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

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

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The following podcast contains content of a graphic violent nature and is not suitable for children.

I think he escaped. nature and is not suitable for children.

I think he escaped like so many prisoners

he just didn't want to be in jail anymore.

I don't think he had much of a plan beyond that.

He sounds like a hurt child in his recordings and I'm

guess he was a hurt child. Russell Mad Dog Cox is one of the most infamous criminals in Australia's recent

history. His colourful nickname certainly helps although as you'll hear it tends to be the subject of swift and stern correction by anyone who's ever known him.

Cox has several real and deserved claims to fame though. Chief among them is his success as an armed robber during the 70s and 80s, the period known as the Golden Age of Armed armed robbery in Australia.

Cox was meticulous and even tempered,

but he sometimes teamed up with a younger guy called Ray Denning,

who was a very different kettle of fish.

This is Australian True Crime with Michelle Lorry and Emily Webb.

Come with us as we go beyond the news cycle to find out how people become killers, how people become victims and what happens next.

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