Shirley Finn, Dirty Girl - #135
Australian True Crime
Meshel Laurie
4.6 • 979 Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2019
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Perth Brothel owner Shirley Finn's 1975 unsolved murder looms large over the city, with men at the highest levels of government and policing suspected of involvement. Journalist Juliet Wills, author of Dirty Girl: The State Sanctioned Murder of Brothel Madam Shirley Finn, joins us.
Show notes for Episode 135:
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