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It’s March 25th, 1999, and Australia’s most remarkable prison escape has just taken place, after a helicopter hovers above the recreation grounds at the Silverwater maximum security prison, in Sydney. In the blink of an eye, a prisoner runs towards the chopper, climbs onboard, and is on his way to freedom.
This is the story of that airborne escapee, John Killick, a man who spent much of his life leading the authorities on a merry dance. Somehow he survived his dangerous escapades and many prison stints.
Today, in his early 80s, John is a writer, a public speaker. and a counsellor to ex-crims.
Credits:
Producer: Brian McKenzie
Sound Engineer: Tim Symonds
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In a shocking and brutal end to a colourful life, Australian wallpaper designer Florence Broadhurst was murdered in her Paddington studio on the 15th of October, 1977.
So who was suspected of this crime and why is the case still unsolved to this day?
Please listen with care - this episode contains graphic content.
Guests:
Tony Russell – Former NSW Police officer Helen O’Neill – Journalist and author, Florence Broadhurst: her secret and extraordinary lives Mark Whittaker – Journalist and author, Granny killer: the story of John Glover Babette Hayes OAM – Interior designer Vincent Jones – VP Sales & Licensing, Asia-Pacific, Centa IP David Lloyd-Lewis – Grandson of Florence BroadhurstCredits:
Producer – Zoe Ferguson Engineer – Simon Branthwaite Executive Producer – Michelle Rayner -
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She’s one of Australia’s most prolific and popular designers, and yet not many people know her name, let alone her audacious life story.
Florence Broadhurst was from regional Queensland but people who met her later in life, thought she was English aristocrat. She reinvented herself many times throughout her life.
Today she’s known for her wallpaper designs that cemented her in Australian design history.
But a shadow lingers over her legacy; her unsolved murder in 1977.
Guests:
Helen O’Neill – Journalist and author, Florence Broadhurst: Her secret and extraordinary lives Dr Andrew Field – Associate Professor of Chinese History, Duke Kunshan University Babette Hayes OAM – Interior designer David Lennie – Screen printer, Signature Prints Sheridan Black – Owner, Signature Handprints Tony Russell – Former NSW Police officer David Lloyd-Lewis – Grandson of Florence Broadhurst Laura Doble – Interior design graduateCredits:
Producer – Zoe Ferguson Engineer – Simon Branthwaite Executive Producer – Michelle Rayner -
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