Naked City

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Naked City

Take a journey into the dark depths of the Australian criminal underworld with Australia’s most formidable crime reporter - John Silvester.

  1. The Hill Family's Fight For Justice

    3 DAYS AGO

    The Hill Family's Fight For Justice

    In this episode of The Missing Campers Trial, Penny and Erin are joined by acclaimed journalist John Silvester with an update on the legal avenues Russell Hill’s family are exploring, revealing for the first time there may be a case for a coronial inquest.  You can read the articles written by Sly discussed in this episode with a subscription to The Age. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    28 min
  2. John Silvester on the Easey Street murders, and the secret he kept for years

    SEP 23

    John Silvester on the Easey Street murders, and the secret he kept for years

    For years, one of Australia’s best known crime reporters, John Silvester, kept a secret.He knew there had been a significant development in a notorious and long unsolved cold case: The Easey Street murders.But he didn’t write anything about it, until a few days ago, when he broke the story that there had been an arrest.It was big news, most of all for the family of Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett, school friends from the country who flatted together in Collingwood before their lives were violently and cruelly taken.Today, John Silvester takes us behind the scenes of the police investigation, the arrest and why he kept quiet on the case for so long. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    21 min
  3. The Curious Case of Zig Zag Road

    AUG 30

    The Curious Case of Zig Zag Road

    Esteemed crime reporter and host of the Naked City podcast John ‘Sly’ Silvester joins The Missing Campers Trial to talk about his interview with Russell Hill’s daughter, and the shooting deaths of Gregory Lynn’s former neighbours. To read Sly's interview, and his coverage of this case. Download The Age app from your app store. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    41 min
  4. The Morning Edition: John Silvester on the criminal gangs infiltrating the CFMEU

    JUL 23

    The Morning Edition: John Silvester on the criminal gangs infiltrating the CFMEU

    For more than 45 years, John Silvester has been reporting on Australia’s criminal underworld.Some notable figures, like Mick Gatto, a key player in the gangland wars that were immortalised in the popular TV series, Underbelly, are now implicated in an investigation that has rocked the highest offices in the country. That of alleged corruption in the CFMEU, one of the most powerful unions in the country.Why have so many of our politicians allegedly turned a blind eye to underworld figures running a cartel-like operation in the union?Today, John Silvester gives us an inside look into the psychology of the underworld figures who have managed to charm and intimidate the rich and the powerful. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    21 min
  5. Listen to Sly on The Missing Campers Trial Podcast....

    JUN 26

    Listen to Sly on The Missing Campers Trial Podcast....

    Sly joined The Age Crime and Justice Reporter Erin Pearson, and Nine News Reporter Penelope Liersch on their podcast The Missing Campers Trial, to discuss the murder conviction of Gregory Lynn.  Search for The Missing Campers Trial in your podcast app to get the latest on the Gregory Lynn matter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    34 min
  6. Introducing: Trial by Water

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    Introducing: Trial by Water

    From The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, Trial by Water is a new investigative podcast series about Robert Farquharson, who has been locked up for decades for an unthinkable crime: murdering his three sons in a dam on Father’s Day, 2005. Now scientists and lawyers are asking the question: did we get it wrong? And is this man in prison for a crime he didn’t commit? Episode 1 will arrive on Saturday, June 1. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    4 min

  7. 09/05/2023

    73 seconds to a tragic death

    Tyler Cassidy was a troubled kid. Police officers Colin Dods and Richie Blundell were working an afternoon shift in the Northcote divisional van. Their lives would collide on a balmy summer evening in late 2008 at a Northcote skate park. A distraught Cassidy, 15, was in no mood to negotiate with the officers. He refused to drop two knives and kept approaching Dods. He was shot six times, and died at the scene. The police involved lived for years with allegations that it was their fault. Vindicated in the Coroners Court of Victoria, they tell John Silvester their story. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    26 min

  8. 08/29/2023

    The cyber cop chasing the crypto criminals

    Very few people have heard of Detective Sergeant Dion Achtypis - but there may well be no more important investigator in Australia. You won’t see him holding a press conference at a murder scene or commanding a squad of detectives. And he doesn’t use a sledgehammer during raids - he gains access in a much more subtle way. He is part of a three-person team working in the present while exploring the future. Cyber cop Dion Achtypis sits down with John Silvester to discuss Bitcoin, international crime syndicates and the Underbelly series. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    21 min
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Take a journey into the dark depths of the Australian criminal underworld with Australia’s most formidable crime reporter - John Silvester.

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  • Channel
    SMH & The Age
  • Creator
    The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    75
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2024 The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
  • Show Website
    Naked City

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