In a shocking and peculiar new interview, one of Sydney’s most notorious violent thugs and career criminals is shown to be a tormented man who believes he will die every day.
Graham “Abo” Henry, a known standover man and admitted bank robber, admits to having shot and stabbed numerous individuals in the 1970s and 1980s.
But even at the age of 70 and with seven grandchildren, Henry still has anxiety when he starts his car and anxiously checks every license plate on his street.
Henry is well known for being a prominent member of a criminal organization led by Neddy Smith, who was found guilty of drug trafficking, theft, rape, armed robbery, and murder.
Though Henry is the last guy standing and the title of his most recent novel, both were immortalized in the great 1995 drama Blue Murder.
In a bizarre hour-long interview with The Felon Show, he declared: “There’s none left in my group, they’re all gone, either shot dead or died [from disease].”
Henry, who has claimed to possess psychic skills, nonetheless relies on “an awareness” on a daily basis. This awareness has prevented Henry from passing away in 20 attempts on his life.
“I still start my car carefully, I still scan the street up and down wherever I go, and I still look at every number plate.”
Since Henry published his candid book in 2005, there have been six attempts, according to him.
It might explain why Henry still seems to be in fighting shape and is seen in a brief YouTube video landing good combinations on a large punching bag.
Henry’s discussion of his supernatural prowess was the oddest aspect of the conversation.
In Goulburn Prison, Henry claimed to have “seen my own soul” while meditating. He also admitted to calling upon the ghosts of his “enemies” to sit at the foot of his bed.
He stated that after “a few of weeks,” the spirits respond to his “call on them” and come to him.
The ghosts usually only appear “fleetingly,” but when they do, they talk to him.
An unapologetic Henry discussed his violent career and how it was preceded by an abusive childhood spent in a traumatized household during the in-depth interview.
While incarcerated at the infamous Albion Street Boys’ Prison, he alleged that he had experienced sexual abuse.
It was affiliated to the Sydney children’s court in Surry Hills and was known as the Metropolitan Boys Shelter.
Henry has made much noise about his abusive father, a ‘brutal motherf***er’ who beat his one-legged mother and was a World War II soldier.
His uncle was “castrated” while being imprisoned in the Changi Japanese POW camp after he returned from the war.
Before becoming a skilled boxer, he engaged in street fighting after fighting his father and eventually ran away from home, sleeping rough.
Before he was even a teenager, Henry started committing crimes. When he was 16, he started making a fortune as a pimp by hiring prostitutes to work out of a van he drove around Sydney, charging customers every time an egg timer ran out.
He claimed to have been a “prolific” armed robber but said he’d never served jail time for any of the heists. He admitted to carrying out his first armed robbery at the age of 15 to see if he “got the nuts.”
Despite admitting to a life of crime, Henry claimed to have only spent 14 years in prison, with his longest stay occurring in 1991 for six years.
Because of police corruption, he was able to “pay my way out” of jail for the majority of his violent offenses.
His “silly wrath” that would fester inside and cause him to shoot or stab victims “simply on the spot” was the one thing he regretted.
Even though he “shut them out,” Henry believes his violent tendencies were influenced by both his upbringing at home and the sexual assault he experienced in the boys’ prison.
He claimed to have experienced maltreatment at Albion Street as a youngster for up to eight days in a row.