Where our worst crims are buried
Australia’s cemeteries hold the remains of the infamous as well as the famous. Here’s where some of our most notorious criminals ended up.
Our Criminal History
Decade of trials that rocked Queensland
From audacious frauds to horrendous murders we look back at some of the shocking trials that made headlines in the Sunshine State over the past decade.
‘I couldn’t believe it was happening’: Cadell kidnapping, 50 years on
She was enjoying a cold beer with her family when three prisoners walked through the kitchen door and violently abducted her. Five decades on, the Sunday Mail revisits Monica Smith’s incredible tale of survival and its extraordinary intersection with one Adelaide photographer.
Australia’s murder houses — Are they near you?
They’re the unassuming homes that harbour the same dark secret. From shootings and bashings, to frenzied stabbings, these are the crimes that have happened in our neighbourhoods. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
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Australia’s most feared criminal in 1916
Long Harry Slater was a gang leader, standover man, cop-shooter, house bomber, suspected murderer and gang war adversary to Squizzy Taylor, making him Australia’s most feared criminal until the early 1920s.
A who’s who of Aussie bushrangers
Ned Kelly might have had his armour, but he didn’t have a catchy nickname. Meet some of the other scoundrels who took up the bushranger life, from Mad Dog Morgan to Captain Moonlite.
The day I approached Rundle St gunman unarmed
“Just stop, put the gun down, come out into the street … nothing is going to happen to you.” Retired officer Peter Marr was the first to confront a Rundle St gunman in 1976 – and his bravery stunned the top cop of the day.
The violent veteran who made an enemy of Squizzy Taylor
He preyed on prostitutes, tourists and even refugees from Nazi Germany, but William Edward Prentice also had a habit of serving his country. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
The one-eyed cocaine king of Melbourne’s worst slum
Mutilated as a child and quick to violence as a man, Malvern ‘Gunner’ Cameron became one of the most feared gangsters in the notorious Little Lon district. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
‘Policeman Puncher’ one of our most dangerous crims
Known on the streets of Melbourne as “the Policeman Puncher”, Percy Ramage was such a dangerous prisoner he lived almost constantly in shackles and handcuffs. IN BLACK AND WHITE PODCAST
Boxer who became our most violent gangster
He would run the length of a city block to attack a police officer when he saw one and was the feared enforcer of Melbourne’s ‘Little Lon’ red-light district. HEAR THE PODCAST
Strange quirk of fate ended Melbourne killing spree
The Brownout Strangler killed three Melbourne women in 16 days. If not for a split-second quirk of fate, chances are he would have evaded detection and escaped the noose.
The diamond that solved a grisly murder
When a woman was found horribly murdered in the bedroom of her ransacked Melbourne home, it was an unusual item of jewellery that led police to her killers.
Unmasked at last: Sex offenders lose anonymity
Alleged sex predators will no longer receive special treatment under the law, while victims will be able to talk about their cases freely, under new laws expected to be in force by Christmas.
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