Four Corners (1961)

"The Moonlight State," May 11, 1987 Reporter Chris Masters laid out how illegal prostitution in Queensland ran alongside police corruption, and how far up the force it reached. Following newspaper reporting by Phil Dickie, the episode turned a state story into a national one. It was a major contributor to the Fitzgerald Inquiry, which reshaped Queensland's police and politics. For a modern viewer, it is a lesson in patient legwork: much of its power comes from streets filmed at night and people who agreed to talk, not from dramatic reveals.