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00:00Kia ora. My name is Toby Buchanan and you're listening to episode 6 of my true
00:05crime podcast, Small Town Scandal. Now before I get into anything I think I
00:12need to explain to you listeners a little bit about my family history. So
00:17there's me, Toby, and then my parents Bruce Buchanan and Sue Buchanan need
00:21Watkins. But who we're interested in is Bruce's brother, my uncle Mitch. Mitch
00:27was good at school, good at sports, popular with the boys and very popular
00:31with the girls and later very savvy at business. My dad Bruce on the other hand
00:36liked to escape the realities of life with substances of varying degrees. And
00:42then everything came to a head when my father, highly intoxicated, accidentally
00:47set a block of shops in town on fire. The town absolutely hated him. He went to
00:53prison for seven years and after that my mum left him and dad went to Cairns to
00:59avoid his reputation. But like Cain and Abel, did he come back to town and brutally
01:04murder the star of said town and his brother, Uncle Mitch?
01:13But now I've just been tipped off that dad was lurking in the park
01:17commemorating the very fire he started. And here I was thinking he was still in Australia
01:22I'd like to jump. Dad! Dad! Dad!
01:27Where is he? Dad!
01:31Dad!
01:32Dad!
01:34Is Chip these looks and crannies, Constable?
01:37Because he's a slip-brick.
01:38Oh, jeez.
01:42What are you doing here?
01:45Just, uh, some fitness.
01:48Well, we're looking for your dad. Apparently he was spotted around here and we want to talk to him.
01:54Wow, really?
01:58You weren't looking for him as well, by chance?
02:03Dad?
02:05No.
02:07Nah, my dad, no, no.
02:09Um, he's over in Cairns anyway.
02:11So, we're looking for your dad in a park. You just happen to be doing fitnessin'?
02:21Uh, yeah. I do fitness here all the time.
02:24Oh, what kind of fitness?
02:26Power walking.
02:27Power walking, that's old school.
02:29Good on you.
02:31Yeah.
02:31You look great.
02:33Anyway, Sarge, listen, I better keep going, keep the heart rate up.
02:36You have to, don't you?
02:37Yeah, yeah.
02:37It's really effective that way, isn't it?
02:39Yeah, good luck with your man, hon.
02:52It's so good to see you.
02:54Yeah, yeah.
02:55It's good to see you too, dad.
02:57The pigs are after me.
02:59Yeah.
03:00Okay, first things first.
03:02Did you kill Uncle Mitch?
03:03No.
03:05No, I didn't.
03:06Oh, thank Christ.
03:08Then why are you in the country?
03:09Well, I got in a bit of trouble over in Oz, and I thought Mitch might be able to help
03:13me out of a bit of a pickle.
03:16Shit.
03:17Can you help me get out of here, son?
03:18Please.
03:19Look, if you didn't kill Uncle Mitch, then we should go and tell the pigs.
03:22I didn't kill him, but I was there when he died.
03:42Come on, come on, come on.
03:44I've been staying at the town dump.
03:45Why?
03:46It's cheap.
03:47Actually, it's free.
03:49It's perfectly sound mattresses.
03:51People are just thrown away.
03:52Okay, yeah, okay.
03:54Come on.
03:57Shit.
03:58You're still dead.
04:01Hi.
04:02Hi.
04:03It's me, Anna.
04:04Um, Katie was trying to set us up at dinner.
04:06Yeah, that's all right.
04:10Shit, what's all that fabric?
04:12Uh, that's, um, chill.
04:15Chill?
04:15Yeah.
04:16What do you need that for?
04:17Uh, my mum's a seamstress.
04:18Really?
04:20Wow.
04:21What does she make?
04:22Listen, I've actually got to go.
04:23I'm so sorry.
04:24Wait, how's your podcast going?
04:27Eh, good.
04:28Yeah?
04:30Hey, have you listened to the latest episode of Will the Real Mrs Moth Please Stand Up?
04:34No, I haven't.
04:35Oh, it's so good.
04:36It goes into intense detail about the mole pattern she carves on her victims.
04:40And it's been confirmed she is in tehoil.
04:42I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I've got to get going.
04:53She seemed nice.
04:56I don't even know where to begin, Dad.
04:58What happened at Oz?
05:00One of my mates died.
05:03We were having a great party.
05:05We were completely maggoted.
05:06Suddenly, he just slipped and fell to his death.
05:09Oh, I didn't stick around because I didn't think I had the emotional capacity to deal with
05:14any kind of investigation.
05:17Cops found out I was there, wanting to talk a lot.
05:19I didn't want to talk to them.
05:22I thought Mitch might be able to get me one of them top lawyers.
05:25Why?
05:26He owed me topes, big time.
05:29If I didn't worship the ground he walked on, I would have murdered Mitch years ago.
05:44Home sweet home.
05:49Mattress got a bit wet.
05:51It's a bit mouldy, but apart from that, everything's fine.
05:54Yeah, it's a good set up.
05:57You think so?
05:58Yeah, well, I might sit outside.
06:01Of course, of course, of course.
06:02We're having a few, son.
06:16Anyway, Dad, just tell me everything, okay, and then we can come up with a plan.
06:21So you were at the mansion when Mitch died.
06:24Mitch didn't know I was coming.
06:27I was feeling a bit bloody nervous about it all.
06:33Mitch was a busy man, so I had to pick my moment carefully.
06:42Yeah, apparently he's still faffing about at his mother's, so we'll get him in straight away.
06:47I don't care.
06:48My nephew, unfortunately.
06:51Just find him something managerial and do it now.
06:57Yeah, Toby, I was hoping to get hard of you.
07:00Come round to the mansion this afternoon, will you?
07:03I want to talk to you about something.
07:04See you, too.
07:08Hang on.
07:10What are you doing here?
07:14Missy.
07:15Listen, Bruce, whatever you want, I can't help you.
07:19It's not that I want something, but...
07:23Lord, the timing.
07:26Wait here.
07:36Give up guys.
07:43Ill be part of him.
08:00so whoever was driving the vehicle with the trailer that's who killed uncle mitch
08:04i didn't get much more than a glimpse of them it's pretty bloody obvious it would be
08:12who
08:19jed jameson
08:23who jed jameson i've never heard of this person oh he's your uncle's rival back in the day
08:30bumped into him in town long after i got back
08:35it was just before betchy died
08:38jed jameson
08:41i just want to apologize
08:43you know because when that whole building remember that big fire in towayo
08:48that one year old man started
08:53it wasn't an accident
08:57me and mitch did it on purpose
08:59he agreed to pay off my debts if i took all the blame
09:04why jed was edging mitch out of the motor mowing business he developed a prototype of his own
09:10automated mower
09:12mitchy was going to have none of that we decided to burn the whole block down so it wouldn't
09:18seem so targeted
09:20get out of the picture
09:22mitchy could patent his own automated mower
09:25make his millions that way
09:28so there you go big family secret for you son
09:32wait
09:33jed jameson
09:36there was that note on uncle mitch's desk
09:39jay
09:40okay so i had a new lead suspect
09:43jed jameson
09:45i've done a little bit of online sleuthing and i found a registered address for jed's gardening services limited business
09:51right
09:52and it's about an hour south of towayo so that's where i'm heading
09:57no thank
09:58hello tubs it's mattie
10:00yeah i've just been talking with sergeant brown he said you were down at the park where your dad was
10:03spotted
10:04um no well nah i well you told me he was down there i was just hoping to help
10:08oh yeah
10:09was it a nice father-son reunion
10:11well no it wasn't because i didn't run into it i didn't see him there so no it wasn't
10:15oh cut the crap tubs
10:16listen if you're helping a criminal on the run
10:18you're not just playing with fire mate you're practically juggling
10:24chainsaws
10:24yeah okay well thanks for your concern but i'll think i'll be fine okay bye matt see ya
10:31okay so jed's address is about an hour south of towayo in the middle
10:37you're still making that flaming podcast
10:41tubs
10:46oh my god oh shit oh shit
10:50what um
10:54are you all right
10:56i am so sorry sir i did not i do i did
11:00why are you jed from jed's mowing services limited
11:03please ask
11:04my name is toby and i'm an invest well i'm a journalist and i was hoping to talk
11:10to you actually about your former business and well what happened to it
11:23was that a yes
11:28as a journalist you sometimes forget safety in the chase of a scoop
11:39you're still there yes that's how i ended up in a stranger's cabin in the middle of nowhere
11:51the interior of jed jameson's cabin is a little bit spooky
11:58did you tell anyone you were coming to see me
12:02no i didn't
12:06i mean yes i did um i've told loads of people
12:28quite a few animal skins around the place
12:32it's me passion killing pests there lots of possums and uh
12:40other things
12:44right so
12:47you used to have a business yeah
12:49yes
12:51until the great ta-holy-ho birthing
12:55that's right
12:56yeah
12:58that must have been so upsetting for you when that happens
13:03that fire
13:05was the best thing that ever happened to me
13:07it was
13:08well my business had never burned down i'd never ended up here paradise
13:19do you have any thoughts on mitch buchanan
13:26what was that a weasel in one of me traps
13:33what did you say you were here for again i am uh yeah i'm doing some research because i'm writing
13:42mitch buchanan's obituary
13:43mitch buchanan's obituary
13:48mitch buchanan's obituary
14:10mitch buchanan was a dirty weasel
14:13yes
14:14mitch buchanan's obituary
14:26Jad, um, Toby Jetson.
14:31Jetson.
14:34That's an interesting name.
14:38A rat this time.
14:43Jad Jemison was clearly guilty,
14:45revenging Uncle Mitch for the Great Fire of 96,
14:48which my father started for him.
14:50And two of those little bottles of tartia sauce.
14:52Before I went public with this bombshell, though,
14:54I stopped to get some food because Dad was probably starving.
14:58But, as I was driving to him,
15:00I spied my old friends, the Popo.
15:03Didn't take long to realise they were tailing me.
15:06With the delicious smell of fish and chips filling the car,
15:09I knew I had to start thinking smarter if I was to protect Dad.
15:13I tried to throw them off the scent,
15:15but they were like a goddamn dog with a bone.
15:19Always sniffing, circling, and seemingly one step ahead.
15:23But they weren't going to trap this little weasel
15:25if I had anything to do with it.
15:45Matt, just the person I was having to run into.
15:47Listen, I think I've worked out who killed Uncle Mitch.
15:50His name is Jad Jemison, right,
15:52and he was an ex-business rival of his,
15:54and basically I've got a taped confession out of him.
15:56So, it's not Jad.
15:57No, it is.
15:58Jad hated Mitch, he loves killing things, and basically he's...
16:01Hubbs, Jad's as blind as a mole.
16:03Is he?
16:06He's still here!
16:11Paradise.
16:12Oh, my God, he is blind.
16:15Look, uh, I'm only going to ask you one last time.
16:18Where's your dad?
16:19I don't know where he is.
16:21Jeez.
16:22No?
16:23Okay.
16:24What are you twiddling off to, then,
16:25with this big bag of greasies?
16:28I'm visiting my friend,
16:30bringing where they live here.
16:33They live here?
16:34Yes.
16:34It's your mate's house?
16:35Yes.
16:36So you didn't just turn into a random driveway
16:39because you saw me following you?
16:40No.
16:41Well, don't let me stop you.
16:43I beg your pardon?
16:45Well, go on.
16:46They'll be waiting, won't they?
16:47Yeah, they will.
16:48Okay, well,
16:50it was good to see...
16:54It's...
17:05Oh, they must...
17:05and be home.
17:06I must have got the wrong date or something,
17:08I think.
17:13Toby Buchanan?
17:14Mrs Pettigrew?
17:16And is that, uh,
17:18Matt McKenzie?
17:20My goodness, what a surprise.
17:23Have you come to arrest me?
17:25Well, that depends, Mrs Pettigrew.
17:27From what I remember,
17:28you're a bit of a grammar gangster.
17:31Come and see our old English teacher, have you?
17:35I thought you'd show up here eventually, Buchanan.
17:39After all these years,
17:41you've finally come to apologise.
17:46Yes.
17:52I'll have two sugar cubes, please.
18:03Right.
18:05I'm ready
18:06for my apology.
18:10Yes.
18:12Um, okay.
18:15I am
18:16so
18:18sorry
18:20for what,
18:21for what I did.
18:25You should be embarrassed.
18:27I am.
18:29A 13-year-old should know better.
18:32Where was your self-control,
18:33your self-respect?
18:35I don't know where it was.
18:36That jar of lollipops
18:38was for the whole class, Toby.
18:41You didn't leave any
18:42for the other students.
18:44No, I didn't.
18:45In fact,
18:46I think you should apologise
18:48to Matt as well.
18:49Matt?
18:51What's that?
18:54Matt,
18:55I'm so sorry
18:56for the pain
18:57I caused you
18:58by eating all the lollipops
18:59in the jar
19:00in third form English.
19:02Actually,
19:02you were repeating that here,
19:04weren't you, Matt?
19:05You know what, um,
19:06thanks for the tea,
19:07Mrs. P.
19:08Uh,
19:09I think I'd better shoot off.
19:10Wait, where are you going?
19:11I've got police business, mate.
19:12Police business till 10-2.
19:13So, yeah.
19:15Um.
19:17Historical apologies aside,
19:18I was sick with worry
19:19about Matt
19:20and his texting.
19:21Something fishy was going on,
19:23and I'm not talking about
19:24the second batch
19:25of fish and chips
19:25I had to buy.
19:26And then two of those
19:27little puddles
19:27of tartare sauce.
19:29And would you like
19:30to add the seven spring rolls?
19:32Again?
19:34Yeah, I would.
19:44I assumed
19:45they'd found Dad
19:46at the landfill
19:46and we were about
19:47to arrest him.
19:49I followed them feebly
19:51with no real plan.
19:53Maybe I could
19:53talk them out of it?
19:55Maybe I could
19:56steal a gun,
19:57bust Dad out,
19:58hijack a boat
19:58and then flee
19:59to a Pacific island?
20:01But then,
20:02to my surprise,
20:03they weren't headed
20:04to the landfill at all
20:05or anywhere near Dad's hideout.
20:08Instead,
20:09they were heading to
20:12Mrs. Pettigrew's house.
20:16Yeah, hard to say,
20:17like, yeah.
20:19I think just bag it all up
20:20and we'll take it down the station.
20:22Oh, don't miss this
20:23if there's a few bits out of it.
20:24You had a look in the freezer?
20:25Ah, it's nice.
20:26Get in there for you.
20:27Bag it all up.
20:27All right, chuck it in this one.
20:28Just did this one.
20:29Easy, Mrs. P.
20:30You.
20:31Watch your head, Mrs. P.
20:34I'll get you.
20:36Tubbs!
20:37What are you doing here?
20:38Why's your silver lice?
20:39What's happening?
20:40Mate,
20:41I got her.
20:43Mrs. Moth.
20:45Mrs. Pettigrew,
20:46our old English teacher,
20:48is Mrs. Moth.
20:50You know,
20:50like from a podcast.
20:52Yeah.
20:53Killed an estimated 25 people
20:54around New Zealand
20:54since the 80s.
20:56I don't understand.
20:57Well, I've kind of got you
20:58to thank for it, don't I?
20:59I mean, you led me right to her.
21:00See, when we were sitting
21:01in there earlier,
21:02something caught my eye.
21:04It was the tea sun
21:05in the sugar bowl.
21:07That's what I remembered.
21:08Mrs. Moth liked to carve
21:09that very insignia
21:10into her victims.
21:12So,
21:13thank God you're in the habit
21:14of getting that extra sugar,
21:15eh, Tubbs?
21:16So that's it then?
21:17It was her
21:18that killed Uncle Mitch.
21:19Oh, no, no, no.
21:20No, that was,
21:20that was definitely your dad.
21:23How's it, Tubbs?
21:25Dad!
21:25Easy, easy, mate.
21:26Easy.
21:27We picked him up
21:28about an hour ago
21:29down the pub.
21:30But Dad's innocent.
21:31The tub's, um,
21:33we found your dad's
21:34bloody fingerprints
21:34on the mower.
21:36The one he used
21:36to kill Mitch.
21:39Sorry, mate.
21:41Anyway, let's, uh,
21:42let's roll out.
21:44Good day.
21:46Good day.
22:05Good day.
22:06Good day.
22:08Good day.
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