G. L. Marlowe

CRIME CULTURE: Cold Case Investigations by Xanthe Mallett

December 4, 2019 G. L. Marlowe 0

A book written by one of Australia’s most renowned forensic anthropologist full of Australian cold cases is bound to be a gripping read. Until it isn’t, writes G. L. Marlowe.

THE BATTLE OF KELLETT STREET! The day gangs of men pulled their razors out for Tilly Devine & Kate Leigh

September 27, 2019 G. L. Marlowe 0

HISTORICAL CRIME: It was August 8, 1929. Officers stepped over shards of broken glass and stones on the infamous Kellett Street, near Kings Cross. Blood trailed out from a flat and onto the narrow bitumen. There Tilly Devine’s men had faced off against the men of her nemesis, the incarcerated drug dealer Kate Leigh.

THE POISON FOR RAT & HUSBAND ALIKE! Yvonne Fletcher and the trail of death in Newtown

August 26, 2019 G. L. Marlowe 0

SERIAL KILLERS: Thallium was a popular poison to catch the many rats that resided in Newtown just after World War Two. It also became the choice method for a murderous wife who wanted to do away with violent or just troublesome husbands, writes G. L. Marlowe.