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SEASON 1, EPISODE 1

Episode 1: Dead Man Talking

The five-decade mystery of who killed psychopathic pimp and murderer Stewart John ‘The Magician’ Regan at the age of 29. One of Australia’s most notorious gangsters, Regan was gunned down by three assassins in a Marrickville laneway in 1974. Introducing The Gangster’s Ghost podcast investigation, in which Matthew Condon explores just how bad this man was and reveals the secret recordings Regan made of himself and criminal associates. Subscribers to The Australian hear episodes of The Gangster's Ghost first, plus you can see photographs, videos, timelines and more at gangstersghost.com.au. Read more: Was this Roger Rogerson's first victim? Mystery of The Magician: 'I never killed him. But I had been set free' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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31 min
SEASON 1, EPISODE 7

Episode 7: Travelling North

In this episode Stewart John Regan expands his business empire into Queensland, bringing all his street-smart Sydney savvy to what he thinks are the genteel provinces. But he walks into a landscape with its own well-established underworld supported by some of the most corrupt and dangerous police anywhere in Australia. Regan hooks up with the eccentric former judge’s associate, John Edward Milligan, who will go on to become one of the country’s earliest large-scale drug dealers. Regan wheels and deals in property and gets to know the local criminal heavies. As usual, though, he causes nothing but chaos and destruction. Read more about this case and see photographs, videos, timelines and more at gangstersghost.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S1, E7

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1h 6m
SEASON 1, EPISODE 4

Episode 4: Real Wild Child

In this episode Regan, fresh from a boys’ correctional home, steps out into the wild streets of Sydney noir. He quickly makes his mark in notorious Kings Cross as a teenage brothel lord. Regan also cements his reputation as a violent enforcer with a hair-trigger temper, willing to eliminate anyone who gets in the way of his ambition to be the most powerful gangster not just in Sydney, but Australia. Then he meets Margaret, the love of his life. But it’s his complicated relationship with his mother – The Colonel – that continues to fuel his rage against women, men, the police and society in general. In short shrift he becomes the archetypal Wild Child, unleashed. Subscribers to The Australian hear new episodes of The Gangster's Ghost first. Plus, you can see photographs, videos, timelines and more at gangstersghost.com.au Read more: Gangster tried to strangle corruption whistleblower: Regan link to vice queen murder Who’s who of the Glittering Mile: Sydney’s one-time crim kings See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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1h 3m
SEASON 1, EPISODE 6

Episode 6: Heat

In this episode, Regan’s de facto partner Marg reveals the truth behind life with a man who was transforming from scallywag to a full-blown criminal. He introduces her to some of the top gangsters of the day. Meanwhile, Regan becomes a suspect in a gangland killing and comes under almost permanent police scrutiny. Matt and Kelly track down Regan’s longstanding solicitor hoping for a goldmine of information about The Magician but things don’t go to plan. Meanwhile, Regan, pursues whistleblowing vice queen Shirley Brifman who flees Sydney for Brisbane in fear for her life, and senses some big business opportunities in the Sunshine State. Read more about this case and see photographs, videos, timelines and more at gangstersghost.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S1, E6

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1h 8m
SEASON 1, EPISODE 5

Episode 5: Into The Underworld

In this episode, Stewart John Regan’s transition from troubled youth, tow truck driver and nightclub bouncer goes to another level. While courting his girlfriend Marg, he announces himself as a force to be reckoned with in Sydney’s notorious Kings Cross, muscling in on other criminals’ territory and developing a reputation as a man with a lethal temper. As his list of enemies grows, he is caught up in a Wild West-style shootout in a public street. In the late 1960s, he is also charged with various rapes and assaults, triggering his endless dance with the law and frequent visits to prison. As his reputation as a dangerous madman grows, he signals his intention to become the number one mobster in Australia. It’s not until people around him start going missing that the underworld begins to take him seriously. Read more about this case and see photographs, videos, timelines and more at gangstersghost.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S1, E5

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51 min
SEASON 1, EPISODE 8

Episode 8: Collateral Damage

In this episode Regan is a suspect following the suspicious death of brothel madam and whistleblower Shirley Brifman in Brisbane where the gangster is using his muscle to expand his various business ventures. Regan hooks up with the shady Clockwork Orange Gang and rocks the Queensland capital with a series of nightclub fires as he tries to set up a lucrative extortion racket which culminates in the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub firebombing that leaves 15 innocent people dead and becomes the largest mass murder in Australian criminal history. For the first time Regan’s relationship with the Whiskey tragedy is exposed. And it may just have pulled the trigger on a plot not just to silence him but to get rid of him for good. Read more about this case and see photographs, videos, timelines and more at gangstersghost.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S1, E8

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59 min
SEASON 1, EPISODE 2

Episode 2 - Cromer High

Cromer High School's pin-up sports teacher Chris Dawson pursued high school student JC with the sort of relentless determination he showed as a star of rugby league. Chris had model good looks, an easy charm, and students looked up to him. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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56 min
SEASON 1, EPISODE 3

Episode 3 - Bruised

As Chris brazenly moved his teenage lover into the family home, Lyn saw the cracks in her marriage widen. It was crumbling all around her. Unable to believe the worst of her husband, she responded with denial, but to her family and friends Lyn's suffering was clear. And the toll was not just emotional. In this episode, a former babysitter for the Dawsons speaks for the first time about the violence she witnessed in the home. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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50 min
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Introducing: The Gangster's Ghost

Johnny 'The Magician' Regan was a murderer, pimp and psychopath, gunned down by three assassins in a grimy back lane in 1974. He was 29. Matthew Condon investigates gangland’s last great murder mystery. Subscribers to The Australian and registered users hear episodes of 'The Gangster's Ghost' first at gangstersghost.com.au. Plus you can read more about this case, see exclusive stories, photos, videos and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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2 min
SEASON 1, EPISODE 1

Never Never

Paddy Moriarty was a larrikin — and when he goes missing under mysterious circumstances, the tiny town of Larrimah finds itself in the midst of an Outback mystery. This is Never Never country, it’s easy to get lost here. But there are plenty of other ways a man can disappear, and all of the town’s 11 residents have a theory about what happened. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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29 min

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