Mark “Chopper” Read: Gangster, Compulsive Liar, Poo Enthusiast

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This week Josie tells Mel all about the ridiculous life of Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read. 

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EPISODE RESOURCES:

The Guardian, 2013:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/09/mark-chopper-read-obituary

Sydney Morning Herald by Andrew Rule, 2010: https://www.smh.com.au/national/in-a-gang-started-by-choppers-christmas-sausages-20100420-srrp.html 

Herald Sun article by staff writers, 2013:

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/the-life-times-and-crimes-of-notorious-celebrity-crook-mark-8216chopper8217-read/news-story/6eff9b560e70e82dd599eaed4bea662d 

Article by Adam Shand: The Overcoat War or Who Hid The Sausage? https://adamsh.wordpress.com/2016/09/11/the-overcoat-war-or-who-hid-the-sausage/ 

The Age by John Silvester, 2012: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/trotter-v-chopper-day-of-judgment-20121130-2am3m.html 

The Herald Sun by Anthony Dowlsey and Mark Buttler, 202:

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts/chopper-v-gangitano-inside-a-vicious-underworld-rivalry/news-story/27bdd395e0aea83077c36009a32244e9 

Daily Telegraph by Nui Te Koha, 2008: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/chopper-read-doesnt-deserve-transplant/news-story/87a66b354e73f72965c3ab8ace8236d7 

Nine News by Erin Tennant, 2013: https://www.9news.com.au/national/chopper-s-murder-confessions-fairy-tales/e30f9d36-e664-4602-84ed-0b183bec92fd#:~:text=Read%20made%20the%20admissions%20in,Sidney%20Michael%20Collins%20in%202002. 

New York Times by Matt Siegel, 2013: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/13/world/asia/chopper-read-australias-brand-name-for-ferocity-is-softened-by-illness.html?_r=0 

Acclaim Magazine by Andrew Montell:: https://www.acclaimmag.com/culture/from-vaults-chopper-read/ 

Enough Rope with Andrew Denton, episode aired June 4 2007

Chopper: From the Inside by Mark “Chopper” Read

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