True Crime South Africa

In this final part of episode 52, we reveal the blood evidence that spoke on behalf of the victims and consider what may have really happened in the Van Breda home that night. 24-hr trauma helpline 0...

30 Maj 20211h 42min

In part 3 of our series on the Van Breda family murders, we get into the physical evidence and shocking testimony of a threat against the Van Breda's in the weeks before the murders. 24-hr trauma hel...

22 Maj 20211h 8min

In part 1 of the Van Breda Family murders, three family members were killed by an axe-wielding murderer. In this part 2, the minor survivor clings to life, and we discuss the probability of the murder...

14 Maj 20211h 9min

On the 27th of January 2015, emergency services surrounded a home in the upmarket De Zalze estate in Stellenbosch. Inside they would find a family slaughtered with one young girl clinging to life and ...

7 Maj 202156min

In today's episode, I interview Gerard Labuschagne, former head of the Investigative Psychology Unit and author of The Profiler Diaries. (24-hr trauma helpline 082-821-3447) (Support the show on Patre...

29 Apr 20211h 3min

In today's minisode, we discuss three strange and disturbing cases that have darkened the headlines recently. (24-hr trauma helpline 082-821-3447) (Support the show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/...

23 Apr 202121min

In July 2003, 38-year-old Leslie Cilliers was gunned down in cold blood while serving his community. Now 18 years later, his daughter continues to fight for justice for her father, despite his killers...

17 Apr 20211h 4min

In this Spotlight minisode, we discuss the case of a South African expat in Alaska who, in 2019, was arrested for the murder of two women. Is this the grand sum of Brian Smith's crimes or should we be...

3 Apr 202125min