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David Saffron ran a BDSM club before turning to an alleged Bitcoin Ponzi scheme

Grandson of Sydney’s ‘Mr Sin’ awaits US trial for $25 million alleged bitcoin Ponzi scheme

For about six years, David Saffron – fresh from running a bondage-themed strip club in Los Angeles – is alleged to have styled himself as an expert programmer and trader.

  • Sally Rawsthorne

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Luna Park’s Dream Circus is an immersive show enabled by a $15 million high-tech fitout of the Big Top.

New attraction at Sydney’s Luna Park is a 21st-century thrill

A major new upgrade has been produced by teams who between them have worked on productions for ABBA and Marvel.

  • Michael Koziol
Caro Meldrum-Hanna, the presenter of Exposed: Ghost Train Fire.

ABC’s Ghost Train doco unfair to Neville Wran

A review into a three-part ABC series on the 1979 Luna Park fire tragedy has concluded the program unfairly depicted former NSW Premier Neville Wran.

  • Zoe Samios
Journalist Caro Meldrum-Hanna and co-investigator Patrick Begley present Exposed: Ghost Train Fire on the ABC.

ABC recruits Rodney Tiffen, Chris Masters to review Ghost Train series

A University of Sydney professor and a high-profile journalist have been asked to review Caro Meldrum-Hanna’s series into the Sydney Luna Park fire tragedy.

  • Zoe Samios
Emergency services were called to Luna Park at Milsons Point about 10.15pm on Saturday 9 June 1979, following reports of a fire inside the Ghost Train ride.

Million-dollar reward for Luna Park fatal fire as families wait 42 years for answers

A $1 million NSW government reward has been announced as part of a renewed appeal to the community to come forward with any fresh and compelling information that may assist authorities.

  • Laura Chung
At the Luna Park, ghost train incident. What is left of the Luna Park ghost train which was burnt down last night. June 10, 1979. (Photo by Dallas Smith/Fairfax Media).

Coroner asks police to review evidence around Luna Park Ghost Train fire

NSW Coroner Teresa O’Sullivan received an application for a fresh inquest from a person “with sufficient standing” under the Coroners Act and now has the capacity to consider that request.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
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Abe Saffron at Sydney’s Roosevelt Nightclub, 1951.

What happens when the baddies have the key to Sin city

On June 23, 1983, I published a story highlighting the relationship between Bob Trimbole and a police officer he called The Gardener. In Sydney they went nuts.

  • John Silvester
Front page of the Sydney Morning Herald in 2007 revealing claims of links between the ghost train fire and underworld figure Abe Saffron.

Luna Park fire: The files that linked a Sydney underworld figure to a tragedy

A 2007 Herald investigation revealed links between underworld figure Abe Saffron and the 1979 ghost train fire that killed seven people.

Composites of Abe Saffron, his son Alan Saffron, his wife Doreen Krantz, and Luna Park before the fatal fire in 1979.

King of the Cross: Sydney crime boss Abe Saffron’s secret friends and properties

Nine months after the death of “Mr Sin”, investigative reporter Kate McClymont revealed the truth about Abe Saffron’s crimes ... and his very powerful friends.

  • Kate McClymont
The devastation after the Ghost Train fire at Luna Park.

Luna Park fire: The haunting questions that linger

Luna Park’s iconic clown face, its mouth wide open to greet those seeking fun, should never have been worth killing for.

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