- 30 minutes 11 secondsCase #059 - Yanfei Bao
Forty-four year old real estate agent Yanfei Bao went missing in July 2023. Jesse Mulligan talks to RNZ's award-winning crime correspondent Sam Sherwood who covered the case, which resulted in 54-year old Tingjun Cao imprisoned for life for her murder.
9 September 2026, 5:00 pm - 26 minutes 52 secondsCase #058 - A Tragedy in Timaru
In 2021, Lauren Dickason was found guilty of the murder of her three daughters. In this episode, Jesse Mulligan talks to Adam Burns who covered the heart-breaking case for RNZ.
2 September 2026, 5:00 pm - 27 minutes 14 secondsCase #057 - Michael Choy
In 2001, pizza delivery driver Michael Choy was robbed and fatally attacked by six offenders, all under the age of 17. Jesse talks with defence lawyer Marie Dyhrberg KC who represented one of the other teenagers found guilty of manslaughter for his role in the attack.
26 August 2026, 5:00 pm - 30 minutes 20 secondsCase #056 - Grace Millane
Grace Millane's disappearance attracted international attention and the discovery of her body in Auckland's Waitākere Ranges sent shockwaves around the world. Jesse Kempson was eventually found guilty of her murder. Reporter Alice Wilkins covered the trial.
19 August 2026, 5:00 pm - 31 minutes 38 secondsCase #055 - Helen Gregory
On September 5, 2025, Julia DeLuney was sentenced to 18 years in jail for the murder of her mother. RNZ's Kate Green covered the trial which heard details of how 79-year-old Helen Gregory was brutally killed in her own home.
12 August 2026, 5:00 pm - 46 minutes 1 secondBlack 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. When he was finally arrested and unmasked, residents were dumbfounded to discovered the perpetrator was mild-mannered Robert Wallath - the teenage son of a local farmer and carpenter.
2 September 2024, 11:11 am - 25 minutes 48 secondsCase #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 fraudsters. Joseph Sheehan BEM was a detective on the case.
In 1966, the captain of the Salvation Army barge was heading up the Waitematā Harbour when he spotted a mysterious suitcase floating in the water.
He fished it out and discovered documents from the cosmetics company Leidrum and Hartnell.
A company which turned out to be a sham. The man behind it, Robert Gardner, had already left the country. Sending Joseph Sheehan, a detective sergeant at the time, on an international man.
5 July 2023, 5:00 pm - 18 minutes 47 secondsCase #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 to his mistress to sell. RNZ's Charlie Dreaver describes Blowers downfall.
In 2014, former police detective Michael Blowers was sent to prison for five years on a raft of drug-related offences.
For years he had been stealing drugs from the Whangarei police exhibits room and giving them to his mistress to sell.
RNZ reporter Charlie Dreaver was in the courtroom for his trial and describes how his downfall shocked the Northland community.
28 June 2023, 5:00 pm - 18 minutes 32 secondsCase #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 store, Mackay's Dispensary, in 1931.
In 1931, just before closing time, pharmacist Arthur Blomfield was bludgeoned to death at the back of Mackay's dispensary on Wellesley Street in central Auckland.
His killer has never been found.
True crime author Scott Bainbridge talks us through the details of this case and shares who the prime suspect might be.
21 June 2023, 5:00 pm - 26 minutes 58 secondsCase #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 explains the flaws in the case against Hall and Geoff Hall talks about his brother's life after prison.
In 1985, Arthur Easton was murdered by a bayonet wielding intruder, in his Papakura home.
His two sons were also injured trying to fight off the attacker.
In 1986, Alan Hall was convicted of the crime and spent 19 years in jail. But he has always protested his innocence and 37 years after Easton's death, Hall's convictions were quashed.
Stuff senior investigative reporter Mike White and Alan's brother Geoff share details of the case and Hall's fight for justice.
14 June 2023, 5:00 pm - 23 minutes 22 secondsCase #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 Eaglesome has committed hundreds of crimes across the country.
He has used 40 different aliases and has been convicted of 250 offences, for both fraud and sexual crimes.
Stuff senior crime reporter Sam Sherwood came across Eaglesome several years ago and has followed his nefarious career both in Aotearoa and now, across the world.
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