Australian Crime Stories

Documentary · 2021 · 5 SeasonsSubtitles Icon
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Discover the stories behind what made and shaped the most notorious figures in Australian criminal history.
S01:E01 - Chris Flannery: The Man Called Rentakill
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S01:E01 - Chris Flannery: The Man Called Rentakill

51 min
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Explores the life of Christopher Dale Flannery, who was an Australian underworld figure alleged to have killed over a dozen people before his unsolved disappearance in 1985.

S01:E02 - Chow Hayes: Australia's First Gangster
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S01:E02 - Chow Hayes: Australia's First Gangster

53 min
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Arguably Australia's most feared gangster, Frederick 'Chow' Hayes was a convicted double murderer, sentenced to hang in 1952 for the brazen killing of former boxer, Bobby Lee.

S01:E03 - Alphonse Gangitano: The Black Prince of Lygon Street
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S01:E03 - Alphonse Gangitano: The Black Prince of Lygon Street

49 min
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Alphonse Gangitano was known as the Black Prince of Lygon Street and was the most lethal member of Melbourne's notorious Carlton Crew in the 1980s and 1990s.

S01:E04 - Dennis Allen: Mr. Death
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S01:E04 - Dennis Allen: Mr. Death

50 min
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Dennis Allen was the oldest son of Melbourne crime matriarch, Kath Pettingill. While her other sons are criminals, not one comes close to the utter brutality of Dennis Allen.

S01:E05 - Russell Cox: Australia’s Most Wanted Man
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S01:E05 - Russell Cox: Australia’s Most Wanted Man

52 min
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Meet Australia's most wanted man for a record 11 years. Russell 'Mad Dog' Cox escaped from New South Wales' notorious 'electronic zoo', the maximum security Katingal jail.

S01:E06 - Mick Sayers: The Gambler
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S01:E06 - Mick Sayers: The Gambler

53 min
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Michael 'Melbourne Mick' Sayers was a run of the mill crook who got in too deep with Sydney's organized crime scene. He turned to drug dealing, extortion, race rigging and murder.

S01:E07 - Ray Bennett: The Criminal Mastermind
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S01:E07 - Ray Bennett: The Criminal Mastermind

52 min
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Raymond 'Ray Chuck' Bennett was Australia's criminal mastermind. His most audacious robbery was The Great Bookie Robbery - a heist at the Australian Jockey Club.

S01:E08 - Lenny McPherson: Mr. Big
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S01:E08 - Lenny McPherson: Mr. Big

52 min
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Trace the rise and fall of Lennie McPherson from a street crook in the 1940s to the Mr. Big of the organized crime scene in Australia and to his death behind bars.

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