Kate Leigh: The Worst Woman In Sydney

True Crime Conversations · Jan 12, 2022 · 24m

It’s the 4th of February 1964. Once dubbed ‘The Worst Woman in Sydney,’ Kate Leigh lies unresponsive in a hospital bed at St Vincent's in Darlinghurst. She suffered a severe stroke just a few days earlier, and she’s about to take her final breath. But the twilight years of Kate Leigh’s life have not been marked by the debauchery and violence of her heyday. There’s no more sly grog, no diamonds and fur, no more cocaine, and no more razor gangs. She was once one of the wealthiest and most powerful underworld figures in the country. But as Kate Leigh slips…