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School teacher Jennifer Beard disappeared on New Zealand's West Coast while hitchhiking on New Year's Eve 1969. Nearly three weeks later her body was found under a bridge outside the tiny township of Haast. Now a Herald investigation has uncovered new evidence that could identify her killer.
A missing pack and a photo taken 12 seconds too late: details that will keep you listening.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A family's uneasy memory brings one possible sighting of Jennifer Baird into painful focus.
Episode 8 turns on a childhood memory that still feels uneasy. Lauren remembers meeting Jennifer Baird at a camping ground, then later seeing her more than once in an old dusty car with a man.
A warning call gives Jennifer Baird's cold case a sharper, more unsettling turn.
A private-number call telling Michael Hines to leave the Jennifer Baird case alone gives this single-episode review its cleanest jolt. Following Hines as he pursues a lead about a private investigator, and remembers being told that Reg had confessed to Ian Molloy, it shows how a…
A chilling final exchange gives an old murder investigation fresh and unsettled weight.
Reg's death gives the episode its uneasy center: after a roast dinner, he tells a friend, "D-Day is coming," and is dead the next day. From there, the story works back through why police wanted to speak to him, what was understood about his connection to the investigation, and…
NHPR's Jason Moon investigates the Bear Brook barrel murders and a New Hampshire wrongful-conviction case.
Payne Lindsey's season-long investigation into two disappearances from Nome, Alaska.
CBC's true crime feed tracing Cleo's case into cold cases across its investigative podcast network.
Journalists chase a decades-long trail through a coronial inquest and Rick Bloom's dozens of aliases.
A New York Times reporter reinvestigates Laramie's unsolved 1985 murder of Shelley Wiley.
A journalist investigates a 50-year-old unsolved murder of a school teacher in New Zealand, uncovering new evidence and a long-held suspicion against a man named Ridge.
Episode 8 of The 50 Year Secret retraces Jennifer Baird's final route from the Moeraki River Bridge toward the Haast River Bridge, where her body was found after 19 days.
The 50 Year Secret’s “Leave It Alone” examines Peter Johnston’s attempt to raise Reg Wildboar’s alleged confession with retired detective Emmett Mitten.
A journalist investigates the 1969 unsolved murder of school teacher Jennifer Beard, uncovering new evidence and interviewing a friend of the prime suspect.
The 50 Year Secret: Episode 5 examines Reg Wildboer's 2003 confession to killing Jennifer Baird and the police investigation that preceded his death.
A journalist interviews the lead detective from a 50-year-old unsolved murder case, uncovering new evidence.
A journalist investigates the 1969 murder of school teacher Jennifer Beard, uncovering new evidence and a confession in a cold case.
A journalist investigates the 1969 unsolved murder of school teacher Jennifer Beard, uncovering new evidence that could identify her killer.
This episode examines the last days of Jennifer Baird, a British tourist murdered in New Zealand in 1969, and uncovers new evidence in the cold case.