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.
Great sideburns, groovy cars and the growing role of women made it a decade to remember. Take a look at how Victorian police embraced the ‘70s with gusto.
OF all the daring prisoner plots in Long Bay Jail’s long history, none was quite so successful as that of Russell ‘Mad Dog’ Cox.
IVY Mitchell was just 11 when she farewelled a young friend and walked home alone, her bare feet leaving tracks in the dust. But soon another set of prints would appear next to hers. This new set was bigger. Much bigger. A man’s boots. A killer’s boots.
How often can a person kill those closest to them before they arouse suspicion? In the case of Martha Needle, very often.
TWO sisters raped and bashed to death, their brother shot. Did the brother-in-law who found their bodies know more about the crime? Or was it a revenge attack by a convicted criminal?
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