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Andrew Rule is one of Australia's most prolific journalists and authors. In Life and Crimes, the True Crime Australia and Sunday Herald Sun columnist shines a light on the dark corners of Australian life, from the story behind the biggest mysteries, to the characters of yesterday and the crims of today. Produced by Jonty Burton.

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Andrew Rule is one of Australia's most prolific journalists and authors. In Life and Crimes, the True Crime Australia and Sunday Herald Sun columnist shines a light on the dark corners of Australian life, from the story behind the biggest mysteries, to the characters of yesterday and the crims of today. Produced by Jonty Burton.

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    The omerta of the fruit stalls

    The omerta of the fruit stalls

    The recent death of Melbourne fruit and vegetable wholesaler John Latorre has Andrew Rule looking at the murky world of the Victorian mafia.

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    Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleAdvertising enquiries: newspodcastssold@news.com.au Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/

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    Seven shots from Cliff Lockwood

    Seven shots from Cliff Lockwood

    Andrew Rule charts the rise and dramatic fall of a recently deceased ex-cop turned crook.

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    • 45 min
    BONUS EPISODE: Holly's hell

    BONUS EPISODE: Holly's hell

    At age 29, Holly Deane-Johns found herself  serving seven horrific years in prison in Bangkok. She talks with Andrew Rule about how she survived the ordeal.

    Learn more about Holly's book at: https://www.hollydeanejohns.com.au/

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    Searching for Julie Annn

    Searching for Julie Annn

    Journalist Helen Thomas joins the show to talk about her next podcast series looking at the disappearance of Julie Ann Garciacelay.

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    • 37 min
    A glimmer of hope for the vanished

    A glimmer of hope for the vanished

    While the desperate search for  Ballarat woman Samantha Murphy continues, Andrew Rule outlines extraordinary cases  where the missing have been found against the odds.

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    • 26 min
    More tales of the Dodger

    More tales of the Dodger

    We've told you of the many sins of Roger Rogerson. This week we give more stories about this complex character.

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    • 45 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
3K Ratings

3K Ratings

Beatty Family ,

Trained Tracking dogs

Andrew has raised the prospect of deploying properly trained tracking dogs (not police dogs) early on when a person goes missing. That missing elderly SA woman, William Tyrell and the high country couple that met with foul play. We all prey that Samantha Murphy is found, safe and unharmed. can’t help but think tracking dogs might help to establish a persons last known movements that could lead to more clues or eliminate and rule out other theories.

no middle names ,

Andrew Rule is #1

I have listened to all Australian true com pods worth listening to probably multiple times and have read books for decades. Andrew rule is by far the best… sly is also very good but he is the son of a top cop so he probably doesn’t get as close to the crooks as Andrew.
ATC and meshel and most of the others like her only make phone calls, emails and read articles they have never been out there interviewing the crooks and cops like Andrew and other older school journos used to.
They also have and show personality and humour and sensitivity…
Unless your Irish cause apparently there all horse thief’s according to Andrew which is true 🤣

Bellacat3956 ,

Balanced view

It was good to hear a balanced take on Rogerson . Good and bad .

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