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Blood on the vines
As the old mafia dons of country Australia start to die off, Andrew Rule can open more of the file on the Calabrian crew and their many misdeeds. Rea…
5 years, 5 months ago
A man, a plan, a van and a heist
The daylight robbery of an Armaguard van in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond was a most brazen crime. And the story of the man behind the wheel of th…
5 years, 5 months ago
Jock in the underworld
From an early age, series regular Jock the Jockey was exposed to the seamy side of life. In this episode he takes Andrew on a whistle stop tour of so…
5 years, 5 months ago
BONUS EPISODE: Disaster over the river
On the 50th anniversary of the biggest industrial accident in Melbourne's history, Andrew Rule is joined by reporter Alex White to remember the colla…
5 years, 5 months ago
More of Jock's tales from the track
Life and Crime's resident 'rider on the storm' Jock the jockey returns with more run-ins with triads, gangsters, a jetski and a picnic blanket. Get m…
5 years, 5 months ago
The cook, the doc, the wife and her lover
Willi Koeppen was Australia's first celebrity chef and his disappearance over 40 years ago involves a fractured marriage, illicit affairs, and some s…
5 years, 6 months ago
Return of the Undercover Kid
Former detective Damian Marrett has played a lot of characters in pursuit of the bad guys. But pretending to be a hitman proved to be one of his more…
5 years, 6 months ago
The death of a 'vampire'
Shane Chatres-Abbott lived a tangled life of sex, drugs and violence. His murder was no less complicated. Like Life & Crimes? Consider subscribing to…
5 years, 6 months ago
The last word on Lawyer X (for now)
Anthony Dowsley and Patrick Carlyon, the two Herald Sun journalists who first broke the story of Nicola Gobbo and her place in Australia's bloody gan…
5 years, 6 months ago
BONUS EPISODE: Catching killers. Part 2
Former detective, podcaster and author Gary Jubelin joins the show again to tell more tales of his life carrying a badge. Read more Andrew Rule at:he…
5 years, 6 months ago