History is littered with stories of lawmen catching their quarry. Here are some stories where, for whatever reason, that didn't happen. Have a question for one of our Q+A shows? ask it at: [email protected] Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 See...

A meeting in a fast food joint in Melbourne's inner north may have inadvertently ended a bloody gangland war. But not before it sparked bloodshed all of its own. Have a Q&A question? [email protected] Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleAdvertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs helpLifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 See...

What seems to be a minor way to dodge a luxury tax, may instead be fanning the flames of a new gangland battle. Andrew Rule explains. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleAdvertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/Questions for Andrew Rule: [email protected]  If you or anyone you know needs helpLifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 18001800 Respect - 24/7 hotline - 1800 737...

Andrew Rule speaks with Olivia Jenkins on the complexities of writing about the accused, the victims and the families involved in crime cases. If you want to listen to the full bonus episode in which Andrew talks about the cold cases he will never forget, subscribe to Crime X+ on Apple Podcasts today or the Herald Sun App. Produced by Andrea Thiis-Evensen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Rule has covered several horrific events in his time in the newsroom. He talks with crime writer Olivia Jenkins about reporting on disasters. If you want to listen to the full bonus episode in which Andrew talks about what it was like covering the Bali Bombings and how to deal with the trauma of reporting on something like that, subscribe to Crime X+ on Apple Podcasts today or the Herald Sun App. Produced by Andrea Thiis-Evensen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a new miniseries from Life and Crimes, Andrew Rule sits down with young crime journalist Olivia Jenkins to talk about how the job of reporting has changed over the years. If you want to listen to the full bonus episode in which Andrew talks about when he experienced a shooting inside a courthouse, subscribe to Crime X+ on Apple Podcasts today or the Herald Sun App. Produced by Andrea Thiis-Evensen.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trigger warning: this episode contains discussions of sexual assault and may be distressing for some listeners. Listener discretion is advised. The Jaz brothers ran Mama Hooch, a trendy bar that attracted young women. For years, they drugged and assaulted them. Get episodes of Life & Crimes a week early and ad-free, as well as bonus content, by subscribing to Crime X+ today. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleAdvertising enquiries:...

The story of Gavin 'Capable' Preston, a notorious Melbourne criminal whose extreme violence inevitably caught up with him. Get episodes of Life & Crimes a week early and ad-free, as well as bonus content, by subscribing to Crime X+ today. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleAdvertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ Questions for Rule: [email protected]  If you or anyone you know needs...

Did imprisoned child killer James Ryan O'Neill take the Beaumont children in 1966? Get episodes of Life & Crimes a week early and ad-free, as well as bonus content, by subscribing to Crime X+ today. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleAdvertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 See...

Shane Barker was killed in his driveway in 2009 but the case went cold. For a decade, his former parents-in-law lived a quiet life in rural Tasmania, saying nothing. Until the day the police arrested them for murder. Get episodes of Life & Crimes a week early and ad-free, as well as bonus content, by subscribing to Crime X+ today. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleAdvertising enquiries:...

Self-described 'mad scientist' Rory Jack Thompson decided to make his wife vanish by cutting her into tiny pieces. The grotesque crime committed exactly 40 years ago is one of many carved into Tasmania's dark history.  Get episodes of Life & Crimes a week early and ad-free, as well as bonus content, by subscribing to Crime X+ today. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleAdvertising enquiries:...

The Higgins family was filled with media high-flyers. But when a stranger entered their lives, a storm started brewing. Get episodes of Life & Crimes a week early and ad-free, as well as bonus content, by subscribing to Crime X+ today. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleAdvertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline:...

When concreter Salvatore Rotiroti was found bashed to death outside his Geelong home, it opened up fractures in his sprawling family. And it left a son searching for answers. Get episodes of Life & Crimes a week early and ad-free, as well as bonus content, by subscribing to Crime X+ today. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleAdvertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs...

WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Reporter Douglas Smith joins the show to outline his new podcast series about investigations into the deaths of indigenous women across Australia. Learn more about Dying Rose: https://dyingrose.com.au/Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleAdvertising enquiries: [email protected]  Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs helpLifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55...

WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. In the depths of the 1930s depression, a grusome find shocked the nation. And it would take a true detective and some brand new technology to crack the case. Host of the In Black and White podcast, Jen Kelly, joins the show with more. Get the In Black and White podcast:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/in-black-and-white/id1466009446Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2hTeZWwNn4tog31decnE4z Website: https://heraldsun.com.au/ibaw Like the show? Get...

It's been 60 years since perhaps the most famous heist in the world. Andrew Rule tells the story of the crime and its links very close to home. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected]  Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs helpLifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last year the late gangland lawyer sat down with Andrew Rule to talk about the crooks he defended and his own problems with the law. This episode was first published for subscribers at heraldsun.com.au and the Crime X+ channel.  Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected]  Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs helpLifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55...

Last year the late gangland lawyer sat down with Andrew Rule to talk about the crooks he defended and his own problems with the law. This episode was first published for subscribers at heraldsun.com.au and the Crime X+ channel.  Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected]  Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs helpLifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55...

Last year the late gangland lawyer sat down with Andrew Rule to talk about the crooks he defended and his own problems with the law. This episode was first published for subscribers at heraldsun.com.au and the Crime X+ channel.  Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected]  Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs helpLifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55...

Last year the late gangland lawyer sat down with Andrew Rule to talk about the crooks he defended and his own problems with the law. This episode was first published for subscribers at heraldsun.com.au and the Crime X+ channel.  Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected]  Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs helpLifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55...

Last year the late gangland lawyer sat down with Andrew Rule to talk about the crooks he defended and his own problems with the law. This episode was first published for subscribers at heraldsun.com.au and the Crime X+ channel.  Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected]  Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs helpLifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55...

What happens when footy players fall in with bad company? Andrew Rule tells more tales of on field champions who turned off-field felons. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected]  Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs helpLifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jack Richardson was an ace player who turned to crime and made enemies of powerful people. And now police have a new clue to who gunned him down Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs help Lifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To most Willie Thompson was just another name to add to the bloodbath that was the Melbourne gangland war. But his death may have brought about the end of one of that war's top kingpins. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Advertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs helpLifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

A brazen payroll robbery sets off a tangled investigation, a long courtroom drama and a glimpse into the crooks who prey on crooks. Like the show? Get more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewruleAdvertising enquiries: [email protected] Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ If you or anyone you know needs helpLifeline: 13 11 14Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.