‘Constant pain’: Ex-Myer model jailed over Bali drug bust
Former Myer model Jed Texas will do time in Bali’s notorious Kerobokan Prison for possessing $60 worth of marijuana, which he claimed he needed to use for his anxiety.
Behind The Scenes
Prison slang quiz: What’s a brick?
Think you’ve got what it takes to talk like an inmate? As part of our new On Guard prison podcast series, we put your knowledge of jailhouse lingo to the test.
Prison slang quiz: What’s a foil boil?
Think you’ve got what it takes to talk like an inmate? As part of our new On Guard podcast series, we put your knowledge of jailhouse lingo to the test.
Inside the world of an undercover Mafia-busting cop
A legendary undercover cop, whose exploits inspired the Underbelly TV show, has revealed the tricks of his trade – and how they duped the NCA bombing suspect.
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TV medium puts amateur psychic detectives to test
“You need to come back now. You need to let the murder go,” urges TV psychic Lisa Williams. The woman is in a “full trance” and looks distressed, as if she’s having trouble breathing, as she and other Australians mediums investigate a death.
Milat letter in full: Killer sets boundaries for penpals
Women who fall in love with killers are a source of endless fascination, but Ivan Milat says he would never encourage “any romantic interests” with his many penpals — and, so far, no one’s offering. Read his 10-page letter to True Crime Australia in full
How most killers give themselves away
Australia’s greatest homicide detective scored convictions in 99 per cent of the 320 murder cases he handled and says the killers almost always made the same mistake.
Aussie reveals how he survived Cambodian jail cell hell
Australian James Ricketson refused to give up hope despite being crammed into a rat and cockroach-infested cell, his body covered in sores, but three months after securing freedom the painful consequences of his ordeal endure.
The downfall of Victoria’s most colourful crook
A bandit and a gunman with a joker’s streak, Christopher ‘Badness’ Binse robbed banks and money guards and has fired nearly as many gunshots as he has jibes towards police. The serial escape artist became one of Victoria’s most notorious career crims. NEW LIFE & CRIMES PODCAST — LISTEN NOW.
Inside a slain mobster’s lairs
A clapped out garden shed in a North Fitzroy backyard and a city office with happy snaps pinned to a board were where mafia money man Mario Condello met with Melbourne’s biggest underworld players. Take a glimpse into his “war rooms”.
The downward spiral of an underworld widow
She was once one of Victoria’s most colourful ladies, but life has faded underworld widow Wendy Peirce, with a downward spiral seeing the formerly hardened gangland lioness jailed, widowed, destitute and grieving a lost daughter. NEW PODCAST — LISTEN NOW.
Aussie jihadi’s death row hell hole
Ahmed Merhi’s filthy jail conditions have been revealed while on death row in Iraq, as the jihadi’s lawyers beg the Australian Government to save him.
Forget Minority Report — this is how to predict crime
Science fiction is becoming science fact as researchers use our app and social media data to predict when and where crimes will occur, with astounding implications for real-life policing.
How underworld figures and their families get hitched
When you’re a member of the underworld, or related to one, wedding day drama is a given — whether it’s an assassination attempt, a last-minute arrest or crashing your car into a photographer. Happily ever after is no guarantee.
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