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A Four-Part True Crime Podcast Series 

 

In January 1980, following the mysterious death of Australian merchant banker Frank Nugan, his American business partner, Michael Hand, ordered the destruction of the bank's records, then disappeared and hasn't been seen since. A dozen Australian and international investigations failed to get to the bottom of the Nugan Hand bank's alleged involvement in gun-running and money laundering for drug traffickers and intelligence agencies, including the CIA. Three decades later, documentary filmmaker and author Peter Butt discovered chilling new evidence about the bankers' illicit operations. In the process, he uncovered the new identity and whereabouts of former CIA operative Michael Hand, one of the world's most elusive corporate fugitives.  © BLACKWATTLE FILMS

 

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EPISODE 1:  SHOT IN THE DARK

Podcast Part#1 13Aug21Artist Name
00:00 / 27:29

EPISODE 2:  GUNS, DRUGS & THE CIA

Podcast Part#2 13Aug21Artist Name
00:00 / 24:38

EPISODE 3:  THE BUSINESS OF MURDER

Podcast Part#3 13Aug21Artist Name
00:00 / 28:16

EPISODE 4:  HUNT FOR MICHAEL HAND

podcast Part#4 13Aug21Artist Name
00:00 / 28:30

This Podcast Series is adapted from the book 'Merchants of Menace - The True Story of the Nugan Hand Bank Scandal'

Appearing in the Series

Clive Small - Senior Joint Task Force Investigator
Frank Walker - Attorney General of NSW
Doug Sapper - Nugan Hand Insider
John Dowd - Parliamentarian
Rick Porter - Corporate Affairs Investigator
Geoff Nicholson - Corporate Affairs Investigator
Bill McDonnell - Senior Detective
Phil Bailey - Narcotics Bureau Investigator
Col Wedderburn - Sergeant assisting the Coroner
Paul Owens - Lay Preacher

Production

Blackwattle Digital Media

Writer-Narrator

Peter Butt

Music

Guy Gross
Additional tracks by Kevin McLeod & BenSound

Location Film & Sound

Calvin Gardiner ACS - Engine

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