Life and Crimes with Andrew Rule

The nation was relieved this week to find young Cleo Smith alive after going missing from a campsite in Western Australia. Andrew Rule asks how did this disappearance saga end with joy when so many others have ended in tears. Like the show? Go to https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule for more Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...

In the chaos following the murder of two police officers in Walsh St, Melboune, an enduring mystery began:  Where did one of the cops' guns go - and has it been used for evil ever since? Like the show? Go to https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule for more See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From a start as a  “nice boy” model, Hasan Topal became a violent outlaw bikie, suspected killer and international fugitive. And his rise was through a cloud of blood, bullets and battered bodies. Read Andrew's columns and more at: https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Report a crime at: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. AFP officer Jon Rouse returns to the show to talk more about his work fighting online child sexual abuse. More information on the documentary: https://childreninthepictures.org/ Find help: https://kidshelpline.com.au/ https://www.lifeline.org.au/ https://crimestoppers.com.au/ Read Andrew's columns and more at: https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule See omnystudio.com/list...

WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Jon Rouse is one of Australia's top cops fighting online child sexual abuse. He talks with Andrew about his career, his investigations, and his advice on protecting kids from internet predators. More information on the documentary: https://childreninthepictures.org/ Find help: https://kidshelpline.com.au/ https://www.lifeline.org.au/ https://crimestoppers.com.au/ See o...

When Bendigo man Kevin Pearce died at the hands of an unknown sniper, it became one of country Victoria's most disturbing murder mysteries. Andrew Rule examines the case. Like the show? Go to https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule for more Crime Stoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rosslyn McQueen was a young mum with the world to live for. So why did she die an agonising  death with strychnine in her veins? Andrew Rule examines the case. Read Andrew's column on the case and more at: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Crimestoppers: https://crimestoppers.com.au/ Lifeline: https://www.lifeline.org.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When young boy Terry Floyd went missing from a small country town, suspicion may have fallen on the wrong man, as investigator and TV host Ron Iddles explains. Thew last episode of Homicide with Ron Iddles goes to air October 3. Watch Homicide with Ron Iddles: https://7plus.com.au/homicide-with-ron-iddles Read more of Andrew's columns at: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Contact Crimestopper...

Ron Iddles, former police investigator and host of the new show Homicide,  joins Andrew to discuss the murder of Gina Rossato, a single mother who disappeared from her own doorstep. Read more of Andrew's columns at: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Watch Homicide with Ron Iddles: https://7plus.com.au/homicide-with-ron-iddles See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Suzie Lawrance vanished from the middle of a country town on a Saturday night in 1987, there were few leads. Three decades later, a reporter turned sleuth has picked up the trail. Read Andrew's column on the disappearance at: https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule More info about the True Crime Australia podcast: https://australiantruecrimepodcast.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...

To celebrate the launch of his new book Chance, Andrew Rule turns his mind to some of racing's most colourful sages and scallywags. More information about the book at: https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781760987718/ Like the show? Go to https://www.heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule If you or someone you know needs assistance: Lifeline on 13 11 14 or https://www.lifeline.org.au/ Beyond Blue 1300 224 636 o...

WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. A meeting with a former policeman has Andrew Rule recalling a crime of gothic savagery - and one woman's story of survival.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When former narcotics detective John Shobbrook busted a drug importation ring, little did he know it would see him squaring off against corruption in the Queensland police force. Get more information about John Shobbrook's book at: https://www.uqp.com.au/books/operation-jungle Like the show? Get features, backgrounders and more at https://www.heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule  See omnystudio.com/listene...

Journalist Stephen Drill went looking for the footprints of organised crime in Italy while working as a foreign correspondent. Now back in Australia, he talks with Andrew Rule about his new podcast series examining the mafia, and the links it makes across borders. Listen to the podcast series The Mafia's Web now at: https://mafiasweb.com.au/ Like the show? Go  to https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrul...

Andrew Rule talks with former narcotics detective John Shobbrook about a drug importation caper featuring planes, hapless crooks and the Far North Queensland wilderness. Get more information about John Shobbrook's book at: https://www.uqp.com.au/books/operation-jungle Like the show? Get features, backgrounders and more at https://www.heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule  See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...

Ashley Mervyn Coulston was a troubled child who grew up to be an evil man. But it was only after he was put behind bars, that questions arose about a series of similar crimes across Australia. Go to https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/andrew-rule for columns and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Former tactical operations cop Keith Banks has seen his fair share of action. From dawn raids to busting bikies, he tells Andrew Rule about his many years in law enforcement and the heavy toll it took on him. If you or someone you know needs assistance: Lifeline on 13 11 14 or https://www.lifeline.org.au/ Beyond Blue 1300 224 636 or at www.beyondblue.org.au Police Vete...

Some crooks go in all guns blazing, but as Andrew Rule explains, the smart ones often find it's blending in that stops them from being caught out. Become a Herald Sun subscriber. Go to https://www.heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule and click on any article to begin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Rule outlines some recent updates to the 'slug gate' drama surrounding a meal provider and a council in Melbbourne's east.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When it comes to crimes and misdemeanors, copying vehicle number plates may seem low on the list, but often, this  petty act is in service of evil deeds. Andrew Rule explains. Like the show? Read features, comment and more at https://www.heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Queensland police offered a reward for information about the death of Shane Bowden, a most notorious criminal. But before he was gunned down, Bowden was at the centre of the rise and fall of the Gold Coast's outlaw motorcycle clubs. Like the show? Go to https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule for features, columns and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT. Being a violent criminal in Australia can be a very dangerous profession. Andrew Rule explains how some of this country's worst met their demise. If you or someone you know needs assistance: Lifeline on 13 11 14 or https://www.lifeline.org.au/ Beyond Blue 1300 224 636 or at www.beyondblue.org.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the passing of  Geoffrey Edelsten, Andrew Rule remembers  the many highlights and lowlights of the  controversial medic turned footy entrepreneur. Rad Andrew Rule's features at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The superb Foxtel series Mr Inbetween has Andrew Rule looking at two stories this week that would have fit right into an underworld drama. But truth, as they say, can be stranger than fiction. Like Andrew's columns? Read more at https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the early 1920s a hapless bar owner found himself victim of one of Australia's worst misuses of forensic detective work. Andrew Rule discusses the case with journalist and author Liz Porter. Like the show? Become a Herald Sun subscriber at: https://heraldsun.com.au/andrewrule Listen to the Herald Sun's history podcast In Black and White: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/podcasts/in-black-and-white...