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The Matriarch
- The Story of 'Granny Evil' Kathy Pettingill
- Narrated by: Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Kelly Butler
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
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The matriarch of Australia’s most violent and notorious criminal family, and allegedly the inspiration for the award-winning film Animal Kingdom, tells her side of the story.
Kathy Pettingill is a name that’s both respected and feared, not only by Australia’s criminal underworld, but by many in the Victorian police force. As the matriarch at the head of the most notorious and violent family of habitual offenders in Australian criminal history, her life has revolved around murder, drugs, prison, prostitution, and bent coppers - and the intrigue and horror that surround such crimes.
Her eldest son, Dennis Allen, was a mass murderer and a $70,000-a-week drug dealer who dismembered a Hell’s Angel with a chainsaw. Two younger sons were acquitted of the Walsh Street murders, the cold-blooded assassination of two police officers that changed the face of crime in Melbourne forever. One of the two, Victor, was gunned down himself in the street 14 years later, becoming the third son Kathy has buried.
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- marie
- 07-12-21
Brilliant 👍
Wow what a read, couldn't put it down as for the narrative 👏absolutely spot on 10 /10
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- Callerins
- 02-11-19
Mind Blowing Lawlessness + Exceptional Narration
Audible says I need to have a minimum fifteen word review, but I think my headline says enough.