Vice Queens of Sydney: Tilly Devine and Kate Leigh

Criminal Broads

Cloud10

True Crime, History, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

If you were looking for vice, Sydney in the 1920s-1940s was the place to be. Duck into the back alleys of Surry Hills and Woolloomooloo and you’d find all the cocaine, “sly grog” (booze!), brawling, and brothels your dark little heart desired, all of it presided over by not one but two larger-than-life crime queens: Tilly Devine and Kate Leigh. The women’s’ rivalry was bloody, colorful, absurd, and stretched on for decades. They raged at each other in the press and in the streets; they insulted each other’s dogs (GASP!); they tried to outdo each other with glamorous photoshoots. Polish your diamonds and hike up your garters, listeners, because we’re diving into their story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Is it a skin? A crime? Loving you dear life I do. Is this a swine?
0:17.0	Is this a swine, then I'm guilty, guilty of loving you.
0:31.3	Hello, my friends, and welcome to episode 12 of criminal broads your friendly
0:35.6	neighborhood true crime podcast about wild women who have ended up on the wrong
0:39.8	side of the law how why they couldn? They couldn't tell you. They've been framed. Anyway, my name is Tori Telfer, and before we get
0:47.8	started, I just wanted to say, guys, thank you. Thank you so much for the very kind and generous iTunes reviews. I was putting off reading them because you know
0:59.3	This is the wild west of the internet. We you never if you're going to log on and see that someone
1:04.4	is saying they want to skin you and wear your face. I mean it's horrifying out there. So I was afraid
1:10.7	to look at my reviews but I finally got around to it, or rather I finally got the courage to do it, I should say.
1:17.0	And wow, I was so touched, you were all so nice, any critiques were said so graciously. I really appreciate it. It really made my day.
1:28.0	So thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
1:30.0	It really, really made me happy. As something of a gift to you, I hope that you will
1:36.0	extra enjoy this episode because you know we've talked about sad topics on this
1:41.6	podcast, we've talked about scary topics. We've talked about
1:44.7	complicated topics, but I think it's fair to say that this episode is
1:51.7	just like 98% rollicking fun. Don't get me wrong, there's crime and I'm not
1:57.6	just about this crime and I don't want any of you going out and getting involved in the
2:01.3	cocaine market because you think these women are so fabulous.
2:04.8	But these women were fabulous and funny and it's just a riotous good time to hear about them.
2:11.6	So we're going to Australia in the 1920s. Now if you're like me
2:16.4	from the USA you probably have a picture of the 1920s. I used to be very obsessed with
2:22.0	it myself. You've got your Scott and
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