About this season
The stories behind what made and shaped the most notorious figures in Australian criminal history.
Episodes (8)
1. Nikolai Radev: The Invader
Aired 29 July 2011 • 60 min
Nikolai Radev invaded the lives of his extortion victims and terrorized them until they met his demands. Children, wives, family members were dragged into his world of violence and horror. No one was safe.
2. Stan "The Man" Smith: The Enforcer
Aired 28 July 2011 • 60 min
Stan 'The Man' Smith was a feared enforcer for Sydney's underworld. George Freeman's right hand man; he was a cold-hearted assassin, drug trafficker and murderer, turned man of God.
3. Ray Denning: The Runner
Aired 25 August 2011 • 60 min
Brutal killer, armed robber, heartbreaker and prison escapologist, Ray Denning was the ultimate anti-hero who spent his whole life running from the nightmares in his head.
4. Tilly Devine: Madam Razor
Aired 27 September 2011 • 60 min
Tilly Devine was a drug dealing brothel madam, a criminal sociopath and Sydney's Queen of vice, who clawed her way to the top of the city's sex trade with a razor in her hand. She was a prostitute who founded a criminal empire.
5. Jockey Smith: Public Enemy No.1
Aired 27 October 2011 • 60 min
Criminal lunatic, gunman, arch-thief and armed robber, Jockey Smith terrorized Australia at gunpoint for three decades. When confronted, the short angry guy with a bad case of small man syndrome invariably reached for a gun.
6. Dino Dibra: The Sunshine Boy
Aired 26 November 2011 • 60 min
Murderer, drug dealer, kidnapper, extortionist and street hoon, Dino Dibra grew up in Sunshine, a working class suburb where he became friends with a group of boys who would all go on to make their marks in Melbourne's underworld.
7. Stewart John Regan: The Magician
Aired 29 December 2011 • 60 min
Murderer, extortionist, pimp, child killer and violent thug, Regan is arguably the most violent and terrifying person in Australian criminal history. A psychopath, Regan spent his childhood torturing animals before graduating to people.
8. George Freeman: The King Of Sydney
Aired 26 January 2012 • 60 min
Murderer, standover man, race fixer, and crime lord, George Freeman was the King of Sydney for over three decades. His skills as a gambler and race fixer meant he could enrich his associates who would keep him out of trouble with police.