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00:01Kia ora, I'm Toby Buchanan, and you're listening to Small Town Scandal, a true crime podcast
00:08where I try and solve the mystery of who killed Uncle Mitch.
00:13This is episode two.
00:15As of last episode, I received an intriguing phone message from my Uncle Mitch.
00:20Yeah, uh, see ya too.
00:22Hang on.
00:23What are you doing here?
00:24He was talking to someone else at the end of the message.
00:28Someone he knew, and then within two hours, he was dead.
00:35I knew someone had been with him just before he died.
00:38Perhaps this person even murdered him.
00:41And who better to suspect than the victim's spouse.
00:46But then I was told Auntie Janine might have been having a clandestine meet-up at the time of Uncle
00:51Mitch's death.
00:51We need to go to Ronnie's hotel.
00:52A clandestine meet-up at one of Tohoiho's most notorious hotels.
00:58I'm outside Tohoiho's O'Reilly's Hotel.
01:01The plan?
01:02To find out if Auntie Janine was in the vicinity when Uncle Mitch died.
01:21How can I help you?
01:23Hi, um, I'm a private investigator and I've got a couple of questions about some of your clients.
01:30Specifically, someone that may or may not have come in yesterday.
01:37You're a private investigator?
01:39Yeah.
01:40Yeah.
01:41Who for?
01:45The police.
01:47You're a private investigator for the police?
01:49Yeah.
01:50Isn't that just a normal investigator?
01:52No, not necessarily.
01:54Well, I'm going to have to see some ID before I talk to you.
01:57ID?
01:57Yeah.
02:00Yeah, yeah, yeah, ID.
02:02Yep.
02:03Um.
02:09Um, just, oh, oh.
02:11Ah.
02:13This is a bus card.
02:15From Sydney.
02:17Well, that's a form of ID in its own right.
02:19Well, it doesn't even have your name on it.
02:20I need some ID that can prove to me that you're a private investigator for the police.
02:24Well, I don't have any because I'm undercover.
02:26Then I'm not talking to you about any of my clients.
02:29Fine.
02:30You don't need to be so rude about it.
02:41Look, is there any way that this might, uh, loosen those lamps?
02:51And there she is at 1.15pm.
02:54Now, here comes this dude.
02:58And how long did he stay for?
03:00Ah, he's pretty quick.
03:02Case of wham, bam, thank you, ma'am.
03:04Two minutes.
03:05Wow, that is quick.
03:06Okay, so we can deduce that she was here when he died.
03:10Dammit.
03:10I mean, I need to solve this whole thing, but I still need to get six to eight episodes
03:14of intriguing content.
03:15Hey, do you want to see some of the other guys she's been meeting with?
03:19There are other guys?
03:20One week, sometimes two.
03:22Wow, how many in total?
03:27Mmm!
03:29Toby?
03:30Aunty Janine.
03:31Why are you?
03:33Uh, I'm here to fix the computer.
03:36Uh, I'm really good friends with, um...
03:39What's his name?
03:40Trent.
03:41Trent.
03:42Don't say Trent.
03:42It's Trent.
03:43I'm good friends with Trent.
03:45Well, I was just, um, popping in to ask for directions.
03:50Oh.
03:51Oh, um, hello.
03:53Oh, fancy seeing you here.
03:56Aunt Bill Heslop.
03:58This is my nephew, step-nephew, Toby.
04:01Oh, great.
04:03Uh, nice to meet you, mate.
04:04Nice to meet you, too, mate.
04:05Now, I had just popped in to ask for directions, but I just realised I've left my map in the
04:12car.
04:15And I, too, also have a map in my car.
04:19Why don't you just use the maps on your phone?
04:23That is a very good idea, young man.
04:26I'd better be running off.
04:27I have to get to, uh, Pilates.
04:30Yeah.
04:30Um, it was wonderful to bump into you again, Bill.
04:34Bye, Toby.
04:35Um, give my love to your mum.
04:41Okay.
04:42So, it obviously wasn't Aunty Janine who murdered Uncle Mitch.
04:47But that doesn't mean that one of her other friends couldn't have done it.
04:51Hey, do you want to see the local MP asphyxiate himself?
04:54What? No.
04:55Suit yourself.
04:57It's pretty grainy anyway.
05:00Asphyxiate himself?
05:03I thought he had a heart attack.
05:04Oh, well, I've got cameras in the room and it's less a case of a heart attack and more a
05:08case of, you know,
05:09sexy, sexy, chokey, chokey if you read the autopsy report.
05:13Autopsy report?
05:18So, what seems to be the problem?
05:19Um, where do I begin?
05:24Oh, sorry, um, I'm just a bit emotional at the moment.
05:27My beautiful Uncle Mitch died a few days ago.
05:30Yes, I'm aware of that.
05:31I'm sorry for your loss.
05:33He was a, um, he was a complicated man.
05:36Yeah.
05:38You wouldn't happen to have his autopsy report, would you?
05:41Yes, we do have that on file.
05:43Is there a possibility I could see it?
05:47Why would you want to do that?
05:48Closure.
05:50I would just need to call the police first.
05:53Because I actually talked to the police and they said it was fine, so.
05:56Yeah.
05:56I think I'd still need to just call the police myself, just to double check.
05:59Yeah.
05:59So, um, you came in here with a health issue?
06:04Yes.
06:05Yeah.
06:05So, um, what was it?
06:07Yeah, um, it's, uh, um, I think it might be any prurri.
06:14I see.
06:15Uh, and that's causing you some distress?
06:17Nothing too bad, but I just thought I should come in and...
06:20Yeah, it's always good to get these things checked out.
06:22So, there's been some itching?
06:25Yeah.
06:26Okay, and there's been some bleeding?
06:28Yeah, not too bad, but a little bit, I guess.
06:31So, what we'll do in this situation is I'll give you an initial examination, and then if
06:35it warrants it, I'll refer you to a proctologist.
06:37Yeah.
06:38So, what we'll do, I'll just get you to down trowel, and if you could bend over the examination
06:41table here and...
06:42You know what?
06:42Um, I, I, I think I'll be okay.
06:44I can give you a bit of privacy to de-robe.
06:47That would be...
06:48Yeah, yeah.
06:49That actually would be, that would be great.
06:50Thanks.
06:51Thanks.
06:51I'll be just outside.
06:52Yeah, go.
07:11Yeah.
07:11Yeah.
07:11Yeah.
07:11Just one more second, mate.
07:12I've just got having a bit of trouble with my bow.
07:20Are you okay down there?
07:22Uh, yes.
07:22Sorry.
07:23Yeah, just one more second.
07:24Sorry.
07:26Sorry.
07:27Good to go.
07:30Okay.
07:31Uh, please bridge your cheeks for me.
07:35Oh, wow.
07:36Is it really bad?
07:38No, quite the opposite.
07:39It's looking really great down there.
07:41Hmm.
07:42Okay.
07:45With a clean bill of health for my nether regions, I completely forgot about my investigations.
07:50Okay.
07:51Well, well, well.
07:53And before I could even pay my bill...
07:54If it isn't tubby-tobes.
07:55...enter my childhood friend, Matt McKenzie.
07:58Cut.
08:02Angie's wife and my old school crush, Katie Jerram.
08:08Oh, my God.
08:10Uncle Mitch.
08:12Oh.
08:15You know, I've been working with him for years at the Mowing Happy Mega store, right?
08:19I'm so sorry for your loss.
08:20That's right.
08:21It's not your fault.
08:22No.
08:26So, what are you guys doing here?
08:28Oh, don't worry.
08:29Don't worry.
08:30I shouldn't ask that.
08:31Oh, no.
08:32We're trying to put another son up, Katie, but it's just not happening.
08:35So, we're getting it checked out.
08:40Hey, babes, did you know Tubbs is a big shot investor to give journalists over in Sydney?
08:44Yes.
08:44Yes.
08:45I know.
08:46And do you know what?
08:47I just always knew that you were going to go far.
08:52Exposes, was it, Tubbs?
08:53Yeah.
08:54After I saw you the other day, I Googled you, mate.
09:00What was all this fuss with a pet food company?
09:03Did you hear this?
09:04Oh.
09:04Oh, the pet food thing.
09:05Oh, yeah, that's right.
09:06Yeah.
09:06Um, that was just a big misunderstanding that, uh, yeah, that kind of thing happens all the
09:15time in journalism.
09:16Yeah.
09:16Does it?
09:17Yeah, yeah, yeah.
09:18Okay.
09:19Yeah.
09:19Anyway, listen, I've got to sit on my bill.
09:20I've got to run off.
09:21And, um, but lovely to see you guys.
09:23Yeah, good to see you, mate.
09:24Bye.
09:25Bye.
09:25You look great.
09:28Doesn't it look great?
09:29Come on, let's not be fine.
09:30Yeah, come on in here.
09:36Oh.
09:38Oh, here he is.
09:40So why were you at the doctor's?
09:42Um, no reason.
09:43Just a check-up.
09:44And did my payment go through?
09:46Yes, it did.
09:47Thanks, Mum.
09:48I don't know how much longer I can be paying for your lifestyle, Toby.
09:52Lifestyle?
09:53I was there for a legitimate reason, then.
09:57Cousin Carol, why?
09:59Cousin Carol has been kindly coming down from Pukata for the last five years to help me
10:04with frocks in the field, gowns rush.
10:06Yeah, but it's actually fine because my, uh, my partner, uh, can take care of the fur babies
10:11while I'm gone these days.
10:12Cousin Carol has been recently dating a librarian.
10:16Hmm.
10:16Which is nice.
10:18Right, well, congratulations.
10:20Thanks, that means a lot.
10:21It's actually really fun coming down here, though, because I love craft.
10:25I always give Cousin Carol your room while she's here.
10:28Mum, no.
10:29If you're going to keep staying here, you can sleep on the sofa.
10:33Thanks, Aunty.
10:34No, it's fine.
10:37You'll find no joy in there.
10:39Cousin Carol was always around when we were kids, mostly because her mum, mum's sister,
10:43Aunty Kath, was usually off deep-sea trawling.
10:46Be careful with those scissors, Cousin Carol.
10:49They're very precious.
10:50Oh, yeah.
10:52Aunty Sue's been telling me about your podcast.
10:56Sounds unique.
10:57I listened to one about craft called Glue Gun Confidential.
11:01Pretty popular.
11:01You've probably heard about it.
11:02Oh, no.
11:03Yeah.
11:03How's yours coming along?
11:06Oh, my God.
11:07I totally forgot.
11:08Mum, I got a photo of Uncle Mitch's autopsy report.
11:11Is it mine?
11:13Oh.
11:16It doesn't say anything about a heart attack.
11:19In fact, it really doesn't say anything at all, except inconclusive.
11:22Hang on a second.
11:23Wait.
11:25It says there was ketamine in his system when he died.
11:28WTF?
11:29What was that fleshy thing at the bottom of the photo?
11:31Was that a...
11:31The what?
11:32The thing at the bottom.
11:33Yeah, just there was another clue.
11:34That thing.
11:35I think that's my thumb, I think.
11:37No, that would be your pinky, wouldn't it?
11:39Because it's...
11:40Hang on.
11:41Hang on.
11:43There's an article in here about someone else in town dying of a ketamine overdose.
11:50That's an interesting coincidence.
11:53What?
11:57Another recent death with ketamine in his system as well?
12:00I decided to immediately chase this ketamine lead.
12:04On the way, I rang my old editor in Australia, who'd launched a new media platform after
12:09a career hiccup.
12:10I wondered if this new platform might be the right fit for this very podcast.
12:14But someone was in the room with him just before he died.
12:17Who was that person?
12:19Toby, sorry, what's this...
12:21What's this all about?
12:23It's a podcast I'm working on.
12:24I think it's going to go gangbusters, Belinda.
12:27And why are you telling me?
12:28I haven't heard from you for...
12:31I thought you might be interested in it.
12:33Um, I'll do all the work, but maybe you'd consider putting it on your platform for a small fee?
12:37Toby, you absolutely screwed me over with the pet food article.
12:44But not only me, you screwed over the whole damn chronicle.
12:48Yeah, I know, I know, I know.
12:50If I wasn't such a nice gal, I'd be calling you a prick right now and threatening to castrate you.
12:55And that, my friend, is a valid reaction.
12:57But I think this podcast might put us back on the map and might resurrect our careers.
13:05Please, Belinda, just consider it?
13:08I don't think so.
13:10What about if I email you the first episode?
13:13Might you consider listening to it?
13:15Maybe if I email it to you?
13:17No.
13:18Anyway, listen, I've got to go.
13:20I'm going to throw some more shrimps on the barbie.
13:22Yeah, of course.
13:23Well, I'll email it to you anyway, just in case you have any spare time.
13:28Shit.
13:30Ooh, okay.
13:38I found myself at the dodgiest veterinary clinic in town.
13:42The vet in question worked out the back of some converted car dealership.
13:46He was cheap, which people liked.
13:48You just had to be prepared for the occasional death.
13:52I'd lost two albino guinea pigs to him in my late teens.
13:56I think most people would safely assume that this guy was deep in amongst the ketamine trade.
14:11Come back during office hours, you nong!
14:14There's a lot of blood there, mate.
14:16Your horses bleed a lot when you're untwisting their bowels.
14:19Speaking of horses, mate, um...
14:23Tranquilise us, lols.
14:34You a druggie?
14:36No, I mean, yeah, uh, recreationally.
14:39I'm so goddamn sick of your kind.
14:42I'm not a ketamine dealer.
14:44Okay?
14:46Okay.
14:47Cocaine, you've come to the right place.
14:49Eki, you're in luck.
14:51Meth, you've come to the right man.
14:53But not ket.
14:54Okay, yeah.
14:55I never mix work with pleasure.
15:02Okay, I understand.
15:04You might want to try the, uh, stable hands.
15:06Yeah, they deal ket to the baby boomers.
15:09You know, for their parties.
15:11Wait.
15:12Parties.
15:14Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
15:19You know what, mate?
15:20You piss off.
15:22Right now, for the type one psycho on you.
15:25Okay, yeah.
15:26Okay, yeah, sure.
15:28See you, bro.
15:28So that particular vat was a dead end.
15:31But in a town full of vats,
15:33I'm sure there was another lead.
15:36But then the case was blown wide open.
15:39Enter Auntie Janine's lover from O'Reilly's hotel
15:42earlier in the day.
15:47Hi, we met...
15:48Um, this is my wife, Heather.
15:52Hi.
15:53Oh, Heather.
15:54Heather, okay, yeah, hi, wife.
15:56Sure.
15:57This is Mitch's nephew.
15:58Oh, so sorry for your loss.
16:01Yeah.
16:01How gruesomely horrible.
16:03Yeah, it was.
16:05Yeah, anyway, we're here to pick up our sick horse,
16:07so we better, you know?
16:09Come on, sweetheart.
16:09Yeah, his bowel got all twisted.
16:11Oh, that's a shame.
16:12Yeah.
16:12Yeah.
16:13Would you need ketamine for that?
16:15Hmm.
16:16Presume so.
16:17Were you given ketamine?
16:19I wouldn't think so.
16:21Well, uh, maybe if we had four legs.
16:23But, uh...
16:24Yeah.
16:24Well, no, it's not legal, is it?
16:26So...
16:27No.
16:28Anyway, we're going to let you get on with it,
16:29and we'll...
16:30We'll go this way, and you go that way.
16:33Nice to meet you.
16:34Yeah, let's get Shadomane, eh?
16:35Good luck.
16:36Let's get him home.
16:37Okay.
16:40And so,
16:41my dear Janine's lover,
16:43slash Heather's husband,
16:46slash Shadomane's owner,
16:47may have had access to ketamine,
16:50the very drug that was found in Uncle Mitch's system
16:53when he died.
16:54Could it be that obvious?
16:56I needed to cross my T's and dot my I's to be certain,
16:59because I was not going to make another journalistic mistake
17:02ever again.
17:07Before I could process this momentous lead in the case,
17:11there was time for another Auntie Janine lover
17:13to enter the mix.
17:14Enter Sergeant Brown.
17:17Hello.
17:18First case of wham-bam, thank you, ma'am.
17:20Two minutes.
17:22Look who it is.
17:24Did you see the sign back there, mate?
17:26It had 70 in a red circle.
17:29You didn't see that?
17:30I guess I did.
17:31You guessed you did?
17:32Yeah.
17:34Yes.
17:46Where are you going in such a hurry?
17:49Well, nowhere important.
18:06I don't know what it is about you,
18:10but I feel like you're up to something.
18:12No, I'm definitely not.
18:16OK.
18:18Well,
18:21drive better.
18:22Please.
18:26But there was no time to dwell on any of that.
18:29With the other ketamine victim's death in mind,
18:31I headed to the Tohoyo Public Library.
18:35I used to come here all the time,
18:37but now it just seems a bit sad and drab.
18:40Sure, sure.
18:44Sorry.
18:47I don't know exactly what it is that I'm hoping to gain by coming to the public library,
18:51but I do know that Heidi, the other ketamine victim, worked there.
19:07Can I help with anything?
19:11Do you like the look of that book?
19:13Maybe.
19:15Heidi was big into that lifestyle.
19:17Oh, well, she had been big into their lifestyles for a couple of months.
19:23Before that, she was, she was very timid.
19:45A mix and mingle lounge.
19:47Could there possibly be a hotspot for boomers on cats?
19:52I decided to go and find out.
20:01So the local vet was saying that basically all the baby boomers in town are on ketamine.
20:05So maybe it's not out of the ordinary for two of them to die with ketamine in the system.
20:11Hello.
20:12Hello.
20:13Hello.
20:14Hello.
20:14Hello.
20:16Hello.
20:22But what I saw next blew the case wide open.
20:26Oh, she was wide open.
20:28Actually, quite a few of them were wide open.
20:30Hello.
20:32Hello.
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