The People Committing Australia's Most Bizarre Crimes
Australian True Crime
Bravecasting
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Peter Coleman's book "Australia's Most Bizarre Crimes" is actually a pretty compassionate look at the mistakes made by people who've decided to attempt to commit a crime. People who really should have thought better of it.
In many cases, the people featured in this book just weren't cut out for the criminal life.
Dr. Peter Coleman joins us on Australian True Crime to share some highlights from his extensive research into Australia's most bizarre crimes.
You can learn more about Dr. Peter Coleman, and purchase his book at the link here.
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Host/Editor: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram
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| 0:47.3 | This is a true crime podcast as the title suggests so please consider this your |
| 0:55.4 | warning that it's not suitable for children and it probably will contain |
| 0:59.1 | content that may be triggering to some people. Also it's an Australian true crime podcast so Australian |
| 1:05.2 | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners should be aware it may contain the |
| 1:09.0 | voices of deceased people. The producers of this podcast recognize the traditional owners of the land on which it's recorded. They pay respect to the Aboriginal |
| 1:26.9 | elders past, present and those emerging. |
| 1:31.3 | When Choppel was released in 977, he promised Jimmy that he'd get him out of prison. |
| 1:39.1 | On Australia, 978, Chopa headed down to the county court in Melbourne, CBD with a Shawnot shotgun, he didn't |
| 1:45.8 | in his trench coat, and he marched into the courthouse and he pointed the shotgun at the judge and demanded they immediately release Jimmy. |
| 1:57.0 | I didn't know what to expect when I was sent a book called Australia's Most Bazaar Crimes. |
| 2:08.0 | To be honest, I thought it might be a collection of horrific crimes put through a filter of |
| 2:12.3 | superficiality and sensationalism. |
| 2:14.8 | I'm so happy to report that it is not that. |
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