This mortal boy

Kidman, Fiona, 1940-2019

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Albert Black, known as the 'jukebox' killer', was only 20 when he was convicted of murdering another young man in a fight at a milk bar in Auckland on 26th July 1955. His crime fuelled growing moral panic about teenagers, and he was to hang less that five months later, the second-to-last person to be executed in New Zealand. But what really happened? Was this a love crime, was it a sign of juvenile delinquency? Or was this dark episode in our recent history more about our society's reaction to outsiders? Black's final words, as the hangman covered his head, were, 'I wish you all a merry Christmas, gentlemen, and a prosperous New Year.' This is his story.