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‘The consequences are much greater’: John Silvester on the Easey Street secret he kept
The Age crime columnist unpacks the major breakthrough in the notorious Easey Street cold case – and takes us behind the scenes of the long police operation that led to it.
- by Samantha Selinger-Morris
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These murder detectives were true-crime celebrities, but things didn’t end well for some
In the Depression, ‘Melbourne’s Sherlock Holmes’ John Brophy and Sydney’s Tom McRae were undone when found in compromising situations with women that resulted in failed police cover-ups.
- by John Silvester
Naked City podcast: From undercover to under lock and key
It was a house search that ended death: Cliff Lockwood shot and killed car thief Gary Abdullah, believing he would be shot first. For Lockwood, his life was forever changed, spiralling out of control.
- by John Silvester
Naked City podcast: Country school kidnapping: A first-hand tale
In one of Australia’s most incredible crimes, Edwin “Ted” Eastwood kidnapped a class of nine students and a teacher from Wooreen in Gippsland. This is their story.
- by John Silvester
Naked City podcast: Rent-a-kill: Australia’s number one hitman
Christopher Dale Flannery loved his job and for a price he would kill and dispose of the body, until he found himself on the wrong side of the barrel.
- by John Silvester
Naked City podcast: Abe Saffron and Sydney’s corrupt cops
Abe Saffron was a blackmailer, extortionist and arsonist, all with the help of the heads of New South Wales police.
- by John Silvester
Naked City podcast: The man who put three cops in a rubbish bin
Undercover cop Rob Robertson convinced Australia’s most wanted man to spare three police officers’ lives – by instead offering to shut them in an industrial waste bin.
- by John Silvester
‘Be right, assume nothing, speak to people’: John Silvester reflects on 40 years of crime reporting
The Naked City podcast, with John Silvester, returned this month with season four. Here, “Sly”, a journalist of more than 40 years’ experience, remembers his first days on the job and how the life of a crime reporter has evolved.
- by John Silvester
Naked City podcast: ANoM: The app that spied on crooks
Using ANoM, criminals communicated freely about violence, drugs and money. They didn’t know that police were listening in.
- by John Silvester
Naked City podcast: Ron Fenton: The cop and the dog who saved him
After being shot in the head, police officer Ron Fenton suffered an ongoing battle with PTSD, until he got his assistance dog Yogi, who he says saved his life.
- by John Silvester
‘It was a nightmare’: The police shooting of fugitive Arthur Nelson
Policeman Lachlan McCulloch swung his gun on Nelson and was squeezing the trigger when he heard a bang.
- by John Silvester
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