On April 21, 1976, six bandits raided the Victoria Club where Melbourne’s biggest bookies were settling their accounts with cash. No one knows the exact figure, but the take was supposed to be in the vicinity of $15 million.
Just after the armed robbery, and a few kilometres away at a pub in the suburb of Windsor, Greg Carroll was meeting his brother, Ian Revell Carroll.
Greg remembers the smirk on his brother’s face when news of the robbery broke while they tucked into lunch.
What he didn’t know was that his brother was one of the six bandits behind one of Australia’s most notorious, and successful, heists.
Today, Greg speaks to John Silvester about the genius of the stick-up and then, the curse of the Great Bookie Robbery.

For more:
Gregory M Carroll's book '11 Minutes' 
A tour of the Naked City: Melbourne's crime secrets revealed by John Silvester.

On April 21, 1976, six bandits raided the Victoria Club where Melbourne&rsquo;s biggest bookies were settling their accounts with cash. No one knows the exact figure, but the take was supposed to be in the vicinity of $15 million. Just after the armed robbery, and a few kilometres away at a pub in the suburb of Windsor, Greg Carroll was meeting his brother, Ian Revell Carroll. Greg remembers the smirk on his brother&rsquo;s face when news of the robbery broke while they tucked into lunch. What he didn&rsquo;t know was that his brother was <a href="https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/guns-pots-and-parmas-how-a-gang-got-away-with-the-heist-of-the-century-20251202-p5nk75.html?utm_source=omny&amp;utm_medium=podcast_notes&amp;utm_campaign=naked_city&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_term=newsroom">one of the six bandits behind one of Australia&rsquo;s most notorious, and successful, heists.</a> Today, Greg speaks to John Silvester about the genius of the stick-up and then, the curse of the Great Bookie Robbery.
For more:
<ul>
<li>Gregory M Carroll's book <a href="https://gregorymcarroll.com/">'11 Minutes'&nbsp;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl6dUywDq4s">A tour of the Naked City: Melbourne's crime secrets revealed by John Silvester.</a></li>
</ul>

Take a journey into the dark depths of the Australian criminal underworld with Australia’s most formidable crime reporter - John Silvester.

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Take a journey into the dark depths of the Australian criminal underworld with Australia&rsquo;s most formidable crime reporter - John Silvester.
https://www.theage.com.au/topic/naked-city-jbi
#crime #truecrime #police #news

Naked City

Take a journey into the dark depths of the Australian criminal underworld with Australia&rsquo;s most formidable crime reporter - John Silvester.
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#crime #truecrime #police #news