The 50 Year Secret

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The 50 Year Secret podcast

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.

  1. NZH Presents - Accused: The Polkinghorne Trial

    28 JUL.

    NZH Presents - Accused: The Polkinghorne Trial

    On Easter Monday 2021, Paulina Hanna was found dead at the Remuera home she shared with her husband of 30 years, Philip Polkinghorne. For 16 months, her death was treated as “unexplained”. That’s until it emerged Polkinghorne had been charged with murder. He pleaded not guilty in August 2022. From the team behind The Front Page, the New Zealand Herald's daily news podcast, comes Accused: The Polkinghorne Trial. Listen to Accused: The Polkinghorne Trial on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts, or in The Front Page podcast feed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    1 min
  2. Update episode: A missed opportunity

    22-02-2020

    Update episode: A missed opportunity

    We reveal how police were told about the rumours Reg Wildbore’s own wife had said he committed the murder - and what happened next.

    8 min
  3. Special Update Episode: I Need To Speak To Mitten

    12-01-2020

    Special Update Episode: I Need To Speak To Mitten

    More people come forward with new evidence about Reg Wildbore, and his comments about speaking to lead detective Emmett Mitten.

    18 min
  4. Episode 9: Suspicion

    06-01-2020

    Episode 9: Suspicion

    In the final episode of The 50 Year Secret we talk to Reg Wildbore's old boss about why he always believed Reg was guilty of murder, and ask police about the challenges of getting new information in one of New Zealand's oldest unsolved murder cases.

    23 min
  5. Episode 8: A Bad Feeling

    05-01-2020

    Episode 8: A Bad Feeling

    The last person to ever see Jennifer alive recalls the moment she saw the British tourist climbing into the car of the man who's believed to have killed her. We retrace the route Jennifer took in her last hour alive.

    20 min
  6. Episode 7: Leave It Alone

    02-01-2020

    Episode 7: Leave It Alone

    A confession, sex claims, and a statement putting Reg Wildbore practically at the scene of the crime the day Jennifer disappeared. Had nobody tried to bring this to light before? As it turns out, they did.

    24 min
  7. Episode 6: Something In His Eyes

    01-01-2020

    Episode 6: Something In His Eyes

    Reg Wildbore's former best mate Peter Johnston talks about Reg's strange behaviour and why it's not hard for him to believe he was capable of murder.

    22 min
  8. Episode 5: D-Day Is Coming

    31-12-2019

    Episode 5: D-Day Is Coming

    Reg Wildbore had more than one secret, and they were all starting to catch up with him. We take a look at the twists in his story and speak to his daughter, who reveals it's not the first she's heard of a confession to the murder.

    19 min
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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.

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