The Greatest Menace: Inside The Gay Prison Experiment

MULTI-AWARD WINNING TRUE CRIME SERIES EXPOSING A secret government operation to 'cure' homosexuality.

Tucked away amongst snow-covered mountains is a tiny Australian town with a dark secret, journalist Patrick Abboud hears whispers that it was once home to the world’s only "gay prison”. A prison which specifically incarcerated gay men. His investigation into what happened inside reveals the full story for the first time. This 8-part investigative queer true crime journey takes you from underground nightclubs to hidden sex haunts, to remote parts of New Zealand and England. Patrick finds himself entangled in a police cover up, a case of wrongful conviction and a human experiment that didn’t go to plan. At the centre of it all was a covert government operation to eradicate “the greatest menace to society”: homosexuality. The podcast has won 19 international awards. The TV rights have been optioned by Dreamchaser Studios and a six part drama series is currently in development.

SERIES CREATORS
Patrick Abboud & Simon Cunich
(Formerly Lockdown Productions)

RESEARCHERS, WRITERS, PRODUCERS
Patrick Abboud & Simon Cunich  

HOST
Patrick Abboud

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AUDIBLE
Paul Horan

COMMISSIONING EDITORS AUDIBLE
Ben Naparstek & Monique Keller


CONSULTING PRODUCER
Siobhan Mchugh


ORIGINAL SCORE/ COMPOSER
Nick Wales


SOUND DESIGNERS
Ciahn Saral
Luke Mynott @ Unison Sound

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