Last year the late gangland lawyer sat down with Andrew Rule to talk about the crooks he defended and his own problems with the law. This episode was first published for subscribers at heraldsun.com.au and the Crime X+ channel. Get episodes of Life & Crimes a week early and ad-free, as well as bonus content, by subscribing to Crime X+ today. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers....
Aug 13, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 51
What happens when footy players fall in with bad company? Andrew Rule tells more tales of on field champions who turned off-field felons. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help Lifeline: 13 11 14 Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Aug 11, 2023•44 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Jack Richardson was an ace player who turned to crime and made enemies of powerful people. And now police have a new clue to who gunned him down Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help Lifeline: 13 11 14 Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Aug 04, 2023•25 min•Season 1Ep. 48
To most Willie Thompson was just another name to add to the bloodbath that was the Melbourne gangland war. But his death may have brought about the end of one of that war's top kingpins. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help Lifeline: 13 11 14 Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...
Jul 28, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 47
A brazen payroll robbery sets off a tangled investigation, a long courtroom drama and a glimpse into the crooks who prey on crooks. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help Lifeline: 13 11 14 Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jul 21, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Vince and Gerado were shot dead in their respective driveways nine months apart. Nobody has ever been charged, and it is unlikely anybody will be. Andrew Rule tells the tale. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help Lifeline: 13 11 14 Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jul 14, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Andrew Rule introduces the first episode of the new podcast The Missing Australia. Find the show ad-free on the CrimeX channel, or wherever you get your podcasts. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help Lifeline: 13 11 14 Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jul 11, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 44
WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. The recent podcast series The Missing Australia leads Andrew Rule to examine the confronting case of a baby sent in the post. More on The Missing Australia https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/the-missing-australia More on the Folbigg story: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/mothers-guilt Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com....
Jul 07, 2023•25 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. As politicians debate what to do with our most notorious prisoners, Andrew Rule tells the backstory of one of Australia's most shocking serial killers. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help Lifeline: 13 11 14 Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 See omnystudio.com/l...
Jun 30, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Andrew Rule introduces an extract from the Audible recording of his book: Chance, a collection of stories about grit and gamblers and the romance of the racing life. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help Lifeline: 13 11 14 Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jun 27, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. It's 20 years ago that Melbourne's gangland war was supercharged when Jason Moran was gunned down at a suburban Melbourne park. And the fact that it was done in front of small kids, shows how calous the tit-for-tat battle had become. Watch Andrew Rule's mini-doc about the killing at: https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help Lifeline: 13 11 ...
Jun 23, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Andrew Rule is joined by Meni Caroutas, former detective and host of the new podcast The Missing Australia. They discuss some of Australia's most disturbing missing persons cases. Learn more at: https://themissingaustralia.com.au/ Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help Lifeline: 13 1...
Jun 16, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Knocking off banks and armoured cars to fuel addiction or obsession is one thing - but turning it into your day job is another. Andrew Rule chronicles the cruel and calculating men who made robbery their career. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help Lifeline: 13 11 14 Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 Kids Helpline: 18...
Jun 13, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Before the networked world, bank heists were a good way to make a bad dollar. Andrew Rule introduces some of the crooks who took the money and ran. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help Lifeline: 13 11 14 Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jun 09, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. While cowboys and cattle thieves sound like a thing of the past, Andrew Rule explains that it's very much a part of modern rural Australian crime. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help Lifeline: 13 11 14 Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jun 02, 2023•48 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. After several heartbreaking missing persons tragedies, Australian police forces might finally be employing a new four-legged tool in their hunt to find the lost. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help Lifeline: 13 11 14 Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...
May 26, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Mark Morri, host of the new podcast series Crim City, joins Andrew Rule to talk about when underworld gunmen get the wrong target. Listen to Crim City now at the Apple podcast link below, or wherever you get your podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/crim-city/id1683235038 Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au...
May 19, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Forget the bikies and the mafia - some of Australia's most captivating crimes have been perpetrated with a canvas and an easel. Author Mark Holsworth joins the show with more. More about The Picasso Ransom: https://melbourneartcritic.wordpress.com/2023/02/26/the-picasso-ransom/ Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs ...
May 12, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Brian Murphy was a hard cop with a hard nickname. And when he passed away on Anzac Day, he left behind a pile of intriguing tales. Many of them may even be true. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help Lifeline: 13 11 14 Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
May 05, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Detective Lachlan McCulloch closes in on the shadowy fraudsters who have been ripping off banks throughout Melbourne. Want to hear from Lachlan McCulloch himself? Go to: https://undercovercop.com.au Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help Lifeline: 13 11 14 Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Apr 28, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Detective Lachlan McCulloch is called to a lawyer's office over some missing documents. But what starts off looking like a clerical error will fast turn into a major case of fraud. Listen to our special series featuring former Undercover cop Lachlan McCulloch at https://www.undercovercop.com.au Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyon...
Apr 22, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Lachlan McCulloch was tasked with bringing down some of Australia's most notorious criminals using only his wits and a wig. Now, in this special Life and Crimes series, Andrew Rule talks with the former undercover cop about some of the heart-pounding moments in his clandestine career. Go to https://undercovercop.com.au for features and more Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers...
Apr 15, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Peter 'Crackers' Keenan is a former AFL hard man who also knew his way around horse racing. He outlines some of the characters he met - both on the footy ground and on the racetrack. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help Lifeline: 13 11 14 Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 See omnystudio.com...
Apr 07, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Guest host Anthony Dowsley is joined by the Herald Sun's crime team to discuss some of the news that has crossed their desk so far this year. Listen to The Devil's Apprentice at: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-devils-apprentice/id1670825670 or wherever you get your podcasts Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know...
Mar 31, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Over two books, author and journalist Abraham Maddison told the definitive story of the charismatic crook, Brendan James Abbott. He wrote those books under another name - Derek Pedley. Why he changed his name is the topic of his new book: Crazy Bastard: A Memoir of Forced Adoption More about the author: https://www.facebook.com/derekpedleywriter Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimesto...
Mar 24, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Investigative journalist Stephen Drill joins the show to talk about his new podcast series: Faith on Trial. Faith on Trial podcast series: https://faithontrial.com.au/ Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help Lifeline: 13 11 14 Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 See omnystudio.com/listener for p...
Mar 17, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Douglas Kay Morgan, one half of the infamous 'after dark bandit' crew, continues the discussion about his crimes, his time behind bars and his artistic post-prison life. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help Lifeline: 13 11 14 Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 S...
Mar 10, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Former 'after dark bandit' twin Douglas Kay Morgan joins the show again to talk more about his time as a bank robber, as well as his road to redemption. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help Lifeline: 13 11 14 Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...
Mar 03, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. When Elisabeth Membrey went missing from her outer suburban flat in 1994, police investigators leapt into action. But after many leads and much grief, there' still no closure on the case. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help Lifeline: 13 11 14 Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 See omnystudi...
Feb 24, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Author Tony Wilson is back to discuss more of football's greatest scallywags and scoundrels. Tony Wilson's email newsletter: https://goodonewilson.substack.com/ Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help Lifeline: 13 11 14 Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy ...
Feb 17, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 14
