In this episode we hear about one of our country's most sensational trials - that of headhunters gang member Pedro Cleven.Through the late 90s and into the early 2000s police ran operation Mexico in a strike a blow at the Headhunters gang.They nabbed Peter 'Pedro' Cleven on canna ...Show more
Case #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 bo ...Show more
Case #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 mur ...Show more
Case #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 ba ...Show more
Case #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 sen ...Show more