The Arm in the Shark (Part Two of Two)

Detectives Don't Sleep

NOISER

True Crime, Fiction, History, Drama

4.6 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Detective Sergeant Frank Matthews concludes his investigation into the disappearance of police informant Jim Smith. The prime suspect is Smith’s friend, Paddy Brady, but Brady denies involvement and points the finger at two members of Sydney’s wealthy elite – Reginald Holmes and Albert Stannard. After surviving a dramatic suicide attempt, Holmes agrees to tell Matthews everything he knows. But other interested parties are determined to silence him. DS Matthews’ frustration grows as he is confronted by a community too scared to speak the truth. A Noiser production, written by Roger Morris. For ad-free listening, exclusive content, and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Now available for Apple and Android users. Click the Noiser+ banner on Apple or go to noiser.com/subscriptions to get started with a 7-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's around 7 a.m. on the morning of May the 20th, 1935.
0:08.0	Wealthy businessman Reginald Holmes is behind the wheel of his speedboat as it races across Sydney Harbor.
0:15.0	With one hand on the wheel, he takes a few swigs from his half-drunk brandy bottle that he holds in his free hand.
0:22.6	As Holmes looks ahead, the horizon sways a little, more so than it normally would from the rocking of the boat alone.
0:31.6	Holmes can see Shark Island in the distance, a few scattered palm trees rising up from the low-lying mass.
0:39.4	Holmes pushes the throttle forward and guns the engine.
0:44.0	The boat accelerates.
0:45.6	Holmes feels the wind on his face.
0:48.4	It's not exhilarating.
0:50.4	It draws tears from his eyes.
0:53.5	You can feel something heavy, pulling down his overcoat on one side.
0:57.0	It's the revolver his good friend Albi Standard gave him yesterday.
1:02.0	Holmes had gone to Stannard in a blind panic.
1:06.0	The police were closing in.
1:08.0	They had Patty Brady, and they charged him with the murder of Jim Smith, the guy whose arm
1:17.0	had been thrown up by a shark in a Coogee Beach aquarium.
1:21.3	Holmes knows the kind of man Brady is, and he knows the kind of frenzy has.
1:26.4	He remembers the time Brady came to the house,
1:28.3	the morning after Smith's murder.
1:30.3	How could he forget it?
1:32.3	The whole thing was a nightmare.
1:34.3	Brady had sworn then that he wasn't going to take the blame.
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