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  • Australia's Most Murderous Prison

  • Behind the Walls of Goulburn Jail
  • By: James Phelps
  • Narrated by: Stan Pretty
  • Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (189 ratings)

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Australia's Most Murderous Prison

By: James Phelps
Narrated by: Stan Pretty
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Publisher's Summary

An unprecedented spate of murders in the 1990s earned Goulburn Jail the ominous name 'The Killing Fields'. Inmates sentenced or transferred to the 130-year-old towering menace declared they had been given death sentences.

Serial killer Ivan Milat, the 'Terror Five' militants who plotted attacks across Sydney in 2005, Brothers 4 Life founder Bassam Hamzy and gang rapist Bilal Skaf are just a few of the inmates inside Australia's most murderous prison. Meet them all here in Phelps' best-selling audiobook.

©2015 James Phelps (P)2016 W F Howes Ltd

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"A fascinating book, written in a very readable style." ( AustCrimeFiction)

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I've done 10yrs at Goulburn

I know most of who are spoken about in this book its pretty accurate buy alot is made up for the most part good book tho funny and ill tell you what wasn't made up or exaggerated when we all threw shit at "HEY DAD" the putrid maggot I was there at on the front line I was in 6 yard aussie/islander yard next to the cook house where he had to walk through and we know when they are coming and we have our bombs ready sometimes for weeks because his not our only target but yea when they walk through the circle to the cook house we see them coming so we get ready and give them our all all the putridest of Australia's crims we've got em at one point haha Rodger rodgersons Co accused Glen Mc namara we get him every weekend just for being a cop Annette cobby murderer we get that little maggot too all the time so yea anyway good book for the most part but nothing like living there for 10yrs 😊

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That was painful to listen to

The book felt like tabloid journalism, very sensationalist and did not flow well at all.
There were some interesting elements that could have been fleshed out, but alas the subject gets changed so abruptly. Stuggled with the audio performance, the terrible accents and the sound effects were so off putting.

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  • 02-01-2019

A Real Let Down

I am interested in all things "True Crime". This was tabloid flashy, and depended largely on shock value. The narrative was completely uninspiring and not engaging at all. I was originally keen to get all of this authors books, but will definitely be skipping them now.

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hmm

Interesting subject let down somewhat by a tabloid style and an uninspiring reader. I would not buy further from this combination.

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Couldn't put it down

Very interesting and informative. Gods to hear stories from various perspectives. It was well read and fast paced so never a dull moment.

A bit gory at times but otherwise a good read.

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Great listen

Good story's moved at great pace, interesting listen, good insight to the rap Australian prison system

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Crass and boring

This book is awful. It just goes through detailing murders in Goulburn with no narrative and a lot of wailing. There is nothing to be learnt here and the whole thing reads like it was put together in a weekend. Totally skippable.

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Interesting

This book gives an oversight of ‘some aspects’ of extreme prisoners and the difficulty keeping the community safe from them.
An eye opener to me.

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awesome.

liked the narration, the detailed account was compelling..for true crime lovers . great insight too.

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Very entertaining listen

For those of you thinking that this might be a grim and depressing listen, far from it. It's actually hilarious and the narrator finds every ounce of that and delivers it perfectly.

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