Life and Crimes with Andrew Rule

Journalist Helen Thomas joins the show to talk about her next podcast series looking at the disappearance of Julie Ann Garciacelay.

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While the desperate search for  Ballarat woman Samantha Murphy continues, Andrew Rule outlines extraordinary cases  where the missing have been found against the odds.

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We've told you of the many sins of Roger Rogerson. This week we give more stories about this complex character.

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When a young boy was brutally murdered by his own father 10 years ago, his mother Rosie Batty  quickly emerged as one of the most powerful voices against domestic violence this country has seen.

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With Andrew on assignment and away from the studio, we thought we'd re-release a two-part special we originally produced in 2019 about the life and crimes of one of Australia's most infamous corrupt cops.

That disgraced officer died a prisoner just a couple of weeks ago.

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In a short and sharp episode, Andrew answers a few more questions from the mailbag about arson and armed gangs.

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Rebecca Hazel's path to writing started when she first met the 'schoolgirl' at the centre of the mystery made famous by the Teacher's Pet podcast

She joins the show to talk about her new book chronicling the twists and turns of the Lynette Dawson murder case.

Learn more at: https://www.penguin.com.au/authors/rebecca-hazel

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Andrew Rule tells the real life story of the man who inspired the scallywag criminal stepfather character in Netflix's new series Boy Swallows Universe.

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Andrew answers more questions from the mailbag, including telling the story of producing the first Chopper book.

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In the first part of our summer Q and A sessions, Andrew answers your questions about dangerous reporting, DNA evidence, and the last man flogged in Victoria.

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Between arson attacks, grave desecrations and brazen daylight assassinations, it's been a big, bad year for Melbourne's organised crime world. Andrew is joined by crime writers Mark Buttler and Olivia Jenkins to discuss.

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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Bradley Lyons' tough life came to a brutal end at the hands of drug-addled thugs. The fact that it came after a rumor campaign from some of his nearest and dearest, made the whole sorry tale even more tragic.

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Among the many misdemeanors in the colourful life of Graham ‘The Munster’ Kinniburgh, was one of the greatest bank heists this country has ever seen.

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The host of the hit podcast series I Catch Killers has been investigating a new style of prison that aims to break the cycle of recidivism.

He joins the show with more.

Go to https://breakingbadness.com.au/ for more

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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT: From crash tackling a madman to having a shotgun jammed against his head, Les O'Hagan's police career was not without incident. Nor was it without unbelievable acts of courage.

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In the pantheon of Melbourne criminal law, few shine brighter than Dermot Dann KC. Andrew Rule charts his rise - and the murder case that cemented his place at the top.

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The city has been gripped by the toxic fallout from what is still emerging as one of Australia’s biggest fraud schemes. Andrew Rule examines the man at the centre of it all.

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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. It’s all but certain one of two violent men who accompanied a crime writer to Julie Ann Garciacelay’s North Melbourne flat murdered her. But 48 years on, we’re no closer to the truth.

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History is littered with stories of lawmen catching their quarry. Here are some stories where, for whatever reason, that didn't happen.

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A meeting in a fast food joint in Melbourne's inner north may have inadvertently ended a bloody gangland war. But not before it sparked bloodshed all of its own.

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