William Edgar is a private investigator turned professional "funeral-crasher," someone who is hired by a dying person to deliver a special message at their funeral. Edgar is the son of one of Australia’s most notorious gangsters, and has been a homeless street-kid, maximum-security prisoner, hard man, family man, car thief, professional punching bag, philosopher, inventor, and childhood sexual abuse activist.Edgar's memoir, "The Coffin Confessor," was published in 2021.