney’s Long Bay jail.
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Recent events has Andrew Rule recounting the most famous jailbreaks by three of Australia's most colourful crooks.
This week: the daring flight of David McMillan from the infamous 'Bangkok Hilton' prison.
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The wilderness search for a missing man has Andrew Rule asking why authorities continue to refuse the help of expert trackers - even when time, money and perhaps lives are in the balance.
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A chance find on a hard drive brings new revelations to an ongoing legal and political drama.
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Novelist Adrian McKinty went from writing crime thrillers in Melbourne to blockbusters in the US. He sits down with Andrew to tell the story of his eclectic career.
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When a young train driver moved into an unassuming house in an inner western suburb of Melbourne, little did he know it may have had links to one of the country's greatest heists.,
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Andrew Rule uncovers a new and compelling theory as to the true identity of one of Australia's most notorious monsters.
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Don Winslow is a best-selling American crime author whose new book City on Fire is the first in a saga about Irish and Italian crime syndicates in 1980s and '90s New England.
He talks with Andrew about drug wars, the opioid epidemic and the craft of
Karmein Chan was abducted in 1991. Just over a year later her remains were found in northern Melbourne. Was Mr Cruel responsible and what did the police overlook?
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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. They spend their working lives keeping the bad guys on the inside, but who's helping them cope on the outside? Counsellor Bruce Perham joins the show to talk about his work helping prison guards deal with the pressures of
George Brown was a country boy with big dreams of training winners at the track. But he met a tragic end after getting caught up in racing's violent underworld.
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This week, from the vault, we bring you the story of a little guy with big plans - that mostly involved stealing. (First released Jan 19, 2019)
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Last week, we looked at the murder that saw Ronald Ryan hanged. This week we tell the story of what became of the young man who shared Ryan's crimes.
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The execution of Ronald Ryan, the last man hanged in Australia, shocked and captivated the nation. But his partner in crime, Peter Walker, has a violent and tragic tale all of his own.
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Colin McLaren spent a career in undercover law enforcement infiltrating the mafia in Australia. Now as an author, he has travelled to Italy to uncover the origins of the mob. Andrew Rule explains.
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Ben Buckley was a rogue of the sky and no stranger to scrapes with authority. But beyond his many misdemeanors, he also saved lives with his aerial exploits.
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John and Lorraine Moss lived a quiet life in central Victoria until John became mysteriously ill. But behind all Lorraine's concern for her husband's health, lay a wicked plan - and a fondness for arsenic.
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They're a mainstay of film, TV and news reports worldwide: the hound dogs that can hunt through the wilderness to find the lost. But if they're so effective, why aren't they here?
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When the mafia needed a man to help get rid of a problem, they turned to a Melbourne gun dealer - a man who may just have taken one of crime's biggest mysteries to his grave.
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When Australian woman Patricia Galea was shot dead in an LA apartment, it looked like a robbery gone wrong. But the true reasons for her death might just wind their way back to Sydney's gambling underworld.
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When publican Mike Lowry was shot in the head with a small calibre bullet, police were left with a question: who was the mysterious woman who pulled the trigger?
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Andrew Rule offers up some crime gems in this rough guide to summer reading and viewing.
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Andrew Rule and Herald Sun's Deadline columnists turn their attention to the many missing persons cases that have captivated the country over the past 12 months.
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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Deadline columnist Mark Buttler and senior crime reporter Anthony Dowsley join the show again to discuss more stories of outlaw motorcycle gang members that made the news in 2021
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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Andrew is joined by two of the Herald Sun's senior crime writers to tell the tales of bikies who have been in the news this last year.
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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT: Andrew is joined by Marita Murphy, a woman with a confronting but compelling story of abuse and survival.
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Andrew Rule continues the story of wives and mothers who have unexpectedly died in baffling, suspicious and downright disturbing ways.
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Andrew Rule goes in-depth on a series of cases where wives and mothers have died in tragic, mysterious or downright suspicious circumstances.
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When young Harry Coffey was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, no-one expected him to have much of an active life, let alone one as a champion jockey. They were wrong.
To celebrate the launch of the new sports journalism site CODE, Andrew tells Coffey'
Developments in the Wonnangatta campers case and the search for William Tyrrell has Andrew Rule looking at how detectives hone in on vital clues in missing person cases.
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Andrew Rule steps away from crime for an episode to tell the story of two brothers who went off to war, and one philanthropist who made sure they would not be forgotten.
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This week Robert Arthur Selby Lowe died in jail as he served a life sentence for killing schoolgirl Sheree Beasley in 1991. Andrew Rule looks at the story behind the story of the man who became a murderer.
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Andrew Rule asks how did the Cleo Smith disappearance saga end up with joy when so many others have ended in tears.
In the chaos following the murder of two police officers in Walsh St, Melboune, an enduring mystery began: Where did one of the cops' guns go - and has it been used for evil ever since? Like the show? Go to https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule for mo
From a start as a “nice boy” model, Hasan Topal became a violent outlaw bikie, suspected killer and international fugitive. And his rise was through a cloud of blood, bullets and battered bodies. Read Andrew's columns and more at: https://heraldsun.
WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. AFP officer Jon Rouse returns to the show to talk more about his work fighting online child sexual abuse. More information on the documentary: https://childreninthepictures.org/ Find help: https://kidshelpline.com.au/ htt
WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Jon Rouse is one of Australia's top cops fighting online child sexual abuse. He talks with Andrew about his career, his investigations, and his advice on protecting kids from internet predators. More information on the do
When Bendigo man Kevin Pearce died at the hands of an unknown sniper, it became one of country Victoria's most disturbing murder mysteries. Andrew Rule examines the case. Like the show? Go to https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule for more Crime Stopper
Rosslyn McQueen was a young mum with the world to live for. So why did she die an agonising death with strychnine in her veins? Andrew Rule examines the case. Read Andrew's column on the case and more at: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Crim
When young boy Terry Floyd went missing from a small country town, suspicion may have fallen on the wrong man, as investigator and TV host Ron Iddles explains. Thew last episode of Homicide with Ron Iddles goes to air October 3. Watch Homicide with R
Ron Iddles, former police investigator and host of the new show Homicide, joins Andrew to discuss the murder of Gina Rossato, a single mother who disappeared from her own doorstep. Read more of Andrew's columns at: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/andrew
When Suzie Lawrance vanished from the middle of a country town on a Saturday night in 1987, there were few leads. Three decades later, a reporter turned sleuth has picked up the trail. Read Andrew's column on the disappearance at: https://heraldsun.c
To celebrate the launch of his new book Chance, Andrew Rule turns his mind to some of racing's most colourful sages and scallywags. More information about the book at: https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781760987718/ Like the show? Go to https://www.he
WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. A meeting with a former policeman has Andrew Rule recalling a crime of gothic savagery - and one woman's story of survival. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
When former narcotics detective John Shobbrook busted a drug importation ring, little did he know it would see him squaring off against corruption in the Queensland police force. Get more information about John Shobbrook's book at: https://www.uqp.co
Journalist Stephen Drill went looking for the footprints of organised crime in Italy while working as a foreign correspondent. Now back in Australia, he talks with Andrew Rule about his new podcast series examining the mafia, and the links it makes a
Andrew Rule talks with former narcotics detective John Shobbrook about a drug importation caper featuring planes, hapless crooks and the Far North Queensland wilderness. Get more information about John Shobbrook's book at: https://www.uqp.com.au/book
Ashley Mervyn Coulston was a troubled child who grew up to be an evil man. But it was only after he was put behind bars, that questions arose about a series of similar crimes across Australia. Go to https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-ru
WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Former tactical operations cop Keith Banks has seen his fair share of action. From dawn raids to busting bikies, he tells Andrew Rule about his many years in law enforcement and the heavy toll it took on him. If you or so
Some crooks go in all guns blazing, but as Andrew Rule explains, the smart ones often find it's blending in that stops them from being caught out. Become a Herald Sun subscriber. Go to https://www.heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule and click on any article
Andrew Rule outlines some recent updates to the 'slug gate' drama surrounding a meal provider and a council in Melbbourne's east. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
When it comes to crimes and misdemeanors, copying vehicle number plates may seem low on the list, but often, this petty act is in service of evil deeds. Andrew Rule explains. Like the show? Read features, comment and more at https://www.heraldsun.co
This week, Queensland police offered a reward for information about the death of Shane Bowden, a most notorious criminal. But before he was gunned down, Bowden was at the centre of the rise and fall of the Gold Coast's outlaw motorcycle clubs. Like t
WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Being a violent criminal in Australia can be a very dangerous profession. Andrew Rule explains how some of this country's worst met their demise. If you or someone you know needs assistance: Lifeline on 13 11 14 or https:
With the passing of Geoffrey Edelsten, Andrew Rule remembers the many highlights and lowlights of the controversial medic turned footy entrepreneur. Rad Andrew Rule's features at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleSee omnystudio.com/listener for p
The superb Foxtel series Mr Inbetween has Andrew Rule looking at two stories this week that would have fit right into an underworld drama. But truth, as they say, can be stranger than fiction. Like Andrew's columns? Read more at https://heraldsun.com
In the early 1920s a hapless bar owner found himself victim of one of Australia's worst misuses of forensic detective work. Andrew Rule discusses the case with journalist and author Liz Porter. Like the show? Become a Herald Sun subscriber at: https:
DNA matching has been one of the greatest advances crime fighting has known, but as Andrew Rule explains, when used without care, it can lead to great miscarriages of justice. Like the show? Read Andrew's columns at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrul
The value transfer system called hawala has been used since the time of the silk road to facilitate international commerce. And criminals have spread their own webs to use the ancient system for their own ends. Andrew Rule explains. Read Andrew's col
It was at the time, Australia's worst mass killing: the arson at Brisbane's Whiskey a Go Go that claimed 15 lives. Andrew Rule outlines the crime, the culpable crooks and the crooked police who were tied up in the whole affair. Read Andrew's columns
WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. While the late Neville Wran may be lionised as titan of Australian politics, Andrew Rule paints a very different truth - of a corrupt politician in a world of vice. Read Andrew's companion column now at: http://heraldsun.
As a 21-year-old, Laurie Larmer found himself piloting bombers over Nazi Germany in the last days of World War 2. And despite the odds, he lived to tell the tale. Andrew Rule tells a remarkable man's remarkable story. Like the show? Read Andrew's
What starts as slimy find at a Dandenong meals manufacturer turns into a tangled web of accusations, denials and food safety. Andrew speaks with Ian Cook, the man at the centre of the storm. Like the podcast? Get Andrew Rule features and more at hera
Andrew is joined by Herald Sun reporters Genevieve Alison and Ashley Argoon to outline 'Class Act', their investigative podcast series into the complex case of Neil Lennie, a brilliant teacher who had no right to be in the classroom.Listen to the Cla
A high-seas crime involving a former Olympian has Andrew Rule recalling Murray Riley, another skilled athlete who found himself in the thick of sydney's crime gangs, drug importers and scamsters. Like the show? Read Andrew's columns at https://herald
Abe Saffron presided over a web of crime and corruption that would stretch from Sydney's post-war black markets to the clubs of Kings Cross. But it was a deadly fire at an amusement park that showed how ruthless he could be. Read Andrew Rule's profi
What should have been a stroke of luck for a Sydney family turned into a heartbreaking ordeal when a callous crook took a novel approach to extortion. Like Life and Crimes? Read more from Andrew Rule at https://www.heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleSee omny
A year after two campers went missing in Victoria's high country, Andrew Rule examines the latest clues to their disappearance. Read Andrew Rule's feature on the Wonnangatta mystery at heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleSee omnystudio.com/listener for priva
WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. When a wave of young girls were abducted and murdered in broad daylight in the 1930s, no-one suspected doting family man Arnold Sodeman was to blame. Jen Kelly, host of the In Black and White podcast, has the story. Subsc
Before Melbourne encroached upon it, Tynong North was a nondescript bit of bush where some very bad things happened. Andrew Rule explains. Like the podcast? Become a Herald Sun subscriber for Life and Crimes backgrounders, photos, features and more.
WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Joe Noonan has been where no police officer wants to: comforting a colleague who is dying in the line of duty. He talks with Andrew about his years on the force and some of the more hair-raising experiences he's been thro
Allegations surround the breeding program at an elite horse racing stud owned by one of the most interesting characters in Australian business. Andrew Rule explains. Read more of Andrew Rule. Go to: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/ibawSee omnystudio.co
In the last of our Cuckoo series, Andrew Rule tells the story of the police dragnet that started to close in on Mr Stinky, and the mistake that would finally put a monster behind bars. Read more of Andrew Rule's columns. Go to heraldsun.com.au/andre
Some call them a cult, many more call them controversial. Andrew Rule explores the intriguing history of the Jesus Christians. Read Andrew Rule's latest columns at: https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati
Journalist Steve Pennells joins the show to discuss his upcoming documentary on one of Australia's most compelling murder cases, the Claremont killings. Get Andrew's columns and more at https://www.heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Catching the Claremont K
The world of martial arts in Melbourne is a fascinating place filled with cleanskins, crooks and colourful characters. Andrew Rule outlines some of the more interesting people to lace up the gloves. Like Life and Crimes? Go to https://www.heraldsun.c
The recent bloody shooting of a Perth man resonates with another famous case involving guns, bikies, bombs and barristers. Read more from Andrew Rule at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
After a series of horrifying rapes, the police, media and public all focus in on finding the man responsible. But it would take a brilliant forensic expert to tie the perpetrator back to a pair of country murders decades before.See omnystudio.com/lis
Andrew continues reading and giving backgrounds to his first book on the infamous Mr Stinky murders. Subscribe to the Herald Sun. Go to heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule and click on any article to beginSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this short holiday podcast, Andrew continues reading and giving background to his first book: Cuckoo. Subscribe to the Herald Sun. Go to heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule and click on any article to beginSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati
Andrew Rule continues the intermittent series of reading from, and annotating, his first book, Cuckoo: the story of the Mr Stinky murders. Look for the bonus episode: Cuckoo: the story so far - in this podcast feed - to listen to parts 1 to 4. Subscr
Over the holiday period, Andrew will be revisiting his first book, Cuckoo, which we last talked about earlier this year. Get caught up with this compilation of previous episodes from the series. Become a Herald Sun subscriber. Go to https://www.heral
Is there someone in authority feeding the bad guys the good oil on where to steal firearms? Andrew Rule investigates. Like the podcast? Subscribe to the Herald Sun for columns and more at: heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleSee omnystudio.com/listener for p
Graham Kinniburgh is perhaps best known as one of the victims of Melbourne's gangland war. But before he met his end, he earned his stripes as one of Australia's best thieves. Get full access to all of Andrew Rule's columns. Go to heraldsun.com.au/an
WARNING: Disturbing content. Ex homicide detective Rowland Legg joins the show again to talk more about the murders he's solved and the evil men he's put behind bars. Read Rowland Legg's exclusive columns in the Herald Sun. Need to talk to someone?
WARNING: Disturbing content. Former homicide detective Rowland Legg has investigated some of the most harrowing murder cases in Australia. He joins Andrew to talk about the start to his career and some of his early cases. Read Rowland Legg's exclusi
Michael Kuzilny went from the beat to the boardroom when he traded in a life as a policeman to practice law. He sits down to talk with Andrew about crime in the age of pandemic, how the force has changed, and what was found in the ceiling of a St Kil
An argument at a party left a small-time crook dead and a big-time crook in the spotlight. Andrew Rule recounts the night Alphonse Gangitano shot Greg Workman. Want to read more from Andrew Rule? Become a Herald Sun subscriber. Go to https://heralds
As the old mafia dons of country Australia start to die off, Andrew Rule can open more of the file on the Calabrian crew and their many misdeeds. Read the podcast companion. Read more of Rule's features at heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleSee omnystudio.c
The daylight robbery of an Armaguard van in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond was a most brazen crime. And the story of the man behind the wheel of the job is equally compelling. Read Andrew Rule's columns at: https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule
From an early age, series regular Jock the Jockey was exposed to the seamy side of life. In this episode he takes Andrew on a whistle stop tour of some of the rogues he once knew. Read Andrew's latest columns at: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/andre...
On the 50th anniversary of the biggest industrial accident in Melbourne's history, Andrew Rule is joined by reporter Alex White to remember the collapse of the West Gate bridge.
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Life and Crime's resident 'rider on the storm' Jock the jockey returns with more run-ins with triads, gangsters, a jetski and a picnic blanket. Get more of Andrew Rule's columns at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule
Willi Koeppen was Australia's first celebrity chef and his disappearance over 40 years ago involves a fractured marriage, illicit affairs, and some shoddy police work. Andrew speaks with private investigator Damian Marrett about the&n...
Former detective Damian Marrett has played a lot of characters in pursuit of the bad guys. But pretending to be a hitman proved to be one of his more memorable assignments.
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Shane Chatres-Abbott lived a tangled life of sex, drugs and violence. His murder was no less complicated. Like Life & Crimes? Consider subscribing to the Herald Sun for Andrew Rule's columns, as well as access to True Crime Australia, a specia...
Anthony Dowsley and Patrick Carlyon, the two Herald Sun journalists who first broke the story of Nicola Gobbo and her place in Australia's bloody gangland war, join Andrew to introduce their new book: Lawyer X
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Former detective, podcaster and author Gary Jubelin joins the show again to tell more tales of his life carrying a badge. Read more Andrew Rule at:heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule
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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. From bikies to very bad men, journalist Adrian Tame met some very colourful characters while working for the notorious newspaper, The Truth. Now he sits down to discuss some old tales and his new book.
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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. The first few hours of a murder probe are crucial, and sometimes errors early on can derail an investigation for decades. Andrew Rule explains. Like Andrew's columns? Subscribe to the Herald Sun for more. Go to&nbs...
When Matthew Wales-King bludgeoned his mother and step father to death, it led to a bumbling cover-up and a family in tatters. Andrew Rule unwinds the threads of the so-called society murders.
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Author Mark Dapin joins the show to talk about two of Australia's most feared men: Russell Cox and Ray Denning, the subjects of his new book, Public Enemies. Special thanks to Del Fordham for production assistance.
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Rod Weightman went from celebrated harness racing trainer to prison inmate with bikie connections. Now he's out and looking to make amends both on and off the track. Read Andrew Rule's column on Weightman
When an eight-year-old girl went missing from a middle class suburb, the at first bumbling police investigation soon sharpened their focus very close to home. Read more Andrew Rule at heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule
WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Former detective Ray Watson joins us for a final time to describe some of the most harrowing moments he's had in the force. Read Andrew's columns at heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule
WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Former cop Ray Watson is back in the studio for more stories from his time dealing with some of the nation's worst crooks as part of the Armed Robbery Squad. For Ray's columns, go to https://www....
Former detective Ray Watson and his colleagues from the Armed Robbery Squad have come across some mad, bad and colourful characters while in the line of duty. Here are just a few. Read Andrew's latest column at heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule
As a new documentary aims to shine light on one of Australia's most chilling murder mysteries, Andrew Rule outlines the facts and theories surrounding the disappearance of Peter Falconio.
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When women go missing, often the answer to their disappearance is tragically close to home. And families can be ripped apart when children choose to believe the word of a killer they've known all their lives.
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In the final part of our series on the gangland murder of Terrence and Christine Hodson, their children Andrew and Mandy talk about the winding road since their parents' death and how they and their lawyer Jeremy King have been seeking justice....
Former undercover cop Robbie Robertson sits down again with Andrew Rule to tell about the time he found himself standing between three unsuspecting police officers and Australia's most infamous criminal. Become a Herald Sun subscriber. Go...
Mandy and Andrew Hodson were the first to find their murdered parents after they were brutally killed during the heights of Melbourne's gangland war. Now, both Andrew and Mandy sit down to talk about that horrible moment.
As a former undercover and surveillance cop, Robbie Robertson has shadowed some of Australia's worst criminals. He sits down with Andrew Rule to tell some remarkable tales. Read Andrew's extended profile of Robertson at heraldsun.com.au/andre...
Before Terence and Christine Hodson were gunned down, a burglary on an Oakleigh drug house and a series of revelations about Terence would escalate tensions around them. Mandy and Andrew Hodson sit down again to discuss the ...
The murders of Terence and Christine Hodson would be a major event in Melbourne's gangland war. Now for the first time, two of their children Mandy and Andrew sit down to talk about their family's life and what led up to the crime. Become a H...
Many crooks can charm, and that charm can be hazardous to the women around them. Andrew Rule explains. Subscribe to the Herald Sun. Go to: heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule, and click on any article to begin.
The sad tale of Margaret Clement is a melodrama that starts in the gold rush, and stretches up to modern times. Andrew Rule outlines a sorry tale of eccentric sisters, callous crooks and a gruesome find. Subscribe to the Herald Sun. Go to www.heralds
The story of the Great Bookie Robbery is a well-told tale - including by this podcast. What's less talked about is the very real possibility that a police officer helped the crooks get away with their crime. Andrew Rule reveals the chief ...
Andrew Rule and sports journalist Jon Anderson come together to remember Darby McCarthy, a champion jockey who was the victim of a historical injustice on the track. Become a Herald Sun subscriber. Go to heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule and click on any a
Former homicide detective Gary Jubelin ran the investigation into the disappearance of young William Tyrell. Now he sits down with Andrew to talk about his life investigating the most confronting of crimes. He also outlines h...
It's ten years since Carl Williams was killed in prison. Andrew is joined by crime writer and former journalist Liam Houlihan to talk about the winding road that brought the gangland kingpin to his doom. Want to read Andrew Rule's latest colu...
It's over a month since two campers went missing in Victoria's high country. Andrew Rule goes through the theories surrounding the disappearance. Subscribe to the Herald Sun. Go to heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule.
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The suspect list for the Beaumont children is long and winding. Andrew Rule breaks down the likely contenders. Become a Herald Sun subscriber: Go to http://www.heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule
Shannon Deery has followed the trials of George Pell from the beginning. Now that the cardinal has been acquitted by the High Court, he speaks with Andrew Rule about the many twists and turns of the case. Become a Herald Sun subscribe...
It's one of the nation's most enduring and heartbreaking mysteries: the abduction of three children from an Adelaide beach over 50 years ago. Andrew Rule outlines the crime. Become a Herald Sun subscriber: go to www.heraldsu...
In the shady world of pop-up brothels, its business as usual. But in a time of global pandemic, casual sex with strangers and social distancing rules just don't mix.
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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT: From country Victoria to East Timor and Iraq, Andrew Atkinson has seen his fair share of action. He joins Andrew Rule again to tell more stories from his time as a policeman and peacekeeper.
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Andrew Atkinson has been a peacekeeper in East Timor, a counterterrorism expert and a master in the arts of police surveillance. This week, he talks to Andrew about his start as a cop and his run ins with bikies, crooks and a footy mascot.
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WARNING: DISURBING CONTENT After a harrowing and abusive childhood, Barbara Biggs became a sex worker in Japan before turning her hand to journalism, authoring books and taking up property investing. She talks with Andrew about her colourful career a
In his final visit to the studio (for now), comedian Marty Fields tells more tales from his colourful career - including the time he MCed an event for Carl Williams. Become a Herald Sun subscriber: go to www.heraldsun.com.au/andrewrul...
You know you have a life less ordinary when there are bullets in your curtains and guns in your dad's car. Comedian Marty Fields is back and reminiscing with Andrew about brushes with Alphonse Gangitano and a chainsaw-wielding shoplifter....
Marty Fields was born into a showbiz family and grew up surrounded by some of Australia's more colourful characters. Now the funnyman sits down with Andrew Rule to talk about his life, and other people's crimes. Become a Herald Sun subscriber...
A grim find confirms the worst for the people of Shepparton, while police start putting together a forensics picture of the scene. Andrew reads more from his first book Cuckoo. Subscribe to the Herald Sun. Go to: www.heraldsun.com.au/andrewrue - and
WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. She was known as Granny Evil, and her sons terrorised the Melbourne underworld. But, as Andrew explains, Kath Pettingill is nothing if not a complicated figure.
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Former undercover detective Damian Marrett is back talking with Andrew one last time (for now) about crooks' confessions, his recovery and the mysterious red phone.
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Warning: Disturbing content. Andrew sits down again with former undercover detective Damian Marrett to talk about some shady characters on both sides of the law.
In this bonus episode, Andrew reads more of his first book, Cuckoo, the story of rapist and murderer Mr Stinky.
Tune in to our regular Saturday show when we resume our series on the Undercover Kid. Subscribe to the Herald Sun at: http://herald...
Andrew resumes his conversation with former undercover detective Damian Marrett to talk about the craft of convincing crooks and what a close call on the job can really mean. Subscribe to the Herald Sun by going to heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule, and cl
From infiltrating the mafia to drug raids with the SOG, the cop they call the Kid has seen the lot. Now, in the first of a multi-part series, Damian Marrett sits down with Andrew to talk crooks, corruption and covert work.
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Andrew continues reading and commenting on sections of his first book, Cuckoo, the story of rapist and murderer Mr Stinky. Subscribe to the Herald Sun at: http://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule
WARNING: Disturbing content. In the first part of a summer series, Andrew reads sections of his first book, Cuckoo, the story of the Mr Stinky murders, while annotating and adding context to the story.
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William Buck was perhaps the most violent criminal to ever roam the streets of Melbourne. In this special episode, Jen Kelly talks with historian Michael Shelford about the mad bad man of old Melbourne.
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It may be one of Australia's most exclusive suburbs, but a postcode can't protect you. In the second installment of Andrew Rule's crime mysteries of the past decade, he examines the cases of Les Samba and Jeanette Moss. Become a Herald S...
In the first of a multi-part series, Andrew looks at some of the decade's biggest underworld mysteries.
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It's our 100th show (despite what some podcast software may say). And to celebrate, Andrew sat down with producer Jonty Burton to answer some listener questions.
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From tales of the turf to Tony and Carl, 'Jock' the jockey has seen a lot. He returns to the podcast to talk more about his time in the saddle.
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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. They're the worst of the worst. Andrew examines the stories of some of Australia's most evil incarcerated ...
Detective xOS is back in the studio to talk with Andrew about rabid dogs, inter-departmental cricket, and the legend of the Little Sarg...
Andrew Rule sits down with Detective xOS (not his real name) to talk about some of the more colourful stories the policeman has come ac...
Bill Vlahos was a charming man, raised in the commission flats of Prahran. But he conned millions out of top businessmen and regular pu...
Schools across the state have paid out thousands - in some cases, even a million dollars - as more victims of child sex abuse come forw...
Notorious hitman Arthur "Neddy" Smith is now clinging to life after decades in jail - but his death, whenever it comes, won't disappoin...
Well before John Wayne Glover started his murder spree in Sydney, he showed disturbing signs closer to home. Andrew talks with someone ...
South Australia's mid north is a land of desolate towns and dark secrets. It was here that police investigating the disappearance of Ma...
Every story has a beginning. The death of Jaidyn Leskie had its roots in a family melodrama that spanned generations....
It was 22 years ago that the death of Jaidyn Leskie captivated the nation. Andrew Rule outlines the crime and investigation into his di...
They're the modern day pirates picking cold gold from the seabed. But the abalone poachers of southern Australia are only ever a step o...
It's not only heartbreak that Paul Carter has allegedly left behind in his wake. A number of investors and companies say they are count...
Paul Carter is a charming man who, if his ex wives are to be believed, has left a trail of heartbreak and financial ruin in his wake. G...
When children go missing, police and the press scramble to get the word out. And sometimes crucial information slips through the cracks...
In the face of danger, some rush in while others run away - and often they make headlines. Andrew Rule recounts some well known, and le...
It's been a long road back for teacher Rob Hunter after he was kidnapped with his young students. He talks with Andrew about the what-i...
Rob Hunter was all of 20 year's old when a criminal kidnapped him and the young students in his care. He talks with Andrew about the or...
He was a cold-blooded murderer who turned on his mates - and was hanged for his crimes. But how many lives did Robert Francis Burns rea...
It's a tale guns, drugs, wild dogs and deer heads. A group of rogue hunters are ripping up country Victoria and leaving a trail of dest...
WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Andrew continues his conversation with Jock, a veteran of the turf who rubbed shoulders with the who's who...
Jock was one of the best in the field on the turf. But the pressure on the track was nothing compared to his run-ins with Jimmy the Tri...
From the mafia to Mokbel, the building industry has attracted its share of shady characters. Andrew Rule examines how it relates to Mel...
Drug cook 'Beechworth' Bob Slusarczyk didn't have a motorhome, but he did have an ultralight aircraft. And when it fell from the sky, t...
WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Within the Pettingill crime family, two sons will be remembered as the most dangerous. Andrew Rule tells t...
The happy facade of family can often conceal a shadowy world of lies and deception, as Andrew Rule explains. Read the ...
Alexander Robert MacDonald was a bandit and escapee who terrorised hundreds across Australia. But his worst crime would be against a lo...
Andrew is joined by Jen Kelly, the host of the podcast In Black and White, to talk about a collection of colourful characters fr...
When Julian Knight opened fire on passers-by at Hoddle St in 1987, it would go down in Australian history as our first American-style m...
When police raided a shipment of Italian tomatoes, they found themselves seizing the world's biggest ecstasy haul.... And there were no...
As he stood in the street of an Italian town, hot on the heels of a mafia supergrass, journalist Keith Moor found himself looking down ...
What's it really like to summit Mt Everest? As the death toll on the mountain rises, journalist Matthew Kitchin outlines to Andrew Rule...
From their first foothold in the cane fields of Queensland, the Calabrian mafia spread to become major players in the Australian underw...
WARNING: Disturbing content. From interviewing mass murderer Julian Knight to literally being chased out of town, journalist and author...
After being drummed out of the force, Roger Rogerson did the best he could. But sometimes that best was very bad indeed. Read more Andr...
From brave young cop to convicted killer. Andrew Rule charts the rise and fall of one of the Australian gangland's most notorious figur...
Andrew meets Doug Morgan, one half of the notorious robbery gang the After Dark Bandit. Doug is joined by the authors of a new book abo...
Herald Sun chief court reporter Shannon Deery joins Andrew to talk about the extraordinary trial of one of the world's most powerful cl...
While Life and Crimes takes a short Easter break, listen to the tale of when underworld kingpin Carl Williams took some mates on a part...
Crime reporter David Hurley joins guest host Anthony Dowsley to go inside the strange case of a web of deceit spun by a wife-killer. Be...
Warning: Disturbing content. Crime reporter David Hurley joins guest host Anthony Dowsley to talk about the time he met the perpetrator...
Christopher Dale 'Rent-A-Kill' Flannery was a violent man who met a mysterious end. Andrew Rule chronicles the life of one of Australia...
As footy comes back to town, Andrew talks with veteran reporter Jon Anderson about sporting crimes, misdemeanors and tall tales. Read t...
Before Ray Chuck met an untimely end, he was most probably the mastermind behind one of the greatest crimes in Australian history. Read...
Three gunshots at the Melbourne Magistrates' Court ended a bitter gangland war - and highlighted the shocking reach of organised crime ...
Warning: Disturbing content. Andrew speaks with journalist Helen Thomas, writer of the book Murder on Easey St about her view on one of...
WARNING: contains disturbing content. Andrew examines the cases of three of Australia's most notorious fugitives. Read more Andrew Rule...
Warning: disturbing content. The wolves close in as Terry Clark's organisation starts to crumble. And it's every man, or woman, for the...
Tony Mokbel is fighting for his life after a prison stabbing. Andrew Rule and Anthony Dowsley discuss the life of the notorious drug ki...
Andrew Rule delves into the ongoing investigation surrounding one of Australian racing's biggest training names, Darren Weir....
Terry Clark takes his drug syndicate to new levels of success and excess. But behind the scenes, no-one is safe from the boss. Read mor...
In the late 1970's a group of New Zealand drug dealers set up shop in Australia. And left a trail of bodies in their wake. Read Andrew ...
Jockey was a little guy with big plans - that mostly involved stealing. Read, crime features, opinion, analysis and more at: ...
From bikies to hitmen, several crooks left us in 2018. Andrew Rule tells some of their stories. Read backgrounders and more at ...
WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. An unlikely alliance forms in the quest to catch a monster. More on this case at: ...
A horrible discovery confirms the worst fears for the family of Sheree Beasley. And the hunt is on for the monster who did it. Read mor...
THREE-PART SPECIAL: When six-year-old Sheree Beasley goes missing, the town of Rosebud goes into shock. But in Melbourne, a psychothera...
Christopher Binse has lead a hectic life - when he hasn't been in prison. Andrew outlines the crimes of one of Victoria's most colourfu...
Paul William Higgins was a violent thug, standover man and rapist. And he did it all while wearing a badge. Read more Andrew Rule at: h...
It's Australia's biggest legal scandal. A lawyer snitching on a who's who of the underworld - betraying her own clients. Andrew Rule an...
The tough-talking wife of Carl Williams achieved notoriety of her own during Melbourne's infamous Gangland war years. Andrew Rule and A...
Partner of notorious gangster Victor Peirce, Wendy's own life has been a colourful one....
She was the self-styled matriarch of Melbourne's underworld, but despite her wealth and designer clothes, a life of crime ended the liv...
The glamorous Danielle McGuire attracted the attention of several high-profile gangland figures, including Tony Mokbel, and even gave a...
Whether horses or cars, Rick Renzella always had an eye for a deal - and a steal. Read more Andrew Rule at: ...
Andrew explores the darker side of the sport of kings. Read more Andrew Rule at ...
Andrew Rule takes a detour from crime to talk about his new book on the champion mare with racing writer Chris Vernuccio. Read an excer...
What seemed like a cheap and cheerful holiday to Australia turned into a cruel nightmare for a group of unwitting Japanese tourists. Re...
Michael Griffey's wife, son and daughter have all been suspects in his unsolved murder. One confessed to the crime, another was acquitt...
THREE PART SPECIAL: Final part. Years after her disappearance, clues to the fate of Pru Bird appeared. Read more Rule at: ...
THREE-PART SPECIAL: Part 2. The mystery over Prue Bird's death leads Andrew Rule to examine one of Melbourne's worst crimes. Read more ...
THREE-PART SPECIAL: The Ascot Vale shed where they locked Prue Bird before they killed her is gone. The 13-year-old was no runaway - bu...
Bank robber, drug dealer, prison escapee, author, convenience store clerk. Doc Smith had a less-than-ordinary career. Read more Andrew ...
The callous murder of two innocent policemen sparked raids, police shootings and in-court drama. Read Andrew Rule's columns at: ...
Wangaratta mum Kath Bergamin disappeared in 2002. Andrew Rule outlines her tragic life and mysterious death. Read Rule's columns at: ...
You're no-one in the underworld unless you have a decent nickname. Andrew Rule explains how some of Australia's most famous crooks got ...
Last month, Andrew Rule wrote about the murder of Melbourne girl Fiona Byrne. His article prompted a potential witness to come forward ...
A cemetery worker's shocking discovery points to a decade-old mystery. Read more Andrew Rule at: ...
Judges make suppression orders for all sorts of reasons. Andrew Rule outlines a brutal killing and why the court muzzled reporting of i...
Jane Thurgood-Dove was a suburban mum gunned down in her driveway in front of her children. When Andrew Rule knocked on her neighbour's...
Grief flowed after Kaye King died in a dirty pit on her family farm. It was only later that clues suggested foul play. Read Andrew Rule...
Andrew Rule chronicles the fateful meeting that saw the death of Alphonse Gangitano - and the underworld funeral that followed. Read An...
John Landos was just 13 when he went missing. But it wasn't until the death of another boy at the hands of a notorious paedophile a ye...
A chance conversation with a former detective leads Andrew Rule to examine a long-forgotten murder. Read his columns at: ...
He wasn't a master criminal but his bumbling crimes left trauma in their wake. Read more Andrew Rule at: ...
Andrew Rule once co-ghost-wrote a 'rough' little book - the autobiography of Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read. This is the story of that gan...
Before the gangland war raged across Melbourne, bullets flew across the docks. And Billy 'The Texan' Longley was at the centre of it al...
On June 18 2007 during the morning rush hour, a gunman opened fire on three people at the intersection of Flinders Lane and William Str...
Two young women lay dead in their Collingwood home at the hands of an unknown murderer. Authors, journalists, police and eve...
In June 2011, Bung Siriboon left for school and was never seen again. Andrew Rule examines the twists and turns in the frantic search ...
Two sets of crimes, separated by over a decade, would puzzle police and the media. It took an officer with a unique insight to unravel ...
He was intelligent, articulate, cunning... and he loved the idea of making easy money. David McMillan wasn't always beyond the reach o...
In 1999, just weeks before Melbourne's gangland war started, underworld kingpin Carl Williams took some mates on a particularly gruesom...
The brutal murders of Margaret and Seana Tapp weren't widely reported and were never solved. Andrew Rule details the horrible crime and...
Aubrey Broughill was a long-time crook who met a less than happy end. Andrew Rule looks at the life and death of the man they called Gr...
From its inception, the Comancheros motorcycle club has been known for crime and violence. Read Andrew Rule's columns at ...
Herald Sun journalists Andrew Rule and Aleks Devic discuss Victoria's biggest unsolved crimes....