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Long Story Short

by Adam Dudding & Eugene Bingham
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  • From the archives: an episode of Out of My Mind

    October 4, 2026 · 39 min

    Season two of Long Story Short is sooooooooo close – but in the meantime, check out this episode from a series Adam and Eugene made for Stuff a few years back, called Out of My Mind. Each episode of this series is one person who has…

  • Inter-season special: Dame Juliet Gerrard interview

    September 20, 2026 · 47 min

    The countdown to new Long Story Short eps continues, but in the meantime Eugene and Adam caught up with Dame Juliet Gerrard, former chief science adviser to PM Jacinda Ardern (as well as two other PMs called Chris). We first met Dame…

  • From the archives: a bonus ep from our 2022 podcast True Story

    September 6, 2026 · 48 min

    We’re busy making season two of Long Story Short, but in the meantime, check out this episode from a series we made a few years back when we were working at Stuff, called True Story.  This episode was called The Great Macron War, and it’s…

  • Sounds Like Murder: The Scott Watson case (Part 2)

    August 23, 2026 · 51 min

    Scott Watson has spent more than two decades in prison for the murders of Olivia Hope and Ben Smart – crimes he has always denied committing. In part two of this series, Eugene Bingham and Adam Dudding investigate the holes in the case…

  • Sounds Like Murder: The Scott Watson case (Part 1)

    August 9, 2026 · 44 min

    The disappearance of Olivia Hope and Ben Smart from a party on New Year's Eve, 1997, sparked one of New Zealand's biggest and most controversial police investigations. Their bodies were never found, but detectives believe they found the…

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  • Censors Gone Wild: The movie that broke the purity police's brain

    July 26, 2026 · 41 min

    In 1967, a film was released that was so shocking, so arousing, and so full of rude words that the NZ censor banned men and women from sitting together when watching it. Adam Dudding and Eugene Bingham get out the popcorn and investigate…

  • Troy Story: An obsessed Kiwi gamer's doomed kidnap mission

    July 12, 2026 · 44 min

    In June 2018, a man dressed in black was shot in the neck and left bleeding on a manicured lawn in the quiet town of Goochland, Virginia. His passport revealed he had travelled almost 18,000km from Auckland, New Zealand. Why did gamer Troy…

  • Mikaere Oketopa: The "killer" who was never there (Part 2)

    June 28, 2026 · 49 min

    Michael October, aka Mikaere Oketopa, has been in jail for years for a crime that he swears he didn't commit. Then one night, in a whirlwind of bomb threats, pizza deliveries and rioting skinheads, a group of inmates make demands that will…

  • Mikaere Oketopa: The "killer" who was never there (Part 1)

    June 14, 2026 · 34 min

    After a 22-year-old woman is found murdered in the grounds of a school, police swiftly ID three key suspects. There’s just one problem: one of them says he was fast asleep on the other side of town at the time of the killing. And his…

  • This Is Not a Mayday: How a Russian ship sank in NZ waters

    May 31, 2026 · 53 min

    In 1986, the Russian cruise liner Mikhail Lermontov sank in the Marlborough Sounds. Decades later, questions still float around. Why was the ship sailing through dangerous waters? Why did the captain resist help to save it? And did…

  • Introducing: Long Story Short

    May 26, 2026 · 2 min

    Crimes and catastrophes, scandals and scammers, secrets and lies. Long Story Short is the latest project from multi-award-winning podcasters Eugene Bingham and Adam Dudding. In each episode, the two journalists take apart a sensational…

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About the show

Long Story Short is the latest podcast from New Zealand journalists Eugene Bingham and Adam Dudding. In each episode, the two award-winning podcasters unravel a sensational case – a crime, scandal, catastrophe or something just plain weird – then piece it back together again. Expect strange tales you’ve never heard before, surprising twists on stories you thought you knew, and deep dives into mysteries from New Zealand and beyond. If you value this kind of storytelling and want to help us keep making it, you can become a Long Story Short supporter at LSSpodcast.com. You’ll get early, ad-free access to episodes, and we’ve got some subscriber-only bonus content in the pipeline as well. You can also sign up to our free newsletter so you’ll hear from us each time a new story drops. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.