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EPISODE · Mar 17, 2025 · 40 MIN

Bad Cops: The Shooting of Detective Brophy

from The Skeptical Historian

On 22 May 1936, Victoria's most famous detective John O'Connell Brophy, was shot four times in Royal Park, while sitting in an idling car with three civilians. After a bungled cover-up, a Royal Commission was established to sort fact from fiction, but there's still some gaping holes ninety years later.This month, Juliana turns her researcher's eye to this tale, peeling back the layers of cover-up, press speculation and depression-era hysteria to find the answer to the questions which still haunt this case. Buckle up skeptics, this one's a wild ride.

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