The Ned Kelly of the Rock 'n' Roll Era
Australian True Crime
Meshel Laurie
4.6 • 979 Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2024
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Our friend Michael Adams, who hosts the excellent podcast Forgotten Australia, joins us again on Australian True Crime today to talk about his new book.
"They'll Never Hold Me" follows the life and crimes of prodigious prison escapee and fugitive, Kevin John Simmonds, also known as the Ned Kelly for the rock and roll era.
Like Ned Kelly, Simmonds was a charismatic crook who had a way with words and once boasted as he was being led away from court and towards prison that "they'll never hold me!".
True to his word, Simmonds escaped and kicked off the biggest armed manhunt in Australian history.
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| 0:00.0 | Armed police stage one of the biggest manhunts in Australia's history as they seek Long Bay Escapies, Simmons and Newcombe. |
| 0:08.0 | Simmons and Newcombe both left this perfect hideout in such of food after they'd been here for a week. |
| 0:14.0 | Newcomb was captured two hours after leaving the sheer ground, but for Kevin John Simmons, |
| 0:18.6 | the police hunt is still on. Our wonderful friend Michael Adams who hosts the excellent |
| 0:30.0 | podcast forgotten Australia joins us again on Australian True Crime today to talk about his new book. |
| 0:36.3 | It's called They'll Never Hold Me, and it follows the life and crimes of prodigious prison |
| 0:41.2 | escape and fugitive Kevin John Simmons, also known as the Ned |
| 0:46.2 | Kelly for the Rock and Roll era. Like Ned Kelly, Simmons was a charismatic crook who had away with words and once boasted as he was |
| 0:55.4 | being led away from court and towards prison that they'll never hold me. |
| 0:59.8 | True to his word, Simmons escaped and kicked off the biggest armed manhunt in |
| 1:05.2 | Australian history. This is Australian true crime, produced with respect on |
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