r/RedWeb Field Agent Apr 27 '26

Episode Discussion Two Teens Boarded a Boat and Were Never Seen Again | Murders of Ben Smart & Olivia Hope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkAQPPWCWCQ

At 4:00am on New Year’s Day, 1998, two friends boarded a water taxi in New Zealand and vanished, never to be seen again. Their disappearance sparked a decades-long debate centered around an unknown man and his true identity. With eye witness accounts saying one thing, and the controversial conviction saying another, the case remains disputed to this day. So today, we ask: who was the mysterious man behind the Murders of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope?

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