Prolific author of true crime and fiction, Roy Maloy presents a podcast that brings the stories of anti-heroes, criminal masterminds and public enemies to a place where they will be discussed, talked about and know for who they were, what they were and remembered again. For full details on so many more true crime biographies check out The Dawn of Crime book series available online at: https://www.lulu.com/search/?contributor=Roy+Maloy&adult_audience_rating=00
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In this episode, we talked with Carolyn Ethell live at the Woodlands Hotel at the meeting of the true crime content creators network meeting. In this live discussion joined by head historian of the Geelong Gaol Museum. Deb Robinson and we are looking at a number of artefacts that are held by the Ethell family. Check out more footage and content fro…
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It’s been a redhot minute since I uploaded anything to hear, but I’m back, and this will give you an update on where I have been.
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In this episode I talk about what Sly Grog is, where it was made, who was making it, who was buying it and how the police were trying to control it. Remember to head over to my other socials including “Roy Maloy Author” on Facebook, @TheDawnOfCrime on insta and @RoyMaloy4 on TikTok.
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A reflection on intergenerational Aboriginal trauma.
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In this episode I bring you up-to-date on some true crime stuff I’m working on and describe the tragedies that I have been posting on tick-tock
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As I head forward into new projects - here’s what’s happening!!!
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The book launch of Dolly Gray Madam of Melbourne will be on 11 August 2022 at Fancy Things Piano Bar in Caroline Springs at 6pm, and all are welcome.
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As guest speaker at the book launch for the colour of crime, Deb Robinson go through some of the most fascinating tidbits of her extensive knowledge on crime in Australia.
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Not my usual spin - this is the recording of my book launch presentation from my newest book, The Colour of Crime. The launch event was hosted at the Geelong Gaol Museum, and part two of this podcast will be up shortly with historian Deb Robinson.
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I was fortunate enough to receive a message from the Hanson family via social media in relation to their dad, Oliver Hanson, and his boyhood encounters with Squizzy Taylor. The result is this incredible audio recording, which speaks real everyday life into what it was like for the people who lived around Squizzy in the 1920’s. Thank you to the Hans…
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One of the most elusive crooks I’ve come across is The Plum Williams, who cut apart from other crooks in the early part of the 20’th Century by forming raiding parties and assembling gangs to take on jobs that included safe robbing. Chief historian Deb Robinson, of the Geelong Gaol Museum walks us through his amazing life.…
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Unlock the history of Victoria’s longest running colonial gaol and walk in the footsteps of our convict past as Deb Robinson talks us through some of the most fabulous parts of our criminal past.
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Historian, geologist and environmental scientist Barry Golding talks about the displacement and massacre of the central Victoria. Clan of the Dja Dja Wurrung people, which climaxed in 1840 when Captain Dugald McDonald shot dead a large number of local first nation’s people in an event that became known as the Blood Hole Massacre. First Nation’s peo…
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In this episode I interview historian mega-mind, Deb Robinson, who was able to finally work out who was Dolly Gray? After hunting for her true identity for over three years, Deb managed to crack the nut wide open and we explore a bit about who she was as a woman of her own making, brothel owner, lover and wife to Squizzy Taylor and mother of two da…
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One of Australia’s best known madams was also the partner of Squizzy Taylor. Five years older than him she owned and ran a house in Bendigo when she first appears in the news in 1907, but is her name really Dolly Gray? In this episode of reveal for the first time that her name was in fact an alias!
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In this episode I talk about the things that I felt limited in when I published the biography of Squizzy. People like Dolly Gray and Albert McDonald who I didn’t have enough time to write fully about their biographies I talked about a little bit and it will become a part of my next work.
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I’m so excited that this book will be published, and will hopefully challenge our views of colour and race in the modern era as well as throughout our history.
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In this podcast I talk about the similarities and differences between Al Capone and Squizzy Taylor. The stats I discuss are below, and I welcome your comments or feedback on the Facebook page “Roy Maloy Author” Squizzy: • Born 1888• Died 1927• Profit from crime £3mil• First crime 1906• Active crime years 21• Principal figure in The Fitzroy Vendetta…
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Today we are talking about the incredible case of Gordon Lawrence who was arrested in 1888 for wearing women’s clothing and given a horrific sentence for doing so. We are joined with mr Boylesque NSW, Jack London.
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In this edition I’m looking at two photos I love; taken in 1915 and a little bit earlier. The photos will be on my Facebook page, Roy Maloy Author
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Robyn Annear is the author of five books of history, including Bearbrass- Imagining Early Melbourne and Nothing but Gold- The Diggers of 1852 . Her podcast 'Nothing on TV' presents stories from Trove historical newspapers.
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Arthur Skerritt remains a truly fascinating character in Australian criminal history. Flogged in Pentridge with 21 birch stick at only 18 years old, he was arrested for loitering years later, and was found to be carrying something unusual.
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Today we welcome back stand up comedian Shane Gordon as we talk through the shady past of Luna Park in West Australia.
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In this episode we interview Dr Jo Clyne as she talks through the lifeC career, criminal fortune telling, phrenology, litigation and pistol carrying ways of Madame Ghurka of the Eastern Arcade in Melbourne.
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Yesterday was the 27th of October. On that day in 1927 Squizzy Taylor met his death as he caught Snowy Cutmore in a pistol fight at 50 Barkly St Carlton. In the days that followed a number of push gangs tried to imitate their hero’s by taking guns to the streets looking for a fight. This podcast will be the last before my book announcement is made …
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As we approach Tuesday 27 October I’m publishing a podcast here each day to help build some excitement for you all about my book announcement!! This Tuesday I will publish details about my next book on Facebook at my page, Roy Maloy Author!! In the meantime enjoy this podcast. I’m joined today by comedians Shane Gordon and Maxwell Robin as we talk …
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Long Harry Slater was a thug, stand over man, sly grog protection racket extortionist, sometimes pimp and above all gunman. His role in the Fitzroy Vendetta is the stuff of Hollywood movies and has been largely forgotten - until now! This episode is a special edition Dawn of Crime as we approach 27 October 1927, the day Squizzy Taylor was shot dead…
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In this episode we talk about some of the more unusual, yet so common things from our past. What are meant to be awake at midnight when you have a lover, or being bored out of your brains and thinking that things are interesting when today we would not.
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In this episode we talk with a brilliant mind as Dr Clare Right talks about the role women played in sly grog across a long period of Australian history. Dr Write is Professor of History at La Trobe and provides some of the incredible insights that have fascinated audiences through the publications of her many books.…
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The Dawn of Crime presents another “Living in the Past”, talking about the things that were once commonplace but are now not used at all! Thank
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We are joined by esteemed academic professor Dr Chris McConville as we talk about the changing fave of crime in Australia over time.
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In this podcast extra we look at the weapons used by the gangs of Melbourne in the infamous push gang era. From knuckle dusters to blackjacks, this extra podcast has all the biff pow and punch you can imagine.
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In this in episode I talk about some of the death certificates I’ve paid for over the years, as part of the research I’ve done for the books I’ve published. The things that come back occasionally still surprise me!
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In this episode I am again joined by comedian Shane Gordon to discuss one of the small number of instances where young wannabe gangsters wanting to imitate Squizzy Taylor in the days following his murder, arming themselves and taking to the streets to be hard men.
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In this episode EXTRA we look at some of the amazing jobs that people did, including the knocker upper and the poo man.
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In this episode extra I talk about a story written in the Old Melbourne Gaol, by a man who was awaiting trial of his role in the Eureka Stockade, Rafaello Carboni. The story talks about a Dja Dja Wurrung Princess, named Gilburnia, who is abducted with the intention of rape. The story overlaps to a real case of a Dja Dja Wurrung woman who was actual…
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In this episode we take a look at the fascinating case of Robert Widgery, a man of short stature, who was born with dwarfism and worked as a circus clown with the Gus St Leon Circus before sliding further and further down the slippery slope of theft, assault, alcohol abuse and finally his murder. I’m joined by stand up comedian Shane Gordon who lea…
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I sneaky extra podcast to announce a few more things from the past that we may have forgotten about, but also to promote the arrival of the fourth addition of The Dawn of Crime: “The Gangs of Melbourne”. In this edition among some other delicious treats we cover off the ash everywhere, candles and horsehair.…
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In this podcast extra we look at the very normal day to day living of people in Australia between 1850-1900. From cobble stones to the way glass was made for windows, this is a round up of a small grab bag of habits and traits that made us who we have become. Remember to check out The Dawn of Crime book series by Roy Maloy online and hit the follow…
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One of my favourite authors alive today would have to be Dr Mark St Leon. The author of a. MASSIVE collection of works, he was good enough to add a chapter in my recently published book, titled “The Queerest of Crimes”. In the 1850’s a truly unique showman became an equally fantastical showwoman under the name of Ella Zoyara. After performing as a …
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In this episode I talk about my hunt to biography Claude Taylor, the older brother of legendary gangster and psychopath, Squizzy Taylor.
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In this episode I chat with lecturer and historian David Waldron, as he talks us through the phenomenon started by Spring Heeled Jack of England’s 1860’s with a fad of people dressing up as ghosts to assault, offend and commit a number of illegal actions all in the name of being a ghost.
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NOTE: there is a moment of silence in the third quarter of this episode. It only lasts a couple of seconds. So bare with. One of the most personally gratifying interviews I’ve undertaken in my life, this is an interview with my own Mother, Jen Darlow, taking us from her own birth to parents who were also Salvation Army Officers, her calling and min…
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The Dawn of Crime - The Man Who Knew The Flying Angels, White Rose & Squizzy Taylor Push Gangs
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One man has the dubious honour of being able to say that he saw the violence and local terrorism of three notorious push gangs, as Thomas Turner would live to experience the goings on of the Flying Angel Push, the White Rose Push and the Taylor Push run by Squizzy Taylor. Born in Ballarat Turner was himself convicted several times at a young age fo…
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In this issue we look at Mary Mason, who set fire to the house of her employer when she was nineteen. The discussion covers the ethics of reaching out to the people who live in addresses where crimes took place and whether it’s ok to let them know about what happened there in the past or not.
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In the roaring 20’s there were some seriously tough customers on the streets, with guns, bombs and knives a plenty. So when the suitcase gang strolled down the street in Geelong, the police probably did them a favour by apprehending them in some great police detection. For more information on The Dawn of Crime book series head over to https://www.l…
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The idea of being chased by a gang of thugs down a dark alleyway is one thing, but discovering that the entire gang is on crutches, with legs missing on several of them is even more terrifying. The Crutchy Push was a Melbourne fang who terrorised the city at the turn of the 20’th century, and proved themselves a force to be reckoned with. Guest Tan…
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In this episode we look at Alf Barbour, a house breaker who claimed on numerous occasions to be a returned Gallipoli veteran, only to be fined again and again for lying about serving in WWI. This and other cases are included in The Dawn of Crime book series available at https://www.lulu.com/search/?adult_audience_rating=00&contributor=Roy+Maloy&pag…
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In this shorter episode we talk about three different cases of people who were arrested and put in front of a judge on the charge of “Offensive Behaviour”, for each of them dressing in the clothing that was more common for people of the opposite gender. These stories are excerpts from the book, The Queerest of Times, by Roy Maloy, and available at …
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