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Coming up this week, the final double episode of 2019 and this is a cracking tale to round out the year. This week, I will take you through Sydney\u2019s Razor Wars.

The Sydney Australia crime scene of the 1920s was pure helter-skelter. Drugs. Prostitution. Immense and unapologetic violence. In response, the New South Wales government introduced a raft of legislative measures that it thought would tame Sydney: prohibition of drugs, prohibition of street prostitution, the closing of all pubs at six pm every night, and the criminalization of
handguns.

The government\u2019s measures did nothing to stem the tide of illegal activity: if anything it emboldened Sydney\u2019s criminals who \u2013 in true contrarian Australian fashion \u2013 doubled down. We\u2019re gonna do the drugs. We\u2019ll move our prostitutes off the streets and into brothels. We\u2019ll set up speak-easies, or sly grogs, as they\u2019re called in Australia. And if you\u2019re gonna take our guns, we\u2019ll use razors against our enemies.

Sydney\u2019s criminal fraternity took what was already an out of control scene, and turned it up to 11: triggering the now famous, Razor Wars.

The Risktory Podcast is created, written and produced by Jacinthe A Galpin.

Soundtrack (sourced from www.freemusicarchive.org)
Podington Bear - Elephants on Parade
Alan Spiljak \u2013 Clouds
Alan Spiljak \u2013 Forgotten
Alan Spiljak \u2013 Light Blue
Alan Spiljak \u2013 Empty Days
Alan Spiljak \u2013 Stars Above
Alan Spiljak \u2013 Not the End
Alan Spiljak - Sun

Bibliography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razor_gang
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilly_Devine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Leigh
https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/magazine/galleries/tilly-devine-and-the-razor-gang-wars
http://www.sydneycrimemuseum.com/crime-stories/1920s-the-razor-wars/
http://passingparade-2009.blogspot.com/2011/11/sydneys-razor-gang-wars-1925-to-1935.html
https://aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/tandi276
https://razorhurst.com.au
(Documentary) Tough Nuts: Australia\u2019s Hardest Criminals (Tilly Devine)