King's Cross in the '80s for a young cop was like Mardi Gras, the circus and New Year's Eve all rolled into one. Whatever you wanted, you could get it. For former detective Meni Caroutas, working the glitter strip was his dream job - until everything suddenly came crashing down. Meni joins Gary to chat about the moment his career ended, and how it led him to his lifelong mission of finding missing persons.

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Here's a special treat - the first few chapters of Gary's book I Catch Killers from Audible. Serial killings, child abductions, organised crime hits and domestic murders. This is the memoir of a homicide detective.

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A Bunnings employee and a nail gun. That was the key to foiling a potentially very deadly Christmas terrorist attack in Victoria. AFP's Lindsay Hall and Amanda Glover walk Gary through some of their biggest stings.

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As acting members of the Australian Federal Police, Amanda Glover and Lindsay Hall have spent more than 40 years investigating police fraud, drug crimes and preventing terrorist attacks. The duo sit down with Gary to chat about the tricks they use to catch crims, and Glover reveals how she busted a suspicious family daycare syndicate that falsely claimed $13 million of taxpayer money.

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Adults-only funny man Paul Fenech has written a Bogan Bible, holds a record for the most amount of swearing on TV, and he’s thong-slapped his fans right around Australia. Working his way up from cleaner to comedian, he’s walked a fine line between humour and causing offence. But Pauly tells Gary the one time he took it too far. 

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Paul Fenech is the Logie-winning Maltese-Australian comedian who created smash hits Pizza, Housos and Bogan Hunter. But he says woke sensibilities have changed so much that his career would be impossible today - and he’s waiting for the day he gets cancelled.

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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Having spent 18 years behind bars, ex-bikie Matt Law knows the problems of prison better than anyone. He’s lived much of his adult life maximum security, he’s been addicted to opiates, but now he’s found a new sense of calm. Working as a peer mentor, Matt is helping ex-prisoners find their feet upon release. 

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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Matt Law has spent half his life in jail. When he was a kid, he escaped a difficult home life and became a ward of the state. As he got older he searched for a tribe and found it - in an outlaw bikie gang. Matt takes us into the dark world of bikie life, revealing the strict club rules and what it takes to be nominated.

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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. Fingerprints identify the victim as 26-year-old Kelly Hodge, but a killer is still on the loose. Homicide detective Charlie Bezzina talks us through each of the five suspects, only to end up with dead ends, until months later they receive a call. This is what led them to her murderer. 

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Subscribe to Crime X+ today. A naked body was found wrapped in a blanket on the side of the road. Legendary homicide detective Charlie Bezzina takes us through every step of the investigation as the cops experienced it, in real-time, revealing the vital clue that led them to the killer.

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