INTRODUCING — Mr Big, a new true crime series from Unravel

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Just a warning before we start.

This podcast has some strong language and covers some intense material.

I've got to have trust in all the people that are working for me, you know, because at the end of the day, it's my ass in the sling, you know what I mean?

For years now, I've been investigating this guy.

We don't want to draw attention to ourselves.

I can't have any police sniffing around any of of the people that are working for me, right?

He's called Mr.

Big.

Here's what I know about him.

He's a crime boss, a kingpin.

He's in charge of a complex web of criminals.

This guy's tentacles spread to the very heart of the justice system.

He shows off his connections with corrupt cops, government workers and court officials.

Above everything, he values truth, honesty and loyalty.

Mr.

Big has been operating in secret for decades and he promises to help keep his henchmen out of jail as long as they're loyal to him.

Two years ago, someone handed me a secret recording.

You are the blake that they're going to lock up.

Let me tell you that right now, okay?

You're ready.

Mr.

Bigg brags about the power he has.

I've got coppers in every state that I pay good money to.

And I don't do it because I like the fucking police.

Let me tell you that right now.

And on this tape, Mr.

Bigg promises to make a police investigation go away.

I'm willing to go out on a limb and fix this problem, okay?

So that you can be a part of it.

But first, he wants the truth about a murder.

What the weapon was, where it is now, how you started the fire.

If I can fix this, you're on.

This is a story about a secret crime ring.

That's when it started to get a bit deep.

Who the frigg are you to be saying that about me?

It's about exchanging huge bundles of cash.

It's about weapons deals, fake diamonds and bribes and corruption.

Flights on the street, flights in the park, meeting a biker, getting a gun.

They were going to bring in some drugs from Papua New Guinea.

They were starting to get heavier.

And just how deep a deception can go.

I don't just need it under the carpet.

I need it to be fixed so that it never comes back.

Okay?

At the heart of it all is a murder and a family's right to get justice for their mother.

She was a mum, she had three kids.

It's just so sad.

There was always that threat of violence in the air.

It was just a tinderbox.

I just couldn't believe what he said.

She'd been murdered.

There are lots of people that don't want me asking questions about Mr.

Big, but I think everyone has a right to know who he really is.

Mr.

Big, an explosive new season of the ABC's true crime podcast Unraveled.

Reported and presented by me, Alicia Bridges.

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