True Crime South Africa is the first victim-focused true-crime podcast in the country. Host, Nicole Engelbrecht, researches each case herself using media coverage, trial footage, social media sources and often by talking to some of the individuals involved. Using her skills as a creative writer and her passion for true crime, she crafts each script to ensure that listeners are given a deep dive into the case mechanics as well as an understanding of the victims as human beings. The podcast covers both solved and unsolved South African true crime cases. The unsolved cases are often cold cases which can benefit from awareness being brought to them. This concept has been used in the US for many years and to great success. The listenership formed around true crime podcasts becomes a community that advocates for victims and resolution for families. South African victims now have their own voice too. True Crime South Africa publishes weekly, alternating between full-length case episodes and shorter minisodes which discuss true crime cases that are currently in the media. The podcast launched on the 22nd of June 2019 and is making waves in the South African podcast community...
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 13 days 23 hours 51 minutes
Podcast: TCSA: Spotlight 2
The TCSA:Spotlight minisodes cover true crime cases that are in the South African media right now and updates on previous episodes. This week we have updates on the Krugersdorp Killers case, a statement from the One Strong Voice Foundation on the Amahle Thabethe case and a discussion on the tragic murder of Meghan Cremer. Amazon Affiliate Link to purchase Zephany: Two Mothers, One Daughter: https://amzn...
Podcast: Episode 6: The Griekwastad Murders
On Friday, the 6th of April 2012 three members of the Steenkamp family were brutally murdered. The perpetrator would be the last person anyone would have accused. To purchase Jacques Steenkamp’s book: The Griekwastad Murders https://amzn.to/31xZOMv Link to Sleepy Times Tales Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/37nWA5Uy3D9CxnClVrVgY2 Link to Profiler Africa: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuXmxpgcJs-osSPJ3cbbOUA (Rape Crisis Hotline: 021-447-9762; https://rapecrisis.org...
Podcast: TCSA: Spotlight 1
In our new Spotlight series we will cover cases that are in the media at the moment. Each mini-sode will include short updates and discussions on recent cases and updates on cases we’ve covered before. This week in TCSA Spotlight, South African serial killers, organ theft and missing teachers in Vietnam.
Podcast: Episode 5: The Disappearance of Amahle Thabethe
On the 6th of April 2019, 8-year-old Amahle Thabethe assisted a man with directions to a shop. She has never been seen again. Where is Amahle and did a serial rapist on the run have something to do with her disappearance? Missing person advocacy agencies in South Africa: http://missingchildren.org.za/ https://www.pinkladies.org.za/ Mfundo Ndala’s YouTube video on Amahle MISSING CHILD: Amahle Thabethe
Podcast: Episode 4 – The Krugersdorp Killers
In Krugersdorp, South Africa 11 people were viciously murdered between 2012 and 2016 by a religious group calling themselves Electus Per Deus (Chosen by God). Their arrests sparked an investigation into one of the strangest cases in South African history which would ultimately reveal the depths of human depravity.
Podcast: Episode 3 – The Station Strangler
South Africa has been haunted by the Station Strangler serial killer case since his first murder in 1986. A suspect was caught and jailed for one of the crimes but is he the true perpetrator or does he still move among us to this day?
Podcast: Episode 2 – The Disappearance of Marie Ostbo
Marie Ostbo, a Norwegian student, was 21 years old when she disappeared while on holiday in South Africa. Marie has now been missing for more than a year and the circumstances surrounding her disappearance seem to get murkier every day. This is Marie’s story.
Podcast: Episode 1 – The Murder of Charmaine Mare
I chose Charmaine’s story to cover first because I hadn’t heard about the case before I saw it on a short documentary on television. I was surprised as I tend to follow cases like these quite voraciously but then I realised that Charmaine’s murder took place just a month before Oscar Pistorius shot Reeva Steenkamp in February 2013...