The Meanest Man in Pentridge Who You've Never Heard Of

Australian True Crime

Meshel Laurie

True Crime

4.6 • 979 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

We continue on from last week's episode with a breakdown of a suspect believed to be the perpetrator of the 1941 Pay Car massacre.

That suspect's name is Lionel Charles Thomas. But don't get too used to it, because if there was one thing this guy loved, it was changing his name.

You'll have to keep your wits about you because over the course of this episode, as he lies cheats, murders, but also romances his way around Australia and New Guinea, Lionel will go by no less than three more names.

Despite his long and nefarious history, Lionel went mostly under the radar because of his incredible capacity to commit them on the same days as major historical events.

You can listen to Michael's podcast, Forgotten Australia wherever you get your podcasts.

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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.
0:26.0	This is a true crime podcast as the title suggests.
0:29.0	So please consider this your warning that it's not suitable for children and it probably will
0:33.8	contain content that may be triggering to some people. Also it's an Australian
0:38.3	true crime podcast so Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
0:41.9	listeners should be aware it may contain the voices of deceased people.
0:47.0	The producers of this podcast recognize the traditional owners of the land on which it's recorded.
0:58.0	They pay respect to the Aboriginal elders past, present and those emerging.
1:07.0	Weirdly when I started researching the pay car ambush, I'd already stumbled upon Lionel Charles Thomas previously and had actually set aside a folder to follow up and I was like, hang on, I know that name. Holy crap, it's that guy. So then I started digging into that guy and that
1:26.7	guy didn't disappoint. I mean he was evil I think is probably not too strong a word to use. I tend not to use that word but in this case you know I'm happy to make the exception.
1:42.0	We're back with Michael Adams from the forgotten Australian podcast, who I'm sure you'll remember
1:46.7	left us at the end of the last episode of Australian True Crime with the name of a crook he believed
1:52.0	could be the key to solving an 80-year cold case.
1:55.7	That name was Lionel Charles Thomas, but don't get too used to it, because if there was one thing
2:00.6	this guy loved, it was changing his name.
2:03.6	You'll have to keep your wicks about you because over the course of this episode,
2:06.7	as he lies, cheats, murders, but also romances his way around Australia and New Guinea, Lionel will go by no less than three more names.
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