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6th February 1995, Carlton, Victoria


Alphonse left Lygon St and went to the Richmond Hotel to attend the wake of a dearly departed. He drank and punted until midnight, leaving for a party in St Kilda.

As two partygoers left, they saw Alphonse out the front, his blood boiling amidst a verbal tirade he was unleashing on a man named Greg Workman over a perceived debt.


When it became evident Greg didn’t have the money, Alphonse decided on a different approach. He unloaded a pistol into Greg Workman instead…


Join Shaun and Chloe as they set the scene in Part 1 of The Melbourne Gangland Killings.


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This episode was produced by True Blue Media using the open source materials referenced below:


  1. Underbelly: The Gangland War, by John Silvester and Andrew Rule
  2. Big Shots by Adam Shand
  3. Underbelly series of novels, books 4 and 7, by John Silvester and Andrew Rule
  4. I, Mick Gatto, by Mick Gatto and Tom Noble
  5. Shotgun City by Paul Anderson
  6. Underbelly, Series 1, Nine Network
  7. Fat Tony & Co, Nine Network
  8. Tough Nuts, Alphonse Gangitano
  9. Tough Nuts, Dino Dibra
  10. Dead Famous, Melbourne’s underworld war
  11. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62966891/charlie-peter-hegyaljie
  12. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/slain-gangster-wannabe-dino-dibra-idolised-scarface-reservoir-dogs-and-his-mate-rocco-arico-idolised-him/news-story/76f77e38dca83e29de69f0c0c4c95e9c
  13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_gangland_killings
  14. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/melbourne-gangland-deathbed-confession
  15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honoured_Society_(Australia)
  16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carlton_Crew

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