Rumours rage over mob lawyer’s death
JOE Acquaro – the slain lawyer who fancied himself as a mob consigliore – got in too deep to extricate himself, and his attempts to drift away quietly were interpreted as a hostile move.
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The man who got back on track
JAMIE Evans was an international jockey who hit rock bottom before picking himself up and putting his life back on track, writes Andrew Rule.
Slayings could have been stopped
THREE gangland killings could have been avoided if a hitman was brought to justice for the brutal slaying of a security guard years earlier.
A violent man whose luck ran out
TERRENCE Blewitt was a violent man in a violent trade. Wherever he went, bad things happened to others. That’s how it was until the day a bad thing happened to him.
Passion, powder and pills make a fine yarn
Names have been erased to protect the guilty. So you’ll have to guess which former sportsman police smuggled into St Kilda Rd police station a decade ago. NEW ANDREW RULE PODCAST – LISTEN NOW.
A killer who terrified Victoria for decades
THE brutal murder of two country teenagers shocked Victoria in 1966. Years later the same sadist raped many Melbourne mothers. Andrew Rule tells the story of Mr Stinky.
The making of a secret monster
IT’S 50 years this week since the quiet man later dubbed “Mr Stinky” murdered two teenagers near Shepparton, premeditated sex killings for which he is still serving two life sentences, writes Andrew Rule.
Australia’s greatest murder mystery
THE Beaumonts have waited 18,259 agonising days to find out what really happened to their children. Andrew Rule takes a hard look at a crime that grabbed the nation.
Payne triumphs against all odds
ONE of Australian racing’s saddest stories found the happiest of endings when a motherless female jockey rode into folklore on a cheap horse owned by ordinary Aussies.
Modern bushrangers? Not even close
NO one knows why weirdo father-and-son combo Gino and Mark Stocco went on the lam, although it might be interesting to talk to Mark’s mum.
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