The coroner's report stated that Terry Clark's heart 'exploded'.
While not referenced in the series (Flannery's wife and children are entirely omitted), Flannery and his wife walked towards their house on January 27, 1985, the house was sprayed with 30 shots from an Armalite rifle. Flannery was shot through the hand as he pushed his wife's head down and he suffered some other minor abrasions. Flannery blamed Tom Domican who was later charged and convicted of attempted murder, but the conviction was over-turned on appeal. Rogerson was seen in the area in the days after the shooting and was interviewed by police. He claimed he was just curious to see what kind of damage such a gun could do. He was released without charge. Drury was also interviewed, but was not considered a serious suspect.
It is likely that Flannery's (AKA Mr Rent-a-Kill) murder is similar to what is depicted. On May 9 1985, he received a phone call from Freeman, instructing Flannery to meet him. Flannery went to the garage but found his new car would not start. He rushed back to the apartment to call Freeman, who told him to catch a taxi. Flannery then exited the building and was never seen again. Neddy Smith claims that while waiting for a taxi, two police detectives Flannery was friendly with stopped and offered him a lift. Allegedly, Flannery got into the backseat and at the next set of traffic lights, another two police officers got into the car on either side of him and before he could react, the officer in the front seat turned around and shot Flannery. Flannery's body has never been found and no one has been charged with his murder.
The reason, including who, why and the motive, for the attempted murder of Mick Drury differs in real life: On 6 June 1984, Flannery was allegedly the shooter who fired two rounds through the kitchen window of the home of undercover Sydney Drug Squad detective, Michael "Mick" Drury. Drury almost died and the attempted murder changed the course for Roger Rogerson, who Drury claimed sought revenge. Drury said Rogerson had tried to bribe him to change his evidence over a heroin trial and when Drury refused, he was shot.
On 22 February 2004, Rogerson told the Seven Network Sunday programme, "Flannery was a complete pest. The guys up here in Sydney tried to settle him down. They tried to look after him as best they could, but he was, I believe, out of control. Maybe it was the Melbourne instinct coming out of him. He didn't want to do as he was told, he was out of control, and having overstepped that line, well, I suppose they said he had to go but I can assure you I had nothing to do with it."