Polkinghorne E11: ‘I'm never good enough’

About this episode

The episode discusses court hearings involving Pauline Hanna, focusing on her emails, medication effects, and conflicting IT expert opinions regarding her phone activity on the day of her reported death.

For the first time, the court hears emails, found by the defence, that Pauline Hanna wrote to herself. Psychiatrists talk about the possible impact of the mix of medication she was taking. IT experts are at odds over whether texts were started - and deleted - on Hanna’s phone at 4am on the day her death was reported. WARNING: This podcast references suicide right from the start and throughout the episode. Some listeners might find this distressing. Click here for where to get help in New Zealand. Podcasts like this take lots of time and resources to produce, which is why we'd love you to support our work by becoming a subscriber! You can subscribe to Stuff Extra directly in Apple Podcasts, or Click Here to listen on other platforms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Pauline Hanna

Topics covered

• court hearings
• mental health
• suicide
• technology
• true crime

Keywords

• Pauline Hanna
• court
• emails
• medication
• suicide
• IT experts
• true crime

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stuff Audio, Apple Podcasts, megaphone.fm

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