When controversial local gun enthusiast James Thorne was peppered with seven bullets at his farm in the Eastern Cape town of Lady Grey one Friday afternoon, it was the beginning of a huge drama. Then his 19-year-old daughter, Sweeny-pai Thorne — the product of his marriage to a Chinese woman – — walked into the Read more
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When Sarie Myburgh waved her 2-year-old son, Mighael goodbye, as he went off to visit his dad, she could have no idea that it would be the last time she would ever see her child. 24 years later, the mystery of the child’s disappearance endures along with his father’s strange travels through Africa, and his
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On the 24th of November 1927, 18-year-old Irene Kanthack, set out to walk her dog near Johannesburg Zoo. She never came home. Irene’s murder took place 94 years ago and so much has changed since then, but, you may discover, that even more has stayed the same. SHOWNOTES: Host: Nicole Engelbrecht Producer: Nicole Engelbrecht Music:
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When attractive brunette Nina Olivier walked into the office of attorney, George Kellerman, in 1991, he could have no idea that his life would never be the same. For George, the months to come would be a waking nightmare of psychological terrorism that would end in bloodshed. This is your Patreon-Exclusive episode for June 2021
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When Francois Swanepoel allegedly told his wife, Sonjia, that their marriage would only end in bloodshed, this is very likely, not what he had in mind. As two shots ring out in their Sunnyside home in 1970, skeletons start to spill out of the closet and the hangman’s noose is readied, but whose neck belongs
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