Australian Gangster: Mark “Chopper” Read Pt. 1

Mark “Chopper” Read was one of the most feared criminals in Australia in his day. A man who shocked even fellow criminals with his brutality. He preyed on anyone who earned a dishonest living, serving time in one of the country’s toughest prisons for everything from assault to arson. The one thing they never pinned on him was murder, despite him being suspected of as many as nineteen, and acquitted of one. Read was a natural storyteller, and as it turns out, he saved his best stories till last. In a shocking series of confessions on national television just weeks before his death, he opens up old wounds on not one, but four killings. But was this just another of his tales, or has Read pulled the wool over the eyes of Australian police for over forty years? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices