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BONUS | The fugitive who outsmarted police for 30-years

BONUS | The fugitive who outsmarted police for 30-years

Update: 2025-09-12
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In 2021, a neatly dressed man in his 60s walks into a Sydney Police Station. He looks like a regular guy. But police are stunned - this isn’t just any man. It’s Darko Desic. A fugitive who escaped from Grafton Prison with a hacksaw and bolt cutters three decades earlier. A man who was a prolific weed grower. A man who lived in hiding for 30 years - right under the noses of the police. 

How did he do it? How did he evade capture for so long? And why, after all that time, did he finally give himself up? 

That’s what journalist Tim Elliot set out to uncover in the latest season of LiSTNR’s documentary series, Secrets We Keep.

If you’re hooked and want more, click here to go straight to episode 2. 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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BONUS | The fugitive who outsmarted police for 30-years

BONUS | The fugitive who outsmarted police for 30-years

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