Sensing Murder

2006 - 2010

The Patient Killer

10th January 2006

Episode 1

In 1976, thirteen-year-old schoolgirl Tracey Ann Patient was plucked off Auckland's Great North Road. The following morning, her body was found dumped 16 km away in the Waitakere Ranges, having been strangled with a pantyhose tourniquet. Deb Webber and Sue Nicholson investigate.

Cruel Intent

17th January 2006

Episode 2

The psychics investigate the unsolved kidnapping of Sharon Wills and Nicola Lynas, and kidnapping/murder of Karmein Chan.

Walk of Innocence

24th January 2006

Episode 3

In 1970, eighteen-year-old Olive Waiker disappeared as she walked across Rotorua to babysit her nieces and nephews. Her semi-naked body was found hours later in a rest area south of the city, having been bashed to death so feircly that her skull had smashed into seven pieces. Deb Webber and Adelle Dishcombe investigate.

Lost Soul

31st January 2006

Episode 4

In 1985, 25-year-old Luana 'La Verne' Williams disappeared from her Tauranga home. Eight years later her disappearance was upgraged to a murder enquiry. Her body has never been found. Sue Nicholson, Scott Russell Hill, and Kelvin Cruickshank invesitgate.

A Bump In The Night

Episode 5

In 1980, six-year-old Alicia O'Reilly was raped and murdered in her bed, while her sister slept less than a metre away, and her mother sleeping across the hallway. Kelvin Cruickshank and Deb Webber investigate.

A Mother's Instinct - Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans

11th April 2006

Episode 6

Australian case, unsolved double murder of Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans

Fallen Angel - Angela Blackmoore

18th April 2006

Episode 7

In this episode of Sensing Murder we learn about the murder of Angela Blackmoore, a 21 year old woman with a 2 year old child. Divorced (or separated) from the father of her child she lives with her new partner in Christchurch. When her partner returns home from working late on the night of the 17th of August 1995, he finds Angela murdered in the kitchen of their home. She had been stabbed 39 times. The child was not harmed and the killer has not been found.

The Scarlet Letter - Elizabeth Barnard

25th April 2006

Episode 8

Australian case, unsolved murder of Elizabeth Barnard

Blood Money - George Engelbrecht

Episode 9

Psychics Kelvin Cruickshank (NZ) and Deb Webber (Aus) investigate the unsolved murder of Lower Hutt pensioner 91 year old George Engelbrecht. In 1979, a burglar broke into George's home and beat the old man to death in his bed.

The Last Train Home - Sarah MacDiarmid

Episode 10

Scott Russell Hill & Debbie Malone try to solve the mystery surrounding the disappearance of 23 year old Sarah MacDiarmid from Kananook train station on 11 July 1990.

Almost Perfect - Elmer Crawford

Episode 11

Almost Perfect revisits one of Australias most baffling family murders - the case of Elmer Crawford. He appeared to be an average family man, but then in 1970, he murdered his pregnant wife and three children, with no apparent motive. He electrocuted them then sent them over a cliff in the family car. Unbeknownst to Elmer, the car hit a small ledge and hung on above the crashing waves. It endured the stormy night hanging on the cliff edge with only a few centimetres of limestone stopping it from falling into the sea, and it was discovered the next morning by 2 tourists. A Coronial inquest was held in 1971, which found Elmer responsible for the deaths of his family. Despite numerous reported sightings over the past three decades, Elmer has never been caught. Psychics Deb Webber and Barbara Neilson re-investigate the crime and trace his movements since.

The Last Goodbye

Episode 12

The disappearance of a 14-year-old girl in the early 1980s, whose body was eventually found - along with five others - in the Australian Outback, but whose killer was never brought to justice

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Rebecca Gibney•Debbie Malone•Sue Nicholson

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Sensing Murder is a television series from New Zealand and Australia, in which psychics are asked to act as psychic detectives to help provide evidence that might be useful in solving famous unsolved murder cases in each country by communicating with the deceased victims.

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