On Guard - Stories From Inside Australia's Toughest Prisons

Enjoy a sneak-peak into another series from the team behind On Guard. In this episode, Gary Jubelin from I Catch Killers is joined by respected journalist and author Mark Dapin to talk about the stories behind some of Australia's most infamous

Introducing - The Lost Ones

Mar 29th, 2022 40m 26s

Tasmania is well known for it's beauty. But, deep within the dark bushland lies a string of secrets. 169 people have gone missing on the island since the mid 20th century, and dozens of those without a trace from the wilderness…..their bodies n

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Under Fire: How a prison officer survived a Brendan Abbott jailbreak

Feb 16th, 2021 35m 3s

Former correctional officer Mark Fritz came under fire for 30 minutes during bank robber Brendan Abbott's daring escape from a Brisbane prison. He only just lived to tell the tale.Every episode of On Guard, plus articles, amazing images and t

Freedom

Feb 9th, 2021 30m 46s

Veteran prison officer Steve Bergervoet reckons there's no one more trustworthy than a murderer, at least when it comes to inmates. During his three decades working in Victorian corrections, Steve focused on readying prisoners for release. This

Massacre

Feb 2nd, 2021 42m 47s

Former prison supervisor Tony Burley opens up on his years working alongside the Port Arthur massacre killer, how he survived being stabbed in the neck and a three-day prison siege.Every episode of On Guard, plus articles, amazing images and

Murder

Jan 26th, 2021 38m 55s

“I’ll get you.” Prison officer Maria Costigan's niece Tanya Costigan was murdered in a savage domestic violence episode that saw her attacked while holding her newborn baby. Then, by chance, Maria ended up stationed at the same jail as her nie

Underbelly

Jan 19th, 2021 35m 10s

There’s no more famous moment in prison history than the day Underbelly drug baron Carl Williams was murdered in Barwon Prison. Former Corrections Commissioner Bob Hastings was the guy in charge at the time – he recounts how he managed the enfo

Evil

Jan 12th, 2021 46m 57s

Beatrix ‘Trixie’ Bennett-Hiller is no ordinary grandma -- she spent years keeping the Anita Cobby and Janine Balding killers in order. She recounts the frightening time John Travers attempted to rape a rookie prison guard, the conflicting momen

Women

Jan 5th, 2021 47m

Jennifer Kaschau spent years managing some of Australia’s most dangerous women at Adelaide Women’s Prison. She dishes the dirt on old-lady killer Angelika Gavare, who boasted to inmates that police would never find her victim’s head or hands; a

Drugs

Dec 29th, 2020 46m 16s

It’s often said it’s easier to get drugs inside prison than out. Former Long Bay Gaol worker Alan Butler dishes the dirt on the inventive and shocking ways contraband is smuggled inside prison, his dealings with gangster Neddy Smith and the cor

Monsters

Dec 22nd, 2020 44m 16s

Kerry Corbin spent years working at Queensland’s Wolston Correctional Centre, a “protection” prison dedicated to the sex offenders, paedophiles and child killers who wouldn’t survive in the mainstream prison population without being served a do

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Dec 15th, 2020 31s

On Guard is a podcast that takes the listener behind the scenes to uncover what really goes on behind bars, as former correctional officers share shocking secrets from the frontline of working with some of Australia's most infamous criminals.

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