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The Gangster's Ghost

by The Australian

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Episode 10: Post-Mortem

July 17, 2025 · 1 hr 22 min

In this episode Regan is already public enemy number one with both the underworld and police after the disappearance and presumed murder of his girlfriend’s toddler son, Karlos Scott-Huie. For some, Regan had signed his own death warrant…
Episode 9: Karlos

July 10, 2025 · 59 min

Matthew Condon and Kelly Slater Regan visit the site of the former Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, where 15 innocent people lost their lives more than half a century ago. Condon uncovers a document that suggests…
Episode 8: Collateral Damage

July 3, 2025 · 59 min

In this episode Regan is a suspect following the suspicious death of brothel madam and whistleblower Shirley Brifman in Brisbane where the gangster is using his muscle to expand his various business ventures. Regan hooks up with the shady…
Episode 7: Travelling North

June 26, 2025 · 1 hr 6 min

In this episode Stewart John Regan expands his business empire into Queensland, bringing all his street-smart Sydney savvy to what he thinks are the genteel provinces. But he walks into a landscape with its own well-established underworld…
Episode 6: Heat

June 19, 2025 · 1 hr 8 min

In this episode, Regan’s de facto partner Marg reveals the truth behind life with a man who was transforming from scallywag to a full-blown criminal. He introduces her to some of the top gangsters of the day. Meanwhile, Regan becomes a…

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Episode 5: Into The Underworld

June 12, 2025 · 51 min

In this episode, Stewart John Regan’s transition from troubled youth, tow truck driver and nightclub bouncer goes to another level. While courting his girlfriend Marg, he announces himself as a force to be reckoned with in Sydney’s…
Episode 4: Real Wild Child

June 5, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min

In this episode Regan, fresh from a boys’ correctional home, steps out into the wild streets of Sydney noir. He quickly makes his mark in notorious Kings Cross as a teenage brothel lord. Regan also cements his reputation as a violent…
Episode 3: Holystoning

May 29, 2025 · 1 hr 9 min

In this episode, Regan and his mother, Clare – The Colonel – suddenly leave rural Young for the big smoke of Sydney. Clare turns up in the city’s notorious red-light district of Darlinghurst, while Regan mysteriously disappears into the…
Episode 2: The Colonel

May 22, 2025 · 52 min

Johnny Regan's early years were completely dominated by his obsessive mother, Clare, nicknamed "The Colonel", who frowned upon his friendships, didn’t allow him to play sports, and publicly horsewhipped her young son. She was married to…
Episode 1: Dead Man Talking

May 22, 2025 · 31 min

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…
Introducing: The Gangster's Ghost

May 2, 2025 · 2 min

Johnny 'The Magician' Regan was a murderer, pimp and psychopath, gunned down by three assassins in a grimy back lane in 1974. He was 29. Matthew Condon investigates gangland’s last great murder mystery. Subscribers to The Australian and…

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About the show

Johnny ‘The Magician’ Regan was a murderer, pimp and psychopath, gunned down by three assassins in a grimy back lane in 1974. He was 29. Matthew Condon investigates gangland’s last great murder mystery. Find out why police didn’t lift a finger for five decades. Hear his voice from beyond the grave for the first time, in secret recordings brought to life by AI and our audio experts. And meet the family still haunted by his crimes.