Heavy Metal

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Heavy Metal episodes

August 02, 2024 Introducing: The Trial - Philip Polkinghorne
On Easter Monday 2021, police were called to the home of a successful professional couple in the affluent Auckland suburb of Remuera. They found the body of Pauline Hanna.
In his emergency call, her husband, Philip Polkinghorne, said she killed herself. Sixteen months later he was charged with her murder. As this podcast is released, he's currently on trial at the High Court in Auckland.
Stuff's groundbreaking series returns to take you inside the Polkinghorne trial: Hear the witnesses, follow the evidence, wait for the verdict.

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29 min
June 15, 2023 Introducing Newsable - Why The Trial podcast faces legal challenges
Introducing Newsable: Stuff's daily news podcast about what everyone’s talking about!
Today, something for the true crime fans - behind the scenes of the legal challenge to Stuff's podcast The Trial, which is about the murder trial of David Benbow.
If you like what you hear, search for Newsable in your podcast player, or follow us on Instagram and Tiktok @newsablenz
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21 min
April 03, 2023 Introducing: The Trial - The disappearance of Michael McGrath
Listen to the first episode of Stuff’s major new podcast, The Trial. In May 2017, 49-year-old builder Michael McGrath disappeared, almost without trace. No crime scene was ever found. No weapon was ever found. No body was ever found. So how could his longtime friend be arrested and charged with murder?
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39 min
April 10, 2018 Episode three: Denials and dead ends
It was a brutal murder of a family man. Somebody knows who did it, but they're not talking. Not to the police anyway.

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36 min
April 09, 2018 Episode two: A murky past
John 'The Pom' Reynolds moved to New Zealand as a young man, starting a family and building a life here. But his stories from his old life involved shootings and shady deals. Then there was the rail yard fight that left another man dead.

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37 min
April 08, 2018 Episode one: Lying in a pool of blood
It's Sunday. Scrap metal dealer John Reynolds has opened his yard for the morning, but business is slow. That night he doesn’t come home. His brother Michael goes looking for him; it's dark in the yard and Michael needs a torch. That's when he sees the body.

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33 min
April 07, 2018 Heavy Metal - Trailer
On a rainy April Sunday, 22 years ago, scrap metal dealer John Reynolds went to work for a few hours. He never came home.

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3 min

About Heavy Metal

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From the makers of Black Hands comes an intriguing story of murder, shady pasts and unanswered questions. On a rainy April Sunday, 22 years ago, scrap metal dealer John Reynolds went to work for a few…