A 50 Year Secret, Uncovered
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 ...
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The disappearance of Amber-Lee Cruickshank 25 years ago is one of New Zealand's most baffling missing person investigations. This six-part New Zealand Herald series provides an indepth look at the cold case and Amber-Lee's mother's ceaseless quest to bring her daughter home.
Welcome to A Moment in Crime
From the NZ Herald newsroom, and Chasing Ghosts host Anna Leask, comes A Moment in Crime
Episode One: 17/10/92
Full of optimism about a new life, Nicola Cruickshank and her family spent an idyllic spring Saturday with friends. Then tragedy struck. WARNING: This...
Episode Two: Not In That Lake
Amber-Lee went missing near a large body of water. It was the obvious place to start the search. But police soon started to wonder whether something m...
Episode Three: Little Girl Lost
With a history of drugs and crime, Nicola Cruickshank has had her critics. She decides to face the flak head-on, hoping to put the focus back on the h...
Episode Four: Sensing Nothing
After Nicola Cruickshank put her faith in the “psychic detectives” of TV show Sensing Murder, she became fixated on one man. WARNING: This podcast con...
Episode Five: Persons Of Interest
It didn’t take long for police to focus on a small group of suspects. At the time, one name attracted particular attention. In this episode he breaks ...
Episode Six: Bring Her Home
A quarter of a century has failed to dull the pain of Amber-Lee’s disappearance for her family. Can you help their desperate search for closure? WARNI...