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Australian True Crime

Re-Issue: Amazing Tales from Special Ops with Doug O'Loughlin and Heath O'Loughlin

Australian True Crime

Bravecasting

True Crime

4.51K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

RE-ISSUE: EPISODE #16.


Doug O'Loughlin was a founding member of the Victorian Special Operations Group. His job was to deal with sieges, hostage situations, terrorist attacks and everything in between. Doug's son Heath has written a book about it and they both join us for a chat.



CREDITS:

 

Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram here and get her free monthly newsletter here.

 

Co-Host: Emily Webb. You can find her on Instagram here and listen to her podcast Killer Content here.

 

Guest: Rob Bailey

 

Producer/Editor: Lachie Flannigan

 

Executive Producer: Jacqueline Tonks

 

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0:00.0

We're bringing Australian True Crime live to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this July,

0:04.3

and I have to tell you that Brisbane sold out already.

0:07.4

Good for you, Brisbane, so we've quickly added a second show.

0:10.3

Now we can't keep adding more shows, so please make sure you get your tickets. Our special guests,

0:15.2

our forensic criminologist Santee Mallet in Brisbane and Sydney and the one and only Charlie Bazzina in

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

0:24.3

have to book quickly.

0:29.7

The future is unpredictable at times, that the Open University are the experts in distance learning,

0:36.0

allowing you to fit study around your life.

0:39.0

What's more, you'll have support from dedicated tutors every step of the way.

0:44.0

Now, suddenly your possibilities are open.

0:48.0

Search the Open University to find out more.

0:51.0

The Open University, the future is open. The producers of this podcast recognize the traditional owners of the land on which it's recorded.

1:16.0

They pay respect to the Aboriginal elders past, present and those emerging. The following podcast contains content of a graphic violent nature and is not suitable for children.

1:29.0

So we got him out of bed and he was just a crying bumblely mess, you know.

1:35.0

So it was good, this big strong coward, was crying like a baby when he was arrested.

1:47.0

Heatho Lachlan is an Australian author whose new book Sons of God is about a topic very close to his heart, the Victorian Special Operations

1:56.4

Group. It's special to Heath because his father Doug was a founding member. This is Australian True Crime with Michelle Laurie and Emily Webb.

2:06.0

Come with us as we go beyond the headlines to discover how people become killers,

2:11.0

how people become victims, and what happens next.

2:14.8

In this episode, we'll hear about sieges, stabbings, hostage situations, and terror

2:20.0

attacks from the perspective of a man whose job it was to deal with them all and from

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