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.

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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.

To make matters worse we had quite serious police corruption.

Police were in many cases in armed robbery squads for example. They were in on the

take they were involved in armed robberies or green lighting armed robberies. We

now know this from some of the police that were arrested and prosecuted for this.

There was a time in Australia where crime was hectic, armed robberies,

a racket in stolen goods like stereos that could be sold quickly, an explosion in

the heroin trade and shocking gun crimes including at

Hoddle Street in Melbourne, Strathfield Plaza in Sydney and Port Arthur in

Tasmania.

The shooting spree that's shattered dozens of lives, grief and anger tonight as a nation

searches for answers to the slaughter.

In 1991, 33-year-old Wade Franklin spent just 10 minutes murdering innocent people as they shopped at Strathfield Plaza.

Armed with over 100 rounds of ammunition and a knife, he killed seven people before turning the gun on himself.

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