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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 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.

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Quarantine Nation trailer

2026/03/03

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 Nation" wherever you get your podcasts, or follow the links here: ⁠Quarantine Nation Player Links⁠, Made with the support of NZ on Air for Stuff by Te Pūrongo Productions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It ain't over until it's over

2024/08/16

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

2019/09/29

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

2018/06/29

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

2018/06/28

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

2018/06/27

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

2018/06/26

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

2018/06/25

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

2018/06/24

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

2018/06/24

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

2018/06/24

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

2018/06/22

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 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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★★★★★

SB__21 2021/08/12

Amazing podcast…love every twist and turn

Love Amy! Such a great perspective. And fascinating podcast. Full of intrigue.

★★★★☆

ccd.1983 2020/12/31

Great content held back by Amy’s bias

Amy is so biased it ruins it, ashame Adam didn’t do the entire thing. She will say - Neil has a vested interest in this - yet never once says that ab...

★★★★★

jdl274 2019/11/02

Twisty-turny

This story is so complex and convoluted — so massive props to the journalists doing all the dogged investigation and knocking on doors, in pursuit of ...

★★★★★

✨Gypsigirl✨ 2019/03/19

Excellent journalism

This podcast explores whether a young woman was guilty of the crime in which she was convicted. The hosts are fair and seek all sides of the story to ...

★★☆☆☆

colec1324 2019/03/12

Music is obnoxious and too loud

Interlude music is obnoxious, especially when listening before going to bed!

★★★☆☆

pcknUpwht 2018/12/23

KokoMoxie

Just made it through the first episode. Gail laughs maniacally many times when speaking. What does a drug addict, prostitute felon have to be so hap...

★★★★★

Ufap 2018/09/12

Binge worthy

Love this podcast!!

★★★★★

Krista528 2018/08/31

Really well done

Such an interesting and infuriating story. Well told!!!!

★★★★☆

AnonyCrat 2018/07/21

Very good, reels you right in

Also I love love love the music bed

★★★★★

NZL-appuser 2018/07/02

Hooked!

Binge worthy, and reels you in from start to finish. The tag team format of the two reporters worked really well to keep a confusing story on track. T...

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