Sensing Murder is back on TV and somehow even worse than before

New Zealand’s most fucked up show is back on the air after a merciful hiatus. Duncan Greive says that Sensing Murder is a crime against television – and now, due to a big format change, even worse than it was the first time around. Sensing Murder, one of the most preposterous shows in New Zealand … Read more

Watch the first episode of our new online series Repressed Memories… SENSING MURDER EDITION

James Mustapic introduces our new web series Repressed Memories, and explains why he decided to revisit Sensing Murder for the first harrowing episode. NZ TV shows were such an iconic part of my life when I was younger. I was obsessed: with after school kids TV shows, drama TV shows, and even TV shows about … Read more

I went to a Sensing Murder psychic and all I got was a dead budgie flying above my head

Murder Week continues: Alex Casey spends an evening with Sensing Murder’s Sue Nicholson during her Answers From the Other Side tour, and doesn’t get a lot of answers. Look, I’m not strictly saying I believe in ghosts. All I’m saying is, when I was 14 I’m pretty sure I talked to David Lange through a … Read more

Chilling: Emily Writes has been haunted by Kiefer Sutherland for more than a decade

To continue the thrills and spills of Murder Week, our Parenting editor Emily Writes recalls a Sensing Murder-style haunting of her own… by 24 star Kiefer Sutherland. When I was a kid I saw a movie on TV that scarred me for life. A little girl was getting ready for her birthday party and Kiefer … Read more

Bullshit and Bodybags: Sensing Murder is back from the dead

To mark the return of Sensing Murder – and to kick off Murder Week, our ill-advised week-long celebration of the show – long-time skeptic Paul Casserly tries his best to become a convert. So Sensing Murder is back. Ten years ago I hated this show with such a vengeance that I took to it with … Read more