This month’s episode of Herald podcast A Moment In Crime revisits the murder of Whanganui woman Marice McGregor.
McGregor was reported missing by her family in April 2010 and it emerged she had not been seen or heard from in the 10 days before they approached police.
She was fiercely private and independent and saw her family regularly - but kept to herself between visits.
For weeks, police searched and appealed for information - as did McGregor’s family.
What happened to McGregor? How did she die? And who was responsible?
When a man she had claimed was her boyfriend was arrested, a terrible tale of deceit and manipulation began to unravel.
In this episode of A Moment In Crime, writer and host Anna Leask, a senior crime and justice reporter for the Herald, tells the story of McGregor and the callous “pathological liar” who killed her.
This episode refers to violence and sexual assault and has graphic court details.
It is intended for a mature audience.
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Episodes of A Moment In Crime are usually released monthly and, so far, Leask has covered more than 50 cases including the murders of Grace Millane, Scott Guy, Austin Hemmings, Carmen Thomas, Karen Aim; the deaths of the Kahui Twins, the Edgeware Road murders, the Christchurch House of Horrors and the massacres at Raurimu and Aramoana.
Last year, athree-part special covered the case of rich lister and philanthropist James Wallace who was convicted of sexually assaulting three men and was jailed and had his knighthood stripped from him as a result.
A Moment In Crime has topped the overall and true crime charts on numerous occasions and has listeners in more than 80 countries.
The podcast won a silver award in the true crime category at the inaugural New Zealand Podcast Awards in 2021.
It was also nominated in 2022.
If you have a crime or case you would like to hear more about, email anna.leask@nzme.co.nz.
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Anna Leask is a Christchurch-based reporter who covers national crime and justice. She joined the Herald in 2008 and has worked as a journalist for 18 years. She writes, hosts and produces the award-winning podcast A Moment In Crime, released monthly on nzherald.co.nz