Author Gregory M Carroll's big brother was one of the notorious gang that pulled off one of the biggest heists in Australian history.
Now Gregory has written a fictionalised account of the crime, and the men who pulled it off.

Lean more about Gregory's book:
https://gregorymcarroll.com/

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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Depraved killer Bevan Spencer von Einem guarded his appalling secrets right up until his death, leaving his co-offenders in the “Family” murders unidentified — and ending any chance he could explain the fate of one of the most eerie peacetime crimes of all time.

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Prison guard Bruce McLeod joins the show again to tell more stories about working at some of the state's toughest correctional facilities.

More about Bruce's book at:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Justifying-Means-Bruce-McLeod/dp/1764243706

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Prison guard Bruce McLeod lost his best mate to a violent crime. It spurred him to write the book Justifying the Means.

He joins the show to talk about his friend and life working inside some of Victoria's toughest correctional facilities.

Find out more about Bruce at: https://www.instagram.com/bruce.mcleod.author/

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Producer Jonty Burton joins the show for our annual holiday reading and watching guide. A spoiler warning: this episode discusses the following true crime documentaries:

The Carman Family Deaths
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
Fred & Rose West: A British Horror Story
I Was Actually There: Fairlie Arrow Abduction Hoax

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Author Fabian Christian joins the show to talk about one of 1980's Australia's biggest heists, and the unusual way he came to write a fictionalised version of the event and its aftermath.

More about Fabianand his book Bandit or Priest at: https://www.instagram.com/fabianchristian_author/?hl=en

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Journalist and author Peter FitzSimons returns to the show to talk about a murder mystery that surrounded one of Earnest 'Weary' Dunlop's best friends.

More about Peter's book at: https://www.hachette.com.au/peter-fitzsimons/

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Acclaimed journalist and author Peter FitzSimons joins the show to talk about his new book that chronicles the life of war hero Earnest 'Weary' Dunlop.

More about Peter's book at: https://www.hachette.com.au/peter-fitzsimons/

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Author and CEO Peter Norris joins the show again to recount coming back to Victoria, getting into trouble, and what finally turned his life around.

Find more about Peter's book at:
https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/authors/Peter-Norris/233229715

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Peter Norris joins the show again to talk about the time his bank robber father decided to take him across the Nullarbor to a new life in Western Australia.

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https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/authors/Peter-Norris/233229715

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