Australian Crime Stories

In this international award-winning, true-crime series, investigative journalist, broadcaster and author Adam Shand takes viewers behind the headlines to the very source - police, journalists, victims and villains - as he digs deep into some of the most infamous criminal cases in Australia's history.
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Episodes

  1. S2 E1 - Nikolai Radev - The Invader

    June 28, 2011
    49min
    16+
    Radev invaded the lives of his extortion victims and terrorized them until they met his demands. Children, wives, family members were dragged in to his world of violence and horror. No one was safe.
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  2. S2 E2 - Stan Smith - The Enforcer

    October 26, 2011
    52min
    16+
    Feared enforcer for Australian organized crime, multiple murderer and assassin, and drug trafficker turned man of God. Smith was mentored by Sydney hard-man and 'Mr Big' Lenny McPherson. Together with George Freeman they founded notorious Sydney underworld gang, The Team.
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  3. S2 E3 - Ray Denning - The Runner

    August 24, 2011
    56min
    16+
    Brutal killer, armed robber, heartbreaker and prison escapologist, Ray was the ultimate anti-hero who spent his whole life running from the nightmares in his head.
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  4. S2 E4 - Tilly Devine - Madam Razor

    September 26, 2011
    50min
    16+
    Tilly was a drug dealing brothel madam, a criminal sociopath and Sydney's Queen of vice, who clawed her way to the top of the city's sex trade with a razor in her hand. Tilly Devine was a prostitute who founded a criminal empire on the mean streets of Sydney after the First World War.
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  5. S2 E5 - Jockey Smith - Public Enemy Number One

    October 26, 2011
    56min
    16+
    Criminal lunatic, gunman, arch-thief and armed robber, Jockey Smith terrorized Australia at gunpoint for three decades. When confronted, the short angry guy with a bad case of small man syndrome invariably reached for a gun.
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  6. S2 E6 - Stewart John Regan - The Magician

    December 28, 2011
    50min
    16+
    Multiple murderer, extortionist, pimp, child killer and violent thug, Regan is arguably the most violent and terrifying person in Australian criminal history. A genuine psychopath, Regan spent his childhood in rural New South Wales torturing animals.
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  7. S2 E7 - Dino Dibra - The Sunshine Boy

    November 25, 2011
    52min
    16+
    Multiple murderer, drug dealer, kidnapper, extortionist and street hoon, Dino Dibra grew up in Sunshine - a tough working class suburb where he became lifelong friends with a group of boys at school who would all go on to make their marks in Melbourne's underworld.
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  8. S2 E8 - George Freeman - The King of Sydney

    January 25, 2012
    56min
    16+
    Murderer, standover man, race fixer, SP bookmaker and crime lord, George Freeman was the King of Sydney for over three decades. His skills as a gambler and race fixer meant he could enrich his associates and a growing band of influential people who helped keep him out of trouble with police.
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Violencesubstance usealcohol usesmokingfoul languagesexual content

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Directors

Laurence Coy

Producers

The Full Box

Studio

The Full Box
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