The Great Bookie Robbery: Part 1 - Crime Bizarre
4/23/202630 min
Part 1 of Crime Bizarre with Titus O’Reily and Mick Molloy unpacks the infamous Great Bookie Robbery, one of Australia’s boldest and most mysterious heists. At the centre is Raymond “Chuck” Bennett, a career criminal with a plan so precise it almost seemed impossible to pull off. But as the story unfolds, cracks begin to show… and not everyone walks away satisfied.
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First 90 secondsTitus O'Reily· Host0:00
Yes, welcome ladies and gentlemen, Tyrus O'Reilly here. Before we get into another episode of Crime Bizarre, and this one is one of my favorites, you can become a member of Bizarre Plus, and as a member you get an extra bonus episode every single week. You also get things like access to shows early, you get access to tickets if we do live shows. We have an online Discord, uh, chat room, which people love, and best of all, there's about 100 episodes behind the paywall we've got there that you can access of bonus episodes. Things like Aristocracy Bizarre look at some of the weirder and more wonderful people from the aristocracy, and if you think sports is weird, that's one of the weirdest. So if you're interested, sign up, become a Bizarre Plus member. The link is in the show notes.
Speaker 10:47
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Mick Molloy· Host0:52
Get the whiteboard out.
Speaker 10:53
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Mick Molloy· Host0:54
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Speaker 10:55
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Titus O'Reily· Host1:00
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Mick Molloy· Host1:02
All right, here we go.
Titus O'Reily· Host1:03
A lot of skullduggery.
Speaker 11:04
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Titus O'Reily· Host1:06
we're gonna dive in.
Mick Molloy· Host1:07
What could go wrong?
Speaker 11:07
With Mick Malloy and Tyrus O'Reilly.
Mick Molloy· Host1:10
Hello everybody, and welcome to the latest edition of Crime Bizarre.
Titus O'Reily· Host1:16
Yes.
Mick Molloy· Host1:17
Which is- Your first ... my first. I'm losing my cherry. Today on Crime Bizarre, me, Mick Malloy, of course, and Tyrus O'Reilly- Yes ... doing all the heavy lifting. I wasn't here for the inaugural-