Criminally Bad

Dubious ninja training. A scam religion. Swords, guns and homemade bombs. Extortion gone wrong. All cooked up in a cosy lounge room over a nice cuppa in Australia’s least-likely-to-succeed capital, Hobart.

Criminally Badis journalist and comedian Claire Sullivan’s deep dive into the jaw-dropping true story of a cult-ish ninja crime gang that self-imploded in 1990s Tassie.

Drawing on old evidence and intrepid new research, Claire takes us on a fascinating, darkly funny ride through power, friendship, free will, toxic masculinity andalmostunimaginable ineptitude. It won’t surprise you that not everyone gets out alive.

Completely true and utterly bonkers,Criminally Baduncovers an until-now buried batshit slice of Australian true crime history.

Sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction.

Strap in.