Infamous criminals

Infamous Criminals, Melissa Caddick

Melissa Caddick’s dark triad of personality traits revealed

Missing fraudster Melissa Louise Caddick had zero talent for financial wizardry but exhibited psychology’s ‘dark triad’ of personality traits, according to a white collar crime expert. 

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Bassam Hamzy, the founder of the Brothers For Life gang, is currently serving a 40-year prison sentence.

Former cop reveals how Bassam Hamzy became a murderous thug

A former detective has conceded that one of the country’s most notorious underworld criminals might not be a nice guy but is a ‘survivor’ whose ‘badness’ is derived from Australian gangster culture. 

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Infamous Criminals, Terence Kelly The Nightly

Why experts still fear Cleo’s kidnapper

The man who snatched a four-year-old girl from her family’s tent in the dead of night and held her captive for weeks is a ‘damaged human’ with slim prospects of rehabilitation, according to a leading expert.

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For nearly forty years Chris Dawson thought he had gotten away with murder of his wife Lynette.

Inside the mind of wife killer Chris Dawson

For nearly 40 years, Chris Dawson thought he had gotten away with the murder of his wife Lynette. Now, a former detective has revealed what an ‘utter a..hole’ the former rugby player really was.

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Infamous Criminals, Ashley Paul Griffith

Inside the mind of Australia’s worst childcare paedophile

Experts fear the exact number of victims abused by Australia’s most notorious paedophile will never be known and reveal the psychology behind his heinous crimes.

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Infamous Criminals Australia: Bradley Robert Edwards.

Inside the mind of Claremont killer Bradley Robert Edwards

He stalked the streets of Claremont to rape and murder women. Now, a criminal psychologist claims it’s ‘highly improbable’ Bradley Robert Edwards’ crimes stopped there.

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Infamous Criminals, Adam Britton

Inside the mind of evil animal expert jailed for vile acts

A celebrated zoologist who raped, tortured and killed dozens of dogs is in a ‘category of his own’ according to new national research into bestiality prosecutions.

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