Brisbane's infamous "man in black", Jack Sim, walks the shadowy streets of town in search of stories and tales of horrible history. Since childhood, those long years ago, he has been fascinated not by blocks, bikes or cars (with the exception of his beloved Lulu, a 1939 Studebaker President 18 foot long Straight-8 hearse), but by the stories of the past, especially crime stories, ghost tales and jail birds.

Jack Sim has dedicated his life to preserving the details of things and subjects that all of us find both macabre and thrilling. He is the publisher of the Murder Trails Series, Ghost Trails Series and The Boggo Road Gaol Series.

Since last century Jack Sim has become an almost iconic character in Southern Queensland, seen late at night undertaking his eerie Ghost Tours and Murder Tours, with a collection of other Hosts, of the region’s most haunted sites, such as Boggo Road Jail, Toowong Cemetery and South Brisbane Cemetery. His work promoting history and heritage to visitors and locals has been seen in national and international media and documentaries such as Getaway, Great South East, Extra, George Negus Tonight and others. He has strived to gain greater recognition for the value of storytelling and oral history and he has been the longest running operator of tours at Boggo Road Jail.

The rumours currently circulating that during the day Mr Sim has a reputable job as an undertaker are grossly exaggerated... It is merely a hobby. One which has caused much vexation to his eight wives (may they rest in peace).

Jack Sim also joins Ian Maurice every Monday evening on radio 4BC (1116am) to host Classic Crime at Nine, where he discusses true crime, from Brisbane and International history, some infamous, others long forgotten.

Join this dark historian as he strives to undertake us on a journey to the unpleasant side of society, that no-one knew existed or wanted to. BUY A BOOK OR UNDERTAKE A TOUR… or else.