Travels From Queensland
Speaker Topics
Life, Death And Everything In-between The Good, Bad, Funny and Sad
Becoming The Coffin Confessor a global phenomenon.
Read lessShifting the boundaries of death and discussion.
Bill Edgar is unlike any other person on the planet in fact no one on the planet does what he does and it’s not for the faint of heart or those that fear.
Bill does what most lawyers, accountants and professionals can’t, won’t or fear to do and he does it walking the fine line of law, loyalty and morality his integrity can’t be bought.
Bill has become the Author of two of the most confronting non fiction books titled The Coffin Confessor and The Afterlife Confessional through Penguin Random House Australia.
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Paid by the deceased to crash their funerals, sweep their homes, place items in coffins and deliver gifts from the afterlife.
Read lessThe Debt Detective
Bill fell into the world of debt collection, fraud and theft and became one of Australia’s leading Private Detectives working for some of the worlds largest corporations.
Read lessThe Lost Boy Of TSS
Suffering the most heinous of child sexual abuse Bill would fight for 40 years to see the four men who abused him destroyed, the prestigious Gold Coast boys school The Southport School and The Anglican Church pay and the little boy inside the man become his hero.
Read lessWhat’s In A Name
Bill Edgar may wear many hats and be known by many names but his true grit, strength and courage saw him become a survivor of child abuse, living on the streets of Surfers Paradise being imprisoned in the notorious Boggs Road and a life that had him fight for everything he believed in.
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The Man Who Speaks for the Dead and Exposes the Living
Imagine you are dying with a secret. Something you’ve never had the courage to tell your friends and family. Or a last wish – a task you need carried out before you can rest in peace. Now imagine there’s a man who can take care of all that, who has no respect for the living, who will do anything for the dead.
Bill Edgar is the Coffin Confessor – a one-of-a-kind professional, a man on a mission to make good on these last requests on behalf of his soon-to-be-deceased clients. And this is the extraordinary story of how he became that man.
Bill has been many things in this life: son of one of Australia’s most notorious gangsters, homeless street-kid, maximum-security prisoner, hard man, family man, car thief, professional punching bag, philosopher, inventor, private investigator, victim of horrific childhood sexual abuse and an activist fighting to bring down the institutions that let it happen. A survivor.
Confronting and confounding, heartwarming and heartbreaking, The Coffin Confessor is a compelling story of survival and redemption, of a life lived on the fringes of society, on both sides of the law – and what that can teach you about living your best life . . . and death.