Life and Crimes with Andrew Rule

Russell 'Mad Dog' Cox's exploits are well known, but this week, we focus on his extraordinary escape from Sydney’s Long Bay jail. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs helpLifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recent events has Andrew Rule recounting the most famous jailbreaks by three of Australia's most colourful crooks. This week: the daring flight of David McMillan from the infamous 'Bangkok Hilton' prison. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs helpLifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The wilderness search for a missing man has Andrew Rule asking why authorities continue to refuse the help of expert trackers - even when time, money and perhaps lives are in the balance. Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help:Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A chance find on a hard drive brings new revelations to an ongoing legal and political drama. Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help:Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Novelist Adrian McKinty went from writing crime thrillers in Melbourne to blockbusters in the US. He sits down with Andrew to tell the story of his eclectic career. Find out more about Adrian McKinty at: http://officialadrianmckinty.com/bio/Preorder The Island at Booktopia: https://tinyurl.com/4aad6z67 or Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/293xktzd Like the show? Get more at: https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help:Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When a young train driver moved into an unassuming house in an inner western suburb of Melbourne, little did he know it may have had links to one of the country's greatest heists., Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help:Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Rule uncovers a new and compelling theory as to the true identity of one of Australia's most notorious monsters. Read Andrew Rule's full Mr Cruel investigation at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/If you or anyone you know needs help:Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Don Winslow is a best-selling American crime author whose new book City on Fire is the first in a saga about Irish and Italian crime syndicates in 1980s and '90s New England. He talks with Andrew about drug wars, the opioid epidemic and the craft of writing crime. City on Fire is out soon. Go to https://www.donwinslow.com/ for more information and to preorder. Thanks to Damian Tardio for production on this week's show. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/If you or anyone you know needs help:Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Karmein Chan was abducted in 1991. Just over a year later her remains were found in northern Melbourne. Was Mr Cruel responsible and what did the police overlook? Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/If you or anyone you know needs help:Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 Thanks to Damian Tardio for production on this episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. They spend their working lives keeping the bad guys on the inside, but who's helping them cope on the outside? Counsellor Bruce Perham joins the show to talk about his work helping prison guards deal with the pressures of their job Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Find out more about Bruce's book: https://letstalkdifferently.com.au/ Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/If you or anyone you know needs help:Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

George Brown was a country boy with big dreams of training winners at the track. But he met a tragic end after getting caught up in racing's violent underworld. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/If you or anyone you know needs help:Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, from the vault, we bring you the story of a little guy with big plans - that mostly involved stealing. (First released Jan 19, 2019) Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/If you or anyone you know needs help:Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last week, we looked at the murder  that saw Ronald Ryan hanged. This week we tell the story of what became of the young man who shared Ryan's crimes. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/If you or anyone you know needs help:Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The execution of Ronald Ryan, the last man hanged in Australia, shocked and captivated the nation. But his partner in crime, Peter Walker, has a violent and tragic tale all of his own.Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleCrimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/If you or anyone you know needs help:Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Colin McLaren spent a career in undercover law enforcement infiltrating the mafia in Australia. Now as an author, he has travelled to Italy to uncover the origins of the mob. Andrew Rule explains. Find out more about McLaren's book Mafioso: https://bit.ly/35PwI2wLike the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/If you or anyone you know needs help:Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ben Buckley was a rogue of the sky and no stranger to scrapes with authority. But beyond his many misdemeanors, he also saved lives with his aerial exploits. Like this episode? Read more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John and Lorraine Moss lived a quiet life in central Victoria until John became mysteriously ill. But behind all Lorraine's concern for her husband's health, lay a wicked plan - and a fondness for arsenic. Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/If you or anyone you know needs help:Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 Get more from Andrew Rule at: https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

They're a mainstay of film, TV and news reports worldwide: the hound dogs that can hunt through the wilderness to find the lost. But if they're so effective, why aren't they here?Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/If you or anyone you know needs help:Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When the mafia needed a man to help get rid of a problem, they turned to a Melbourne gun dealer - a man who may just have taken one of crime's biggest mysteries to his grave.Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleCrimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/If you or anyone you know needs help:Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Australian woman Patricia Galea was shot dead in an LA apartment, it looked like a robbery gone wrong. But the true reasons for her death might just wind their way back  to Sydney's gambling underworld. Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/If you or anyone you know needs help:Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800Like the show? Get Rule’s latest columns at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When publican Mike Lowry was shot in the head with a small calibre bullet, police were left with a question: who was the mysterious woman who pulled the trigger? Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/If you or anyone you know needs help:Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800Like the show? Get Rule’s latest columns at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Rule offers up some crime gems in this rough guide to summer reading and viewing. Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/If you or anyone you know needs help:Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800Like the show? Get Rule’s latest columns at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Rule and  Herald Sun's Deadline columnists turn their attention to the many missing persons cases that have captivated the country over the past 12 months. Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help:Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800Like the show? Get Rule’s latest columns at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Deadline columnist Mark Buttler and senior crime reporter Anthony Dowsley join the show again to discuss more stories of outlaw motorcycle gang members that made the news in 2021 Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help:Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800Like the show? Get Rule’s latest columns at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Andrew is joined by two of the Herald Sun's senior crime writers  to tell the tales of bikies who have been in the news this last year. Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help:Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800Like the show? Get Rule’s latest columns at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT: Andrew is joined by Marita Murphy, a woman with a confronting but compelling story of abuse and survival.Watch Marita's documentary at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh1ODu2JdSAIf you or anyone you know needs help:Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800Like the show? Get Rule’s latest columns at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Rule continues  the story of wives and mothers who have unexpectedly died in baffling, suspicious and downright disturbing ways. Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help:Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 Like the show? Get Rule's latest columns at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Rule goes in-depth on a series of cases where wives and mothers have died in tragic, mysterious or downright suspicious circumstances. Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help:Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 Like the show? Get Rule's latest columns at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When young Harry Coffey was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, no-one expected him to have much of an active life, let alone one as a champion jockey. They were wrong.To celebrate the launch of the new sports journalism site CODE, Andrew tells  Coffey's inspirational story. Read more sports features, analysis and news at https://codesports.com.au And read Rule's full feature at: https://www.codesports.com.au/horse-racing/harry-coffey-has-forged-a-successful-and-inspirational-career-as-a-jockey-despite-battling-with-cystic-fibrosis/news-story/eb20b1dcd9d60b37fe1cde4cb5bb1f99See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Developments in the Wonnangatta campers case and the search for William Tyrrell has Andrew Rule looking at how detectives hone in on vital clues in missing person cases. Read more of Rule's columns at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule If you or anyone you know needs help:Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Rule steps away from crime for an episode to tell the story of two brothers who went off to war, and  one philanthropist who made sure they would not be forgotten. Like the show? Go to https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule for moreSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Robert Arthur Selby Lowe died in jail as he served a life sentence for killing schoolgirl Sheree Beasley in 1991. Andrew Rule looks at the story behind the story of the man who became a murderer. Listen to our three-part series on the murder of  Sheree Beasley, The Little Pink Bike, in your podcast feed, or via the links below. Part 1: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/the-little-pink-bike-part-1/audio/6f873c05f897883d51f6d3b97ffde207 Part 2: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/the-little-pink-bike-part-2/audio/81ccb994806790f264f2dd3309e7db7c Part 3: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/the-little-pink-bike-part-3/audio/71126643453ca503962d897ed87f17f9 Read more of Andrew's columns at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The nation was relieved this week to find young Cleo Smith alive after going missing from a campsite in Western Australia. Andrew Rule asks how did this disappearance saga end with joy when so many others have ended in tears. Like the show? Go to https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule for more Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the chaos following the murder of two police officers in Walsh St, Melboune, an enduring mystery began: Where did one of the cops' guns go - and has it been used for evil ever since? Like the show? Go to https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule for moreSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From a start as a “nice boy” model, Hasan Topal became a violent outlaw bikie, suspected killer and international fugitive. And his rise was through a cloud of blood, bullets and battered bodies. Read Andrew's columns and more at: https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Report a crime at: https://crimestoppers.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. AFP officer Jon Rouse returns to the show to talk more about his work fighting online child sexual abuse. More information on the documentary: https://childreninthepictures.org/ Find help: https://kidshelpline.com.au/ https://www.lifeline.org.au/ https://crimestoppers.com.au/ Read Andrew's columns and more at: https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Jon Rouse is one of Australia's top cops fighting online child sexual abuse. He talks with Andrew about his career, his investigations, and his advice on protecting kids from internet predators. More information on the documentary: https://childreninthepictures.org/ Find help: https://kidshelpline.com.au/ https://www.lifeline.org.au/ https://crimestoppers.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Bendigo man Kevin Pearce died at the hands of an unknown sniper, it became one of country Victoria's most disturbing murder mysteries. Andrew Rule examines the case. Like the show? Go to https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule for more Crime Stoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rosslyn McQueen was a young mum with the world to live for. So why did she die an agonising death with strychnine in her veins? Andrew Rule examines the case. Read Andrew's column on the case and more at: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ Lifeline: https://www.lifeline.org.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When young boy Terry Floyd went missing from a small country town, suspicion may have fallen on the wrong man, as investigator and TV host Ron Iddles explains. Thew last episode of Homicide with Ron Iddles goes to air October 3. Watch Homicide with Ron Iddles: https://7plus.com.au/homicide-with-ron-iddles Read more of Andrew's columns at: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Contact Crimestoppers at: https://crimestoppers.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ron Iddles, former police investigator and host of the new show Homicide, joins Andrew to discuss the murder of Gina Rossato, a single mother who disappeared from her own doorstep. Read more of Andrew's columns at: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Watch Homicide with Ron Iddles: https://7plus.com.au/homicide-with-ron-iddlesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Suzie Lawrance vanished from the middle of a country town on a Saturday night in 1987, there were few leads. Three decades later, a reporter turned sleuth has picked up the trail. Read Andrew's column on the disappearance at: https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule More info about the True Crime Australia podcast: https://australiantruecrimepodcast.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To celebrate the launch of his new book Chance, Andrew Rule turns his mind to some of racing's most colourful sages and scallywags. More information about the book at: https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781760987718/ Like the show? Go to https://www.heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule If you or someone you know needs assistance: Lifeline on 13 11 14 or https://www.lifeline.org.au/ Beyond Blue 1300 224 636 or at www.beyondblue.org.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. A meeting with a former policeman has Andrew Rule recalling a crime of gothic savagery - and one woman's story of survival. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When former narcotics detective John Shobbrook busted a drug importation ring, little did he know it would see him squaring off against corruption in the Queensland police force. Get more information about John Shobbrook's book at: https://www.uqp.com.au/books/operation-jungle Like the show? Get features, backgrounders and more at https://www.heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Journalist Stephen Drill went looking for the footprints of organised crime in Italy while working as a foreign correspondent. Now back in Australia, he talks with Andrew Rule about his new podcast series examining the mafia, and the links it makes across borders. Listen to the podcast series The Mafia's Web now at: https://mafiasweb.com.au/ Like the show? Go to https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule for features and moreSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Rule talks with former narcotics detective John Shobbrook about a drug importation caper featuring planes, hapless crooks and the Far North Queensland wilderness. Get more information about John Shobbrook's book at: https://www.uqp.com.au/books/operation-jungle Like the show? Get features, backgrounders and more at https://www.heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ashley Mervyn Coulston was a troubled child who grew up to be an evil man. But it was only after he was put behind bars, that questions arose about a series of similar crimes across Australia. Go to https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-rule for columns and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Former tactical operations cop Keith Banks has seen his fair share of action. From dawn raids to busting bikies, he tells Andrew Rule about his many years in law enforcement and the heavy toll it took on him. If you or someone you know needs assistance: Lifeline on 13 11 14 or https://www.lifeline.org.au/ Beyond Blue 1300 224 636 or at www.beyondblue.org.au Police Veterans Victoria: https://policeveteransvic.org.au/ More information about the book: https://keithbanks.com.au/gun-to-the-head Go to: https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule for columns, features and moreSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some crooks go in all guns blazing, but as Andrew Rule explains, the smart ones often find it's blending in that stops them from being caught out. Become a Herald Sun subscriber. Go to https://www.heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule and click on any article to begin.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.