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00:00Kia ora, my name is Toby Buchanan and you're listening to episode six of my
00:05true crime 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
00:22Watkins. 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'd just been tipped off that dad was lurking in the park commemorating the very fire
01:18he started. And here I was thinking he was still in Australia, like some chump.
01:25Dad! Dad! Dad!
01:28Where is he?
01:29Dad!
01:31Dad!
01:32Dad!
01:35This chick who's not some crannies, Constable,
01:37because he's a slip-brick.
01:39Oh, 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
01:54talk to him.
01:54Wow, really?
01:58You weren't looking for him as well, by chance?
02:03Dad?
02:05Yeah.
02:05No.
02:06Nah.
02:07My dad, no, no.
02:09Um, he's over in Cairns anyway.
02:12So, we're looking for your dad in a park. You just happen to be doing fitnessin'?
02:20Uh, yeah. I do fitness here all the time.
02:24Oh, what kind of fitness?
02:26Power walking.
02:27Power walking, that's old school. Good 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?
02:40Good luck with your man, hon.
02:49Dad!
02:51Oh, Toad.
02:52Oh, oh.
02:52It's so good to see.
02:54Yeah, yeah.
02:55It's good, it's good to see you too, Dad.
02:57The pigs are after me.
02:59Yeah.
02:59Okay, first things first.
03:02Did you kill Uncle Mitch?
03:03No.
03:04Uh, no.
03:05I didn't.
03:06Oh, thank Christ.
03:08Then why are you in the country?
03:10Well, I got in a bit of trouble over in Ausland.
03:12I thought Mitch might be able to help me out with a bit of a pickle.
03:16Oh, shit.
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.
03:24But I was there when he died.
03:28Come on, come on, come on.
03:30Let's get out of here.
03:30Oh, jeez.
03:32Oh, shit.
03:34Oh, shit.
03:35Oh, shit.
03:36Oh, shit.
03:36Oh, shit.
03:36Oh, shit.
03:37Oh, shit.
03:37Oh, shit.
03:37Oh, shit.
03:37Oh, shit.
03:42I don't even know where to go.
03:43I've been staying at the town dump.
03:45Why?
03:46It's cheap.
03:47Actually, it's free.
03:49It's perfectly sound mattresses people have just thrown away.
03:52Okay, yeah, okay.
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?
04:26Yeah, 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.
04:39And it's been confirmed she is in tail oil.
04:42I'm sorry.
04:43I'm so sorry.
04:43I've got to get going.
04:53She seemed nice.
04:56I don't even know where to begin, Dad.
04:58What happened at Oz?
05:00Uh, one 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.
05:11Because I didn't think I had the emotional capacity to deal with any kind of investigation.
05:17Cops found out I was there, wanting to talk a lot.
05:20I didn't want to talk to them.
05:21I thought Mitch might be able to get me one of them top lawyers.
05:25Why?
05:25He owed me, Tobes, big time.
05:28If I didn't worship the ground he walked on, I would have murdered Mitch years ago.
05:44Home sweet home.
05:46Yeah.
05:49Mattress got a bit wet.
05:51It's a bit mouldy.
05:52But apart from that, everything's fine.
05:54Yeah.
05:55It's a good set up.
05:57Oh, you think so?
05:58Yeah.
05:59Yeah.
05:59I might sit outside.
06:01It's just...
06:01Forever a few, son.
06:16In any way, Dad, just...
06:17Look, just tell me everything.
06:19Okay?
06:19And then we can come up with a plan.
06:21So you were at the mansion when Mitch died?
06:25Mitch didn't know I was coming.
06:26I was feeling a bit bloody nervous about it all.
06:33Mitch was a busy man, so I had to pick my moment carefully.
06:41Yeah.
06:42Apparently he's still faffing about at his mother, so we'll get him in straight away.
06:47I don't care.
06:48My nephew, unfortunately.
06:51Just find him something managerial.
06:53And do it now.
06:57Yeah, Toby, I was hoping to get hard of you.
07:00Come round to the mansion this afternoon, will ya?
07:03I wanna talk to you about something.
07:05See ya, too.
07:08Hang on.
07:10What are you doing here?
07:14Mitchie.
07:16Listen, Bruce.
07:16Whatever you want.
07:18I can't help ya.
07:19It's not that I want something, but...
07:23Lord, the timing.
07:26Wait here.
07:26I want to be in.
07:30You too.
07:36Not yet.
07:38You too.
07:40Help me!
07:40Help me.
07:41Help me!
07:42Help me.
07:45Help me!
07:46I will never forget you.
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 him it's pretty bloody obvious it would be
08:19jed jameson who jed jameson i've never heard of this person oh he's your uncle's rival back in
08:29the day bumped into him in town long after i got back it was just before betcha died jameson
08:41i just want to apologize you know because when that old building remember that big fire
08:47until you know one year old man started
08:53it wasn't an accident me and mitch did it on purpose he agreed to pay off my debts if i
09:02took all the blame why jed was edging mitch out of the motor mowing business
09:08he developed a prototype of his own automated mower mitchy was going to have none of that
09:15we decided to burn the whole block down so it wouldn't seem so targeted
09:20jed out of the picture mitchy could patent his own automated mower make his millions that way
09:28so there you go big family secret for you son
09:33wait jed jameson there was that note on uncle mitch's desk jay okay so i had a new lead suspect
09:43jed jameson i've done a little bit of online sleuthing and i found a registered address for jed's
09:49gardening services limited business right and it's about an hour south of tohoiho so that's where i'm
09:55heading for the no thing hello tubbs it's mattie yeah i've just been talking with sergeant brown
10:02he said you were down at the park where your dad was spotted um no well nah i well you
10:06told me he
10:06was down there i was just hoping to help oh yeah was it a nice father-son reunion well no
10:12it wasn't
10:12because i didn't run into it i didn't see him there so no it wasn't i'll cut the crap tubbs
10:17listen if you're helping a criminal on the run you're not just playing with fire mate
10:20you're practically juggling chainsaws yeah okay well thanks for your concern but i'll think i'll be
10:28fine okay bye matt see you yeah okay so jed's address is about an hour south of tohoiho in the
10:36state you're still making that flaming podcast tubbs
10:42ah
10:46oh my god oh oh
10:50what um
10:54are you all right i am so sorry sir i did not i i did why are you jed from
11:01jed's marine services limited
11:03please ask my name is toby and i'm an invest well i'm a journalist and i was hoping to talk
11:10to you
11:10actually 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
11:39he's 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 no i didn't
12:06i mean yes i did um i've told loads of people
12:28what are um a few animal skins around the place it's me passion killing pests
12:35it's there lots of possums and uh other things
12:43right so
12:46you used to have a business yeah
12:49yes
12:51until the great tohoiho birthing
12:54that'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
13:08it was
13:08well
13:10my business had never burned down
13:12i didn't even read it up here
13:15paradise
13:19do you have any thoughts on mitch buchanan
13:27what was that a weasel in one of me traps
13:33what did you say you were here for again
13:36i am uh sorry yeah i'm doing some research because i'm writing mitch buchanan's obituary
13:45mitch buchanan was a dirty weasel
13:49whoever killed him was a hero
13:52he did the world a favor
13:54wait how did you know he was killed
13:59it's only a matter of time those buchanan's are a bad bunch
14:04every last one of them
14:07now i don't know
14:11the only good buchanan is a dead buchanan
14:17what did you say your name was again me
14:21i'm toby toby
14:24jed son jed um toby jedson
14:30jed
14:34that's an interesting name
14:38a rat this time
14:42jed jameson was clearly guilty
14:45revenging uncle mitch for the great fire of 96
14:47which my father started for him
14:50and to 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 i spied my old friends the popo
15:03didn't take long to realize 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 but they were like a goddamn dog with a bone
15:18always sniffing circling and seemingly one step ahead
15:23but they weren't going to trap this little weasel if i had anything to do with it
15:27i think i've worked out who killed uncle mitch
15:50his name is jed jameson right and he was an ex-business rival of his and i'm basically i've got
15:55to take confession out of it it's not jed no it is jid hated me she loves killing things and
16:00basically he's jobs jed's as blind as a mole is it he's still here
16:11paradise oh my god he is blind look uh i'm gonna ask you one last time where's your dad
16:19i don't know where he is geez no okay we're toddling off to then with this big bag of greasies
16:28i'm visiting my friend bringing where they live here they live here yes it's your mate's house yes
16:36so you didn't just turn into a random driveway because you saw me following you no don't let
16:42me stop you i beg your pardon well go on they'll be waiting won't they yeah they will okay well
16:49it was good just it was good to see oh they mustn't be home i must have got the wrong
17:07date or something
17:08i think toby buchanan mr pedigree and is that uh matt mckenzie my goodness what a surprise
17:23have you come to arrest me well that depends mrs pedigree from what i remember you're a bit of a
17:29grammar gangster come and see our old english teacher have you i thought you'd show up here
17:37eventually buchanan after all these years you've finally come to apologize
17:46yes
17:52i'll have two sugar cubes please
18:03right i'm ready for my apology yes um okay i am so sorry for what for what i did
18:25you should be embarrassed i am a 13 year old should know better where was your self-control your
18:34self-respect i don't know where it was that jar of lollipops was for the whole class toby
18:41you didn't leave any for the other students no i didn't in fact i think you should apologize to matt
18:48it as well matt what's that matt i'm so sorry for the pain i caused you by eating all the
18:59lollipops
18:59in the jar in third form english actually you were repeating that here weren't you you know what um
19:06thanks for the tea mrs p uh i think i'd better shoot off wait where are you going i've got
19:11police
19:12business mate police business till 10 2. so yeah um historical apologies aside i was sick with worry
19:19about matt and his texting something fishy was going on and i'm not talking about the second batch of
19:25fish and chips i had to buy and then two of those little bottles of tartare sauce and would you
19:30like
19:30to add the seven spring rolls again i assumed that found dad at the landfill and we were about to
19:47arrest him i followed them feebly with no real plan maybe i could talk them out of it maybe i
19:55could steal
19:56a gun bust dad out hijack a boat and then flee to a pacific island but then to my surprise
20:03they
20:03weren't headed to the landfill at all or anywhere near dad's hideout instead they were heading to
20:12mrs pettigrew's house
20:16yeah hard to say like yeah i think just bag it all up we'll take it down the station
20:22oh don't miss this if there's a few bits here you know how to look in the freezer
20:27just did this one easy mrs p you watch your head mrs p
20:36tubs what are you doing here why's your still the lights what's happening mate i got her mrs moth
20:45mrs pettigrew our old english teacher is mrs moth you know like from a podcast
20:52yeah killed an estimated 25 people around new zealand since the 80s
20:56i don't understand well i've kind of got you to thank for it don't i i mean you led me
21:00right to
21:00it see when we were sitting in there earlier something caught my eye it was the tea sun
21:05in the sugar bowl that's what i remembered mrs moth like to carve that very insignia into her victims
21:13so thank god you're in the habit of getting that extra sugar hey tubs so that's it then
21:17it was her that killed uncle mitch oh no no no no that was uh that was definitely your dad
21:23how's it tubs dad oh easy easy mate easy we picked him up about an hour ago down the pub
21:29but dad's
21:30innocent the tubs um we found your dad's bloody fingerprints on the mower the one he used to kill
21:37mitch sorry man anyway let's uh let's roll out good day
22:03so
22:06so
22:07so
22:15you
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