From the moment Man Monis arrived in Australia in 1996, there were warning signs everywhere.

Under police watch, facing numerous charges, and wanted in his home country, the red flags were impossible to ignore—but they were missed.

In this first episode, uncover the chilling details of his history and meet Louisa Hope, a survivor of the Sydney Siege and a testament to resilience.

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Experience the chilling moment when everyone inside the café realises they are hostages to a terrorist.

Louisa shares her "sliding doors" moment, a twist of fate that placed her and her mum in the café that morning.

Hear Louisa recount the first three hours inside the Lindt Café from her perspective.

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From lunchtime inside the café, hostages were forced to obey the gunman’s bizarre demands—creating YouTube videos, calling him "brother," and acting as his personal PR team.

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