Bodgie
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Vince becomes a full-blown Bodgie - a name for the anti-authoritarian youth cult inspired by Hollywood movies like The Wild One with Marlon Brando - in his late teens, and his violence escalates. By the early 1960s he is dealing in marijuana, running prostitutes out of a Warwick hotel, and has become a dangerous sexual predator. He finally pushes the envelope too far and earns a lengthy stint in prison. On his release, his attempt to stay on the straight and narrow doesn't last long, and he's back in jail. After this stretch, he soon becomes the most feared gangster in the Australian underworld.
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The clock is ticking and psychopath Vince O'Dempsey, after so many decades of freedom, is finally held accountable for murder. Justice may be served in the McCulkin case, but countless questions remain unanswered. What of the string of missing persons - from prostitutes and low-level criminals to...
Published 12/22/20
Published 12/22/20
Episode 8: As homicide detectives get closer to arresting Vince, he disappears deep into the Australian bush, living off the land, hiding in caves and dug-outs in and around Ghost Gate Road. Vince is finally captured and charged with the McCulkin murders, as is his accomplice Shorty Dubois. But...
Published 12/17/20