The Brutal & Terrifying Case of The Maungatapu Murders

[@ricklee5802official.1Rope_fan]

Brilliant research and narration. I have not heard of this case. Thanks BC for another riveting historical crime.

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thanks Rick :)

[@barneyronnie]

This is scary; this makes me nervous and depressed!!

[@VideoDotGoogleDotCom]

I don't know of any other channel - nor do I really need to - that exclusively covers these old, little known cases. There are several good true crime channels, but they are competing with each other, often covering the very same cases. It must take a lot of work to investigate some forgotten crimes from the 19th century, as opposed to something like Alexander Pichushkin or the older, but very well known Villisca Axe Murders of 1912.

[@ricklee5802official.1Rope_fan]

@@roddymcniven8734 if you take offence at a name being mispronounced, then you need help. Plenty of Australian words are mispronounced, so fkn what. Its the content of the story that matters not a few mispronounced Maori words. Get a life.

[@SueMead]

@@BriefCaseOfficial This week is Maori language week. With due respect, allow me to suggest you do a little research on Maori pronunciation. As an NZer, it was a little like nails down a blackboard at times. However, don't let that deter you. The Burgess Gang are part of the fabric of colonial New Zealand so thank you for not only telling the tale but also the great images you've included. Maungatapu is pronounced: Mawn - ga - tah - pu with the 'g' being said softly and kept in the throat from the preceeding 'n'. I'm not fluent in _Te reo_ (maori language) but I and many _pakeha_ (non Maori citizens) are working towards having Maori be the equivalent of English, rather than secondary language. Which is kind-of crazy considering Maori were here centuries before colonisation.

[@huntsman9051]

My great great grandmother was a witness in this ,she testified she had witnessed and identified the four murderers riding as a group past their farm the day after the murders on their way to nelson , and they exchanged greetings , we still have a booklet from the time of the court transcripts.

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Wow, the booklet must be a pretty valuable

[@akristen4971]

That is very interesting

[@HodgePodgeHarmony]

Very interesting!

[@sheilagravely5621]

I'm surprised some museum hasn't contacted you, that's really interesting. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@TheWaywardBlackbird]

That’s so neat! 😮

[@jayneholmes6355]

All three of those guys looked mean!! I almost laughed when you said that during his rambling speech they pulled the platform out from under them. It's like to say "We don't have all day"!! Another great one BC.

[@cuccicucci4480]

I laughed too. It felt like watching someone ramble on screen and decided to flip to another channel. 😂Viscous scary buggers especially if encountered by night.😨

[@maryroberts9315]

These cases remind us that terrible, predatory people have always been around. It is easy to be cynical about modern society, but there is no crime or vice that didn’t take place 50 years ago or 100 years ago or 500 years ago.

[@MichaelaH2059]

There are many more predators “nowadays” due to the internet and social media. But, yes, evil has always existed.

[@rebekahdavis5935]

It was easier to get away with murder back in the day. Just listen to nurses tell stories about old people they are taking care of who are close to death and start admitting things. It's disturbing.

[@barneyronnie]

@@rebekahdavis5935 I'd have killed myself if I lived a lie, and was actually a scumbag.

[@tommywright7196]

Back then if it happened somewhere else you didn't hear about it is one reason it seems worse today

[@ArtCurator2020]

Dear Mary Roberts: You are WRONG !!! Crime as we know it today only started circa 1800, at the start of the Industrial Revolution. To wit, the first organized police dept "in the world" was established in London in 1828. The first organized police dept in America was established in New York City in 1842. The first modern prison in England was the Pentonville Prison which opened in 1842, while the first modern prison in America was Eastern Penitentiary in Philadelphia which was completed in 1832. >>It is easy to see why someone would think that Crime as we know it today has existed forever, because NO One has EVER asked why modern prisons and organized police depts weren't apparently necessary before 1800. That's because NO One wants to admit that Crime is a function of the brutal conditions in the first large, dark, dirty cities of the Industrial Revolution where people were packed together like sardines in a can. NO One wants to admit that Crime is a function of the Predatory Capitalism of the Early Industrial Revolution, where Greedy Industrialists treated common people like inanimate objects to be exploited both as employees and as consumers, rather than as full fledged human beings. >>The "pollution" that is now accepted as having begun with the Industrial Revolution is just the Physical Pollution of the land, air, and water. But there is another type of "pollution" that began around 1800, and still exits today, which I would call Social Pollution, which not only includes Crime, but Homelessness, Abject Poverty, mass Prostitution, Disintegration of the Nuclear Family and more. But to hide the true Capitalist origins of Crime, reports of Crimes at all levels have always focused on "evil" individual criminals, rather than on the SICK Society that creates them. >>It was their reaction to the behavioral horrors of the first Industrial Cities that compelled Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels to publish "The Communist Manifesto" in 1848.

[@sophiaisabelle01]

Brief Case’s videos has always been informative and interesting. The amount of effort, hard work, commitment, and dedication must’ve been immeasurable.

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thanks Sophia, I appreciate that!

[@cadillacdeville5828]

Good morning and thank-you Briefcase 💼. Hello 👋🏽🤗 crime family 😀

[@samaranightshade4077]

Hello 😁

[@Ferret8185]

I don't know how you find out about these stories, but I am glad you do. I can't wait for Monday mornings with BC. Thank you! PS your pictures and illustrations keep getting better and better. Love all the photo technics. 🖤🏴‍☠️

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thanks Pauline

[@finolaomurchu8217]

The photos are great with the videos.

[@barneyronnie]

He's a professional historian with a good education! That's how😊

[@kellyshatford9582]

I live in Nelson, have walked on the Maungatapu and travel occasionally between Nelson & Picton. This is a story I had heard as a child in history. I've seen the head molds in our provincial museum. It's interesting to hear it again as an adult. Thank you for picking this up and telling.

[@angelinaloubet621]

Thank you for another captivating travel in time and place... even in the company of such a gang of villains !

[@renee1961]

Good morning 🌅🌄, Brief Case! 🙋🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 You make Monday better! Thank You!

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Morning Renee

[@NinjaGrrrl7734]

This is such a perfect treat for today. Your timing is impeccable! Love this channel, you're so respectful of the victims and even the criminals sometimes.

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thankyou

[@robertcampbell6595]

I’m addicted and eagerly await every new episode. The whole narration is voiced so well that I find it adequate and soothing

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thankyou :)

[@dawnklug6986]

Finally was here when you uploaded Brief Case. Another great story....Thank You

[@seandelap8587]

They killed everyone and everything in sight with such brutality even the horses weren't spared.

[@reneedennis2011]

Exactly!

[@K-Mariposa]

Thanks for sharing this one BC. New Zealand is one of the loveliest countries I’ve visited. Interesting to learn a bit more of its history.

[@lilliankeane5731]

Another case I’d never heard of , I really appreciate the work you put into producing these videos / this channel. Thank you.

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thankyou

[@woofmeowackwoof3810]

I live in New Zealand! I've never heard of this case before. It's great to see you doing it ☺️

[@victoriaalbert7203]

Great case. I'm from New Zealand and never knew this and I've stayed at Deep Creek too. If you need any help pronouncing any of the New Zealand place names I'm happy to help.

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thankyou :)

[@karanfield4229]

Hello fellow kiwi!🥰

[@BigDog366]

Hah, I chuckled over Otago too. Dunedin dweller here.

[@mariatorres9789]

It's always tough to guess local pronunciations. I see the same thing with California Native American names of places all the time. I don't think anyone besides a local notices though.

[@kerrywatts5740]

Those men were some hardened men! This is some incredible research!! Brief Case you are truly inspired when bringing us these fascinating episodes!!

[@berenicewaters4096]

Another amazing historical crime story from New Zealand. Thanks for the amazing content.

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thankyou Berenice

[@charlottereitberger6253]

Another new old story! Thank you BC for all your work and research into these old cases. Fascinating that anyone was caught in the old days. This one was a bit complicated due to the many criminals involved. 🇺🇸🙌

[@hightimecrime]

I always enjoy to learn about older cases. Thanks for the great video!

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thanks for watching

[@mgemelia]

I had never heard of this story either but Brief Case’s narration of this makes it easy to comprehend x

[@Ericbryanmr]

Another great video. Well done with the pronunciations. Te Reo place names are not the easiest to pronounce if you've never heard them read before. The only one that was off slightly was Otago. "O-tar-go". Keep up the good work!

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thanks, I re- recorded Ortago a couple of times, just couldn’t get it right :(

[@ELKE-]

Thank you B.C! Your delivering is always on point. Love hearing those centuries stories. Great job!

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thanks Elke :)

[@ELKE-]

@@BriefCaseOfficial You're always very welcome B.C. :) Now I have time to relax this afternoon, and re-listen this story, plus more videos of yours. After I listened to Mortis at 5am, had to get ready to go there! You know what I mean. Thank you, wish great week

[@Flamsterette]

Thanks for the upload and your research!

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thankyou

[@alirivera4401]

I love to listen to you when I'm about to go sleep. I put on the playlist and your voice soothes me to sleep. Thank you for the work that you do.

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thanks for watching

[@clairestaffieri4398]

B,C,. another well told and researched story. Makes me happy when your bell gets rung on my computer.

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thankyou

[@angelpjc]

Wow, I'm five episodes down! Time to binge the new ones and follow up with my favorites. Thank you for your hard work! I've not once been disappointed. 💛 From Austin, Texas, USA

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thankyou

[@jordanh8906]

Hello and good morning Brief case!!! I always look forward to Mondays ! Great job!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thank you!

[@victoriateepa2818]

Thanks Briefcase! Great to hear a story from my country 😊

[@tarabourgeois5807]

I love ❤️ old cases, that’s why I love 💕 this channel!

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thanks Tara

[@NatureLover-62]

I am extremely intrigued of all of your stories of how people were within society. In some cases there isn’t much difference than today unfortunately.

[@renee1961]

Thank You, Brief Case, for another, as ALWAYS, EXCELLENT video! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟💚💚💚💚 Thankfully,they found the bodies of the Innocent Men, and were Convicted! RIP. Have a lovely week, and same time, same place Monday!

[@bettyjames4155]

Hi Renee!

[@JP-nm6fw]

Thanks B C for another incredible case,I believe i could listen to your voice all day it relaxes me!! I’m still binging on your channel,and enjoy every minute!!!!❤❤❤❤❤

[@AuroraBlood]

Hello from Finland! I was waiting for your video, and here it is once again! I appreciate these interesting clips from our history. Thank you very much!🥰

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thank you very much!

[@charlessaddler4351]

Simply brilliant BC. You keep getting better with time. There's a full-length feature movie waiting to be made from this narration.

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thankyou

[@amandafazio2494]

I literally scoffed and rolled my eyes 🙄 when you said they were stressed while walking to the gallows and that one guy had to be carried. Now they knew how their victims felt before they murdered them. Bloody cowards!! Sissy la la, pansies 🙄 That's what happens when people get greedy and ballsy, they pay for the consequences of their heinous crimes. The death penalty needs to be on the tables again, and done swiftly like it was way before "the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment on the prisoners." No it's not!

[@sheilagravely5621]

Exactly, I've said this for Many years.

[@littlereddstar5264]

That offer of immunity AND a reward was too much.I wonder if the prosecutor would really have offered the “informant” blanket immunity on ALL his crimes vs the specific crime he snitched on since he did implicate himself on other crimes.

[@mattkaustickomments]

Thank you! I’m sure I would never have known about this case without your channel.

[@lyndaparker6263]

Fantastic narration BC. Your stories are so interesting and informative. Always look forward to your videos. 😀

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thankyou :)

[@whoknows3972]

Thank you for the new stories🙏😊

[@Ms.HarmonyJ]

Right on brief case amazing video as always keep up the great work my friend

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thankyou

[@wildcolonialman]

Excellent. And in my country. Aware of this murderous history, your telling excellent, and important.

[@deniseelsworth7816]

Never seen anything on new Zealand crimes. Your great at finding cases that r old but new to most of us. Your research is brilliant 🙂

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thankyou :)

[@journeysalkebulan]

Excellent work on the story and video as always B.C. 👏🏾💚

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thanks for listening

[@trj1442]

Another excellent episode. Thankyou for your awesome content BC.

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@revmo37]

Ah BC. What a great start to my Labor day, as well as the day of my Fantasy Football draft. Always cheers me up to start my week with a brilliant video from you, my friend !

[@leeyaferguson9019]

Great story!! Thanks 😊

[@sarahjeannepeterson5536]

Brilliant BC! So extensively researched. So eloquently presented. I'm very happy that I found you! Keep up the great work!😃👍

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thankyou

[@juliecoop66]

Brilliant!! Very intriguing... Went on to watch the short film and it totally brought it to life. Thank you BC

[@joannethortan2257]

Good morning Brief Case.

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Morning

[@diaemamanianne5901]

Good to see awesome cases from across the ditch. Another awesome 👏🏻 job BC.

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thankyou

[@MadCatLady28]

Thanks for this! My mum lives in Nelson, next time I visit I'm heading to the museum to check that out. 👍

[@twistedlines1749]

Thank you for being such a informative narrator and enertainer I listen to these at night with my wife while unwinding from ourday. Outstanding work.

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thankyou so much :)

[@BigDog366]

I live in Dunedin, NZ and I'd never heard of this case, so this was fascinating. I've been to Hokitika, Greymouth and Nelson. I can't even imagine what life was like here then. You have to see the NZ bush to understand how savage everything must have been, how harsh life was. It's a very unforgiving country. Even now people die on our walking tracks because it's a remote country with very few people, so great distances between settlements and no help coming if you get into trouble. Thanks for doing this story. If you have not covered it already, I'd recommend the tale of Minnie Dean for another of your episodes. She really is infamous in NZ and there's even a ballad about her awful crimes.

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thankyou- I covered the Minnie Dean case in January 2021

[@urizen7613]

I suspect it's not well known outside of the top of the south.

[@allisonstephens1837]

Another interesting trip down history lane always learning thanks BC

[@julieokrangley9000]

I love these stories. Thank you for researching and telling stories that are rarely heard

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thanks :)

[@Tahj-Leigh]

Just in time. Good afternoon BC and everyone!

[@jodyharnish9104]

Another fascinating true crime story from the master! You never fail to keep me riveted.

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thanks

[@Sassy-b6c]

Fascinating. Another great on Brief Case!

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thankyou

[@ronattamurray142]

Good morning Briefcase! I love your channel watching from st Lucia 🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

St Lucia, I have always wanted to go there :)

[@ronattamurray142]

@@BriefCaseOfficial very beautiful island you can visit anytime

[@jamesrollins2770]

How do u find these story’s amazing keep up the good work brother

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thanks, will do!

[@TruthNeverFade]

Thank you so much for another well executed video and narration! Keep it up! 😊 PS: I also had to think of the somewhat infamous highwayman Ned Kelly from the Melbourne region.

[@judevarga-fitton5911]

Wonderful to hear a story from my homeland, even from the beautiful South Island where I have resided resided for the last 2 years. I had never heard of this story, thank you for covering it. Going to watch the film now. Blessings.

[@apalyna2173]

Wow awesome to hear you cover this case! I‘ve researched this case quite a bit, as they were hung in my hometown of Nelson. Never would’ve expected to hear about this from anywhere outside of a local history book ☺️

[@darkage5]

Top notch work as always Brief Case!

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thankyou

[@mauricedavis2160]

Another excellent episode Brief Case!!!🙏😢⚖️🤔

[@timparker4160]

What a great channel I can't believe I just stumbled across it.

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Glad you did, thanks :)

[@lornarafuse7056]

Good Morning From Canada…you always make Monday mornings something to look forward to..Thanks BC❤️

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

You are so welcome

[@joyalexander5842]

Hello Brief Case! I appreciate the cases you present.

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thankyou so much

[@charlesclager6808]

Another unknown and fascinating case from the Brief Case !! Thanks.

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thanks Charles

[@sandramillett8267]

Thanks once again for sharing This story.

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thanks for watching

[@memorialled_zeppelin-warew1346]

Heya Brief Case. This one was very interesting. I hadn't heard of it. But I find it a facinating case. Thanks for the video. I'm gonna look into to this one more now it's got my attention. Chriss.

[@thesummerofsam]

Brilliant video, I'm starting to cover some historical crime cases on my channel x

[@aratliffable]

Another good case. Thanks Brief Case

[@janetwebb2701]

Another great story. Thank you.

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thanks for watching

[@TA-cm9yi]

Good Labor day morning from Alberta, thank you for another great BC.

[@silentmoviequeen]

Justice was done for the innocent victims they killed. Thanks for another great case!

[@phineas117]

wonderful as always. thanks BC and pet briefcat for me

[@tonyholt90]

Very interesting thanks for sharing 👍

[@mikeedwards2384]

Another great case your the best thanks Brief Case

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thanks for watching

[@gregdiamond6023]

Excellent BC. I’d love to know t your source for these treasures you share with us. The more I think about it, I don’t want to know. It would spoil our Monday treat.

[@belizegyal8758]

I am very impressed BC with your in-depth research for this case. This case proves the point that birds of a feather indeed flock together. Killing became like a disgusting sport to these degenerates. How awful for these men and their families at that time 😓 I've been watching you for quite a while now and you never fail to disappoint with these cases👍

[@pimpozza]

Oooh, love these kind of stories! What a wicked bunch of low-lifes! Had to chuckle that Kelly gave a rambling speech on the scaffold and they pulled the bolt midway through.. 😁 No sympathy there!! Brilliantly told and researched.. thanks, BC💼🤗

[@davidlancaster8152]

This is an interesting tale from down under. Great blend of history and crime drama. Love the photos. Wasn't there an Australian outlaw named Ned Kelly? Please keep doing your thing. Appreciate

[@irenejennings3747]

Yes, there was. Ned Kelly is one of greatest folk heroes in Australia.

[@aarontaylor4967]

This was really good. So many of the other channels watch go over the same stories so I love BC's original content.

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thankyou

[@boroughgal4146]

Thanks BC. Another great story.Seems to me that if these fellas had invested the same level of energy into mining for gold as they did for robbing people that they may perhaps have been wealthy men.

[@davidtalon5553]

Great Story! !thanks again. Brief Case.

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thanks for listening

[@davidtalon5553]

Always!

[@MultiMoo20]

Thank you BC from Florida ☀️

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thanks for watching :)

[@jackieaustin7517]

Another great installment. I look forward to BC on Monday's

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thankyou :)

[@smsabala6668]

Good afternoon BC family, it 13:05 pm in South Africa, love Mondays

[@hkbabel]

Thank you, BC!

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thankyou for watching Holly

[@odilalaw7815]

Great programme.

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thanks :)

[@marionfriedenthal7352]

The only country I have visited outside my homeland is New Zealand. The West Coast of South Island is where I travelled and I could visualise these murderers traversing the terrain. The West Coast of South Island is exquisite for anyone travelling to NZ.

[@doxie444Theliarztable]

I've lived and travelled there too. I never heard of this case. Fascinating seeing the old photos ,how sparse and isolated it was back then.

[@ellstark372]

I often think the transportees from Britain had it made if they a) survived the journey, b) survived the hard Labour and c) kept their nose clean after release! I have relatives who (according to censuses) led wonderful, full, wholesome life’s after completing their sentences; going on to owning land and raising families! My mother’s side of the family were the founders of Grahamstown in Mackay…..we still get Aussie relatives dropping in on us here in The UK from time to time!

[@ricklee5802official.1Rope_fan]

We came to Australia in 1971. Ten pound poms we were called. I agree those transported from the UK were granted free land if the kept their noses cleaned. Many went on to become wealthy in this rugged land. Others struggled hard to survive. The mortality rate of new borns was Astronomical. I'm 53, served 30 yes in the Aus Army. I am still proud of my British heritage. Keep safe mate.

[@ballsdeep2520]

I found the term he used "transferable offense" interesting and realized I might be ignorant to my fellow Commonwealth penal systems, Canadian history lessons on the matter weren't in depth that I remember. When I was younger I believe I heard "murderers and rapists" and those don't seem like transferable offences the way I'm hearing here. I'll look into it after and appreciate any replies, I'm seeing it from a different angle already. I was assuming before that you deport the worst of the worst but I could see not wanting to release hard criminals into a new area with escape and freedom a possibility

[@VickyCooksalot]

It's basically the same thing for those who were transported to America in the beginning.

[@rosemaryjones5550]

To be fair if you look at Victorian prisons the odds of dying where even either way

[@homo.incurvatus]

@@ballsdeep2520Murder and rape were hanging offenses. Offenses that got you sent to the colonies were relatively minor...

[@deedragongirl]

Hello BC, it makes me want to go to New Zealand!!!

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Me too :)

[@danabuck8967]

Very interesting story. Please keep up the good work ☺️

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thankyou

[@elmin82]

Great video as always

[@BriefCaseOfficial]

Thankyou

[@barbarajohnson3876]

Thanks Mr briefcase