About this episode

In this episode, Peter Morgan shares his experiences as part of a notorious crime duo and the aftermath of their criminal activities.

Peter Morgan was one half of Australia's most audacious crime duo — identical twins who pulled off a string of armed robberies and became the country's most wanted. In Part Two of Adam's conversation with Peter, the story picks up in the aftermath of the 1979 Heathcote bank robbery, in which Senior Constable Ray Koch was shot. Peter recounts the desperate hours after the shooting — hiding from roadblocks, hitching into Bendigo, and coming within seconds of a second violent confrontation with an off-duty officer. He reflects on the psychological weight of Pentridge Prison, how he broke out of not one but two so-called escape-proof jails and what it really took to walk away from crime for good. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Adam Shand

Guest: Peter Morgan

Topics covered

• armed robbery
• true crime
• psychological impact
• prison escape
• crime duo
• Australia

Keywords

• armed robberies
• Morgan twins
• crime duo
• Pentridge Prison
• Heathcote bank robbery
• psychological weight
• escape-proof jails

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pentridge Prison

Places: Heathcote, Bendigo

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