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• Case #059 - Yanfei Bao

  September 9, 2026 · 30 min

  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…

• Case #058 - A Tragedy in Timaru

  September 2, 2026 · 27 min

  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. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

• Case #057 - Michael Choy

  August 26, 2026 · 27 min

  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…

• Case #056 - Grace Millane

  August 19, 2026 · 30 min

  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…

• Case #055 - Helen Gregory

  August 12, 2026 · 32 min

  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. Go to this…

• Black Sheep Bonus: the story of Robert Wallath

  September 2, 2024 · 46 min

  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…

• Case #054 - The Mysterious Suitcase & The Fraudster

  July 5, 2023 · 26 min

  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…

• Case #053 - Crooked Cop Michael Blowers

  June 28, 2023 · 19 min

  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…