Naked City podcast: Abe Saffron and Sydney’s corrupt cops
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Naked City podcast will take a journey into the dark depths of the Australian criminal underworld. In this series you will hear recordings of some of Australia s most dangerous criminals, all of whom have been remarkably frank in their recollections.
In a city renowned for corruption Sydney’s Abe Saffron was gold medal standard. That is if there was a competition for being a no-good rat.
Sydney nightclub owner Abe Saffron in 1951.
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Seven people died during the horror Sydney Luna Park Ghost Train fire in 1979
Initial investigations suggested it was electrical fault but cause is undetermined
NSW coroner ordered police to conduct review into the evidence of fire s cause
Three new witnesses have said they smelled kerosene and noticed bikie group
There are allegations the blaze may have been linked to an underworld figure
The rivalry between Australia’s two great cities is friendly, often passionate and never-ending.
Melbourne wins on sport. The AFL Grand Final and Melbourne Cup beats the City to Surf and the Golden Slipper by some distance. In fairness, the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras just shades Moomba as a spectacle (although dressing as a chicken to jump into the Yarra as part of the Birdman Rally must surely soon become an Olympic sport).
The detestable Abe Saffron, the man they called ‘Mr Sin’.
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Sydney has a better bridge, a better harbour and better oysters. Melbourne has better bars, better coffee and better laneways. But there is one area where Sydney traditionally has Melbourne well and truly covered – corruption.
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