Black Snake: Thief, Thug, Killer: The Real Story of Ned Kelly
Mic Looby · Leo Kennedy
Oct 2018 · W F Howes · Narrated by Gareth Rickards
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Leo Kennedy is the great-grandson of Sergeant Michael Kennedy, slain by Ned Kelly at Stringybark Creek. Raised in the shadow of his great-grandfather's murder, Leo witnessed the deep psychological wounds inflicted on successive generations of his family – and the families of other victims – as the Ned Kelly myth grew around them and the sacrifice of their loved ones was forgotten. Leo himself was nicknamed ‘Red Ned' at school and taunted for being on the wrong side of Australian history. Instead of celebrating a heroic man of the people, Leo gives voice to the victims of a merciless gang of outlaws. Through meticulous research and family history he tells the captivating true story of two men from similar backgrounds whose legacies were distorted by history.
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July 7, 2021
And just by chance the author is a relative of the trap who set out to shrapnel to death Ned who was falsly accused of shooting the drunk womanizing Constable Fitzpatrick( later discharged). Who was molesting Kate Kelly in their farmhouse, which led to Mrs Kellys unjust 3yr prison sentence. This was her Majesty's Justice in colonial Victoria.
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