The Marlborough Sounds hold New Zealand’s biggest mystery: what happened to Ben Smart and Olivia Hope? Was Scott Watson guilty after all?

63: Mystery in the Sounds (Ben Smart & Olivia Hope) | New Zealand (Part 2)

A podcast made by hard-core True Crime fans. Somewhat grungy and grimy, we bring you stories from all the dark corners of the globe.

History

Over the past five years, we have covered many unsolved cases, cases with questionable outcomes and of course solved crimes too.

In November 1974, nanny Sandra Rivett was murdered, and Lady Lucan accused her husband, Lord Lucan. He vanished, leaving a trail of mystery.

A local baker harboured a dark secret: he trawled the streets for young women, took them into the wilderness and hunted them like prey.

When a fellow student was arrested for Beatriz Lebre’s brutal murder, everyone was shocked. How did their friendship end in gruesome murder?

A young mother was found beaten to death in her bedroom in broad daylight. Investigators discovered her well-liked husband had a dark side.