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Mar 2023
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Episode 288 - Black Magic, Incest & Murd...

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On 29 June 1994 the entire Bain family, except for eldest son David, were found murdered in their house in Dunedin.

The investigation that followed would go on to become New Zealand’s most controversial, as allegations of black magic, incest and police corruption exploded…

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