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Gone Fishing

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| Winner Best Podcast – NZ Radio Awards 2019 | | Winner Gold Medal – New York Festivals Radio Awards 2019 | | Winner Best Investigative Radio/Audio Series – The AIBs 2019 | Gail Maney was sent to prison on her son’s birthday. The police said she’d put a hit on a man who stole drugs from her. She went to jail for 15 years. She’s consistently denied having anything to do with the disappearance of Deane Fuller-Sandys. In fact, she says, she never even met him. She isn't sure he was murdered at all. She thinks he’d just … gone fishing. In this eight-part series, Amy Maas and Adam Dudding investiga...

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Trailer: Quarantine Nation 03.03.2026 3:03

A lethal virus. A drastic lockdown. A nation turned upside down. From the makers of acclaimed podcasts The Commune, True Story and Witi Underwater, this eight-part narrative series revisits the Covid-19 pandemic with the benefit of hindsight and powerful interviews. Adam Dudding and Eugene Bingham delve into what really happened – and what it taught us about ourselves. Subscribe to "Quarantine N...

It ain't over until it's over 16.08.2024 24:08

Miscarriage of justice? Twenty five years after being found guilty of murder, a new attempt by Gail Maney to clear her name looks promising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gone Fishing – One Year On 29.09.2019 29:15

2019 update: More stories emerge, another witness recants and Gail Maney finds new allies in her fight to prove she’s innocent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part eight: Gone fishing 29.06.2018 1:00:01

A key witness comes forward with new information that could vindicate Gail Maney, and the lead detective reflects on where his investigation might have gone wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part seven: The trials of Gail Maney 28.06.2018 50:05

As Gail Maney and three others go on trial for murder, flaws in the prosecution case come to light. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part six: The man with the black eyes 27.06.2018 47:46

The media called him a “stone cold killer”, but the truth about Stephen Stone is a bit more complicated than that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part five: Liar, liar 26.06.2018 42:28

Two historic murder investigations merge into one. But how can police figure out what actually happened, when their key witnesses keep changing their stories? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part four: The forest 25.06.2018 46:00

A terrified witness contacts police. Revelations about a young woman’s murder force detectives to reconsider everything they thought they knew about the Deane Fuller-Sandys case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part three: Good westie, bad westie 24.06.2018 39:45

Gail Maney had a tough West Auckland upbringing, but she wasn’t a bad kid. Then in the 1990s she slid into a life of hard drugs, petty crime and prostitution. But does that really mean she’s a killer? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part two: The fisherman 24.06.2018 42:06

For years, Deane Fuller-Sandys was thought to have drowned while fishing at Whatipu. But did police get it right when they later decided Deane was the Larnoch Road “body in the boot”? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part one: The fire 24.06.2018 31:43

Gail Maney has served 15 years in jail for ordering the 1989 murder of young Auckland tyre-fitter Deane Fuller-Sandys. But she says she never knew him. In fact, she thinks he wasn’t even murdered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gone Fishing - Trailer 22.06.2018 3:10

Gail Maney was sent to prison on her son’s birthday. The police said she’d put a hit on a man who stole drugs from her. She went to jail for 15 years. She’s consistently denied having anything to do with the disappearance of Deane Fuller-Sandys. In fact, she says, she never even met him. She doesn’t think he was murdered at all. She thinks he’d just … gone fishing. In this series, Amy Maas and Ada...