More stories from the biggest-ever collection of Australian true crime.
From the annals of our criminal history - and as featured on Paul B. Kidd's top-rating radio segment 'Crime File' - comes another collection of Australian true crime stories, from high-profile murder cases to crimes of the macabre and bizarre.
These include:
Alan Bond - Crook or Hero? In 1983 Bondy knocked our socks off by winning the America's Cup. So how come he wound up in the slammer, bankrupt and with the future looking pretty bleak?
Azaria - How Could They Have Got It So Wrong? A mother screams for help because a dingo has taken her baby - and she winds up in jail a convicted murderess.
Jockey Smith - Cop Hater. Jockey was a horrible little man with a passion for shooting at police officers, but when he shot at one cop too many he got his just desserts.
Rosaleen Norton - The Wicked Witch of Kings Cross. Throughout the 1950s, '60s and 70s Rosaleen Norton was a sight to behold as she swanned through the Cross in her witch's garb with her entourage of werewolves and goblins in tow. Sadly Roie wound up in court for things that today would be considered a harmless bit of fun.
Celluloid Serial Killers - The History of Serial Killers in the Movies. Cinema classics featuring the worst serial killers, both real and make-believe, from Arsenic and Old Lace to The Silence of the Lambs.
The Joke - The Crimes of Sir Terence Lewis, Police Commissioner. What chance did the citizens of Queensland have in the fight against corruption when the commissioner of police was as corrupt as the villains?
Read these, and many more Crime Files, in this second volume of the extremely successful series of Australian true crime stories by Paul B. Kidd. This is a must for every true crime fan.