Australian Crime Stories

It was a brazen heist, a plot ripped straight from a Hollywood movie. An extortionist calling himself Mr Brown threatened to blow up a plane full of passengers, unless Qantas paid him a ransom of $500,000. We follow the money trail left by Mr Brown and his accomplices that led to his capture and his connection to two unsolved murders.

It's the brutal crime that shocked the nation. A homicide on CCTV. We examine the damning evidence that reveals, frame by frame, the cold hearted planning and execution of a young, naive wannabe gangster, by two former detectives, the notorious Roger Rogerson and his accomplice Glen McNamara.

In 1977, a famous designer, Florence Broadhurst was bludgeoned to death in her own factory. She had many enemies but was she the victim of a notorious serial killer? Australian Crime Stories rebuilds the case, piece by piece and discovers new evidence that changes everything.

The 'Lawyer X' saga sparked a Royal Commission. Nicola Gobbo was the barrister who played on both sides of the law, two-timing the cops and the drug lords for fifteen years. We go behind the headlines to tell a tale of sex, power, corruption and gangland crime, and we reveal Gobbo's connection to two of Victoria's most high-profile murder cases.

This is a story a state government would like buried, along with the bodies. South Australian authorities employed, as the state's chief forensic pathologist, a man who may not have been qualified to do the job. He conducted over 10,000 autopsies and his evidence was used by Police, Prosecutors and Judges to secure some 400 convictions over the 28 years he held the top job.

This is one of Australia's most infamous bank robberies. In 1988, thieves broke into a bank in Chinatown, Sydney, from a neighboring building and escaped with gold bars, rare coins, jewelry, and bundles of cash. In a world exclusive, we name the mastermind who got away with the loot and answer the big question that has long lingered. Was this an inside job?

Constable Angela Taylor was killed, and 22 other people injured when a car bomb exploded outside the Victoria Police headquarters in Melbourne's CBD in 1986.

Jonathan Dick was one of Australia's most wanted men for more than two years after killing his brother with a sword in a Melbourne shopping center. While on the run, the fugitive also tried to kill his former best friend, who later turned the tables on the killer and brought him to justice.

Con artist Jody Harris had a thing for cops, bluffing her way into police stations and charming her way into their beds. The young grifter swindled many wary men and women as she hustled her way up and down Australia's eastern seaboard.

The 2011 disappearance of Prison boss David Prideaux is a mystery that bristles with possibilities. The story that began as a missing person case is now clouded with accusations of betrayal, adultery, conspiracies and even murder. Was he silenced because he knew the true story of the murder inside Barwon Prison of Underworld kingpin Carl Williams?