'Outlaw Bikers of The Cross' w/ Duncan McNab

Father’s Day 1984 - a clash between outlaw motorcycle gangs the Bandidos & Comancheros left seven people (including an innocent bystander) dead in the carpark of the Viking Tavern in Milperra.

Forty years later, the gangs are still on the front page with the alleged involvement in unions and government contracts. Milperra changed the face of crime in Australia, with the outlaw bikers prospering and becoming the largest organised crime challenge in Australia.  The Bandidos (motto: we are the people our parents warned us about) were the first major presence in the Cross, followed by Comancheros, Nomads and Hells Angels. A local gang - Notorious or the Nike Bikies - were around briefly before sliding into history.

The Cross was largely neutral ground for the outlaws - no one wanted a repeat of the Milperra Massacre.

Join Brandon and Duncan for a chat about the outlaw bikers of the Cross - a place where they plotted, played and glared at rivals over a schooner rather than at the business end of a sawn-off.  This chat is a week before the 40th anniversary of the blood-soaked Milperra massacre - the deadly battle that put Australian crime on the world map, and changed our underworld forever.