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True Crime South Africa covers solved and unsolved South African true crime cases.
I Lived Through This tells the stories of ordinary people who survived unimaginable situations. From being trapped in a destructive cult, surviving an abusive relationship, a fight with a wild animal, and even devastating natural disasters, survivors tell you their own powerful stories, in their own words. The podcast is hosted by Nicole Engelbrecht of True Crime South Africa.
Your host is Mairi Campbell-Jack, long listed for the Crime Writing Associations debut dagger and a finalist on the Amazon Publishing New Voices Awards. Mairi guides you through the best of true crime and crime fiction podcasting and books. Regular reviews and guest interviews appear on the podcast and website, as well as a shop where you can buy reviewed books while supporting independent retailers and the pod. http://www.true-crime-fiction.com/podcast
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Out for Blood: The Story of Carrie the Musical
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Out for Blood: The Story of Carrie the Musical
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CARRIE THE MUSICAL has long been considered the Queen of Broadway Flops. It closed in record time, losing millions of dollars. But can the rumors of backstage chaos, on-stage accidents, audience hysterics and killer reviews really be true? Prepare to discover the surprising story behind the show’s creation and its infamously disastrous run as two obsessive fans, Chris Adams and Holly Morgan, dust off their bootleg VHS tape and decide to find out the truth. They meet the cast, crew and creato ...
The Truth is spoken here on the Sgt Dorsey Speaks podcast each week hosted by Sgt Cheryl Dorsey. Support the show via Cash App - https://cash.app/$sgtdorseyspeaks Sgt Dorsey’s Autobiography available ~ http://bit.ly/2AGhYmQ For over two decades, Retired Los Angeles Police Department(LAPD) Sergeant Cheryl Dorsey worked exclusively in patrol and specialized units in all four Bureaus within the City of Los Angeles; South, Central, West and Valley. In addition to various patrol division assignme ...
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Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
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Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
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Inspired by a true life story, Lady Audley's Secret is the story of a woman's overwhelming ambition and passion for social success. When the first book came out in 1862, Victorian readers were shocked and outraged by its portrayal of aspects like bigamy, insanity, yearning for social status and the will to commit murder to achieve one's goals. The novel belongs to a genre that became very popular during that era. Known as “sensation novels” they can probably be equated to today's pulp fictio ...
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Episode 111 The Serial Crimes of Andrew Jordaan
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On the 28th of May 2018, Felicity Cilliers disappeared in Stellenbosch. When her body was found two days later, her father was sure that the case would be resolved quickly, there was so much evidence against the man he knew had done it after all. He could have no idea that he was about to embark on a decade-long fight for justice for Felicity. (24-…
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Episode 110 The Murders of Marna Engelbrecht & Sharnelle Hough
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On the morning of the 26th of May 2018, the small Northwest town of Stella was ripped apart when the bodies of schoolgirls Marna Engelbrecht and Sharnelle Hough were discovered in their school hostel. What at first appeared to be a suicide would soon be shown to be a ruthless and cold double murder (24-hr trauma helpline 082-821-3447) (Support the …
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108: Essay. The Crime and Punishment of Shamima Begum
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Mairi delves into the case of Shamima Begum a British girl who as a teenager left to join the Isis Caliphate, and now has been stripped of her British Citizenship. Support the showBy Mairi
For St Patrick's Day we have mashed all TCFs Irish true crime episodes together, with and an interview with The Troubles podcast. Literary Guise Podcast: A Book Club for Modern Men A cocktail-infused book podcast, examining positive and toxic portrayals of masculinity. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the show…
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Episode 109 The Murder of Myrna Joy Aken
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67 years ago an 18 year old girl lost her life to a calculated predator and although her memory should have long faded from the minds of those who knew her, for some, Myrna Joy Aken remains very much alive in their memories. (24-hr trauma helpline 082-821-3447) (Support the show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/truecrimesa) (Support the show on P…
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106: Very Scary People: A True Crime Podcast About the Amityville Horror
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Mairi dives into this podcast, which looks at the very real crimes, behind the very fake haunting of 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville. For more episodes about family anihilation check out TCF review of Father Wants Us Dead https://true-crime-fiction.com/2022/09/05/father-wants-us-dead-a-true-crime-podcast-about-john-list/ Support the show…
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REMASTERED: 106. International Woman's Day Bonus Episode
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For this year's International Woman's Day Mairi has remastered last years bonus special, and interview with author, CJ Cooper. All CJs books are availible to buy in the TCF bookshop. Literary Guise Podcast: A Book Club for Modern Men A cocktail-infused book podcast, examining positive and toxic portrayals of masculinity. Listen on: Apple Podcasts S…
When paramedics arrived at a home in Johannesburg in June 2016, they found the lifeless body of a 3-year-old boy. His caregivers claimed he had died after an accidental fall into a bath of water, but the autopsy would tell a very different story (24-hr trauma helpline 082-821-3447) (Support the show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/truecrimesa) (…
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105: Crime in Culture Round-Up: The Unforgotten and Victim or Villan?
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This episode Mairi gives a quick run down of what she has been watching and reading in crime fiction and true crime, covering The Unforgotten Series 5 and this article in Saturday's Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/04/women-men-gender-violence Text availible here https://true-crime-fiction.com/my-reviews/ Support the show…
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104: The Boy in the Woods: A True Crime Podcast about the murder of Rikki Neave
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This is a sad tale, in which there are no happy endings, just difficult questions, Support the showBy Mairi
In 2012, Hawks and officials from Cape Nature uncovered the largest single haul of illegal ivory in the country to that point. The discovery would herald changes in the way South Africa prosecuted wildlife crimes but the true horror of these crimes lies in their connections to a range of other underworld activities. (24-hr trauma helpline 082-821-3…
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103: Justice in the Age of Judgement: A True Crime Book on social media and court cases from Amanda Know to Kyle Rittenhouse
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Mairi review a book, part memoire of the carear of Anne Bremner, who has attended some of the most well known trials in modern US history. Support the showBy Mairi
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Episode 106 - The Serial Crimes of Phindile Ntshongwana
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In March 2011, residents of Kwazulu-Natal would be terrified by a string of brutal and seemingly random ax murders on the streets of their province. Although excellent investigative action would lead to the capture of the serial killer, it would emerge that the man should never have been on the streets in the first place. (24-hr trauma helpline 082…
Chris and Holly are BACK for another packed Carrie the Musical catch-up! It's been 35 years since the very first performance of Carrie, so what better excuse to find out what's been going in the Carrie-verse since our last episode? They're joined in the studio by a very special new member of the gang, as well as Sadie Kempner and Ellie McWilliam fr…
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Episode 105 The Murder of Marike de Klerk
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When the body of Marike de Klerk was found in her Blouberg apartment in December 2001, rumours and conspiracy theories abounded. Her political connections and the difficulties she'd dealt with in the years leading up to her death meant that it was hard for the public to believe this could have been yet another senseless murder in a country where se…
Telltale Media presents Your Mom with Schalk Comedian Schalk Bezuidenhout gets us front row seats with some of the most exceptional people in South Africa as we get to know their stories like we've never heard them before. Not told through their eyes but rather through those that know them better than anyone else... their mothers! Listen on Spotify…
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Bonus Episode: The Storyteller Tells Her Story
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In this episode Vanessa Lynch from DNAforAfrica turns the microphone on Nicole Engelbrecht to chat about her journey into podcasting and writing about South African true crime (24-hr trauma helpline 082-821-3447) (Support the show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/truecrimesa) (Support the show on PayPal https://www.paypal.me/truecrimesa) Instagra…
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102. Bible John, Creation of a Serial Killer: A Feminist True Crime Podcast
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Mairi discovers that Audry Gillen has done for Bible John what Hallie Rubenhold did for Jack the Ripper and some suprising conclusions. Support the showBy Mairi
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Episode 104 The Murder of Graham Chatburn
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When 49-year-old Graham Chatburn is found in the Liesbeek River with a crossbow bolt through his skull, his friends and family cannot fathom who would want to harm the loving father and husband. As the pieces of the investigation start to fall into place, though, Graham's family will have to accept that they have been living with a killer in their …
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101. REMASTERED. West Cork: A True Crime Podcast About the Murder of Sophie Toscan Du Plantier
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A release now with enhanced mastering of one of TCF's earlies podcast reviews. The popular, and well crafter West Cork, from Audible. Support the show
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Ep 103 The Serial Crimes of Cameron Wilson (Bonus Interview with Prof. Britton)
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When 18-year-old Lekita Moore was found murdered in Valhalla Park, the route to her killer was pretty direct. It would be all of the revelations that spilled over after the arrest of Cameron Wilson, though, that would soon underpin the true horror of what had happened on the Cape Flats over preceding two years (24-hr trauma helpline 082-821-3447) (…
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!100! The Good Cult: A True Crime Podcast Where a Journalist Struggles With Having Been Brought up in a Cult
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Mairi publishes her 100th episode and thanks you all for listening! Text availible here! Support the showBy Mairi
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99. Self Help for Serial Killers: Week 3, part 1
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It's a new year, but the same old Maine Fawkes, and his terrible, terrible self help book. Find out more here https://true-crime-fiction.com/self-help-for-serial-killers-let-your-creativity-bloom/ Support the showBy Mairi
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98: My Brother the Killer: A True Crime Book by Alex Sharkey about the murder of Danielle Jones
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All books reviewed in the podcast are availible for sale at the TCF bookshop where profits go to indpenedent book stores and to help keep the pod running. https://true-crime-fiction.com/2020/11/29/true-crime-podcast-the-happy-face-killer/ Support the showBy Mairi
When four gun shots rang out in an office block in Cape Town CBD on the 26th of July 2012, they heralded the end of two lives and the beginning of a world of pain for thousands of people who'd been fleeced into joining one of South Africa's largest Ponzi schemes. (24-hr trauma helpline 082-821-3447) (Support the show on Patreon https://www.patreon.…
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97. Best Crime Fiction Books Reviewed by TCF in 2022
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It was very tough to make this selection, but Mairi brings you a run down of the best books reviewed by TCF in 2022. All books are availible to buy in the TCF bookshop where profits help independent book retailers and keep the pod going. Support the showBy Mairi
Mairi reviews some of the best true crime podcasts of the last year to be reviewed by TCF, Support the showBy Mairi
In this week's spotlight minisode we wrap the year by remembering some of the greatest moments the podcast has had in the last 12 months as well as some of the crimes that have rocked South Africa and cases that have been resolved this year. (24-hr trauma helpline 082-821-3447) (Support the show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/truecrimesa) (Supp…
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95: The Wicked Boy: A Historical True Crime Book About A Child Murderer
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Mairi delves into this historical murder, and wonders what it tells us about today. All books are availible to buy in the TCF book shop https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/tcf-reviewed-non-fiction Support the showBy Mairi
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Episode 100 The Murder of Siam Lee Part 2
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When 20-year-old Siam Lee went missing from her place of work in Kwazulu-Natal in 2018, her disappearance made headlines for all the wrong reasons. As the story developed, she and her mother would be cast as one-dimensional characters in the story being told about them. When Siam's remains were found, though, attention would shift to her alleged mu…
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Episode 100 The Murder of Siam Lee Part 1
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When 20-year-old Siam Lee went missing from her place of work in Kwazulu-Natal in 2018, her disappearance made headlines for all the wrong reasons. As the story developed, she and her mother would be cast as one-dimensional characters in the story being told about them. When Siam's remains were found, though, attention would shift to her alleged mu…
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94: Unheard: The Fred and Rose West Tapes - A True Crime Podcast
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Mairi find a really well balanced podcast, just a pity it's about Fred and Rose West. Support the showBy Mairi
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Episode 99.5 The Murder of Arnold Schultz
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One couple. One farm. Two murders in the space of a month. When Arnold Schultz is found murdered on his farm in Philippi just one month after his life partner, Hester Koch suffered the same fate, it seems impossible that there is not some link between the two crimes. (24-hr trauma helpline 082-821-3447) (Support the show on Patreon https://www.patr…
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Episode 99 - The Murder of Erin van Rensburg
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When Stellenbosch university student, Erin van Rensburg, went missing from her flat on the 1st of June 2009, red flags immediately sprang up around one particular man who'd shown an obsessive interest in the young woman. (24-hr trauma helpline 082-821-3447) (Support the show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/truecrimesa) (Support the show on PayPa…
