The Kalgoorlie of the 1990s as described by Carmel Galvin — one of the town’s most enduring brothel madams — is about to be put on show during a coronial inquest into the disappearance of local Lisa Govan.
Ben Harvey
A secretive bikie considered to be one of the most dangerous men in Australia will be dragged into the national spotlight next week during an explosive inquest into a 25-year murder mystery.
Reporters Ben Harvey and Natalie Bonjolo’s true crime investigations go back in time, to a place of bikies, skimpies, gold, legalised prostitution, drugs, big pubs and tough cops.
The bikie code of silence that suffocated the investigation into what happened to Kalgoorlie woman Lisa Govan will be tested by the State Coroner after WA Police drew a line under a 24-year inquiry.
WA police say a murderer has been charged with plotting his escape from prison in an elaborate plan hatched via coded secret messages with a Neo Nazi acolyte on the outside.
Phil Hickey
Despite evidence Lisa Govan had been inside the Deroes’ clubhouse, it took police almost a week after she was reported missing to search the bikie headquarters.
Brianna Dugan
The WA Government will consider giving multiple rewards of up to $1 million for information about Lisa Govan’s suspected murder 21 years ago.
How Lisa Govan’s mobile phone messages were accessed remotely, muddying the investigation ... and a move police hope will shatter the bikie code of silence.
A Toyota Landcruiser emerges as a vital new clue & cold case detectives say a member of the public holds the key. Meanwhile the search for Lisa’s body shifts to the hundreds of abandoned mine shafts.
Disturbing flaws in the original investigation are exposed as senior officers vow to charge cops who covered up for bikies. But the cosy relationship between police and gang members is revealed.
Links between Lisa’s disappearance and the bloodiest bikie war in WA’s history are chronicled in forensic detail. Experts relive the turf war between the Coffin Cheaters and Club Deroes.
A threatening phone call from bikies to a key witness in the case throws a sinister cloak over the investigation. The identity of a gang member who partied with Lisa on her last night is revealed.
Startling new details, including never-before-seen CCTV footage and new evidence, explains how Lisa ended up drinking at the clubhouse of one of the most notorious bikie gangs.
Bikies, skimpies, gold, legalised prostitution, mountains of drugs, big pubs and tough cops. The Kalgoorlie that Lisa Govan moved to in the 1990s was a genuine Wild West.
WATCH THE TRAILER: Murder, outback bikies & a small town’s secrets. The story of Lisa Govan’s disappearance in this seven-part investigation. Rated M: Some violence, Sexual references, Mature themes.
