We all know the story of Australia’s most famous bushranger, Ned Kelly. And in this podcast we talk about the man who was responsible for his death. A criminal from England who is deported as a convict named Elijah Upjohn. His life, and his story are remembered in this podcast, and also in more details in The Dawn of Crime Volume 1, available online at https://www.lulu.com/search/?contributor=Roy+Maloy&adult_audience_rating=00

In this episode of the Dawn of Crime I talk through the early career of Australian gangster Squizzy Taylor, and one of the forgotten influences of his early life, his older brother Claude. Two years older than Leslie Taylor his brother Claude was a violent and sociopathic Gangster, but often overlooked as a major influence in the early formation of what became the legendary Squizzy Taylor.

Every now and then a criminal comes along who does it a bit differently. Eric Brennan was one who came up with a plan to throw the police off before he’d even committed the crime when he was just 17.

Between the 1850s in the 1890s in Melbourne Romeo Lane in Juliet Terrace were regarded with fame equalling that of the parliament buildings and the Princes theatre. However, they were known widely due to their dark and seedy underbelly that attracted Eve Roy form of vice known to man at that time. As the home of sly grog, prostitution, bare knuckle fights on the street, pickpockets, opium dens and every form of degeneration available, they were a blight on the city that lasted for over 40 years. In this episode we talk about the cultures of people and the cases that made Romeo Lane in Juliette Terrance infamous

Episode 2: Alexander “The Plum” Williams & Old Josh. Two of the criminals I’ve researched more than many others in my time, who I keep hitting dead ends with. Although they were written about over and and over again, very little archival material survives about the pair outside of newsprint. For more information about other amazing Australian true crime biographies log onto https://www.lulu.com/search/?contributor=Roy+Maloy&adult_audience_rating=00.

Episode 1 Cranky Bella - In this episode the life, career and times of Cranky Bella, AKA Elena Anstead is discussed. From her early days in the Ballarat gold diggings, where she became a domestic servant at the age of 7, to her career as "the smartest and most notorious female pickpocket in Melbourne" where she ran a "house of ill-fame frequented by rogues and vagabonds", Bella was able to fight back at police, stand over men and life to become a formidable name in a hostile place and time in Melbourne’s history! For the full story head over to https://www.lulu.com/search/?contributor=Roy+Maloy&adult_audience_rating=00

The Dawn of Crime is a podcast dedicated to the places, faces, people and crimes that shaped Australia throughout its history. The Dawn of Crime book series can be found online at: https://www.lulu.com/search/?adult_audience_rating=00&contributor=Roy+Maloy&page=1&pageSize=10