They were feared on the streets of North Melbourne, turning to violence in pubs and outside footy matches. But they weren’t any ordinary gang — here’s how they turned their missing limbs into an advantage. NEW PODCAST LISTEN NOW
The body of notorious gangster John Dillinger will be exhumed 85 years after he was killed by FBI agents, but the grave escape plot will be an incredibly tough job.
WHEN police took a frantic triple-0 call from inside a Darwin women’s shelter saying someone was being abducted, gunfire was ringing out in the background. Superintendent Shaun Gill knew then it was a high risk, life or death situation
An author’s bid to devise the perfect murder provided the real-life technique for disposing of three slain Australian men in the 1920s and 1930s, and perhaps a fourth ten years later — but the killers missed a crucial step.
FOR the past year, The Courier-Mail has tracked down witnesses, statements and documents relating to the death of young scientist Jeffrey Brooks. These are the pictures that tell the story.
WHEN a Queensland schoolgirl stopped to help a mother-of-six look for her missing dog, it would lead to the unimaginable – especially given the woman’s involvement in the horror her husband had planned. WARNING: GRAPHIC DETAILS
PABLO Picasso’s Weeping Woman was the most expensive painting ever bought by an Australian art gallery. Then it was stolen, sparking a frenzied search. The thieves were never caught.
HE was only 19 but John Dunn became one of Australia’s first declared outlaws after he gunned down a policeman in broad daylight on a busy street.
IN a sleepy country town in 1978, a well-drilled gang pulled off what was then Australia’s biggest bank heist, escaping with $1.7 million in untraceable bills. They were never caught.
JOURNALISTS huddled around a camp fire to keep warm, while up the road, cops waited outside a farmhouse. Inside, sat three sadistic murderers and two child hostages. Everyone waited. And then the phone rang.
FOR years locals have been sharing terrifying stories about exactly what was in the water they were all drinking.
IT was a normal Aussie flight, except for the passenger with a sawn-off rifle and two sticks of gelignite who wanted to fly to Singapore. But a fellow passenger with an axe had other ideas …
A MELBOURNE journalist and stockbroker turned business mogul with stakes in Channel 7, lavish resorts in Queensland and even part ownership of the Brisbane Bears. But things ultimately came undone for Christopher Skase.
WENDY Sheppard was just nine when she first met Jimmy James. A kidnapping victim, she was freezing, lost and near death when Jimmy appeared from the darkness. Wendy was just one of his miracles.
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