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Naked City

The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

Take a journey into the dark depths of the Australian criminal underworld with Australia’s most formidable crime reporter - John Silvester. https://www.theage.com.au/topic/naked-city-jbi #crime #truecrime #police #news

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26:55

They were violent young offenders. But something...

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2026/04/07

Anne Hooker worked as a prison officer for 13 years for Corrections Victoria, and Port Phillip Prison for a further 23 years.She also set up and ran a unit in jail called Penhyn, which housed young men aged 18 to 25.The unit became so highly sought after within the prison system that there was a waiting list to enter it, and as Hooker explained to Naked City host John Silvester, the environment she created in there led to recidivism rates (the times an offender returns to prison) slashed.Anne Hooker

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We'll be back soon

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2026/03/31

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57:16

True detective, Part 2: Hunting a cannibal, and other...

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2026/03/24

Sol Solomon has investigated some of the country's worst, most high-profile and just plain bizarre homicides.In part two of his interview with Naked City's John Silvester, the former detective talks about some of the most difficult cases - such as investigating the murders of police officers Gary Silk and Rodney Miller. And the best, like hearing a killer confess to a cold case murder of a single mother during an elaborate undercover sting.He also reveals the strangest case...investigating a

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65:02

True detective, Part 1: The hitman, and the...

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2026/03/17

For former homicide detective Sol Solomon, there was only one Carl. Underworld heavy and gangland killer Carl Williams who was to be the star witness into the 2004 murders of police informer Terence Hodson and his wife, Christine.But with his murder, the case against former detective Paul Dale and hitman Rod Collins collapsed.Solomon’s career is littered with high points; catching contract killers, multiple murderers and solving cold cases. But the death of Williams was a low point.You can

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26:46

Elisabeth Membrey: A cold case, a new suspect, and a...

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2026/03/10

For more than 30 years, Joy and Roger Membrey – before he died in 2023 – have been hunting for answers over the murder of their 22-year-old daughter, Elisabeth.Elisabeth, a politics graduate who had been offered a trainee journalist position with Channel Ten, went missing from her sharehouse in 1994. Police believe she was killed in the hallway and taken from the scene, though her body has never been found.There have been false dawns. First, the Membreys were told by police they found

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32:52

The cop, the actor and the true tale of the...

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2026/03/03

Melbourne's gangland war in the early 2000s captured the country's imagination. People like Carl and Roberta Williams became household names. Eventually, Eddie McGuire – the then Channel Nine CEO – demanded his team commissioned a television series. It became Underbelly, based on a book written by Andrew Rule and John Silvester.The show created controversy from the get-go. A Supreme Court judge banned it from sale in Victoria as it was so close to the truth it could impact on jury

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38:04

The real story of Melbourne’s gangland war

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2026/02/24

The gangland war has become like folklore in the tale of crime in Australia. From 1995, dozens of murders occurred in Melbourne in a wrestle over drugs and egos involving notorious underworld figures such as Carl Williams, Tony Mokbel, and the Morans.At the centre of it all was Stuart Bateson, a detective with the Purana taskforce.Today, John Silvester - who wrote the definitive account of the gangland war - talks to Bateson about what investigating this violent web of crooks was really like, and

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28:15

Armed robbers and detonating bombs: Inside the elite...

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2026/02/17

John Taylor is one of the longest-serving and smallest (in stature) Special Operations Group members, and its longest-serving bomb disposal expert.Taylor was part of a crack team of officers who had to respond when "troubled genius" and self-taught bomb expert Glenn Saunders sparked a police stand-off, and then, a massive explosion in country Victoria.In this episode of Naked City with John Silvester, Taylor talks about the life and perilous times of the elite police squad. And what he does for fun

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37:42

He lived by the three rules of policing, before it...

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2026/02/10

Tim Peck was an experienced homicide detective who worked on some of the country’s most notorious murder investigations, including the Maria Korp ‘body in the boot’ case.But the things that made him a crack detective, would also be the things that slowly brought him undone.In this special episode of Naked City, Peck shares his rise and fall, and rise again, with John Silvester. This episode includes a confronting discussion about suicide. If this content raises any issues for you,

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14:01

Mr Cruel, Part 2: Criminal profiler John Kelly on...

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2026/02/03

John Wayne Gacy, the Zodiac Killer, the Green River Killer (aka Gary Leon Ridgway) – name a serial killer, criminal profiler and psychotherapist John Kelly has profiled them all. Now he’s turned his attention Down Under, to notorious child snatcher Mr Cruel, and his insights are compelling.You can read Sly's story here:https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/a-new-profile-of-mr-cruel-who-may-have-been-a-burglar-before-he-was-a-killer-20240704-p5jr1e.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener

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16:41

Mr Cruel, Part 1: The case of Karmein Chan and...

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2026/01/27

When a third girl was kidnapped in just a few years, police suspected one offender: Mr Cruel.Before Karmein Chan, 13, in 1991, there was 10-year-old Sharon Wills in 1988 and 13-year-old Nicola Lynas in 1990.In this special two-part episode on the notorious child snatcher who terrorised Melbourne streets, John Silvester speaks to the first police officer who was on the scene at the Chan abduction.The former sergeant, Rod Phillips, still wonders whether detectives were too quick to believe Karmein was

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15:30

He was an international thief targeting wealthy...

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2026/01/20

During the span of one week in July 2020, designer goods, cash and jewellery were stolen from eight homes in Melbourne’s affluent Toorak.It took a year for police to identify the pattern and the extent of the burglaries – some reaching as far as Queensland and totalling millions of dollars. The chief burglar’s planning was impeccable, until one slip-up.In this episode ofNaked City, crime reporter John Silvester interviews the detective who nabbed a meticulous international cat

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29:00

A little girl murdered, a mother vindicated: Solving...

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2026/01/13

In 1982, single mother Marion Wishart, looking to make ends meet, invited a lodger to stay in her home in the suburb of Northcote in Melbourne. She could not have predicted what would happen next.What followed was one of the city’s most notorious child murders, that of her daughter, six-year-old Bonnie Clarke.In the first episode of a new season ofNaked City, crime reporter John Silvester tells the story of a mother wrongly accused of her daughter’s murder, and a detective who, many

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We’re back next week: Naked City season 7

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2026/01/06

Join John Silvester, Australia’s longest-serving crime reporter, as he talks to the cops and the crims in the seventh season of crime podcast Naked City. The new season will premiere on Wednesday, January 14, and new episodes will drop each Wednesday. For the latest news and views from John Silvester (aka Sly of the Underworld), subscribe to The Age https://subscribe.theage.com.au or the Sydney Morning Herald https://subscribe.smh.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:33

Coming soon: Naked City season 7

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2025/12/18

Join John Silvester, Australia’s longest-serving crime reporter, as he talks to the cops and the crims in the seventh season of crime podcast Naked City. The new season will premiere on Wednesday, January 14, and new episodes will drop each Wednesday. For the latest news and views from John Silvester (aka Sly of the Underworld), subscribe to The Agehttps://subscribe.theage.com.au or the Sydney Morning Herald https://subscribe.smh.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Introducing: Diagnosing Murder

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2025/10/02

For decades, families in Australia and overseas, have been accused of one of the worst crimes imaginable – child abuse. Diagnosing Murder is an investigative podcast about parents who've had their children taken away, sat in the dock and even done time in prison. All for something they insist they didn't do – shake their baby. Can we trust the science behind shaken baby syndrome? Or are innocent people being locked up for a crime they never committed?Listen on Apple:

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Listen Next - Alva Beach: Death At The Door

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2025/09/28

If you're looking for your next investigative podcast, take a listen... One tragic night in 2018, what began as an NRL grand final party in a quiet town on the Queensland coast spiralled into a storm of lies, drunken embellishment and a bungled emergency response. By dawn, two men - Tom Davy & Corey Christensen - were dead, killed by a teenager they’d never met. Seven years on, 60 Minutes’ Adam Hegarty has travelled to Alva Beach to uncover the truth behind one of Australia's most

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Coming soon - the 40/20 NRL podcast

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2025/05/19

40/20 is a brand new NRL podcast from The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. During this year's State of Origin and Finals series we'll be breaking down the biggest stories from across the game with the best journalists and NRL insiders from around the country. We'll be giving you press pass access as we breakdown the latest news, controversy and performances from the biggest matches in the Rugby League calendar. To listen to our episodes as soon as they drop follow 40/20 wherever you listen to

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3:22

Preview of 'The Mushroom Trial: Say Grace'

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2025/04/20

Search for 'The Mushroom Trial: Say Grace' wherever you get your podcasts, then press the follow button. New episodes publish weekly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Ross Stevenson Podcast Preview "If I have a win... I...

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2025/03/19

Each week Ross Stevenson and Hamish McLachlan share the ups, downs, peaks and troughs that come along with having a punt on the weekend.Search TWO EACH WAY - wherever you get your podcasts - and Press the FOLLOW button to not miss an episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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