We're bringing Australian True Crime live to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this July,

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

Good for you, Brisbane, so we've quickly added a second show.

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

our forensic criminologist Santee Mallet in Brisbane and Sydney and the one and only Charlie Bazzina in

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.

The producers of this podcast recognize the traditional owners of the land on which it's recorded.

They pay respect to the Aboriginal elders past, present and those emerging.

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

I've never known a crook who wouldn't gamble in some form or another,

literally, whether it's cards or horses or the casino, yeah, they go to the

casino and waste their money.

Police have always known that if they keep a bit of a watch at the casinos, the card games, the two up and

the races that any fresh money coming through the crooks will turn up there.

Our favourite intrepid crime writer Andrew Rule is back to chat with us. As well as being fascinated by crime, Andrew is also intrigued by the horse racing industry.

He has a new book out called Chants, of grit and gamblers and the

romance of racing. And it features some stories where crime and the punt collide,

including one of Australia's most audacious heist in history, the great bookie robbery of

1976.

Andrew chats with us about the bookie robbery, his lifelong interest in horse racing and the colourful characters chances

and sometimes shady figures that inhabit this world. He's Andrew to tell us

more. I'm interested in it and always have been because it has, you know, winners and

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