The deadly criminal duo that was beyond a joke
Stewart John Regan’s association with John Edward Milligan was an unlikely link-up that ended up in a spectacular falling out.
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‘Onions got burnt’: Office life used to have its pleasures as well as salty pain
Perhaps the youngsters who want to ‘quiet-quit’ have it right. Why tether yourself to a master-slave work regime? But then again, pressure can be, for good or ill, a way of life.
The gangster’s solicitor opens up
In a rare interview, solicitor Michael Seymour said he believes his client Stewart John Regan was ambushed and killed by corrupt police.
How the Cross was lost
The Cross today doesn’t even carry the ghost of its own past depravity. Just a lonely strip club and sex shop or two that sit like decorative baubles on Darlinghurst Road, barely hinting at this place’s ribald, and often deadly, history.
Johnny Regan link to vice queen’s murder
Shirley Brifman said she survived a murder attempt by gangster Stewart Regan. But the mysterious circumstances of her death in 1972 suggests she may not have been as lucky as she thought.
Looking at my dad is a mirror to my old age
Everyone says me and my dad are doppelgangers. If I age like him, that would be fine with me.
The sheep farmer who hunted down a gangster
Kelly Slater Regan has never stopped asking questions about her famous relative, mobster Johnny Regan; as co-host of The Australian’s new true crime podcast, she has found some answers | NEW EPISODE
Ruthless mum shaped deadly gangster son
Decades after Clare Regan’s death, her family remains convinced she played a major role in shaping the gangster life of her only son, Johnny | PODCAST SERIES
Mystery of The Magician: ‘I never killed him. But I had been set free’
When a gang of killers dispatched 29-year-old Johnny Regan with .38 calibre handguns, they did something else they might not have been aware of. They flicked the latch on Margaret Yates’ domestic prison.
‘Pick a suspect’: was it cops or crooks who killed my Johnny?
The de facto wife of notorious gangster Stewart John Regan believes he was lured into a trap and murdered by corrupt police with the backing of top underworld figures. Listen now to The Australian’s new podcast investigation.
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