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Mark Humphries
Comedian and podcaster hosting the ABC Rewind series 'Skase: Fall of a Tycoon', featured here to tell the story of Christopher Skase and the attempts to bring him back to Australia.
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Nov 24, 2025
• 22min
The time Andrew Denton tried to hire a bounty hunter
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Mark Humphries, a comedian and host of the ABC Rewind series 'Skase: Fall of a Tycoon', dives into the wild tale of Christopher Skase, Australia’s most wanted fugitive. He shares how Skase fled to Mallorca, feigning severe illness to dodge charges back home. The discussion reveals a bizarre plan by Andrew Denton to crowdfund a bounty hunter to capture Skase, and the legal challenges that followed. Plus, Humphries highlights the pitfalls of vigilante justice, including failed attempts to kidnap Skase by ex-military groups.
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