Podcasts by Naked City

73 seconds to a tragic death from 2023-09-05T20:00

Tyler Cassidy was a troubled kid. Police officers Colin Dods and Richie Blundell were working an afternoon shift in the Northcote divisional van. Their lives would collide on a balmy summer even...

The cyber cop chasing the crypto criminals from 2023-08-29T20:00

Very few people have heard of Detective Sergeant Dion Achtypis - but there may well be no more important investigator in Australia.

You won’t see him holding a press conference at a murde...

Belinda's partner was beyond help. Now, he helps her save strangers from 2023-08-22T20:00

Belinda Bozykowski was never a police officer. But her partner, Laurie Fox, was.

On the last day of 2012, Fox took his own life, leaving her with two young sons, a broken heart and a mill...

Bread, water and the Liquorice Mile: Inside Pentridge Prison from 2023-08-15T20:00

Prodigious armed robber and expert escaper John Killick escaped custody in three states, once in a helicopter hijacked by his girlfriend. 

Most of the police and prison officers who chase...

Kaera was shot in cold blood on a city street, and we blamed her from 2023-08-08T20:00

It was early on Monday, June 18, 2007, just as city workers were arriving at their jobs that Hells Angel Christopher Wayne Hudson finally imploded. 

First he beat and kicked a woman in a ...

Kid Currie: Life and death in the Special Operations Group from 2023-07-11T20:00

As a policeman, Tony “Kid” Currie lived on the edge. In the SOG he shot and killed one suspect and in a second incident left one with life-altering injuries. Some thought he was a loose cannon a...

Blood on the steps of Flinders St: The brave men who chased a police killer from 2023-07-04T20:00

Keith Pickering was just 19 and a young cop when he was on point duty outside Flinders Street Station in January 1974. He heard a vendor yell out and saw a man crouching with a bloodied carving ...

The double murder-suicide that rocked a small country town from 2023-06-27T20:00

Kevin Knowles was a brute, a thug and a suspected double murderer. 

Kirkstall was a lovely county town inhabited mainly by young families looking to build a safe and caring community. Tha...

A cultish nightmare: David’s 12 years in hell with The Family from 2023-06-20T20:00

From the age of two, David Freeman was hidden with a group of children in a remote country house, described as a school that was actually a prison.

The cult, led by th...

The judge who committed three deadly sins from 2023-06-13T20:01

Howard Nathan was a Supreme Court judge for 14 years. Many of his peers did not accept him because he was gay, Jewish and left-wing. One judge did not speak to him during his entire ti...

Coming soon: Naked City season 6 from 2023-06-02T06:24:51

Join John Silvester, Australia’s longest-serving crime reporter, as he talks to the cops and the crims in the sixth season of crime podcast Naked City.

The new season will premie...

Trailer: The Confession from 2022-10-26T05:16:20

The astonishing true story of how Melbourne homicide detectives broke all the rules in their quest to have Katia Pyliotis convicted for brutally murdering a dirty old man with a statue of the Vi...

The twin bandits and the cop who brought them undone from 2022-10-18T20:11:42

Peter Morgan and his twin Doug used their identical looks to fool police while pulling two dozen armed robberies in Victoria.

That is until tough country cop Rick Hasty confronted Peter i...

The good people who stare down evil from 2022-10-12T07:02:58

Policeman Rod Miller came home tired from a late shift but took the time to sign more than 60 thankyou cards to friends and family who congratulated him and his wife Carmel on the birth of their...

The hunt for the police killers begins from 2022-10-05T03:47:27

When police officers Gary Silk and Rod Miller were fatally shot the crime scene was chaotic as it was believed one of the armed offenders was still there and likely to try and kill more cops. Listen

Smoking guns: two police murdered, two suspects, one conviction. from 2022-09-28T00:51:21

When Sergeant Gary Silk and Senior Constable Rod Miller pulled over a blue Hyundai in Moorabbin in 1998 while on armed robbery stake-out duty they had no inkling they were about to be ambushed. ...

'Meet me at the pub': The murder that stunned Melbourne. from 2022-09-21T22:28:10

Jill Meagher sent a text to her husband Tom - "Meet me at the pub" but he was asleep and missed the message.

By the the time he saw it she had been abducted and murdered as she walked the...

Mr Clean: The story of an international money launderer from 2022-08-30T21:49:12

When Bruce Aitken headed to an international airport for one of his hundreds of overseas trips, he would always take his golf bag – a fairly normal piece of luggage for a globe-trotting business...

The secret life of a sheep breeder: The Wettenhall family murders from 2022-08-02T19:00

Darcy Whettenhall was a champion sheep breeder, running the Stanbury stud farm near Geelong. His perfectionism, drive and achievements were famous in the area.

But he had a dark side, off...

Rats in the rafters: The travelling tradie con from 2022-07-26T20:00

There's a knock at your front door. A couple of tradies say they've been working on the house next door and they've noticed tiles missing from your roof. Not to worry. For $20, they're happy to ...

The inside man who turned on Melbourne's last great armed robbery gang from 2022-07-19T20:00

What he had was information on a notorious armed robbery crew, known as the gym gang, and he was prepared to talk, if the deal was right. 

He was The Driver, a trusted insider who turned ...

'A heist like a Hollywood movie': The hunt for the Gym Gang from 2022-07-12T20:00

Their heists were meticulous, and executed with military-style precision. And as soon as one job was done, they would disappear, sometimes for years.

For 40 years, police have been in a c...

The knockabout judge and the gangland war from 2022-07-05T20:00

Supreme Court judge Paul Coghlan has spent more than 50 years investigating, prosecuting and judging serious crooks on serious crimes.

Coghlan, the grandson of a Chinese merchant, innkeep...

The Frankston serial killer: The net closes from 2022-06-28T20:00

How police caught Paul Charles Denyer, and the women who came chillingly close to the Frankston serial's orbit.

In part two of John Silvester's season opening episode of ...

When it rained: Seven weeks to catch a serial killer from 2022-06-21T20:00

In the winter of 1993, a serial killer terrorised Melbourne, stalking and murdering three young women in the bayside suburb of Frankston.

John Silvester is back for another season of Nake...

Coming soon: Naked City season five from 2022-06-15T00:42:58

The much anticipated fifth season of Naked City arrives on June 22.

Make sure to subscribe now and get all the episodes straight to your device. 

John Silvester, Aus...

Coming soon - Liar, Liar: Melissa Caddick and the Missing Millions from 2022-04-04T23:36

Since late 2020, the case of missing Sydney woman Melissa Caddick has captivated the country. A seemingly successful businesswoman from Sydney's eastern suburbs went missing after authorities ra...

From undercover to under lock and key from 2021-08-25T01:00

Cliff Lockwood was just 19 when he left the peace of a tiny town to join the police force. “I know it sounds funny but I just wanted to do good. Nineteen was way too young. You don’t...

Purana: Melbourne's gangland taskforce from 2021-08-17T23:00

For a time gangland figures lived a fast and often lucrative life, but very few made it out alive. After 11 unsolved murders, including Moran brothers Mark and Jason, and their father Lewis, pol...

A country school kidnapping: An unbelievable tale from 2021-08-10T23:52

The rookie teacher at the tiny country school was startled during morning recess when some of the kids ran into the single weatherboard classroom, yelling: "There's a man outside with a gun." Rob H...

A country school kidnapping: An unbelievable tale from 2021-08-10T23:52

The rookie teacher at the tiny country school was startled during morning recess when some of the kids ran into the single weatherboard classroom, yelling: "There's a man outside with a gun." Listen

Rent-a-kill: Australia's number one hitman from 2021-08-04T00:02

By early 1985 hitman Chris Flannery was running out of friends. This was hardly surprising, as he’d killed most of them.

Flannery had built a fearsome reputation for killi...

Abe Saffron and Sydney's corrupt cops from 2021-07-27T23:00

Abraham Gilbert Saffron was a successful Sydney businessman who hated his nickname and spent a fortune trying to have it expunged from the record by threatening anyone who used it publicly.

The man who put three police in a rubbish bin from 2021-07-20T23:00

Robbo' Robertson was a natural undercover cop. A Vietnam veteran with the gift of the gab, he slipped seamlessly into the role of Brian Wilson, an underworld heavy from Sydney.

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ANoM: The app that spied on crooks from 2021-07-13T19:00

It was a Friday night when Federal Police contacted their Victorian counterparts with an urgent message. A shooting had been ordered by an overseas bikie boss to be carried at a Melbou...

Ron Fenton: The cop and the dog that saved him from 2021-07-06T19:00

In 1984 policeman Ron Fenton was nearly given up for dead. Shot in the head and slumped unconscious next to his police car. That is until a cop in an unmarked car took it upon himself to charge ...

Coming soon: Naked City season 4 from 2021-06-29T20:00

The first episode of series four will drop Wednesday 7 July, with a new episode published every Wednesday. Make sure to subscribe now and get all the episodes straight to your device. 
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The fugitive's fatal mistake: police shooting of Arthur Nelson from 2021-04-13T20:00

Arthur James Nelson was a third rate crook who had convictions for burglary, theft, assault, false pretences and drugs. In July 1988 his path fatally crossed police officers, Lachlan McCulloch a...

Justice Frank Vincent: The secrets of the Supreme Court from 2021-04-06T20:00

He was the best defence lawyer representing murder defendants in around 200 cases. He went on to be a respected Supreme Court Judge presiding over the most difficult homicide trials, including t...

Bernie 'The Attorney' Balmer, knockabout lawyer from 2021-03-30T18:00

He has represented Mick Gatto and Mark 'Chopper' Reid among other Melbourne gangland characters, but even as a school-kid, lawyer Bernie Balmer had an aversion to bullies.  As a year 1...

Graeme Alford: The stick-up, the lawyer and the long lunch from 2021-03-23T18:00

Graeme Alford was a smart, cunning, hard-working criminal lawyer with a loyal and regular client base all connected to the feared Painters and Dockers Union. It was a licence to print money.

Kill or be killed: The cop and the country bandit from 2021-03-16T19:00

Wayne Sherwell was a country cop on traffic duty on a quiet rural road when he pulled up a speeding motorist who claimed to be a vet. The man behind the wheel was calm and matter-of-fact and the...

Jane Thurgood-Dove: The mistaken identity murder from 2021-03-09T18:00

Jane Thurgood-Dove was murdered in front of her three children in the driveway of their Muriel Street, Niddrie in November 1997 - as she stepped from the car and with her kids aged 11, six and t...

Russell Street bombing: The day that shocked a nation from 2021-03-02T18:00

Sometimes life and death can be decided by something as simple as the toss of a coin. On that day, so many years ago, a young policewoman named Angela Taylor was working in the watch house ...

Mark 'Chopper' Read's legacy of violence from 2021-02-23T18:00

Contrary to popular opinion, Mark Brandon “Chopper” Read was no underworld mastermind and his criminal history was littered with blunders. His police record shows that when he broke ...

Mark 'Chopper' Read's legacy of violence from 2021-02-23T18:00

Contrary to popular opinion, Mark Brandon “Chopper” Read was no underworld mastermind and his criminal history was littered with blunders. His police record shows that when he broke the law he was ...

Coming Soon: Naked City season 3 from 2021-02-16T19:00

On Wednesday 24 February, in the first episode of the third series, listen to never heard before tapes from Mark 'Chopper' Read to get insight into the myth and the legend. Subscribe to get new ...

Trailer: Naked City season 3 from 2021-02-09T19:00

Join John Silvester from Wednesday 24 February for the third series of Naked City. Subscribe now and get all the episodes straight to your device every Wednesday.

Silvester is Australia&...

The death of a neo-Nazi crime boss from 2020-09-23T00:05:53

Phillip Grant Wilson was a neo-Nazi and a killer. He recruited a gang and according to one police report, ''This group undertook intense physical fitness training for the purpose of establishing...

Bonus episode: Portrait of an artist from 2020-09-18T02:08

Mica Pillemer is an accomplished international artist who, for reasons best known to himself, wanted to paint John Silvester for the Archibald Prize.

During the sitting he ...

Mad Max meets his maker from 2020-09-15T17:00

A Bulgarian army deserter, Pavel Marinof trained himself for an armed confrontation with police, saying they would 'never take him alive'. Because he was violent and dangerous Australian media d...

The Ramchens: Beauty and the Beast from 2020-09-08T18:00

She was a stunning former model and television hostess. He was a successful businessman. They owned two mansions and had three beautiful children. So why did Jacqui Ramchen vanish without a trac...

Sandy MacRae: 'This is Mildura, not Chicago' from 2020-09-01T17:00

Convicted of four murders, but suspected of many more, Alistair 'Sandy' MacRae could be one Australia's worst serial killers. He was a brothel boss, standover man, organised crime associate and ...

The Snake and The Ladderman from 2020-08-25T18:00

Hugo Rich and a crook known as The Ladderman are at opposite ends of the criminal food chain. Rich was a violent, calculating armed robber and murderer. Ladderman wouldn’t hurt a fly....

Bertie Wrout: Stories from a gangland lieutenant from 2020-08-18T20:00

He nearly died because his boss liked a cheap beer: Bertie Wrout was right hand to Melbourne crime lord Lewis Moran and saw the gangland wars up close. He was there as Moran family and associate...

Peter Dupas: Stalking a serial killer from 2020-08-11T18:00

Peter Norris Dupas is the worst type of serial killer -  a man who stalked women for decades and, police suspect, randomly killed six strangers. Convicted of the murders of Nicole Patterson...

Inside maximum security: The boxing officer from 2020-08-04T19:00

What happens once the criminals are locked up? In his years as an officer at Port Phillip Prison, Paul O'Sullivan has seen more than most will see in a lifetime. An accomplished boxer, he co...