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Dig into the biggest crimes in New Zealan history with the investigators and journalists who know the cases best.
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Black Sheep Bonus: the story of Robert Wallath
From Black Sheep: In 1892 a masked figure in a bizarre uniform began a 15 month crime spree, robbing people at gunpoint in and around New Plymouth. Wh...
Case #054 - The Mysterious Suitcase & The Fraudster
A suitcase was found floating in the Waitematā Harbour in 1966. Its contents kicked off an international manhunt and one of Aotearoa's biggest fraudst...
Case #053 - Crooked Cop Michael Blowers
Michael Blowers was a police officer, family man and pillar of the community. He was also stealing drugs from the police exhibit room and giving them...
Case #052 - The Unsolved Murder of Arthur Blomfield
True crime writer Scott Bainbridge takes us through the unsolved murder of pharmacist Arthur Blomfield, who was bludgeoned to death in his Auckland st...
Case #051 - The Trial of Alan Hall
Alan Hall spent nearly two decades in jail for the 1985 murder of Arthur Easton. In 2022 his convictions were quashed. Stuff journalist Mike White exp...
Case #050 - Conman Wayne Eaglesome
Stuff's senior crime reporter tells Jesse Mulligan about his ongoing hunt for one of Aotearoa's most prolific conmen.
For two decades Wayne Eagl...
Case #049 - The Trial of Pedro Cleven
In this episode we hear about one of our country's most sensational trials - that of headhunters gang member Pedro Cleven.
Through the late 90s...
Case #048 - The Abandonment of Pumpkin
It was a case that shocked the world. A 3-year-old abandoned in an Australian train station, her mother murdered in New Zealand and her father on the...
Case #047 - Sophie Elliott
In January 2008, Gil Elliott received the worst news possible. His 22-year-old daughter Sophie had been stabbed to death. He talks to Jesse Mulligan a...
Case #046 - The Unsolved Murder of Elsie Walker
The 1928 murder of Elsie Walker is one of New Zealand's oldest cold cases. She disappeared from the Bay of Plenty and her body was discovered by schoo...
Case #045 - Taito Phillip Field
In 2009, Taito Phillip Field was convicted of bribery and corruption and sentenced to six years in prison. Lockwood Smith was an opposition MP and rec...
Case #044 - Emma Agnew
In 2007, 20-year-old Emma Agnew put a sign up in her car advertising it for sale. A man answered the ad, but he wasn't interested in buying the car. A...
Case #043 - A Conman Gets Conned
Emma Ferris loaned $300,000 to her boyfriend only to discover he was conning her. In this episode of Crimes NZ, Emma describes the battle for her life...
Case #042 - The Timaru Poisonings
In 1886 the bustling town of Timaru was stunned when society darling Thomas Hall was arrested for the attempted murder of his wife, Kitty. Author Pete...
Case #041 - The Bain Family Murders
David Bain spent 13 years in prison after being found guilty of killing his family in 1994 - however he always maintained his innocence and he was acq...
Case #040 - Delcelia Witika
The presiding judge described the death of Delcelia Witika as one of the most disturbing cases of child abuse to come before the High Court. David Mcl...
Case #039 - Aramoana
In November 1990, thirteen people were shot and killed in the seaside village of Aramoana. Tim Ashton was a member of the anti-terrorism squad that wa...
Case #038 - The David Ross Ponzi Scheme
David Ross was jailed in 2013 for running a ponzi scheme that resulted in thousands of New Zealand investors losing millions of dollars.
David R...
Case #037 - Robert Gawith
In 1987, pig hunters stumbled upon the body of Robert Gawith kicking off a murder inquiry with links to the infamous Mr Asia drug syndicate.
It...
Case #036 - Scott Guy
In the early hours of July 8, 2010, Scott Guy was gunned down at his farm gate. Police suspected his brother-in-law, but he was found not-guilty and n...
Case #035 - Cynthia Grierson Jackson
In 1960, police discovered the body of a man in a central Auckland apartment, but it is the disappearance of his wife, Cynthia Grierson Jackson that h...
Case #034 - Raurimu
Six people were killed and four injured when Stephen Anderson took his father's shotgun and went on a rampage in the sleepy North Island settlement of...
Case #033 - Honora Parker
In the winter of 1954, two schoolgirls - Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme - murdered Pauline's mother on a remote walking track in Christchurch. Author...
Case #032 - Ruby Knox
Barrister Simon Shamy describes the tragic murder of Ruby Knox. He represented Donella Knox who admitted killing her daughter.
In May 2016, Done...
Case #031 - Heidi Charles
On New Years Eve, 1976, 36-year-old Heidi Charles vanished without a trace. True crime writer Scott Bainbridge explains how this baffling case has bee...
Case #030 - Emily Longley
In 2011, 17 year-old Emily Longley was strangled to death by her boyfriend.
Her father, Mark Longley, recounts the battle for justice and the he...
Case #029 - David McNee
David McNee was beaten to death in his own home in 2003. His killer was found guilty of manslaughter after using a provocation defence referred to as...
Case #028 - The Waterfront Robbery
It's one of the most brazen robberies in New Zealand's history. In November 1956, Auckland mobsters made off with the equivalent today of $1 million a...
Case #027 - Margery Hopegood
The 1992 murder of English tourist, Margery Hopegood, stunned the country.
She was in New Zealand to discover her roots, but was stabbed to deat...
Case #026 - Alicia O'Reilly
On August 16, 1980, 6 year-old Alicia O'Reilly was found dead in her bed, in the room she shared with her 8-year-old sister. For years the case has go...
Case #025 - The Napier Siege
In May 2009, three Napier police officers entered Jan Molenaar's home searching for drugs. The execution of a simple search warrant turned into a thre...
Case #024 - The Kahui Twins
Chris and Cru Kahui were just 84 days old when they were fatally injured in their Auckland home. Their father, also Chris, was charged with murder but...
Case #023 - Kirsa Jensen
On September 1, 1983 Kirsa Jensen saddled up her horse for a ride along Awatoto beach, near her home in Napier and was never seen again.
Kirsa J...
Case #022 - Lorraine & Aaron Cohen
Lorraine Cohen and her son Aaron spent much of the 80's locked up in a Malaysia prison facing the death penalty.
In 1984, Lorraine Cohen and her...
Case #021 - South Canterbury Finance
It was the biggest white collar crime New Zealand had ever seen, totalling $1.5 billion dollars, and at the centre of it all was South Canterbury Fina...
Case #020 - The Black Widow
Philip Nisbet was found dead in his Christchurch home on May 4, 2009.
Four years later his wife was found guilty of murder.
In 2013, Helen...
Case #019 - Jane Furlong
The disappearance of Jane Furlong is a mystery that has gripped the nation for nearly thirty years.
In 1993, 17-year-old Jane Furlong disappeare...
Case #018 - The Kidnapping of Baby Kahu
In 2002, an armed stranger snatched Baby Kahu from her stroller and held her for ransom for nine long days.
Wellington lawyer Donna Hall was wal...
Case #017 - The Bombing of the Rainbow Warrior
The 1985 bombing of the Rainbow Warrior is described as the first act of terrorism against New Zealand. An assault which claimed the life of Greenpeac...
Case #016 - How To Murder Your Wife
The details of the 1977 murder of Betty Benning were so bizarre, movie producer Philly De Lacey turned it into a black comedy.
In 1977 on a quie...