Listen to Episode 1 of The Gangster's Ghost: Dead Man Talking
The Teacher's Pet
The Australian
4.6 • 10.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
The family of slain gangster Stewart John Regan has been frustrated by an unwillingness on the part of the NSW Police Unsolved Homicide Unit to share information about its investigation into his death. Police say they're reluctant to share important files because they're concerned publicity from podcasts like The Teacher's Pet will compromise their investigation.
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The podcast investigates the five-decade mystery of who killed psychopathic pimp and murderer Stewart John ‘The Magician’ Regan at the age of 29. One of Australia’s most notorious gangsters, Regan was gunned down by three assassins in a Marrickville laneway in 1974.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Katie Page, CEO of Harvey Norman. For over six years, Harvey Norman has been the principal |
| 0:05.7 | sponsor of the Australians investigative podcasts such as The Teachers' Pet and the Teachers' |
| 0:11.2 | Trial, The Night Driver and Shandy's Story. Harvey Norman are proud sponsors of the |
| 0:16.8 | Australians' podcast investigations and their award-winning journalism. |
| 0:27.9 | Before we begin, this podcast contains graphic descriptions of violence. |
| 0:31.0 | This is a production by the Australian and our subscribers hear episodes first |
| 0:33.4 | and get full access to photos, video, news stories and features, plus all Australia's best |
| 0:39.4 | journalism 24-7. Join us at gangstershost.com.com. |
| 0:46.0 | Stuart John Regan |
| 0:48.7 | He was the maniac gangster, shotgun Johnny, nanow the magician, gunned down at the age of just 29, |
| 1:00.6 | after terrorising the East Coast of Australia throughout the 1960s and 70s. |
| 1:07.7 | It was said he killed up to 12 people, including an innocent toddler, and vanished their bodies. |
| 1:18.7 | At the height of his notoriety, his evil, his violence, his hair-triggered temper, his reputation as a vendor of death, was distilled into a single word, |
| 1:33.4 | Regan. He terrified crooks and coppers alike. He was the monster with movie star good looks. |
| 1:45.2 | Women fawned over him. |
| 1:47.6 | Men tried to imitate the teetotalling tough guy. |
| 1:52.6 | What set him apart was his hair triggered temper, |
| 1:57.3 | from zero to lethal boiling point in the blink of an eye. |
| 2:01.6 | His few friends said he had a tiger inside of him. |
| 2:07.6 | His own murder at the hands of three gunmen in a grubby Sydney laneway in broad daylight |
| 2:15.6 | remains unsolved. |
| 2:18.6 | And half a century later, police still don't want to know about it. |
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