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Black Hands: A family mass murder
This podcast from Stuff shines a spotlight on the infamous murder of the five members of the Bain family in Dunedin in Otago in 1994. Killed at the ramshackle property were husband and wife Robin and Margaret Bain and three of their children, Arawa, Laniet, and Stephen. The only survivor was David Bain, who was charged and convicted of the murders and then later acquitted at a high-profile retrial.
Mr Asia: A Forgotten History
This new six-part podcast series by the New Zealand Herald and Bird of Paradise Productions explores the story of one of the most infamous crime syndicates in New Zealand’s history, known as ‘Mr Asia’ and which operated during the 1970s. It details the relationship of crime figures Marty Johnstone and Terry Clark and the killing of Johnstone on Clark’s orders. The series is co-hosted by award-winning writers John Daniell and Noelle McCarthy.
The Lost
Paloma Migone, of Radio New Zealand National, presents a podcast series investigating some of New Zealand’s most mysterious unsolved disappearances. Among the cases examined are those of Kirsa Jensen, Judith Yorke, Jim Donnelly, Jefferie Hill, and Francesca Martin. Donnelly lived in Dannemora with wife Tracey Donnelly and their two children when he went missing while working at Glenbrook Steel Mill in Waiuku on June 21, 2004. An inquest hearing by coroner Sam Herdson ruled that what happened to Donnelly remains unexplained.
