The Case of Mark "Chopper" Read
I Could Murder A Podcast
ICMAP LTD
4.7 • 700 Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2023
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
Chopper Read's life and crimes form a captivating and highly disturbing narrative in the criminal underworld of Australia that remains just as prominent now, almost a decade after his death. Chopper's early life was riddled with violence and criminal tendencies, which would be a trend that evolved with him throughout his life. As he grew older, he became deeply entrenched in the criminal world, engaging in acts of violence, extortion, and drug trafficking. He gained a fearsome reputation as a standover man and enforcer - instilling fear in his rivals and associates alike - earning particular notoriety due to whispered rumours regarding blowtorches, bolt-cutters and the removal of various body parts...
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| 0:15.8 | I've jumped up on his bunk, jumped on his head, from his bunk onto his head, from his |
| 0:26.0 | bunk onto his head, from his bunk onto his head, right? And then I've gone from the bunk, |
| 0:30.2 | I slipped down off the head and hit the chest, from the bunk on into the chest, bang, bang. |
| 0:35.3 | And he wasn't dead, but he was sort of, oh, oh, oh, yeah. |
| 0:39.3 | So I've taken his shoe laces off him, tied his hands behind his back, |
| 0:43.4 | and then I've taken the sheets off him, wrapped the sheets around his neck, |
| 0:47.4 | lifting him up with Mad Charlie, got the sheets around his neck, |
| 0:50.1 | and I've tied the sheet up over the top railing over the obso gate, pushed him down, |
| 0:55.8 | and I've gone out of the cell and I've closed the cell door. There was no one that saw us. |
| 1:00.3 | We were pretty quick in here. And anyway, at 7 o'clock that morning, they opened his cell door |
| 1:06.2 | and found out that he committed suicide. |
| 1:26.8 | Hello and welcome to I Can Murder a podcast episode number six of series eight, a third of the way through this series. |
| 1:29.2 | And we've just got off board, the Concordia. |
| 1:30.6 | And who's that over there? |
| 1:31.7 | It's Ben Carter. |
| 1:33.8 | Hello, hello, it's good to be here. |
| 1:36.5 | You've literally been around the Mediterranean recently, haven't you? |
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