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From Stuff Audio, New Zealand’s leader in true crime podcasts, and The Press newspaper, this is the story of a calculating man with a dark past, the 11-year-old boy he controlled and the distraught mother left behind.

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About the hosts

Shannon Redstall
Shannon Redstall
Shannon Redstall is a senior reporter for Stuff and The Press. With a background in broadcast journalism, Shannon joined the Stuff team in 2023, after seven years in Newshub’s Auckland Bureau where she worked as a reporter, producer and most recently the Investigations and Exclusives Editor. Shannon has an eye for detail, dogged determination and endless passion for the stories she commits to.
Michael Wright
Michael Wright
Michael Wright is a senior reporter for The Press and has produced and written numerous award-winning podcasts, including White Silence, Collapse and the first season of The Trial. He has worked as a journalist in New Zealand, Canada, the US and the UK.

Credits

Scripted, hosted and produced
Michael Wright and Shannon Redstall
Sound design, audio editing and mixing
John Ropiha
Visual design
Aaron Wood
Producer
Jen Black
executive producer
Chris Reed
DEVELOPMENT
SUNGMI KIM
Special thanks to
Kamala Hayman and Wei Shao from The Press; Laura Heathcote, Elmo Johnstone, and Matt Slaughter