Andrew Rule is one of Australia's most prolific journalists and authors. In Life and Crimes, the True Crime Australia and Sunday Herald Sun columnist shines a light on the dark corners of Australian life, from the story behind the biggest mysteries, to the characters of yesterday and the crims of today. Produced by Jonty Burton.
THREE PART SPECIAL: Final part. Years after her disappearance, clues to the fate of Pru Bird appeared. Read more Rule at: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-rule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
THREE-PART SPECIAL: Part 2. The mystery over Prue Bird's death leads Andrew Rule to examine one of Melbourne's worst crimes. Read more Rule at: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-rule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
THREE-PART SPECIAL: The Ascot Vale shed where they locked Prue Bird before they killed her is gone. The 13-year-old was no runaway — but her case went unsolved for years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bank robber, drug dealer, prison escapee, author, convenience store clerk. Doc Smith had a less-than-ordinary career. Read more Andrew Rule at: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-rule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The callous murder of two innocent policemen sparked raids, police shootings and in-court drama. Read Andrew Rule's columns at: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-rule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Wangaratta mum Kath Bergamin disappeared in 2002. Andrew Rule outlines her tragic life and mysterious death. Read Rule's columns at: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-rule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
You're no-one in the underworld unless you have a decent nickname. Andrew Rule explains how some of Australia's most famous crooks got theirs. Read more Andrew rule at: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-rule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Last month, Andrew Rule wrote about the murder of Melbourne girl Fiona Byrne. His article prompted a potential witness to come forward with new information. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-rule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A cemetery worker's shocking discovery points to a decade-old mystery. Read more Andrew Rule at: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-rule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Judges make suppression orders for all sorts of reasons. Andrew Rule outlines a brutal killing and why the court muzzled reporting of it. Warning: disturbing content. Read more Andrew Rule: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-rule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jane Thurgood-Dove was a suburban mum gunned down in her driveway in front of her children. When Andrew Rule knocked on her neighbour's door, a theory to her murder formed. Read more Andrew Rule at: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-rule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Grief flowed after Kaye King died in a dirty pit on her family farm. It was only later that clues suggested foul play. Read Andrew Rule's columns at: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-rule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Andrew Rule chronicles the fateful meeting that saw the death of Alphonse Gangitano - and the underworld funeral that followed. Read Andrew Rule's columns at: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-rule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
John Landos was just 13 when he went missing. But it wasn’t until the death of another boy at the hands of a notorious paedophile a year later, that police started to believe John might have suffered a similarly horrendous fate. Read Andrew Rule's columns at: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-rule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A chance conversation with a former detective leads Andrew Rule to examine a long-forgotten murder. Read his columns at: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-rule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
He wasn't a master criminal but his bumbling crimes left trauma in their wake. Read more Andrew Rule at: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-rule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Andrew Rule once co-ghost-wrote a 'rough' little book - the autobiography of Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read. This is the story of that gangster turned showman. Read more Andrew Rule at: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-rule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Before the gangland war raged across Melbourne, bullets flew across the docks. And Billy 'The Texan' Longley was at the centre of it all. Read more Andrew Rule columns at: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-rule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On June 18 2007 during the morning rush hour, a gunman opened fire on three people at the intersection of Flinders Lane and William Street. Andrew Rule takes a look at the man behind the crime, Hells Angels club member Christopher Wayne Hudson. Read more Andrew Rule at: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-rule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Two young women lay dead in their Collingwood home at the hands of an unknown murderer. Authors, journalists, police and even Chopper Read have had theories on who committed this horrible crime. Andrew Rule runs a critical eye over the suspects. Read more Andrew Rule at: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-rule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In June 2011, Bung Siriboon left for school and was never seen again. Andrew Rule examines the twists and turns in the frantic search for the Boronia teenager. Read more of Andrew's columns at:http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-rule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Two sets of crimes, separated by over a decade, would puzzle police and the media. It took an officer with a unique insight to unravel the mystery. Read Andrew Rule's columns at: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-rule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
He was intelligent, articulate, cunning... and he loved the idea of making easy money. David McMillan wasn’t always beyond the reach of the law - but even in the face of a death sentence somehow managed to come out on top. Read Andrew Rule's columns at: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-rule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In 1999, just weeks before Melbourne's gangland war started, underworld kingpin Carl Williams took some mates on a particularly gruesome car ride. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The brutal murders of Margaret and Seana Tapp weren't widely reported and were never solved. Andrew Rule details the horrible crime and the long list of possible suspects. Read his columns at:http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-rule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aubrey Broughill was a long-time crook who met a less than happy end. Andrew Rule looks at the life and death of the man they called Grandpa Harry. Read Andrew's Sunday Herald Sun columns at:http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-rule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
From its inception, the Comancheros motorcycle club has been known for crime and violence. Read Andrew Rule's columns at http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-rule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Herald Sun journalists Andrew Rule and Aleks Devic discuss Victoria's biggest unsolved crimes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
