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.

Jonathan Dick was one of Australia's most wanted men for more than two years after killing his brother with a sword in a Melbourne shopping center.

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