Attempted Burglaries of George Hudson

This article chronicles the burglaries and attempted break-ins on the home of the musician George Hudson. The two major documented incidents took place in 1999 and 2002. Hudson himself has publicly stated he believes his former bandmate Jeremiah Creosote is behind both these incidents, and perpetrated them out of a mixture of personal spite and attempts to seize songwriting material.

To date no evidence has incontrovertibly linked Creosote to the events, but the belief in his involvement became widespread after the highly reported 2002 attempt.

1999 New Year's Eve Burglary
In the early hours of 1st January 1999, Hudson was returning from a party with his wife by black cab when he noticed the front door to their home was open. As they drew nearer he also sighted the light of torch beams moving rapidly about an upstairs room. As the cab slowed and stopped he observed the final piece of evidence, a large arm suddenly began waving frantically out of the window of a Ford van some 30 meters further down the road, and the squawks of a radio were heard from the vehicle. Largely concerned for the safety of his wife, he asked the cab to reverse back up the road towards a payphone where he promptly phoned the police. As he did so he witnessed several figures in black clothes sprint across the street and climb into the Ford van, which rapidly accelerated away, scraping 3 parked cars in the process.

Subsequent police investigations of the scene revealed the house had been searched extensively, in particular Hudson's music room, in which every piece of furniture had been turned over. Hudson struggled to identify missing items, but was certain some of his notebooks used for songwriting were no longer there.