Dead Man Walking: The Killing of Michael McGurk - #129

Australian True Crime

Meshel Laurie

True Crime

4.6 • 979 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Michael McGurk was murdered with a single gunshot to the head outside his family home in Cremorne in 2009. He described himself as a businessman but others, including politicians and royalty said he was an extortionist, a fraudster and an arsonist. He confided in our guest, legendary journalist Kate McClymont about who he thought might kill him just 10 days before his death.

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0:00.0	We're bringing Australian True Crime live to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this July,
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0:19.9	Melbourne. There'll be a Q&A of course so you can ask your own burning questions on the night but you have to book quickly.
0:26.0	We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast is recorded.
0:30.0	We pay our respects to their elders, past and present and to Aboriginal elders emerging.
0:37.0	Hello friends, no time to waste this week. I'm very running very late and I have a pizza in the oven for Mr.
0:45.5	Louis. That is my son. Okay and I have to finish editing this podcast before the block is on TV because my friends are on it Andy and Deb I really hope
0:56.6	they win okay on with the show
1:00.8	the following podcast contains content of a graphic violent nature and is not suitable for children.
1:12.0	Their marriage was already fracturing. There he was in court taking out an apprehended
1:19.5	violence order against his own wife. But I was thinking, oh my God, you are actually a murderer and you're telling a court you are afraid of your wife. journalist Kate McClimont specializes in the dangerous business of exposing corruption.
1:46.7	Whether it be in the world of politics, banking, sport, unionism or organized crime, Kate is fearless in her pursuit of the truth.
1:57.0	She's been inducted into the Australian Media Hall of Fame, won the Stellar Award,
2:02.0	Three Kennedy Awards, and Kate won her sixth and seventh
2:06.3	Walkley Awards in 2018 for breaking the Don Burke sexual harassment story. But she joins us today to talk about her new book, Dead Man Walking,
2:17.6	the complete story of the lives and shoddy business deals of Michael McGirk and Ron Cottie's medic.
2:25.0	This is Australian True Crime with Michelle Lorry and Emily Webb.
2:30.0	Come with us as we go beyond the news cycle to find out how people become killers, how people
2:35.2	become victims and what happens next.
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