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Neil (The Muscle) Cummins. A notorious Sydney hard man who spent 15 years on the doors of the cities most prestigious nightclubs, managing the streets for the Kings of the Cross and watching the backs of some of Sydney’s most famous and infamous underworld identities. Secrets of the Underworld is not for the faint at heart, an insightful and real look into the Sydney Underworld and the real Kings Cross between 1998 - 2013.
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- 5 days ago52 min
I Became the Party: Helena Ellis on DJing, Motherhood & Finding Her Voice
She booked gigs before she even knew how to DJ then taught herself fast enough to survive them. In this episode, Helena Ellis reveals how she went from being a young mum with no music-industry connections to touring with Nelly, headlining Sydney clubs and becoming one of the city’s standout female DJs. She opens up about breaking into a male-dominated industry, being underestimated behind the decks, balancing motherhood with ambition, finding her voice after years of people-pleasing, and why she believes confidence can keep you in rooms you might not feel ready for. From wild career moments and backstage stories to her frustrations with Sydney nightlife and her plans to take her career further into Europe, Helena doesn’t hold much back.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 1 weeks ago58 min
How Did I Get Here? | Neil Cummins
In this replay from Season 3 Neil 'The Muscle' Cummins shares how he went from Liverpool teenager to night club doorman, bodyguard to John Imbrahim, Australia's most wanted and more. All on the backdrop of Sydney's Notorious Kings Cross. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 2 weeks ago1h 12m
“I’ve Shot People, Stabbed People… Now I Help People” — Ginny Burton
Ginny Burton’s life began in chaos. She says she was introduced to drugs at just seven years old, endured years of abuse and violence, spent almost a decade in prison across three sentences, and accumulated 17 felony convictions. At her lowest, Ginny describes a life of drugs, violent crime, and repeatedly believing she wouldn’t survive. Then, after being arrested again at 40 and facing a fourth prison sentence, something changed. Nearly 14 years later, she is clean and sober and now uses her experiences to help others rebuild their lives. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 2 weeks ago55 min
From Survival to Strength: Emily’s Story
Emily’s story is one of survival, trauma, addiction and ultimately taking back control of her life. Emily opens up about a childhood marked by abuse, leaving home young, destructive relationships, domestic violence, an eating disorder, addiction and the devastating loss of her son. She also shares how financial desperation as a single mum led her into the adult industry, how she says she was manipulated into sex work, and the moment she finally walked away and began building a business and a life on her own terms. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 3 weeks ago41 min
“I Had No Off Switch”: Eva on Cocaine, Meth, Overdoses and Getting Clean.
Eva opens up about the experiences that shaped her childhood trauma, abusive relationships, cocaine and meth addiction, overdoses, and the moment an intervention finally forced her to confront where her life was heading. Now four and a half months sober, she talks candidly about shame, recovery, rebuilding her sense of self, and creating a very different future for herself and her daughter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 3 weeks ago36 min
“I Can’t See a World Where They Come Back”: Former Swan Jed Lamb on the Scandal
Former Sydney Swan Jed Lamb reacts to the allegations engulfing his old club and reflects on the famous “Bloods culture”, saying he was “gobsmacked” by what he has heard. He also opens up about his extraordinary childhood, including domestic violence at home and the murder of his father, who was killed with an axe by his best mate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 4 weeks ago31 min
From Prison to Bare-Knuckle: The Indestructible Walter Pugliese
Walter Pugliese grew up surrounded by heroin addiction, domestic violence, and chaos. By 15, he had been arrested. Drugs, dealing, and prison followed—until he decided he wasn't going to waste his life. Walter tells Neil how fighting became his way out, taking him from a life fuelled by rage to the brutal world of professional MMA and bare-knuckle fighting. He opens up about his childhood, prison, the mistakes he refuses to let define him, becoming a father, and the night he went toe-to-toe with one of the biggest names in bare-knuckle fighting. His dream now? A world title—and proving that after everything life has thrown at him, he's still standing.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Aug 11, 202643 min
Born Different, Built Tough: Alison’s Story
Alison was born with Treacher Collins syndrome and has endured more than 100 reconstructive surgeries, discrimination, childhood trauma and years of being judged for looking different. In this episode of Secrets of the Underworld, Neil sits down with Alison to hear how she built a life in New York, broke into modelling and acting, earned a Canadian Screen Award nomination, and developed the thick skin that now allows her to say: know who you are, no matter what anyone else thinks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
About Secrets of the Underworld
Neil (The Muscle) Cummins. A notorious Sydney hard man who spent 15 years on the doors of the cities most prestigious nightclubs, managing the streets for the Kings of the Cross and watching the backs of some of Sydney’s most famous and infamous underworld identities. Secrets of the Underworld is not for the faint at heart, an insightful and real look into the Sydney Underworld and the real Kings Cross between 1998 - 2013.
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