Best 5 Investigative Podcasts

The Deadline Report - Ben Vidgen Investigates Investigative journalist, author, and Consulting 'Oartistic' Dyslexic Detective Ben Vidgen, presents a 30 minute show offering quality alternative media backed by quality documented information on the issues not hitting the headlines, but that should be. A double shot of reality, always educational if never pretty. Further infomation on content covered in the podcast at https://postman-productions.com/ more

SEIRES 11 - THE MURDER OF ANDREW BAGSHAW: Who murdered Kiwi hero Andrew Bagshaw? New Zealander Dr Andrew Bagshaw went to war-torn Ukraine to help evacuate locals from towns and cities under attack from Russian forces. He rescued more than 500 people before he disappeared during another dangerous humanitarian mission. Award-winning investigative documentary maker Bryan Bruce retraced Andrew's steps and came to a chilling conclusion. The Murder of Andrew Bagshaw is a six-episode podcast series by Bryan Bruce. SERIES 10 - DIAGNOSIS OF A CRIME SEASON 2: THE TRIAL: Listeners are given unprecedented access inside the high stakes criminal trial of a professional athlete, examining whether young parents accused in complex medical cases are receiving fair access to justice. Find out what happens when medical evidence from New Zealand doctors - usually left unchallenged - is put to the test. SERIES 9 - DIAGNOSIS OF A CRIME: Imagine being told that what's wrong with your child isn't an illness or an accident, but a crime. Join us for Melanie Reid's latest groundbreaking investigation, where medicine and law combine, and nothing is quite what it seems. SERIES 8 - THE BOY IN THE WATER SEASON 4: Melanie Reid takes listeners right inside the Invercargill courthouse for every moment as the Coroner delivers his long-awaited findings into the mysterious death of Gore three-year-old Lachie Jones. SERIES 4 & 7 - FRACTURED SEASONS 1 & 2: A baby taken, a mother jailed, a couple forced apart and facing deportation without their daughter. Crushed by the weight of multiple government departments working in lockstep, what happens when the dream of a new country becomes an unimaginable nightmare? In this new investigation, Melanie Reid and her team take the x-rays that were used to convict a young mother and put them before international experts, who tell us this case is just the tip of the iceberg of a factitious medical phenomenon leading to injustice around the globe. SERIES 6 - SATANIC PANIC: Peter Ellis, the Creche Case & Me: In never-before-heard interviews, this gripping series takes you inside one of New Zealand's most controversial legal cases, when a kind of madness gripped Christchurch, resulting in a miscarriage of justice that would take 30 years to put right. Satanic Panic is the first Melanie Reid podcast, now re-released and available on DELVE. SERIES 5 - POWDER KEG: Some stories grow from a green shoot; some explode like a powder keg. The global supplement market is worth $200 billion a year, and Chris Ashenden is a rock star of the industry. Investigative journalist Jonathan Milne wanted to tell his story but when Chris proved elusive, alarm bells began to ring. Listen to a story that will entangle the biggest names in audio, from Joe Rogan to Andrew Huberman. We follow the money, dig into the crimes, commission our own lab analysis and chase down AG1's founder to tell the story he didn't want told. SERIES 1-3 - THE BOY IN THE WATER SEASONS 1-3: Melanie Reid's chart topping podcast takes you inside a small town harbouring a big mystery. After the lifeless body of three-year-old Lachie Jones is found floating in an oxidation pond in the Southland town of Gore, police rule his death a tragic accident. But nothing is what it seems. Melanie has spent three years covering this case, revealing multiple flaws in the police investigation and uncovering new evidence that casts serious doubt about the circumstances surrounding Lachie's death. In The Boy in the Water, Melanie unravels the case and the secrets in an attempt to find out what really happened to little Lachie Jones. Sign up to our premium service DELVE+ on Apple, Spotify or your favourite podcast platform. DELVE+ subscribers get Early Release, Ad Free listening. Led by investigations editor, Melanie Reid. Listen to journalism that matters. Discover more on the Melanie Reid Investigates Facebook and Instagram pages, and on Newsroom.co.nz. (Android and Spotify listeners can also Sign up to DELVE+ .) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. more

*FREE Episodes Released every Monday during active seasons. Paid Brevity+ Subscribers get Early Release, Ad Free Listening, Bonus Episodes and access to the War Room on www.theguiltpodcast.com In this hit investigative podcast, Ryan Wolf investigates some of Australasia's most enduring unsolved criminal cases. In the upcoming Season Seven, Ryan dives into a case in his own backyard. Where is Sara Niethe, one man holds the answers, can he finally solve this case. Season Six On August 28th 1999, 16 year old Jessica Gaudie was babysitting in Nambour, Sunshine Coast, Australia, when she vanished without a trace. In 2001 Aboriginal tracker Derek Sam was convicted of her murder, but denies his involvement and will not lead Police to Jessica's remains. 26 years later Ryan is on the ground in Australia looking for answers, and finds that he's not just looking for one missing woman, he's looking for three. Season Five In November of 2021, while the world was in lockdown. Dave Davan, a farmer in the rural far north community of Herekino found two bottles of wine in his mailbox. Assuming they were a gift he drank them, little did he know one bottle had been laced with the deadly poison Paraquat. In December Dave lost his short battle and sadly passed away. Three years on his murderer walks free. Ryan journeys to the remote and isolated far north to find the answer to the question: Who Killed Dave Davan? Instagram: ryanwolfnz & brevity_studios Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/guilt . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. more

| 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 investigate the case against Maney. They unravel the conflicting and shifting accounts of key witnesses. They expose major flaws in the police timeline. And they raise disturbing questions about police conduct in the case. more

True Crime New Zealand is a kiwi based true crime podcast. It is storytelling based with no opinion, just facts. We are trying to give the big picture of these crimes with context as well as investigating what happened subsequently and how the crime affected the wider community of NZ.www.truecrimenz.com more