Sinister Dynasty - New Zealand (NZ) True Crime Podcast

A big one for New Zealand... Andi takes Ayla on a two part-er. The Bain family consisted of two parents, Robin and Margaret, and four children, Arawa, Laniet, Stephen and David. David had just arrived home from his early morning paper run to find the bodies of his five family members who had been shot using a .22 rifle and silencer. A note was left on the computer saying that David was the only person who deserved to live. David was convicted of the murders of his family and released on bail 12 years later due to a retrial of justice and was compensated $925,000. There are two theories – David was the killer, or it was the father, Robin. We cover some of the evidence... At the time, Robin and Margaret were separated with Robin staying in a caravan on the family property. A third party, a psychologist, had seen Robin and noticed he was not in a good mental state. There were blood-stained clothes in the washing machine which police hung out to dry. David’s bloody fingerprints were found on the gun, although this was later found to be animal blood. Bloody sock prints were also found around the house, although there was some confusion around if they belonged to David or Robin. The computer was originally thought to have been switched on at 6.44am, just after David had supposedly arrived home, although there was no valid confirmation for this. There was hearsay evidence that Laniet had accused Robin of having a sexual relationship with her. David heard Laniet gurgling as she lay dying. A glasses lens was found in Stephen’s room with the frame found in David’s, although they belonged to Margaret. After listening to our podcast, what do you think?

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A big one for New Zealand... Andi takes Ayla on a two part-er. The Bain family consisted of two parents, Robin and Margaret, and four children, Arawa, Laniet, Stephen and David. David had just arrived home from his early morning paper run to find the bodies of his five family members who had been shot using a .22 rifle and silencer. A note was left on the computer saying that David was the only person who deserved to live. David was convicted of the murders of his family and released on bail 12 years later due to a retrial of justice and was compensated $925,000. There are two theories – David was the killer, or it was the father, Robin. We cover some of the evidence... At the time, Robin and Margaret were separated with Robin staying in a caravan on the family property. A third party, a psychologist, had seen Robin and noticed he was not in a good mental state. There were blood-stained clothes in the washing machine which police hung out to dry. David’s bloody fingerprints were found on the gun, although this was later found to be animal blood. Bloody sock prints were also found around the house, although there was some confusion around if they belonged to David or Robin. The computer was originally thought to have been switched on at 6.44am, just after David had supposedly arrived home, although there was no valid confirmation for this. There was hearsay evidence that Laniet had accused Robin of having a sexual relationship with her. David heard Laniet gurgling as she lay dying. A glasses lens was found in Stephen’s room with the frame found in David’s, although they belonged to Margaret. After listening to our podcast, what do you think?

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Our first case! Amidst lots of laughter, Ayla and Andi explore the murders committed by Stanley Graham. After getting into debt due to cattle farming, friends started to think he was suffering mentally. When Stan and his wife Dot’s cattle’s health started failing, they started accusing neighbours of poisoning their cattle. Around this time police recalled guns, upon which Stan said he had none and then blamed his neighbour. In reality, their health was suffering due to poor hygiene in the milking shed, with the bad weather also stopping the cattle from feeding properly. It was later found that Stan did have a firearm, which he was prosecuted for. The abuse towards his neighbours got worse over time, and Stan and Dot started to go target shooting in the middle of the night. Finally, the abuse got to the point where Stan pointed a gun, which he had not handed in, to his neighbour. Policemen were given the same treatment when they confronted Stan and Dot on their property. Three policemen were killed on the property at this time, with one critically wounded. Two others attempted to enter to help the policeman however they were shot at, with one being disarmed before Stan ran off into the bush and started one of New Zealand’s biggest man hunts – 12 days long. Stan was shot three times during the man hunt, before being caught and dying in hospital the following day due to his wounds. The Graham home was burnt down after the event by an unknown person or people. Stan caused seven people to lose their lives.  

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Welcome to the introductory episode of Sinister Dynasty where Ayla and Andrina take us through what we can expect from our future episodes.

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