Naked City

About Naked City

Take a journey into the dark depths of the Australian criminal underworld with Australia’s most formidable crime reporter - John Silvester. https://www.theage.com.au/topic/naked-city-jbi #crime #truecrime #police #news

Publisher

The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

Category

news · true crime

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Mar 2020

Latest episode

29 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

22 of 105 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   29 Jul 2026

   Introducing Virginia

   Virginia Giuffre was fearless in taking down some of the world’s most powerful people. As Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent victim, she helped expose his crimes and hold his friends to account, including the man formerly known as Prince Andrew. But despite her heroic battle in the most notorious sex trafficking case of the 21st century, few knew about one of her toughest fights. It was one she fought privately at home in Australia. Follow The Age and SMH Investigates to be first to listen to new episodes of Virginia (https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/virginia-i-the-age-smh-investigates/id1616444281)from Walkley-award winning journalist Melissa Fyfe and WA Today reporter Carla Hildebrandt. Read the Good Weekend feature (https://www.smh.com.au/national/isolated-scared-forlorn-the-heartbreaking-final-months-of-virginia-giuffre-s-life-20260629-p60avr.html) or our visual story (https://www.smh.com.au/interactive/2026/giuffre-timeline/) which chronicles the harrowing final months of Virginia Giuffre's life as her marriage unravelled. Visit our websites at smh.com.au (http://smh.com.au), theage.com.au (http://theage.com.au) and watoday.com.au (http://watoday.com.au), and send questions, information and feedback to virginiapodcast@nine.com.au (mailto:virginiapodcast@nine.com.au) See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

2. 

   18 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   John Silvester answers your true crime questions

   Investigative journalist John Silvester answers listener questions about true crime, discussing his experiences with Chopper Read, Melbourne's gangland war, and unsolved cases in this interview with host Tammy Mills.

3. 

   2 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Send in your questions for a special mailbag episode

   Host John Silvester answers listener questions about cases, crime, and his career in this special mailbag episode.

Inside a recent episode

John Silvester answers your true crime questions

Published 18 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] People just sort of go into the family business. So you've got the Canes. You've got Les, Brian and Ray, Muscles Cane, three brothers. They were brought up in Crivelli Street, Preston. I lived around the corner. You never went to Crivelli Street. It was a no-go zone. And the Canes lived there. […]

Who has been a guest on Naked City

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Robert Wootton
• Greg Carroll
• Joy Membrey
• Andrew Stamper
• Stuart Bateson

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

38 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

657 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 37 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

48

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

67

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Books guests

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