Sydney Stories: True crime stories

Three of Sydney's best storytellers — investigative journalists Kate McClymont and Amber Shultz, and Jack the Insider columnist Peter Hoysted — take us on a trip through the harbour city's seedy underbelly.

Hear the hilarious story of a botched arson job in the city's eastern suburbs by two incredibly stupid criminals. Relive the murder of boxer Bobby Lee by Australia's first gangster Chow Hayes. Look back on a conversation with a young priest in a Sydney seminary about addressing the crimes of the Catholic Church.

This first Sydney Stories event was hosted by comedian Rebecca De Unamuno at the Judith Neilson Institute, as part of a collaboration between JNI, Phoenix Central Park and Vivid Sydney.

Listen at JNI is a production of the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas.

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