When the badly beaten and burned body of 23-year-old David Olyne was discovered at an abandoned pump station just outside Bella Vista in Ceres in the Western Cape, it immediately became clear his murder had been a rage-filled attack. Olyne was buried at his home in Williston, Northern Cape. He had worked at the Family Read more
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Dr Hestelle van Staden is a senior forensic pathologist and star of the VIA show, Outopsie. In this week’s episode I chat with Dr Van Staden about her work as a pathologist, the show, and her future projects. Content hosted by iono.fm SHOWNOTES: Host: Nicole Engelbrecht Producer: Nicole Engelbrecht Music: Snippet with permission from
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As residents of Merriespruit in the Free State province settled in for bed on the 22nd of February 1994, a wall of mud and water was heading their way and when a man-made disaster collided with the quiet suburb of Virginia, only devastation was left in its wake. When gold-bearing rock is processed and the
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When Brydon Brandt was arrested in 1997 in connection with the death of his friend and roommate, police had no idea they had arrested a serial killer. Within hours of the suspect being apprehended, he confessed to a string of unsolved murders — and it became clear he had specifically targeted sex workers. While this
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When Marthinus Rossouw was arrested for the murder of his boss, Baron Dieter von Schauroth, he didn’t deny killing him. What the man alleged, though, was that his victim had wanted to die and he had simply been the instrument of death. SHOWNOTES: Host: Nicole Engelbrecht Producer: Nicole Engelbrecht Music: Snippet (with permission) from Prime
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