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Profiler: True Crime Africa
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MURDER ON THE MIND | EPISODE 1 | THE QUARRY KILLEROne of South Africa’s most disturbing serial murder cases. In this episode of Murder on the Mind, we examine how Richard Nyauza preyed on vulnerable women, used isolation and geogr…
MURDER ON THE MIND | EPISODE 8 | RIAAN STANDERThe killer next door. This episode examines how an outwardly ordinary man was able to harbour violent fantasy, target vulnerable victims, and commit brutal murders while appearing…
Unsolved: The Cases South Africa Left Behind | With Guest True Crime SA's Nicole EngelbrechtWe are back with one of the most important voices in South African true crime. In this episode, Paul Llewellyn and Profiler Africa co-host Gerard Labuschagne sit down with author a…
30 Years of Darkness: Lt Col (Ret.) Elmarie Myburgh on the Frontlines of Serial CrimeIn this episode of Profiler Africa, Paul Llewellyn and Professor Gérard Labuschagne are joined by Gerard's former colleague and SAPS legend, Lt Col (Retired) Elmarie Myburgh. Recor…
- When the Dead Have No Name | Victim Identification & Forensic Truth | Profiler Africa
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- How to Spot a Serial Killer? | And other Questions You Always Wanted to Ask a Profiler
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- The Case of the Missing Crime Shows
Over the past few months, several of our documentaries temporarily disappeared from this channel. That wasn’t an algorithm issue. It was the result of an ongoing legal battle over…
Griekwastad | A Family Murder That Still Haunts South Africa | Profiler AfricaThis week on Profiler Africa, hosts Paul Llewellyn and Gérard Labuschagne unpack one of the most disturbing family murder cases in South African history — the Griekwastad murders.…
Memory on Trial | When Recovered Memories Decide Guilt | Profiler AfricaWhat happens when a criminal case is built not on physical evidence — but on memory? In this episode of Profiler Africa, co-hosts Paul Llewellyn and forensic psychologist Gerard La…
- WHEN RAGE BECOMES MURDER | The Daniel Smit Case
In 2022, a 13-year-old boy was murdered in Klawer after stealing fruit from a garden. The man responsible, Daniel Hugo Smit, chased the child in his vehicle, abducted him, and kill…
- Brighton Beach Axe Murders | Profiling Joseph Ntshongwana
Durban, March 2011. Four men murdered in eight days — two decapitated. All strangers. All ambushed and hacked to death with an axe. The killer: Joseph Phindile Ntshongwana, former…
POISON IN ELDOS | The Teacher, The Rattex & 46? Days of Lies | Profiler AfricaThis week, we break down the case of Annerize LeoniceSmith, who poisoned her partner Russell Kriel, a respected teacherand rugby mentor, and hid his death for 46 days. We explore t…
- PREDATOR | Inside South Africa’s Most Disturbing Child-Exploitation Case
For over a decade, Gerhard Ackerman operated in plain sight — grooming, abusing, and trafficking young boys under the guise of mentorship and massage therapy.In this unflinching ep…
- Inside Forensic Pathology with Dr Candice Hansmeyer | Life, Death & the Truth Behind the Table
Dr Candice Hansmeyer has spent her career speaking for the dead — first in South Africa’s chaotic mortuaries, now in Canada’s pristine labs. In this deeply human episode of Profile…
- Kidnap for Ransom in Africa: Inside the World of Real Hostage Negotiators | Profiler Africa
People disappear every day — but what happens when someone is kidnapped for ransom? This week on Profiler Africa, forensic psychologist Gerard Labuschagne and host Paul Llewellyn g…
- The Masoyi Serial Killer: Buried on His Own Property | Profiler Africa
Between 2017 and 2019, five women vanished in Masoyi, Mpumalanga. Their bodies were later found buried on the killer’s own property — a chilling signature of control and dominance.…
Brian Harvey: South Africa’s Serial Stalker | Profiler AfricaThis week on Profiler Africa, Paul and Gerard Labuschagne unpack one of the strangest and most misunderstood areas in forensic psychology: autoerotic fatality. These are accidental…
- Autoerotic Fatality Explained | Profiler Africa with Gerard Labuschagne
This week on Profiler Africa, Paul and Gerard Labuschagne unpack one of the strangest and most misunderstood areas in forensic psychology: autoerotic fatality. These are accidental…
Inside the Mind of the Lone Actor: with New Zealand's Top ProfilerThis week on Profiler Africa, Paul and Gerard Labuschagne are joined by Dr Nathan Brooks, a forensic psychologist and senior lecturer recognised internationally for his research on…
The Pretoria Railway Killer: Satan, DNA & Serial MurderThis week on Profiler Africa, South Africa's leading forensic psychologist Gerard Labuschagne unpacks one of Pretoria’s most disturbing serial murder cases — the case of Themba Vil…
