Daughter Of The Razor An Australian True Crime Story

Author : Maria Tinschert
Publisher : Publicious Pty Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780995397705
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daughter of the Razor written by Maria Tinschert and published by Publicious Pty Limited. This book was released on 2016-10-07 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unforgettable Australian true crime story of prostitution, sexual, physical and mental abuse and violence inside the walls of family silence in the slums of Sydney in the 1930's. Maria shares her story of growing up as the daughter of a woman connected to Sydney's infamous Razor Gang. Before the age of 11 Maria was introduced to the world of prostitution by her mother who was in the sister hood of Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine. This story would of never have been told had it not been for another violent crime perpetrated on the now adult Maria many years later which led her to break the code of silence. Now 84 years of age Maria is an inspiring survivor who works every day of the year as a volunteer Community Care Counsellor helping others. Maria does motivational speaking on all aspects of her life, with the aim of inspiring people to take responsibility for their decisions and actions, no matter what unfortunate beginnings that anyone of us has endured. Daughter of the razor is a shocking story in itself - but it is an even greater story of survival. It is it is powerful and moving and tells of the triumph of the human spirit of a little girl in her rise out of depravity, sadism and debauchery. It is a story which has been an incredible lifetime in the making. Ralph James Solicitor Accredited Specialist--Criminal Law

Author : Larry Writer
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1742660665
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Australian Book of True Crime written by Larry Writer and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-one of Australia's most startling real-life crimes, from the late 1800s to the present day are collected here in one gripping volume. Using exhaustive research, court records, police statements and original interviews, Larry Writer offers fascinating new insights into the lives of some of Australia's most notorious villains and their victims.

Author : Maria Tinschert
Publisher : Publicious Pty Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780995397729
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daughter of the Razor Part II written by Maria Tinschert and published by Publicious Pty Limited. This book was released on 2022-01-12 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few people escape from a childhood of criminal abuse and slavery and live a normal life to tell their story. 

Author : Leigh Straw
Publisher : Hachette Australia
ISBN 13 : 0733638112
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lillian Armfield written by Leigh Straw and published by Hachette Australia. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging account of an extraordinary, trailblazing woman - Australia's first female detective - LILLIAN ARMFIELD is also the vivid and gripping story of the origins of Sydney's organised crime underbelly. 'Special Constable' Lillian Armfield was policing Sydney's mean streets during some of the most dramatic years of crime in the city. By the late 1920s, eastern Sydney was the heartland of organised crime and the notorious turf battles known as the Razor Wars, where bloodied bodies were strewn across streets after late-night clashes between rival gangs. At first disapproved of by her male colleagues, and often working solo and undercover, Lillian investigated it all - from runaway girls, opium dens and back-street sly grog shops to drug trafficking, rape and murder. She dealt with the infamous crime figures of the day - Tilly Devine, Kate Leigh, 'Botany May' Smith and their associates - who eventually accorded Lillian a grudging respect. Lillian Armfield's life and achievements were extraordinary. She paved the way for the women of today's police force and her amazing story is also a compelling chapter in Australian true crime history.

Author : Helen Reade
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781742482231
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Little Girls Lost written by Helen Reade and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Justine Larbalestier
Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 1616955457
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Razorhurst written by Justine Larbalestier and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Vivid and bloody and bold and fast—I feel like Razorhurst is in my bones now." —#1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert The notoriously bloody history of a mob-run Sydney, Australia neighborhood is fertile ground for this historical thriller with a paranormal twist: two girls' ability to see the many ghosts haunting Razorhurst. Sydney’s deadly Razorhurst neighborhood, 1932. Gloriana Nelson and Mr. Davidson, two ruthless mob bosses, have reached a fragile peace—one maintained by “razor men.” Kelpie, orphaned and homeless, is blessed (and cursed) with the ability to see Razorhurst’s many ghosts. They tell secrets that the living can’t know about the cracks already forming in the mobs’ truce. Kelpie meets Dymphna Campbell, Gloriana’s prize moll, over the body of the latest of Dymphna’s beaus to meet an untimely end—a string that’s earned her the nickname the “Angel of Death.” Dymphna can see ghosts, too, and she knows that Gloriana’s hold is crumbling one henchman at a time. As loyalties shift and betrayal threatens the two girls at every turn, Dymphna is determined to rise to the top with Kelpie at her side.

Author : Leigh S. L. Straw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781525279171
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lillian Armfield written by Leigh S. L. Straw and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating and unknown story of Australia's first female detective - and a gripping and colourful account of Sydney crime in the 1920s to 1940s. An engaging account of an extraordinary, trailblazing woman - Australia's first female detective - LILLIAN ARMFIELD is also the vivid and gripping story of the origins of Sydney's organised crime underbelly. 'Special Constable' Lillian Armfield was policing Sydney's mean streets during some of the most dramatic years of crime in the city. By the late 1920s, eastern Sydney was the heartland of organised crime and the notorious turf battles known as the Razor Wars, where bloodied bodies were strewn across streets after late-night clashes between rival gangs. At first disapproved of by her male colleagues, and often working solo and undercover, Lillian investigated it all - from runaway girls, opium dens and back-street sly grog shops to drug trafficking, rape and murder. She dealt with the infamous crime figures of the day - Tilly Devine, Kate Leigh, 'Botany May' Smith and their associates - who eventually accorded Lillian a grudging respect. Lillian Armfield's life and achievements were extraordinary. She paved the way for the women of today's police force and her amazing story is also a compelling chapter in Australian true crime history.

Author : Larry Writer
Publisher : Macmillan Publishers Aus.
ISBN 13 : 9781742610702
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Underbelly Razor written by Larry Writer and published by Macmillan Publishers Aus.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Underbelly TV tie-in edition is the acclaimed, award-winning history of the Razor gangs – now the basis for Channel 9's 13-part blockbuster – Underbelly Razor.In the 1920s and '30s in inner Sydney, some of the most terrifying criminals in Australia's history waged war with razor and gun. As gang fought gang, the streets echoed with the sound of violence and ran with blood.Razor chronicles in compelling detail the nether word ruled by fabled vice queens Tilly Devine and Kate Leigh, and financed by the spoils of illegal drugs and alcohol, prostitution, gambling and extortion. Gangsters such as Guido Calletti, Big Jim Devine and Frank 'the Little Gunman' Green killed, robbed and slashed with impunity. Facing them were the police – some corrupt, some honest, and a few as tough and feared as the razor gangs they fought.Razor is the fascinating true story of the people who lived and died in this world of violence and vice. Razor brings a city's dark past back to life, and ensures that you will never look at inner Sydney in quite the same way again.

Author : Larry Writer
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1742668240
Total Pages : 11 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Law of the Razor written by Larry Writer and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read the true story of Kate Leigh, Tilly Devine and Sydney's razor gang wars from the 1920's and 30's in this gripping book by acclaimed author Larry Writer. Using exhaustive research, Larry Writer offers fascinating new insights into this case and the people involved, villains and victims. Perfect for every 'Underbelly' fan. This chapter ebook is an extract from The Australian Book of True Crime.

Author : Wensley Clarkson
Publisher : St. Martin's Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 1466873469
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Whatever Mother Says... written by Wensley Clarkson and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To neighbors, she was the brave single mother... Raising her five kids alone in a rundown section of Sacramento, Theresa Cross Knorr seemed like the ultimate survivor. But her youngest daughter, 16-year-old Terry, told police another story: one almost too terrible to believe. But accused of imprisoning her children in a house of horrors... According to Terry, Theresa--no longer the petite brunette she once was--had turned insanely jealous of her pretty eldest daughters and enlisted the help of her two teenaged sons in a vicious campaign against their sisters. Of beating, torturing and killing her own flesh and blood... Terry's gruesome tale told how Theresa had drugged, handcuffed and shot 16-year-old Suesan, allowing her wounds to fester, until the day she ordered her sons to burn their sister alive. Next, Terry said Theresa severely beat 20-year-old Sheila and then locked her in a stifling broom closet, so that when the girl finally starved to death, her brothers dumped her body in the same desolate mountain range where they had cremated Suesan. She could be one of the most evil murderesses of our time... It took Terry five agonizing years to convince authorities to investigate her grisly accounts of burning flesh, starvation and torture...of a mother from hell, so sadistic and so deranged, she had become her children's own executioner. Wensley Clarkson's Whatever Mother Says ... is the true story of a mother, madness and murder.