Australian Crime Stories

An extortionist calling himself Mr Brown threatened to blow up a plane full of passengers, unless Qantas paid him a ransom of $500,000.

We examine the planning and execution of a young, naive wannabe gangster, by two former detectives, the notorious Roger Rogerson and his accomplice Glen McNamara.

In 1977, a famous designer, Florence Broadhurst was bludgeoned to death in her own factory. She had many enemies but was she the victim of a notorious serial killer?

The ‘Lawyer X’ saga sparked a Royal Commission. Nicola Gobbo was the barrister who played on both sides of the law, two-timing the cops and the drug lords for fifteen years.

South Australian authorities employed a man who may not have been qualified. He conducted over 10,000 autopsies and his evidence was used to secure some 400 convictions.

In 1988, thieves broke into a bank in Chinatown, Sydney, from a neighboring building and escaped with gold bars, rare coins, jewelery, and bundles of cash.

Constable Angela Taylor was killed, and 22 other people injured when a car bomb exploded outside the Victoria Police headquarters in Melbourne's CBD in 1986.

The 2011 disappearance of Prison boss David Prideaux is a mystery. Was he silenced because he knew the true story of the murder of Underworld kingpin Carl Williams?

Con artist Jody Harris had a thing for cops, bluffing her way into police stations and charming her way into their beds.