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Chasing Ghosts

by NZ Herald
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    40 years ago, two bombs went off in Auckland's harbour when French agents targeted a Greenpeace ship. It was meant to be a warning against anti-nuclear protests, but the death of a photographer on board sparked a major police and political…

  • Episode 5: Unmasking The Puppeteer

    October 21, 2024 · 1 hr 16 min

    For the first time in 13 years, David Fisher sits down with Natalia Burgess to talk about her catfishing. While he gains new insight into her life, how she operates her false characters, and her reasons for doing it, something's missing…

  • Episode 4: Understanding Natalia

    October 14, 2024 · 57 min

    Warning: This episode contains discussion around suicide. In 2011, after outing her for her catfishing, David Fisher sat down with Natalia Burgess for an interview about why she had done what she had. 13 years later, David revisits that…

  • Episode 3: Mothers and Daughters

    October 7, 2024 · 38 min

    While Natalia is best known for catfishing teen boys and young men into relationships, she has also used the photos she has stolen to trick at least two different teenage girls - and their mothers - into believing she is a long-lost member…

  • Episode 2: Sorry's Just A Word

    October 3, 2024 · 60 min

    In 2022, David Fisher receives an email from Crystal Jenner, a New Zealand woman living in Australia. She has approached him as her last hope after six years of trying to find a solution to Natalia stealing her photos. David hears from…

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  • Episode 1: The Death of Laura West

    September 30, 2024 · 48 min

    In December 2010, the announcement on Facebook that Laura Jane West has died in a car crash devastates her online friends, and has ramifications in real life for those linked to her and her sisters.  Four months later, Herald on Sunday…

  • Coming Soon: Chasing Ghosts - The Puppeteer

    September 29, 2024 · 1 min

    Season of Chasing Ghosts - The Puppeteer - begins October 1st.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  • Episode Four: The Saga of Silver Ring

    November 24, 2023 · 38 min

    Elizabeth Fraser's testimony at the coronial hearing into Donald's death sparks huge interest in Christchurch - but can she be blamed for his death? And how does the success of Donald's horse tie into his murder? Host: Ric StevensAudio…

  • Episode Three: The Widow and the Mistress

    November 17, 2023 · 31 min

    The spotlight falls on Elizabeth Fraser as the investigation continues, but who was she and why would she want to kill her own husband? And who was the mistress that came between this marriage? Host: Ric StevensAudio Editor: Alastair…

  • Episode Two: The Murder Commission

    November 10, 2023 · 32 min

    When Fraser's body is discovered, the murder investigation begins, but as Christchurch police struggle to find his killer, outsiders are brought in - and the suspect list starts to contract.  Host: Ric StevensAudio Editor: Alastair…

  • Episode One: The Death of Donald Fraser

    November 3, 2023 · 36 min

    On November 16th, 1933, Donald Fraser was shot dead in his bed at the Racecourse Hotel. But who was the controversial publican, and why would anyone want to kill him?  Host: Ric StevensAudio Editor: Alastair BoyesProducers: Ethan Sills…

  • Trailer - Murder at the Racecourse Hotel

    November 1, 2023 · 1 min

    The new series of Chasing Ghosts premieres November 4th. New episodes every Saturday in November See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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About the show

Chasing Ghosts is a NZ Herald true crime series, looking at some of the most notable cases from our past. In the new season, The Puppeteer, David Fisher re-investigates the case of a serial catfisher he exposed in 2011, after discovering there is more to the story. In the original Chasing Ghosts, Anna Leask looks into the disappearance of Amber-Lee Cruickshank, one of New Zealand's most baffling missing person investigations. Murder in the Sounds explores the ongoing debate about the disappearances of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope, and the arrest of Scott Watson. Below the Surface unpacks the multiple investigations in the death of Goy Thongsi.Murder at the Racecourse Hotel takes us back in time to look at one of New Zealand's oldest cold cases, that has gone unsolved for nearly a century.