The Dead Can't Sue

ABC Australia

Serious academics. Dead subjects. A bit of gossip. Is it appropriate for historians to gossip about the dead? Associate Professors Alecia Simmonds and Leigh Boucher aren't afraid to find out. In The Dead Can't Sue, they poke around in the entrails of Australian history, dishing up the best dirt and juiciest scoops on our nation's dead. Each week, you'll join us for the best dinner party conversations you've ever overheard, as Alecia and Leigh bring you their unfiltered takes. There'll be big names you'll get to know in new ways, as well as names you've never heard of, with jaw-dropping s...

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The Dead Can't Sue

Episodes (4)

Monday Tilly Devine: 'The Worst Woman in Sydney'
Wed Jul 1st Matthew Flinders: The death of a cat daddy (part 2)
Jun 29th Matthew Flinders: Erotic letter writer (part 1)

The Dead Can't Sue

Jul 6, 2026
36½ minutes
49 MB

Tilly Devine (1900-1970) was a founding mother of Sydney's underbelly, and, as NSW police commissioner Norman Allan simply said: "She was a villain, but who am I to judge her?" Luckily Leigh and Alecia love to judge. Beyond the rivals, razor blades and racketeering, they ask: Was Tilly the original girl (mob) boss? Why did she shoot her fiancé a few months before their wedding? (Yes, the marriage still went ahead.) And while we're here, what drives our national fixation with outlaws like Tilly? Show sources: Matilda Mary (Tilly) Devine (1900–1970), Daily Mir...

The Dead Can't Sue

Tilly Devine: 'The Worst Woman in Sydney'

ABC Australia

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