The Dawn of Crime - Stolen Valour: Alf Barber
In this episode we look at Alf Barbour, a house breaker who claimed on numerous occasions to be a returned Gallipoli veteran, only to be fined again and again for lying about serving in WWI. This and ...
5 Aug 202021min
The Dawn of Crime - The Queerest of Crimes
In this shorter episode we talk about three different cases of people who were arrested and put in front of a judge on the charge of “Offensive Behaviour”, for each of them dressing in the clothing th...
4 Aug 202012min
The Dawn of Crime - The Man Who Hung Ned Kelly: Elijah Upjohn.
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 convic...
28 Juli 202025min
The Dawn of Crime - Claude “Big Squizzy” Taylor
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 o...
24 Juli 202054min
The Dawn of Crime - Dragging our the Evidence - Eric Brennan
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.
24 Juli 202014min
The Dawn of Crime - Romeo Lane & Juliet Terrace Melbourne
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...
24 Juli 202023min
The Dawn of Crime - Alexander “The Plum” Williams & Old Josh Clarke
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...
23 Juli 202016min
The Dawn of Crime - Cranky Bella
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 serv...
12 Juli 202039min
