Speaker 1: His name was Stuart John Reagan, Stuart John Reagan, Jeword
Speaker 1: John Reagan, Johnny Reagan. In his teens, Johnny Reagan was
Speaker 1: already a violent pimp and standover man.
Speaker 2: He was one of the worst human bodes that ever
Speaker 2: walked the Straight to Sydney.
Speaker 1: By his twenties, he had a reputation as a psychopathic killer.
Speaker 1: Are you're ever looking for a psychopath? Reagan ticks all
Speaker 1: the boxes. Exactly fifty years ago, Reagan was slain by
Speaker 1: at least three assassins in the streets of suburban Sydney.
Speaker 1: His murder remains an unsolved cold case. He still considered
Speaker 1: Australia's last true old style gangster.
Speaker 2: You can control a bad man, but you can't control
Speaker 2: I madly.
Speaker 1: But few details are known about this short and dramatic
Speaker 1: life until now. I'm Matthew Condon, a true crime writer
Speaker 1: and journalist with The Australian. This is the Gangster's Ghost
Speaker 1: and in this podcast you'll meet relatives of Reagan who
Speaker 1: will speak for the first time in over half a century,
Speaker 1: and you will actually hear Reagan's voice from the grave.
Speaker 2: You mark my words. I'm not playing your line. I'll
Speaker 2: give it your idea to tell them if you want
Speaker 2: to go through with them. If not, well you know.
Speaker 1: For decades ours have previously unheard real to real tape
Speaker 1: recordings made by Johnny Reagan himself have only now surfaced.
Speaker 1: Come with us and the ghost of one of this
Speaker 1: country's most infamous outlaws on a journey into one family's
Speaker 1: dark past. If you thought every clan had a black sheep,
Speaker 1: wait until you meet the Reagans. Gangster's Ghost a podcast
Speaker 1: from the Australian coming soon at Gangster's Ghost dot com
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