• Black Sheep

  • By: RNZ
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Black Sheep

By: RNZ
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  • The shady, controversial and sometimes downright villainous characters of NZ history. Join William Ray as he explores history through the lens of Kiwi dirtbags in NZ's most awarded podcast.
    (C) Radio New Zealand 2024
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Episodes
  • Broken Blossom: the story of Alice Parkinson

    Broken Blossom: the story of Alice Parkinson
    Oct 10 2016
    "Four shots, and then another one" - that's how the story of Alice Parkinson begins as the 25 year old waitress guned down her fiancé, Bert West, in the middle of a street in Napier. So why did thousands of New Zealanders sign a petition demanding her release?
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    19 mins
  • Bad cop: the story of John Cullen

    Bad cop: the story of John Cullen
    Oct 17 2016
    In 1916 John Cullen led a small army of police deep into the forests of Te Urewera to arrest the Tuhoe prophet Rua Kenana - his crime? Preaching that his followers shouldn't sign up to fight in the First World War. But the raid is a complete disaster. Cullen oversees the shooting of two men in cold blood and the whole case against Rua unravels due to a huge legal blunder.
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    17 mins
  • Faith Fraud: the story of Arthur Worthington

    Faith Fraud: the story of Arthur Worthington
    Oct 30 2016
    Arthur Worthington was a con artist who travelled the USA, marrying rich women then abandoning them and stealing all their money. With private detectives hot on his tail, he jumped on a ship bound for Christchurch where he set up his own religion and his own church.
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    21 mins

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