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Season 1

  • S01E01 Somebody's Darling/Slaughter in Chapel Street

    • July 16, 1997
    • TVNZ

    Somebody's Darling - tells the story of William Rigny burying the now-famous "nameless stranger" Slaughter in Chapel Street - tells the story of the murder of Mary Finnegan and her three sons.

  • S01E02 Last Man Hanged

    • TVNZ

    Explores the story of Walter James Bolton, a farmer who was convicted for the murder of his wife on their farm in Wanganui in 1957. Was it his wife's long exposure to arsenic on the farm? Was his case handled properly? whatever the truth, he became the last man hung in New Zealand.

  • S01E03 Waikino School Tragedy/Thou Carriest Them Away

    • TVNZ

    Waikino School Tragedy - tells the story of a brutal shooting and death of two children Thou Carriest Them Away - tells the story of famed Scottish engineers James Balfour and Thomas Patterson.

  • S01E04 The Jukebox Murder/World Famous

    • TVNZ

    The Jukebox Murder - tells the story of the murder of Allan "Johnny McBride" Jacques committed by Albert "Paddy" Black. World Famous - tells the story of Bobby Leach who was one of the lucky ones to survive the dare-devil feat of going over the Niagara Falls only to die in New Zealand in a funny but sad way.

  • S01E05 The Love Letter/The Legend of Tarore

    • TVNZ

    The Love Letter - tells the story of Ivanhoe Augarde. The Legend of Tarore - tells the story of a 12 year old girl who through the sacrifice of her own life bought peace to the Ngati Haua and Te Arawa tribes via the gospel.

  • S01E06 Love Me, I Am Dying/ Passage to the Flowery Land

    • TVNZ

    Love Me, I Am Dying - tells the story of Emily Keeling who was murdered by an admirer. Passage to the Flowery Land - tells the story of the Chinese mining prospectors who's remains on death would be shipped back to the home country for burial.

  • S01E07 Let Them Shoot Me

    • TVNZ

    Explores the fascinating yet sad story of war hero Lance Corporal David Russell.

  • S01E08 Till We Meet Again/Stiletto

    • TVNZ

    Till We Meet Again explores the story of Thelma Trott and her murder which reveals her scandalous relationship with famous Auckland dancer Freda Stark. Stiletto uncovers the murder of Thomas Hawkings supposedly by Italian Louis Chemis.

  • S01E09 Take the Rope From My Throat/The Man From Nowhere

    • TVNZ

    Take the Rope From My Throat uncovers the sad story of Mokomoko a man who was wrongfully executed for the murder of Rev. Carl Volkner at a time when European and Maori relations were a breaking point. The Man From Nowhere tells of Terrence Kennedy who was wrongfully accused of the murder of 6 year old Annie Sullivan.

  • S01E10 A Deadly Obsession/The Fate of the SS Wairarapa

    • TVNZ

    A Deadly Obsession tells of the execution of John Caffrey and Harry Penn who were convicted of the murder of Captain Robert Taylor. The Fate of the SS Wairarapa explores its sinking and of its Captain.

  • S01E11 Winiata's Story/A Victim of Injustice

    • TVNZ

    Winiata's Story explores a man on the run for murdering Edwin Packer. A Victim of Injustice tells of Anders Andersen, wrongfully convicted for the murder of Ernest Bourke.

  • S01E12 Vengeance is Mine/Confessions of a Cold-Blooded Killer

    • TVNZ

    Vengeance is Mine explores the mysterious death of Horatio Ramsden Confessions of a Cold-Blooded Killer tells the fanscinating story of the Burgess gang who were responsible for the Maungatapu Murders; a famous chapter in New Zealand's criminal history.

  • S01E13 Nora/If Blood Be the Price

    • TVNZ

    Nora explores the mysterious death Nora Watkins. If Blood Be the Price tells of the tragic story of Frederick Evans who got caught up and killed in the Waihi Miners Strike of 1912.