May 25th, 2024Out & About

In January 2024, author Roy Maloy became the most prolific true crime author in Australian history (Herald Sun & ABC Radio National) with the publication of his 15th true crime biography.

As a best-selling author he has made a highly successful career specialising in a previously untapped area of true crime research that he terms Criminal Outsiders.

After publishing the 2020 title, Squizzy – The Forensics, The Man, The Vendetta, he was able to follow it up again and again by focusing on the key characters in the wider narrative who had been left out in the 1920s when the story was originally recorded by white, heterosexual male journalists.

In addition to his many published works, Mr Maloy accompanies his writing career with a highly successful live performance called Criminal Outsider, where he presents a witty, fast-paced, live show that walks the audience through some of the weapons, the biographies and the incredible circumstances of the country’s criminal outsiders’ past.

Awarded Best Talk or Workshop at the 2024 Adelaide Fringe, the performance includes ballistic gel and weapons demonstrations live on stage, as it unpacks some unbelievable details that are often overlooked by historians.

Criminal Outsider will be performed at the Palais-Hepburn on July 27 with tickets strictly limited and available online.

The Local has a double pass for general admission to give away. Email your name, number and town to news@tlnews.com.au by May 29 for your chance to win.

Link: www.palais-hepburn.com