Shortcut: From Predatory Boys Homes to the Unforgiving Streets of Kings Cross
Australian True Crime
Bravecasting
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2023
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
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Many of Australia's systems failed Glen Fisher during his adolescence.
Coming from a broken home, Glen had to endure a horrifying stint while in custody of the Daruk Training Center for Boys in Sydney's Penrith.
Not being able to return home, Glen was rejected and abandoned to the streets of Kings Cross.
Over the past four decades, Glen has tirelessly fought to hold his abusers accountable and shed light on the pervasive issue of institutional abuse that plagued Australia.
More info:
Glen Fisher's book, Predators Paradise is available to be purchased now.
You can contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or on their website
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Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram
Co-Host: Emily Webb. You can find her on Instagram here
Guests: Glen Fisher
Executive Producer/Editor: Matthew Tankard
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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 have to book quickly. |
| 0:25.9 | The producers of this podcast recognize the traditional owners of the land on which it's recorded. |
| 0:37.0 | They pay respect to the Aboriginal elders past, present and those emerging. |
| 0:45.0 | The following podcast contains accounts of child sexual assault. |
| 0:51.0 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:54.0 | We often talk about the common threads in the backgrounds of the most notorious killers in Australia in the 20th century, namely early |
| 1:05.0 | childhoods in which they experienced neglect and violence, followed by periods of |
| 1:10.0 | sadistic abuse in youth detention centers. |
| 1:13.6 | When Glenn Fisher was a teenager, he was placed |
| 1:16.2 | into the custody of the Derek Training Center for Boys |
| 1:19.0 | in Sydney's Penrith. |
| 1:20.6 | Derek Training Center for Boys |
| 1:22.4 | has been described in the years since as a |
| 1:24.3 | paradise for pedophiles and while that's unfortunately the kind of headline we've |
| 1:28.6 | grown used to in Australia there is an even darker element to this story. |
| 1:33.0 | Derek, a government-funded center was the epicenter of a coordinated pedophile ring. |
| 1:39.0 | Glenn Fisher has seen several of the worst offenders associated with Derek convicted, |
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