In the 1950s in the KZN Midlands, one of the country’s first recorded serial killers began a series of crimes which would go down in history for a few different reasons. More than 70 years later, this vintage true crime case remains one of the most infamous tales of coldblooded murder in South Africa. Content Read more
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When a well-known magistrate is found murdered in her home, the Crimes Against the State unit are called in to investigate what could be another terrible silencing of a voice of justice. The truth behind Romay van Rooyen’s murder, though, was far closer to home. This episode was first released in the Patreon feed in
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In 2023, a middle-aged accountant, Hildegard Steenkamp, stood in the dock in the JHB Specialised Crimes Court at Palm Ridge and received a 25 year sentence. Her unassuming appearance belied the 13 years she had spent systematically draining her employer’s bank account. In the end, the judge would say that this was the most significant
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When a family of four is attacked in their home and there is only one survivor, with a regularly alternating version of what occurred, Vanderbijlpark police quickly become suspicious. The victims were Thea (43), and her two children, Carlia (17) and Phillip (14). When the truth is finally revealed, it is far more horrendous than
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In 2002 Claudia Mokone was killed after being struck with shrapnel from a bomb blast near her home. Her senseless death was part of a much larger plan for a group of men who called themselves the Boeremag. In this episode I discuss the case, the group and their trial with the author of the
