An interesting angle on life in any big city is its seedier side. Melbourne Crime Tours run a fun four hour tour visiting the sites where some of the city’s more infamous incidents have taken place.
Learn about US Serviceman Edward Leonski, who turned out to be more than a soldier and his escapades through the Melbourne streets of 1942, your informed and interesting tour guides will fill you in on all the gory details of this World War II crime. The Brownout Strangler as this unsavoury character became known and his activities in wartime Melbourne have been made into a feature movie.
Colin Ross convicted for brutal murder was given a posthumous pardon in 1998 when modern technology revealed that he had not committed the crime he had been found guilty of in 1922 and sentenced to death by hanging. So what was that all about, your Melbourne Crime Tour guide will leave you spellbound describing this case as you drive through Melbourne on your tour bus.
Of course as you progress through the streets of Melbourne on your tour, you will be able to see other sites of interest as you go, and your tour guide will keep you entertained with information about what you are seeing along the way. There are some stories associated with Melbourne that are known for other reasons than infamy!!!
Melbourne is a vibrant, sparkling, competitive city and so why are we not surprised that Australia’s most daring armed robbery took place there in 1976, when 116 bookmakers were robbed of their takings. With cash from three race meetings held over the Easter weekend ripe for the picking, a raid by balaclava clad individuals was over in 11 minutes. No one was convicted for anything connected with the Great Bookie Robbery.
Many of Melbourne’s criminals have become temporary residents of the Melbourne City Watch House which was in operation between 1913 and 1994, before going to trial and the Melbourne Crime Tour includes a visit to this former City Watch House, where you can be ‘arrested’ if you are willing. Bushranger Ned Kelly and many other Victorian criminals in Melbourne’s past have been incarcerated and in some cases hanged at the Old Melbourne Goal. Built in 1842 this goal has an interesting history with many tales to be told, a visit to this museum can be taken while on your tour, entry fees are not included in your Melbourne Crime Tour ticket, however discounts are available.
Melbourne Crime Tours offer a door-to-door pick up service , and is definitely one of the most interesting tours available in Melbourne.


