Case 35: The RSA Murders

True Crime New Zealand (NZ)

Player FM - Internet Radio Done Right

184 subscribers

True Crime Roundup

Menambahkan six tahun yang lalu

Konten disediakan oleh True Crime New Zealand. Semua konten podcast termasuk episode, grafik, dan deskripsi podcast diunggah dan disediakan langsung oleh True Crime New Zealand atau mitra platform podcast mereka. Jika Anda yakin seseorang menggunakan karya berhak cipta Anda tanpa izin, Anda dapat mengikuti proses yang diuraikan di sini https://id.player.fm/legal.

Before The Chorus

1
LIVE: Before the Chorus & Open Folk Present: In These Lines feat. Gaby Moreno, Lily Kershaw & James Spaite 33:58

16 hari yang lalu33:58

Putar Nanti

Daftar

Suka

Menyukai

33:58

On June 25th 2025, in collaboration with Open Folk, we presented our first ever live interview event in Los Angeles. As Open Folk put it: "In These Lines is a live event where three artists each bring one song — not just to perform, but to explore. They sit down with Sofia Loporcaro, host of Before The Chorus, to talk about where the song came from, what it meant to write it, and what it still holds. Then they play it. Just the song, and the truth behind it." Find Open Folk on Instagram: @openfolkla Find Gaby on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0K9pSmFx0kWESA9jqx8aCW?si=Wz4RUP88Qlm_RKs7QTLvWQ On Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/gaby-moreno/472697737 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gaby_moreno/ Find Lily on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0p0ksmwMDQlAM24TWKu4Ua?si=Bmdg-uIUTHu-zRUc_dqL3g On Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/lily-kershaw/526884610 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lilykershaw/ Find James on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3u50TPoLvMBXNT1KrLa3iT?si=OoLoq7ZTRZyUiytQcz0FsQ On Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/james-spaite/905076868 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamesspaite/ Subscribe: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://beforethechorus.bio.to/listen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sign up for our newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.beforethechorus.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@beforethechoruspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@soundslikesofia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ About the podcast: Welcome to Before the Chorus , where we go beyond the sounds of our favourite songs to hear the stories of the artists who wrote them. Before a song is released, a record is produced, or a chorus is written, the musicians that write them think. A lot. They live. A lot. And they feel. A LOT. Hosted by award-winning interviewer Sofia Loporcaro, Before the Chorus explores the genuine human experiences behind the music. Sofia’s deep knowledge of music and personal journey with mental health help her connect with artists on a meaningful level. This is a space where fans connect with artists, and listeners from all walks of life feel seen through the stories that shape the music we love. About the host: Sofia Loporcaro is an award-winning interviewer and radio host who’s spent over 8 years helping musicians share their stories. She’s hosted shows for Amazing Radio, and Transmission Roundhouse. Now on Before the Chorus, she’s had the chance to host guests like Glass Animals, Feist, Madison Cunningham, Mick Jenkins, & Ru Paul's Drag Race winner Shea Couleé. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

2 tahun yang lalu 41:17

MP3•Beranda episode

The Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association, better known simply as the RSA was first established in New Zealand on the 28th of April 1916 by veteran of the First World War Donald Simson.

The RSA is a registered charity that raises money to “provide support and comfort for service men and women and their families”. In 1921, the RSA successfully campaigned for ANZAC Day (the 25th of April) to become a public holiday.

However, there is one dark, horrifying moment in the history of the RSA, that would see the organisation the victim of one of the most cruel and depraved acts of violence in NZ’s history.

This savage, vicious crime took place only seventeen days before Christmas in December 2001 and resulted in the longest prison sentence in the annals of New Zealand. The events of that day went down in history as The RSA Murders.

Visit www.truecrimenz.com for more information on this case including sources and credits.

73 episode

#Society #True Crime Nz #Nz Crime #Murder #Australia #Timeline #Kiwi #True Crime New Zealand #Archive #True Crime #Storytelling #History #Documentaries

Case 35: The RSA Murders

True Crime New Zealand (NZ)

184 subscribers

published 2 tahun yang lalu

MP3•Beranda episode

However, there is one dark, horrifying moment in the history of the RSA, that would see the organisation the victim of one of the most cruel and depraved acts of violence in NZ’s history.

Visit www.truecrimenz.com for more information on this case including sources and credits.

73 episode

#Society #True Crime Nz #Nz Crime #Murder #Australia #Timeline #Kiwi #True Crime New Zealand #Archive #True Crime #Storytelling #History #Documentaries

Semua episode

1
Case 36: The Iceman 21:03

1 year yang lalu21:03

21:03

CALIFORNIA. USA. The drug that goes by many names , coke, blow, snow, has addictive properties. Use of cocaine induces tolerance to the effects and addicts that withdraw from the drug experience fatigue, depression, decreased libido and a decreased ability to feel pleasure. The drug also causes around 7,300 deaths annually. With that, the stage is set for one of the strangest stories involving New Zealand, a tale that takes us from the South Island of Aotearoa where 1.2 million people call home to California in the United States of America where almost 40 million reside. This is the disturbing and tragic case of The Iceman . Visit www.truecrimenz.com for more information on this case including sources and credits.…

1
Case 35: The RSA Murders 41:17

2 years yang lalu41:17

41:17

The Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association, better known simply as the RSA was first established in New Zealand on the 28th of April 1916 by veteran of the F irst World War Donald Simson . The RSA is a registered charity that raises money to “provide support and comfort for service men and women and their families” . In 1921 , the RSA successfully campaigned for ANZAC Day (the 25th of April) to become a public holiday. However, there is one dark, horrifying moment in the history of the RSA, that would see the organisation the victim of one of the most cruel and depraved acts of violence in NZ’s history. This savage, vicious crime took place only seventeen days before Christmas in December 2001 and resulted in the longest prison sentence in the annals of New Zealand. The events of that day went down in history as The RSA Murders. Visit www.truecrimenz.com for more information on this case including sources and credits.…

1
TALES II: Bloody Friday 19:08

2 years yang lalu19:08

19:08

On the 9th of June 1978, natives of the Southland city of Invercargill in the South Island of New Zealand were treated to a curious sight, 1,300 ewes (female sheep) wandering confused around Invercargill’s main shopping district. The confused sheep created chaos as they dashed across roads making traffic come to a standstill, chewed on the local shrubbery and ran into shops looking for safety. But why was this happening? Who set these poor critters loose? Visit www.truecrimenz.com for more information on this case including sources and credits.…

1
INVESTIGATES III: Psychopathy 34:37

2 years yang lalu34:37

34:37

Psychopathy is no longer a diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as of the third edition. Rather the diagnosis would be antisocial personality disorder with psychopathic traits. These psychopathic traits are characterised by “a lack of anxiety or fear and by a bold interpersonal style that may mask maladaptive behaviours” , e.g. not adjusting adequately or appropriately to certain environments or situations. Psychopathic traits are assessed using a variety of measurement tools, most famously Robert D. Hare’s Psychopathy Checklist (PCL-R) , brought to the mainstream by author Jon Ronson in his book The Psychopath Test . Dr Hare’s checklist is a list of 20 traits which the assessed is scored on a three-point scale, for example, item 6 is lack of remorse or guilt and the recipient is assessed, giving a grade of 0 for no match, 1 for a partial match or 2 for a good match. If someone scores above 30 on the checklist, they are considered to have psychopathic traits, for instance, serial killer/serial rapist Ted Bundy was evaluated at 39/40 . Visit www.truecrimenz.com for more information on this case including sources and credits.…

1
Case 34: Phyllis Symons 28:08

2 years yang lalu28:08

28:08

HATAITAI. WELLINGTON. Construction on, what would become, Mount Victoria Tunnel began in December 1929 and was estimated to take 15 months and cost around £132,000 (approximately $16,000,000 today) . Two teams of diggers began on each side of the mountain and began tunnelling through. The initial breakthrough occurred on the 31st of May 1930 , six months into construction. Construction of the tunnel continued into the next year. However, sometime in early July 1931 , construction on the tunnel was halted. The workers were contacted by police to cease work on the project. Over the next three days, over 100 police and relief workers sifted through over 2,000 tons of rock and soil from the excavation. They were searching for something, but what were they searching for, who were they searching for? Visit www.truecrimenz.com for more information on this case including sources and credits.…

1
Case 33: Waikino School Shooting 32:02

2 years yang lalu32:02

32:02

WAIKINO. WAIKATO. 19th of October 1923. 10 am. The Headmaster of Waikino School Robert Theodore Reid was in the teacher's room, perhaps going over some reports, perhaps grading some papers. The classrooms were full of children, maybe learning English, a bit of maths, or even history and undoubtedly looking forward to the morning break only half an hour away. The Headmaster Robert Reid had brought his dog Pax (a brown and white setter) with him to work, as he had done many times before. Pax spent the day in the school’s front yard, presumably sleeping most of the daylight away, as Pax seldom made a fuss. However, as the clock ticked over to 10.10 am , Pax began barking loudly. Curious about what had caught the canine’s attention, Robert arose from his desk and wandered through the entrance to the front door. He opened the door to see a man in his 50s , 6 feet tall, tanned and sporting a small moustache approaching the school. As the man got closer to the entrance he announced his hideous intentions to Headmaster Robert Reid, “I’m here for revenge!” . Visit www.truecrimenz.com for more information on this case including sources and credits.…

1
Case 32: The Newlands Baby Farmer (PART II) 36:08

3 years yang lalu36:08

36:08

NEWLANDS. WELLINGTON. Hugo Lupi was born sometime in the late 1800s possibly in Cairo, Egypt, to an Italian family. Hugo immigrated to New Zealand in 1912 and eventually settled in the South Island city of Dunedin . While in the Land of the Long White Cloud , Hugo became a sailor, before giving up the sea life to become a pie-shop proprietor. Hugo Lupi was married, it is unclear when exactly he ‘tied the knot’ but it is probable it was sometime after he arrived in New Zealand in 1912 as it would seem he had his first child to his wife in the late 1910s . However, Hugo began employing a woman by the name of Lily Lister sometime around Christmas 1921 . The twosome began an affair. In April 1922 , Hugo Lupi left Dunedin and moved to the Wellington suburb of Island Bay with his wife and children, leaving his mistress behind. It would seem that Hugo found employment as a fisherman in the new location but also did some carpentry work on the side. This is where he met a man who would become important to his life. Hugo had helped the man build a house in Island Bay sometime between April and June of 1922 . Hugo received no payment for his help as it was understood that the man would help him build his own home at a later date as compensation. This is where Hugo got to know the man a little bit, including that he ran a specialist health business that ‘helped’ women ‘in the family way’ . In June 1922, Lily Lister joined Hugo in Wellington where he found her a job at a cafe on Willis Street in central Wellington. Although, Hugo was surprised to find out she was also approximately four months pregnant with his child. This is when Hugo Lupi remembered the man he helped build the house with earlier in the year, the man with the specialist business in helping women ‘up the duff’ , Daniel Richard Cooper . Visit www.truecrimenz.com for more information on this case including sources and credits.…

1
Case 32: The Newlands Baby Farmer (PART I) 30:46

3 years yang lalu30:46

30:46

NEWLANDS. WELLINGTON. In the 1800s to early 1920s, there was another, more controversial, type of farming going on, baby farming. Baby farming is the historical practice of accepting custody of an infant or child in exchange for payment. This was usually due to the child being born ‘illegitimate’ (meaning the child was born outside of a marriage, also known as bastardy) and the social stigma that it carried on the mother. Some baby farmers ‘adopted’ children for lump-sum payments, while others cared for infants for periodic payments. However, in the case of a lump-sum adoption, it was more profitable for the baby farmers if the child was no longer around, as the sum would not cover the care for the child for long. In these cases, the child was sometimes adopted out to other families, and in other cases, the child simply died due to unsanitary and subpar living conditions. However, finally and most sinister, occasionally the baby farmer would commit the most heinous of acts and murder the child; pocketing the adoption fee. These acts came to light most infamously when English serial killer and baby farmer Amelia Dyer dubbed the Ogress of Reading was officially tried and hanged in 1896 for intentionally killing six children for profit but it is estimated the real number of child deaths she was responsible for was closer to 400 . New Zealand had its own baby farmer scandal late in the 1800s when Minnie Dean was tried and hanged for the murder of three children in 1895 . However, in the early 1920s, baby farming became a topic of controversy once more within NZ as a new scandal gripped the public. With headlines splattered over the NZ Truth newspaper such as “The Newlands Horror” , “A Gruesome Discovery” and “The Massacre of the Innocents” , the public was enraptured yet horrified with what was being uncovered. The case would go on to become one of NZ’s most discussed and pondered tragedies of the 1920s . This is the story of The Newlands Baby Farmer. Visit www.truecrimenz.com for more information on this case including sources and credits.…

1
TCNZ PODCAST UPDATE V 6:17

3 years yang lalu6:17

6:17

Hello friends, Jessica here from True Crime NZ . This is a bit of a different podcast today, just to update you on some changes that have been happening in our lives and the future of the podcast.

1
Case 31: Christchurch House of Horrors (PART II) 34:52

3 years yang lalu34:52

34:52

CHRISTCHURCH. CANTERBURY. Thursday. 25th of September 2008. Some time between 11 am and 12.30 pm . 32-year-old Jason Somerville is home alone at his house, 312 Wainoni Road , on the corner of Hampshire Street and Wainoni Road in the Christchurch suburb of Aranui , his wife Rebecca Chamberlain was out and about. “I was outside [chopping] some wood, came in to get a drink, someone was knocking at the front door. It was her…” . ‘Her’ was 28-year-old Tisha Lowry wearing a Chicago Bulls jacket and jeans who had just walked home from the nearby Bower Tavern . It would seem that Tisha had been to Jason’s house previously (she lived only two doors away with her grandfather) , what she had come over for this day is unknown. Visit www.truecrimenz.com for more information on this case including sources and credits.…

1
Case 31: Christchurch House of Horrors (PART I) 28:55

3 years yang lalu28:55

28:55

CHRISTCHURCH. CANTERBURY. Within the eastern suburbs of Christchurch , on the South Island of New Zealand , you will find Aranui . Originally called Flemington (after one time resident of the area Jubal Fleming ) , Aranui (a Māori word meaning great path) was officially established in 1912 . Found in the middle of Aranui is Hampshire Street , dubbed by many “the worst street in Christchurch” . During the 1990s , Hampshire Street was infamous for many instances of violent crime including a 13-year-old boy who was shot by his best friend, a fish and chips shop being firebombed and many occurrences of teenagers being stabbed. In the 2000s, Hampshire Street improved its standing in Aranui, mostly with the help of the Aranui Community Trust and a Labour government that helped revitalise state housing areas. However, Hampshire Street still saw its fair share of violent crime. Of those crimes, none are more infamous than the depravity that took place in the house on the corner of Hampshire Street and Wainoni Road , between the years 2008 and 2009 . The debaucherous, degenerate and depraved crimes shocked, not only the residents of Aranui, or the citizens of New Zealand but the world at large. This is the tale of that wickedness, an account of the folk that frequented the house at the corner of Hampshire Street and Wainoni Road, the story of the building that forever became known as The Christchurch House of Horrors . Visit www.truecrimenz.com for more information on this case including sources and credits.…

1
HISTORY IV: 1981 Springbok Rugby Tour (PART II) 48:52

3 years yang lalu48:52

48:52

22nd July 1981. The Springboks began the journey down the east coast of New Zealand and found their way to Gisborne . The Springboks were to play Poverty Bay (a small bay near Gisborne) for their first game in NZ. To enter Rugby Park (where the game was being played) , spectators had to agree to be searched upon entry. Items such as banners, placards, flags, poles, fireworks, or “any article that might impede the match” were banned. As the game kicked off, over 300 anti-apartheid protesters marched across the neighbouring golf course to reach Rugby Park . A wire fence separated folk watching the game with barbed wire topping it and a line of police officers attempting to keep the peace. Visit www.truecrimenz.com for more information on this case including sources and credits.…

1
HISTORY IV: 1981 Springbok Rugby Tour (PART I) 29:14

3 years yang lalu29:14

29:14

Apartheid even extended to sport. Leagues were established in all sports, separated by race. For instance, football (soccer) was divided into the white South African Football Association , the African Indian Football Association , the South African African Football Association , the South African Bantu Football Association , and the South African Coloured Football Association . This led to many countries boycotting international play of various sports with South Africa. The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) banned South Africa from international games. However, the world governing body for the sport of rugby union, the International Rugby Board (now called World Rugby ) did not suspend South Africa from international games, and South Africa remained a member throughout the apartheid era. Visit www.truecrimenz.com for more information on this case including sources and credits.…

1
ANZAC III: The (Other) Great Escape 26:10

3 years yang lalu26:10

26:10

In 1937 , Nazi Germany began work on building the first and the largest concentration camp in Germany. Found eight kilometres north of the city of Weimar , the camp was able to incarcerate over 60,000 people. Opened in July 1938, the camp was dubbed Buchenwald . Buchenwald Concentration Camp was comprised of three distinct areas, the first area was dubbed the Special Compound , this included the administration offices, the Commandant’s Villa, and finally the Schutzstaffel (or, SS) Quarters . The SS was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the foremost agency of security, surveillance, and terror in Nazi Germany. Prisoners of the camp included Jewish people, political prisoners, Jehovah’s Witnesses , Gypsies , German military deserters, asocials (which included the homeless, alcoholics, drug addicts, prostitutes, the unemployable and pacifists) and finally, prisoners of war. Visit www.truecrimenz.com for more information on this case including sources and credits.…

1
TCNZ PODCAST UPDATE IV 4:00

3 years yang lalu4:00

4:00

Kia ora koutou, Jessica here to give a quick update on the state of the podcast right now and upcoming releases. And where our heads are at right now.

Selamat datang di Player FM!

Player FM memindai web untuk mencari podcast berkualitas tinggi untuk Anda nikmati saat ini. Ini adalah aplikasi podcast terbaik dan bekerja untuk Android, iPhone, dan web. Daftar untuk menyinkronkan langganan di seluruh perangkat.