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May 22, 2025 30 min

Episode 1: Dead Man Talking

from The Gangster's Ghost Hosted by The Australian

The five-decade mystery of who killed psychopathic pimp and murderer Stewart John ‘The Magician’ Regan at the age of 29. One of Australia’s most notorious gangsters, Regan was gunned down by three assassins in a Marrickville laneway in 1974. Introducing The Gangster’s Ghost podcast investigation, in which Matthew Condon explores just how bad this man was and reveals the secret recordings Regan made of himself and criminal associates. Subscribers to The Australian hear episodes of The Gangster's Ghost first, plus you can see photographs, videos, timelines and more at gangstersghost.com.au. Read more: Was this Roger Rogerson's first victim? Mystery of The Magician: 'I never killed him. But I had been set free'

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