62: Mystery in the Sounds (Ben Smart & Olivia Hope) | New Zealand (Part 1)

Evidence Locker True Crime

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, History

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🗓️ 1 September 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Two attractive and talented young people disappeared after a New Year’s Eve party in the Marlborough Sounds. With no sign of them after months of searching, they were presumed murdered. With 1500 witnesses who saw nothing, no bodies, no murder weapon and no crime scene – does anyone really know what happened to Ben Smart and Olivia Hope?

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0:47.1	The Marlboro Sounds is a network of ancient sunken river valleys filled with the water of the Pacific Ocean.
0:54.6	It is located at the northernmost end of New Zealand's South Island.
0:59.4	The scenery is breathtakingly beautiful, with unspoiled,
1:02.7	emerald green, wooded hills, and various bays and inlets.
1:08.0	In the 1990s, on New Year's Eve in the sounds,
1:11.5	there was only one place to go.
1:13.0	Furno Lodge.
1:15.0	It was a century-old building with no road access,
1:18.0	and the New Year's Eve parties were legendary.
1:20.0	Hundreds of boats full of young party-goers made their way to the calm waters of Endeavor Inlet for the celebrations.
1:27.0	21-year-old Ben Smart, an engineering assistant from nearby Blenham, was with a group of friends when they arrived.
1:34.9	Ben was a laid-back guy who loved music and took his guitar with him wherever he went.
1:39.8	The plan was to celebrate the new year and then stay over at a batch or beach
1:43.5	shack at Punga Cove with some friends. Olivia Hope was 17 years old and
1:49.1	was about to start her law degree at the University of Otago. She was academically gifted and a keen pianist.
1:57.1	Olivia and her sister Amelia chartered a small yacht with seven other friends to go to Furno Lodge. The yacht was
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