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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.

Season 2

  • S02E01 A Soldier's Tale/There Is Nothing Covered

    • TVNZ

    A Soldier's Tale explains the story of a beer bottle left behind at the Waihao Forks pub as a unique war memorial. There Is Nothing Covered updates the story of the murder of Hugh Hamilton and ensuing scandal.

  • S02E02 The Legend of Minnie Dean

    • TVNZ

    The Legend of Minnie Dean is the story of the notorious 19th century baby farmer Minnie Dean, the only woman hanged in New Zealand.

  • S02E03 The Bloodstained Grave/The Promised Land

    • TVNZ

    The Bloodstained Grave is the tale of a murder and madness in the house of 'Ready-Money' Robinson. The Promised Land is the story of the life passions and death of noted Danish author Ingeborg Stuckenberg.

  • S02E04 The First White Woman?/Guilty of Love

    • TVNZ

    The First White Woman is the story of the life of Hannah King Letheridge. Guilty of Love the story of Fred Foster. Was he guilty of love or guilty of murder?

  • S02E05 'Bad Women and Drink'/The Low Tide Tablet

    • TVNZ

    Bad Women and Drink is the weird tale of Joseph Burns, the first European hanged in New Zealand under British Law. The Low Tide Tablet is an investigation to a mysterious submerged tablet with clouded origin.

  • S02E06 A Glorious Death

    • TVNZ

    A Glorious Death is the story of the death of Rev Francis Douglas during WW2.

  • S02E07 Joshua's Last Job/I Should Have Shot the Kid

    • TVNZ

    Joshua's Last Job is the tale of surveryor Joshua Morgan and his final resting place in the Tangarakau George. I Should Have Shot the Kid looks at the lucky break of young witness to an armed holdup on the West Coast.

  • S02E08 For Their Ways Are Not My Ways

    • TVNZ

    For Their Ways Are Not My Ways is the fascinating life story of Caroline Hikitene NgouNgou.

  • S02E09 Salvation

    • TVNZ

    Salvation is the story of unsolved murders of the Smyth Sisters in 1940's Wairoa and a potential suspect after 50 years.

  • S02E10 Death in Geyserland

    • TVNZ

    Death in Geyserland is a tale of the life and untimely death of rugby legend Joe Warbrick.

  • S02E11 Who Shot Constable Dorgan?/The Ploughman of Taranaki

    • TVNZ

    Who Shot Constable Dorgan explores the unsolved murder of an on duty constable in 1921. The Ploughman of Taranaki looks at the origins of and government response to Maori passive resistance during land confiscation in the 19th century.

  • S02E12 Salaman's Tomb/Incident at Ormondville

    • TVNZ

    Salaman's Tomb is the story of herbalist and charlatan Abraham Salaman and his remarkable tomb. Incident at Ormondville is the tragic tale of alcoholism, mental illness, murder and a community looking to forget.

  • S02E13 An Unforgeable Signature

    • TVNZ

    An Unforgeable Signature is the story of the first time fingerprinting was used in New Zealand to convict for murder and some who consider that the wrong man was hanged for the crime.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Death By Chocolate/Circus Baby

    • TVNZ

    At the height of the Great Depression, while many searched for riches in mines of the South Island's West Coast, instead was found a cruel murder in an innocent sugar coated disguise. A mysterious white cross stands at the Redhill Cemetery, marked only with the inscription 'Circus Baby' this is the tragic death of young Ramon Carian.

  • S03E02 A Grave Injustice

    • TVNZ

    A tale of murder, wrongful accusation and the long road to justice.

  • S03E03 The Bridegroom's Secret

    • TVNZ

    The story of the wedding of Australasia's most interesting con-artist; Amy Bock.

  • S03E04 The Butcher of Petone

    • TVNZ

    The story of the murder of Emma and Joseph Jones and the colourful tale of their murderer.

  • S03E05 The Dreams of Warriors

    • TVNZ

    At the height of the WW2, 49 soldiers lay dying at the prisoner of war camp at Featherston. The episode looks at what happened that fateful day.

  • S03E06 Fire At The Coal Face

    • TVNZ

    On the 26th March 1896, 65 Miners lost their lives at Brunner in the worst mine disaster New Zealand has ever seen.

  • S03E07 A House of Cards

    • TVNZ

    William Larnach was one of the New Zealand's most illustrious and colourful business figures in 19th Century New Zealand.

  • S03E08 The Rules of War / Art Lives On

    • TVNZ

    The story of Henare Taratoa and Lt Col Booth, men who fought on either side during the conflict at Tauranga and the battle of Gate Pa and rules of War inspired by the battle. James Forsythe was a man who apparently and incredibly beat himself to death with a small axe.

  • S03E09 Fallen Hero / Many A True Word

    • TVNZ

    Edward St John Daniel VC was one of the youngest and one of the first recipients of the Victoria Cross and also the first man to have the award stripped from him. Words spoken by William Henry White would come back to haunt him after a stagecoach accident on Paddy's Hill at Kumara.

  • S03E10 The Loose Cannon

    • TVNZ

    The first major clash of armed forces in New Zealand took place at the Wairau Valley in 1843 as a result of the actions of one man.

  • S03E11 A Fearul Night / Dr Moore

    • TVNZ

    In the tranquil Nelson Lakes district lay Tophouse, a hotel that bore witness to carnage at the hands of a guest in the 1894. A dispenser of pills, potions and fancy goods offers one service too many.

  • S03E12 In The Ashes

    • TVNZ

    The Wright family died under mysterious and terrible circumstances at Himatangi in 1929. A disturbing tale of broken dreams, bad debt and foul play.

  • S03E13 Stranger In A Strange Land / The Avondale Princess

    • TVNZ

    What kind of Poet could have been exiled in New Zealand? Who was Jessie Huhxam? A Danish Princess? A Chieftaness? Married to madman?