Gangster’s Ghost: The Unsolved murder of Johnny Regan
Johnny Regan was a pimp, a killer, a ghost. The Gangster’s Ghost is the newest true crime investigation from the team behind The Teacher’s Pet….
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Episode 9: Karlos
The Regan family finally confronts an allegation that’s haunted them for half a century: did Stewart John Regan murder three-year-old Karlos Scott-Huie?
Top Stories
Was Regan’s death payback for toddler?
Stewart John Regan insisted he had never hurt a child, but he’s been branded a child killer for more than 50 years.
More than half a century later, the Whiskey is still scarred
It had always been something of a tomb, a place you looked at solemnly from the outside, a place so tragic it required no words.
Regan revealed as figure behind evil Whiskey firebombing
For decades, Regan’s involvement in the Whiskey Au Go Go tragedy eluded investigators. Now, new witnesses have shed new light on this shocking crime.
The Magician’s role in vast land scam revealed
Could a dispute over the scheme’s significant profits be the motive for Regan’s unsolved murder?
Police corruption claims lost to time
A Kings Cross madam and a flamboyant drug dealer blew the whistle on crooked cops. But their words mostly fell on deaf ears.
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.
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.
Regan gave up first-born son to monster mother
Margaret Yates says Johnny Regan’s mother had him in such a tight grip he willingly gave her custody of his first-born son.
Was this The Magician’s first kill?
Police suspected The Magician lured the Kings Cross bouncer to his death, but never charged him for the crime | NEW EPISODE
‘Electric, energetic, exciting’: dive into the underworld
Johnny Regan’s descent into crime began with a birthday dinner at Kings Cross, the perfect place for one of Australia’s most violent thugs to come of age.
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.
Top cop ‘gun shy’ on podcast probe after ‘Teacher’s Pet’ success
The ‘huge battle’ to understand Stewart John Regan’s terrifying reputation has been met with resistance by police more than once | NEW EPISODE
Who’s who of the Glittering Mile: Sydney’s one-time crim kings
Gangsters, pimps, and standover men flocked to Sydney’s ‘Glittering Mile’ in the 1960s, many of them crossing paths with fledgeling gangster Stewart John Regan and some finding their way into his inner circle.
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.
Families sought answers from notorious crim Neddy Smith
Murdered gangster John Regan’s cousin Kelly Slater attempted to separate fact from fiction by going straight to the source. This is what she learned.
The brutal boys’ home that created more crims than it cured
The Mount Penang Training School for Boys was touted as a bastion of reform. In reality, it was rife with torture and abuse.
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.
Who killed Australia’s most terrifying gangster?
Listen now: The Australian’s new podcast investigation reveals new theories about the gangland slaying of terrifying gangster ‘Shotgun Johnny’ Regan, as his family demands to know why NSW Police have never properly investigated the crime.
Shotgun Johnny’s business of being bad
Over two hours, Shotgun Johnny Regan and his associates can be heard making threats of violence against competitors and law enforcement officers alike.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/topics/gangsters-ghost-podcast