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Morning Cup of Murder

One of Australia's Most Diabolical Criminals - July 17 2024

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Like what you hear? Share MCOM with a friend! Or leave us a review! July 17th: Michael Kanaan's First Murder (1998) When a killer is joined by others, it’s hard to know who committed what crime and who simply pulled the strings. On July 17th 1998 a member of an Australian gang committed what would be his first known murder. A man who was involved in a number of crimes but what role he actually played remains a mystery. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kanaan, https://www.smh.com.au/national/gang-boss-shot-by-own-men-court-told-20020416-gdf7bb.html, https://www.smh.com.au/national/how-triple-murderer-set-up-a-payroll-system-in-prison-20021110-gdft2s.html, https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-gangland-shooter-out-of-jail/14179471-cd0b-41f8-af9a-d7a90e016a14, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3183603/Madness-pornography-chocolate-life-REALLY-like-serial-killer-Ivan-Milat-depraved-criminals-Supermax-prison.html, https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/3476750/never-to-be-released-young-men-sentenced-to-life-imprisonment/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.7

When police arrives, I found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird homicide.

0:08.8

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:13.0

When a killer is joined by others, it's hard to know who committed what crime

0:19.2

and who simply pulled the strings.

0:22.5

On July 17, 1998, a member of an Australian gang committed what would be his first known murder.

0:29.5

A man who was involved in a number of crimes.

0:33.1

But what role he actually played remains a mystery.

0:37.0

So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled,

0:40.4

sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

0:45.0

According to reports from a psychologist completed in 2001,

0:49.1

Michael Kannon, or in May 23rd, 1975, had a normal and stable childhood.

1:00.4

Deeply devoted to his faith, Michael abstained from alcohol, focused on his schooling,

1:06.7

and, after finishing high school, entered university with hopes of being in the Australian federal police.

1:10.7

A goal he would never achieve because of an assault conviction.

1:15.4

Though he tried to get his life back on track, entering the computer industry,

1:22.5

in the late 1990s, a man named Danny Karam formed a criminal gang, D.K.'s boys,

1:25.9

that Michael Kanan soon found himself a part of.

1:29.3

With other members like Rabi Mawas,

1:37.2

Wasim El-Assad, Charlie Gia, Salajumal, and a man with the pseudonym Alan Rossini,

1:42.9

D.K.'s boys made up predominantly of Middle Eastern men, were known to distribute and sell cocaine all over the inner Sydney suburb

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