The Jukebox Murder
May 22, 2025
A murder that shook Tāmaki Makaurau 70 years ago was adapted into a sell-out play and an award winning novel. Scott Bainbridge recalls the case that still has a hold, in the heart and memory of one who was ‘there’ and which recalls the dark and horrific legacy of the National government’s moral panic and hanging young men.
By Scott Bainbridge