Episodes 12
Avg. Duration 34m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.5 (97)
Since Jun 2018
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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Irregularly
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Episodic
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About This Podcast

| Winner Best Podcast – NZ Radio Awards 2019 | | Winner Gold Medal – New York Festivals Radio Awards 2019 | | Winner Best Investigative Radio/Audio Series – The AIBs 2019 | Gail Maney was sent to prison on her son’s birthday. The police said she’d put a hit on a man who stole drugs from her. She went to jail for 15 years. She’s consistently denied having anything to do with the disappearance of Deane Fuller-Sandys. In fact, she says, she never even met him. She isn't sure he was murdered at all. She thinks he’d just … gone fishing. In this eight-part series, Amy Maas and Adam Dudding investigate the case against Maney. They unravel the conflicting and shifting accounts of key witnesses. They expose major flaws in the police timeline. And they raise disturbing questions about police conduct in the case.

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Recent Episodes

Trailer: Quarantine Nation

Mar 03, 2026 3m Trailer

A lethal virus. A drastic lockdown. A nation turned upside down.  From the makers of acclaimed podcasts The Commune, True Story and Witi Underwater, this eight-part narrative series revisits the…

It ain't over until it's over

Aug 16, 2024 24m Bonus

Miscarriage of justice? Twenty five years after being found guilty of murder, a new attempt by Gail Maney to clear her name looks promising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

Gone Fishing – One Year On

Sep 29, 2019 29m Bonus

2019 update: More stories emerge, another witness recants and Gail Maney finds new allies in her fight to prove she’s innocent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part eight: Gone fishing

Jun 29, 2018 1h

​A key witness comes forward with new information that could vindicate Gail Maney, and the lead detective reflects on where his investigation might have gone wrong. Learn more about your ad choices.…

Part seven: The trials of Gail Maney

Jun 28, 2018 50m

​As Gail Maney and three others go on trial for murder, flaws in the prosecution case come to light. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part six: The man with the black eyes

Jun 27, 2018 47m

​The media called him a “stone cold killer”, but the truth about Stephen Stone is a bit more complicated than that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part five: Liar, liar

Jun 26, 2018 42m

​Two historic murder investigations merge into one. But how can police figure out what actually happened, when their key witnesses keep changing their stories? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

Part four: The forest

Jun 25, 2018 46m

​A terrified witness contacts police. Revelations about a young woman’s murder force detectives to reconsider everything they thought they knew about the Deane Fuller-Sandys case. Learn more about…

Part three: Good westie, bad westie

Jun 24, 2018 39m

​Gail Maney had a tough West Auckland upbringing, but she wasn’t a bad kid. Then in the 1990s she slid into a life of hard drugs, petty crime and prostitution. But does that really mean she’s a…

Part two: The fisherman

Jun 24, 2018 42m

For years, Deane Fuller-Sandys was thought to have drowned while fishing at Whatipu. But did police get it right when they later decided Deane was the Larnoch Road “body in the boot”? Learn more…

Part one: The fire

Jun 24, 2018 31m

Gail Maney has served 15 years in jail for ordering the 1989 murder of young Auckland tyre-fitter Deane Fuller-Sandys. But she says she never knew him. In fact, she thinks he wasn’t even murdered.…

Gone Fishing - Trailer

Jun 22, 2018 3m Trailer

Gail Maney was sent to prison on her son’s birthday.The police said she’d put a hit on a man who stole drugs from her. She went to jail for 15 years.She’s consistently denied having anything to do…

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How many episodes does Gone Fishing have?

Gone Fishing has published 12 episodes since June 2018, covering topics in Documentary, Society & Culture.

Is Gone Fishing still active?

Gone Fishing is currently highly active with new episodes irregularly. Average episode length is 34m.

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