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  • Welcome to Urban Legends #3, the final episode of this series.

    Join us as we chat about the Westall UFO, which allegedly flew over a school in Melbourne’s southeast some 40 years ago, and the mysterious ghost of Frederick Federici, who is rumoured to haunt the Princess Theatre.


    This episode was produced by True Blue Media using the open source materials referenced below:

    https://whatsonblog.melbourne.vic.gov.au/ghost-stories-from-melbournes-princess-theatre/Pinkney, J., 2005, Haunted. The book of Australia’s ghosts. Five Mile Press, Rowville, Vic‘Shocking Occurrence at the Princess’ Theatre. Tragic Death of Mr Federici’, The Argus,  5 March 1888, p. 8McKenzie, V. & T., 1984, A Glimpse of Ghosts. Mysterious Places and Haunted Houses of Early Australia, Centennial Publications, Chatswood, NSW, p. 54The Argus, 1 June 1946, p. 17City of Melbourne websitewww.thatsmelbourne.com.auhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj-35NuyCXohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Federicihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_in_Australiahttps://www.foxnews.com/science/audio-reveals-creepy-details-of-ufo-mysteryhttps://meanjin.com.au/essays/ufos-seen-and-unseen/

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  • Welcome to Urban Legends #2!


    Join us to discuss what allegedly happens when you order a pineapple smoothie, in a specific way, from a particular Melbourne venue, before we cross the Yarra River and take a look at the urban legend of the cavernous morgue within the chilly bowels of Crown Casino.


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    https://www.palaceofchance.com/ask/all-gambling/is-there-a-morgue-under-crown-casino-8673/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/gambling-with-life/news-story/f433f87ce5407e57c8c9a71380cc0939https://www.theurbanlist.com/melbourne/a-list/10-more-of-melbournes-best-urban-legendshttps://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/peters-story-i-went-to-crown-casino-to-gamble-take-drugs-and-die-they-did-nothing-to-stop-me-20171020-gz53r5.htmlhttps://www.theurbanlist.com/melbourne/a-list/10-of-melbournes-best-urban-legendshttps://www.reddit.com/r/melbourne/comments/1xen33/anybody_heard_of_this_secret_code/https://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/guides/best-restaurants-fitzroy-northhttps://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/food-and-drink/article/fitzroy-norths-moroccan-soup-bar-has-movedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euLQOQNVzgY

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  • Welcome to the first episode in a series of upcoming quirky stories about Urban Legends, originally released on Patreon when we were making episodes.


    All have an element of criminal seediness or conspiracy about them. And as they play out, we’ll get to the bottom of whether there’s any truth to these tales or if they’re purely myths.


    In this first episode, we explore the rumours and realities of famed Italian furniture salesman, Franco Cozzo, and the gun-toting escapades of Melbourne grandmother, Ava Estelle.


    SOURCES

    Articles referred to in audio, plus:

    https://executivesuccessau.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/the-advertising-failures-of-franzo-cozzo-executive-success-australia/

    https://www.theurbanlist.com/melbourne/a-list/10-more-of-melbournes-best-urban-legends

    The Age (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) 08 Feb 1992, Sat

    https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/grambo/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Blood

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiQzUEc_FmI - Golden Girls theme

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbdpdr4u2fU - Rambo theme

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aTO6Iv4f3A - Franco ad

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  • A special edition episode originally recorded for Patreon members on Mark 'Chopper' Read

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  • We have decided to finish up making episodes for True Blue Crime.


    This will undoubtedly be a surprise and disappointing for many people, but we want to finish things on our terms and now feels like the right time to do that.

    It’s a decision that we don't take lightly and we’ve been discussing for a while now, and we’ve reached it together.


    When we started this show, we committed to ten episodes, and didn’t expect anyone outside of our partners, family and friends to listen to it. We were stunned when the downloads kept going up and more and more people were tuning in.  


    Now we feel that we’ve taken the show in its current format with our current resources as far as we can.

    It's been a blast making these episodes for you all. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for listening, giving our show a chance, and following us throughout our journey. 


    Shaun & Chloe


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  • Robbie and Amber spoke on the phone regularly, but fell out of touch as time went on. But then one day, all of a sudden, Amber was moving into Robbie’s house, which was a surprise to him.


    He asked his Mum, Anne, why Amber was there, was she boarding with them now or something? Anne said words to the effect of ‘you know what your father’s like...”


    Join Shaun and Chloe as they cover the disappearance of Amber Haigh and the death of Janelle Goodwin, two women who were involved with the same man, Robert Geeves.


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    https://www.9news.com.au/national/son-speaks-out-on-fathers-dark-past-15-years-after-girlfriend-disappears/b12ae49a-fa9b-4942-b888-b31e361e6d30 - 60 minutes storyhttps://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-sad-short-life-of-a-mother-who-would-never-grow-up-20110624-1gjlc.htmlhttps://www.youngwitness.com.au/story/5461917/amber-is-still-missing/https://aboutregional.com.au/hope-for-missing-amber-haigh-lies-in-100000-reward/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-06-23/teen-mum-put-through-shredding-machine/2768858https://www.9news.com.au/national/son-speaks-out-on-fathers-dark-past-15-years-after-girlfriend-disappears/b12ae49a-fa9b-4942-b888-b31e361e6d30https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/suspect-surrogacy-mssing-teen-didnt-weant-couple-to-have-her-baby/news-story/19a62d4ef728eee74bec7f7315e5c823?sv=bfe1f7f3bf6971495c5c0c62a071c208https://www.wollondillyadvertiser.com.au/story/928619/amber-not-buried-in-vineyard-inquest-told/https://codylwrites.com/2021/04/02/what-happened-to-amber-haigh/ https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/teen-dead-and-suspicion-remains-with-former-lover-coroner-20110710-1h91v.htmlhttps://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/a-quiet-little-town-with-killer-secrets/news-story/952dd82e0017df86eeee9e0e0f49dff7https://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/inquest-hears-bikies-killed-nsw-teen-mum/news-story/51167d850e5c23f168282105a1562679http://www.australianmissingpersonsregister.com/Haigh.htmFrom the land of fear, loss and dark secrets by Eamonn Duff [email protected] Date: 06/12/2009 Publication: Sun Herald 

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  • It was mid afternoon on May the 7th 1990, and Wendy Davis was working at the Hollywood Hospital in Nedlands. 

    She was at her desk, immersed in her work, when she heard a voice behind her ask ‘is it okay if I use the toilet?’


    Wendy swivelled in her chair and saw a young Telecom worker, all of 20, 21 years old.

    She nodded. A moment later Wendy felt a hand on her shoulder and another hand over her mouth



    Join Shaun and Chloe for Part 2 of the Claremont serial murders.


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    Crime Investigation Australia - Hunting A Killer; Claremont Murders - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x59tiswCatching the Claremont Killer: Australian Story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia8aQKoQwCA 60 Minutes: The Woman Who Escaped ‘The Bogeyman’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gdB7MGOF2s https://www.news.com.au/national/crime/sample-ajm42-the-dna-that-caught-claremont-serial-killer/news-story/03b3c30de4f51a22bba963757ddf43ceCatching the Claremont Killer: The Untold Story, Fox/Stephen ParnellStalking Claremont by Bret Christianhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-09/claremont-serial-killings-telstra-living-witnesses-accounts/11773788 Interview with Bret Christian on ATC Stalking Claremont - episode #189https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/former-claremont-serial-killer-suspect-lance-williams-dies-20180206-h0ulk3.htmlhttps://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/what-happened-to-julie-cutler-30-years-on-the-question-still-remains-20180423-p4zb5k.htmlhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-09/lisa-brown-murder-inquiry-leads-wa-police-to-west-perth-property/10983782https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/perth-woman-missing-for-18-years-will-we-ever-know-what-really-happened-20181017-p50a86.html https://thewest.com.au/news/claremont-serial-killings/claremont-serial-killings-10-things-you-need-to-know-ng-b881116039z https://www.sbs.com.au/news/three-women-were-murdered-in-claremont-this-is-why-it-took-two-decades-to-reach-a-verdicthttps://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/detectives-believe-claremont-killer-visited-victim-s-grave-but-avoided-cctv-trap-new-book-reveals-20210119-p56va8.html

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  • Nicole awoke in her bed with someone next to her, but it wasn’t her boyfriend like she first thought. It was someone else. She grabbed his face, dug her fingernails in hard, and the man jumped up from the bed.


    He was tall and wearing a light coloured silk kimono. Nicole screamed for her father in the next room, and the man fled from the house.


    Nicole called the police and they attended the house, but the intruder had escaped, leaving behind just one clue as to his identity; the semen-stained white and apricot coloured kimono.


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    Crime Investigation Australia - Hunting A Killer; Claremont Murders - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x59tiswCatching the Claremont Killer: Australian Story. Catching the Claremont Killer: The Untold Story, Fox/Stephen ParnellStalking Claremont by Bret Christianhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia8aQKoQwCA 60 Minutes: The Woman Who Escaped ‘The Bogeyman’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gdB7MGOF2s https://www.news.com.au/national/crime/sample-ajm42-the-dna-that-caught-claremont-serial-killer/news-story/03b3c30de4f51a22bba963757ddf43cehttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-09/claremont-serial-killings-telstra-living-witnesses-accounts/11773788 Interview with Bret Christian on ATC Stalking Claremont - episode #189https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/former-claremont-serial-killer-suspect-lance-williams-dies-20180206-h0ulk3.htmlAmeAngelofSin - https://freesound.org/people/AmeAngelofSin/sounds/394605/ full user profile @ https://www.freesound.org/people/11linda/

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  • It was the 17th of April, 1999, and in Adelaide, South Australia, two rookie police officers were coming to the end of their shift.


    As the two young officers returned to their vehicle, they noticed a handwritten note on their windscreen, wedged under the wipers.


    It read: ‘There’s a dead girl's body in the shrubs of the grounds near the main road of the Payneham Police Station. This is no joke.’


    Join Shaun as he tells the tale of two seemingly unconnected murders which occurred two years apart, and the phone calls which led them to the perpetrator who’d committed both crimes.


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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q49kGB9hRgM - Forensic Investigators  S1 ‱ E5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ihfrbn9KuE - Inside the mind of a serial killer, episode 5City of Evil, by Sean Fewsterhttps://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/mark-errin-rust-who-murdered-megumi-suzuki-and-maya-jackic-will-ask-sa-supreme-court-to-grant-him-a-nonparole-period/news-story/11c3a817ac3e7d903779338786ef3bf3https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/rust-mark-errin.htmInside The Sick Mind Of A Double Murderer, Sean Fewster - Adelaide Advertiser May 1, 2004Court Hears How Killer Left Mothers In Torment, Sean Fewster - Adelaide Advertiser, 28-11-2003

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  • As the car drew closer, Daniel turned on the kitchen light and headed out front to see who was arriving at 3AM. The family dogs were barking out the back, attuned to the strange hour the person was visiting.


    Daniel walked down the driveway to see the driver, who got out of the car. But he’d left the headlights on, so it was too bright for Daniel to clearly see who it was...


    Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the callous murders of the young MacKenzie family - the details of which were ordered to be sealed - and the police investigation and groundbreaking scientific work which exposed the perpetrator.


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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXZgmwhaX3E - Crime Investigation Australia Documentaryhttps://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/a-familys-desperate-bid-to-keep-wa-murderer-behind-bars-as-parole-bid-looms-20161005-grvtar.htmlhttps://www.news.com.au/national/courts-law/axe-murderer-william-patrick-mitchell-wiped-out-a-quarter-of-my-family-tree/news-story/24a1ba92e51ac50a10291e4b0c12851c https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/court-justice/parole-ban-for-catherine-birnie-william-patrick-mitchell-peter-maloney-ng-b881051281z https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/greenough-murders-evalyn-clow-has-vowed-to-keep-william-patrick-mitchell-locked-up-ng-9e11fbe1f0a938e709042750001345cehttps://podcasts.apple.com/bz/podcast/greenough-murders-fighting-to-keep-a-killer-in-jail-119/id1217681421?i=1000446906709 - Interview with Evalyn on Australian True Crimehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenough,_Western_Australia 

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  • This was a guy who’d worked a number of different jobs in his time - aside from the Navy, he’d been a sheet metal fabricator, a commercial diver, air system technician, a welder and even a postie. He’d also lived in pretty much every Australian State, and even ventured to New Zealand at one stage between May and August of 2006.


    If Sara Lee Davey and Rachael Campbell were indeed two of his victims, who is the third victim?


    Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the disappearance of Sara Lee Davey, the murder of Rachael Campbell, and the suicide note of a serial killer, who admitted to killing three people during his life.


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    https://www.coronerscourt.wa.gov.au/_files/Davey%20(Sara-Lee).pdf - Coronial Inquest https://www.theage.com.au/national/sara-lee-davey-killer-remains-a-mystery-20061209-ge3rb1.html https://www.news.com.au/national/crime/has-rachael-campbells-killer-finally-be-unmasked/news-story/b0a8224f7cbdb4eeaa944fc3f906a6b0https://www.yourlocalexaminer.com.au/richard-dorrough-serial-killer/ https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/three-kills-may-not-include-broome-woman-coroner-ng-ya-117635 https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/inside-the-dark-twisted-mind-of-a-serial-killer-ng-ya-130971 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-06/police-believe-sailor-richard-dorrough-behind-broome-womans-disa/7304038 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/murderer-spent-time-in-new-zealand/LMVXBHERNCG5HJ3OEUQ6PU5HFE/ 
  • 24th of November 1989, Fremantle Prison, Western Australia


    The trio removed the bar and slipped out of the workshop window and gained access to the roof of the print shop. From there, they went along the guard’s walkway, jumped from roof to roof, until they hit the edge of the prison grounds. 


    One of them missed the last jump, fell and injured his leg. The other two vaulted over the outer wall to freedom. The Postcard Bandit was free once again, and the hunt for him was on



    Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the life and times of Brenden Abbott.


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    https://web.archive.org/web/20160725220134/http://www.abc.net.au:80/austory/content/2003/s978408.htm - The Usual Suspect - Australian Story TranscriptAustralian Outlaw – The True Story of Postcard Bandit Brenden Abbott, by Derek Pedley. ISBN 978-0-9775440-1-1https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenden_Abbott https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/born-to-run-20030526-gdgtr6.htmlhttps://www.news.com.au/national/crime/how-the-postcard-bandit-brenden-abbott-managed-to-become-australias-favourite-fugitive/news-story/fb011c5cc43580f79d582ad48b3fe2d6 https://www.examiner.com.au/story/4403256/trevors-family-holds-on-to-hope/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremantle_Prison_riot

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  • Not long after sunrise Peter Leutenegger was flying his chopper across the Jubilee Downs Station, singing along to a few of his favourite Slim Dusty songs. He was mustering horses in preparation for the upcoming Fitzroy Crossing Rodeo; a popular annual event that saw many people travel to the area, when he noticed something unusual on the ground below.


    It appeared to be a vehicle, but it was well covered by some form of camouflage. The power of his chopper blades slightly blew the green covering off the vehicle, and Peter thought he’d seen a man lying down inside, a man with no shirt on, camouflage pants, and a bandanna wrapped around his head...


    Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the series of brutal spree murders throughout the Kimberley region in 1987, the unlikely helicopter pilot who located the killer, and the tactical police response that brought him down.


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    Crime Investigation Australia: The Kimberley Killerhttps://sites.google.com/site/ntpmhsociety/home/our-rich-history/timeline-and-events/major-crimes-and-investigations/kimberley-killer -by John Horswell, Australian Police JournalThe Kimberley killer, The Sunday Times March 05, 2007https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7101131/How-German-tourist-shot-dead-five-campers-Australias-End-kept-killing.htmlhttps://thewest.com.au/news/wa/josef-schwab-murder-spree-30-years-on-on-the-trail-of-a-killer-in-was-remote-north-ng-b88502609z The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) 17 Jun 1987, Wed Page 1The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) 21 Jun 1987, Sun Page 2 & 3The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
  • Anzac Day Friday, 25 April 2014


    John Pearson said it was a bleak irony that his brother Martin was killed on a day that was all about mateship and courage.


    “This is an act of supreme cowardice and I can’t believe somebody’s conscience hasn’t got the better of them and they won’t be struck by an act of guilt,” 


    “I can’t believe the extreme irony of someone leaving a vet by the side of the road. Being left for dead on Anzac Day, a day we remember mateship and self-sacrifice, and he was left as roadkill.”


    Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the tragic hit and run death of a well-respected vet and family man, and the police investigation that uncovered the culprit, and another strange death he was connected with from six years earlier.

     

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    https://www.abc.net.au/austory/the-only-witness---part-2/11981550https://www.abc.net.au/austory/the-only-witness---pt-1/11951088https://metrocount.com/traffic-counter-convicts-driver-of-manslaughter/https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/95278/cif-sleba-lm-20110624.pdf - Coronial Findingshttps://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/cyclist-killed-collision/2240501/ https://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/story/2246138/vet-killed-in-hit-run-tragedy/ https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/tests-prove-wife-gun-close-toowoomba-court-death/858691/https://www.qt.com.au/news/theres-recognition-that-martins-life-was-valued/3331495/Coroner wants woman’s death reinvestigated, by Kate Kyriacou, The Chronicle, 21 September 2019
  • On the 26th of May 1990 a number of calls came in to 3AW’s late night lonely hearts program called Matchmakers. One seemingly eligible bachelor received several interested parties and potential matches: 


    “G’Day. I’m Rodney from Castlemaine. I’m 35, a Gemini, and a Marine Biologist. I enjoy basketball and squash. I’m a non-smoker and not a big drinker. I’m just looking for someone to share in my happiness and a quiet life. I like to keep things clean, but otherwise, I have no major hang ups
”


    Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the man dubbed The Lonely Hearts Killer, and the monumental failure of the justice system that saw him prematurely released to go on and kill again.


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    I Have Killed Eight by Steve Warnock, Sun Herald, Nov 9, 1997Crime Investigation Australia: Date with a Serial KillerMurder Down Under: Notorious Australian Serial Killers, By Anthony FergusonThe Age (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) 16 Aug 1992, SunThe Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) 8 Oct 1997, TueThe Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) 15 Aug 1992, SatThe Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) 09 Nov 1997, Sunhttps://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/blue-mountains/katoomba-areahttps://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/news/unsolved-melbourne-murders-you-may-never-have-heard-about/news-story/009fbf589c7cafa2d657c396db285a33

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  • On the 14th of June of 2018, the day after the murder of Melbourne comedian, Eurydice Dixon, police comments in the media drew the ire of the public, with the drawn inference that that women needed to exercise greater care in potentially compromising situations, like walking home alone through a park at night.


    Kon Karapanagiotidis, a lawyer and social worker, tweeted the following after police comments to the media:


    “I can only imagine the rage and fear women feel to see women die doing everyday mundane things like walking home, like they do too, only to then be told it’s their fault and that they need to be more careful,” 


    “Stop blaming women. Make men the issue.”


    Hundreds of people shared the tweet, including a young 24 year old woman named Toyah Cordingley...


    Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the senseless murder of a bright and caring young woman, and the pending extradition of a person of interest.


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    Murder in Paradise - 60 minuteshttps://www.newsport.com.au/2018/november/video-toyahs-mother-pleads-for-help-to-find-her-daughters-killer/ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/queensland-police-widen-hunt-for-beach-killerhttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/oct/23/cairns-investigation-police-widen-hunt-for-killer-after-body-found-on-beachhttps://www.sbs.com.au/news/toyah-cordingley-queensland-mayor-s-plea-over-disgusting-horrific-beach-murderhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-19/toyah-cordingley-murder-india-extradition-request/100018114 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8492851/Dark-history-Wangetti-Beach-Toyah-Cordingley-murdered.html https://www.qt.com.au/news/huge-response-in-quest-for-clues-over-murder-of-to/3559134/
  • With Purana still gathering evidence to support their case, Federal Police, led by Agent Jarrod Ragg, who’d been relentlessly pursuing Tony for some time, made the request to have Tony’s bail revoked.


    But without the evidence to support their reasoning, Justice Gillard did not revoke bail just yet.

    Instead, Tony was free to go after his day in court on Friday March the 17th, 2006. 


    Outside court, he gave Purana Detective Jim Coghlan from the Asset Location Squad, a new mobile number he was using. Tony smiled at Jim as he scrawled the number on his palm.


    On Monday the 20th of March, 2006, Tony didn’t report for bail at South Melbourne Police station, and his legal team led by Con Helitois, were forced to withdraw from the case. Tony had fled, where exactly, was anyone’s guess



    Join Shaun and Chloe for the final instalment of the Melbourne Gangland Killings, as they discuss the international manhunt for Australia’s most wanted man, Tony Mokbel, and the fate of his imprisoned friend and Gangland War instigator, Carl Williams. 


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    Underbelly: The Gangland War, by John Silvester and Andrew RuleMokbelly, by John Silvester and Andrew RuleBig Shots by Adam ShandCarl Williams by Adam ShandFat Tony & Co, Nine Networkhttps://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/how-mokbels-greek-drama-played-out-20130614-2o9g9.htmlhttps://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/rise-and-fall-of-a-drug-czar/news-story/b4dcb63f3662f81455858063946e9313https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-13/cctv-of-tony-mokbels-prison-attack-shown-to-court/11798052https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Mokbelhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Williams_(criminal)

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  • Join Shaun for this interlude minisode between parts 4 and 5 of the Melbourne Gangland Killings.

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  • Mick was on a mission to find Graham’s killers.


    Benji and Carl said they had nothing to do with it, but they’d heard that Asians, possibly the Chinese, had something to do with it.


    Mick was unmoved by the suggestion and word had it he was next on the list. He said to Carl;


    ‘You walk away from this and mind your own business. But anything with you, that’s your problem, but if anything comes my way then I’ll send somebody to you. I’ll be careful with you, you be careful with me. I believe you, you believe me, now we’re even. That’s a warning. It’s not my war.’


    But 3 months later the war came to Mick’s doorstep



    Join Shaun and Chloe for Part 4 of The Melbourne Gangland Killings.


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