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Profiler: True Crime Africa
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PROFILER Episode 16 - CATCHING UP PT 1Profiler is back with new episodes. Paul catches up with Gerard to discuss his book, surviving a pandemic, and his thoughts on the current state of the police and crime in SA. Oh..…
PROFILER Episode 15 - THE AXE KILLER JOSE DA SILVAIn 2002, Gerard attended his first crime scene. It was that of the murder victim of Jose da Silva, who would become known as the Axe Killer. Hear the true audio from the interview…
PROFILER Episode 14 - Tommy WilliamsThe incredible tale of South Africa's longest active serial killer. Upon his conviction the Judge said “The State (and here I include the two prosecutors and the SAPS investigating…
PROFILER Episode 13 - Stewart 'Boetie Boer' WilkenI would strangle them while having sex. I would go into another world when I am strangling them and raping them. When I was strangling them, they would go limp, like a jellyfish, m…
PROFILER Episode 12 - The Knysna MurdersIn this episode we discuss a series of murders that took place in Knysna over a one-month period in Autumn, 2005. They became known as The Knysna Murders. Heinrich van Rooyen, a yo…
PROFILER Episode 11 - Violent FantasyIn this episode we discuss Violent Fantasy illustrated through the murder of Michael van Eck in Welkom in 2011. Michael was lured via a dating app to a secluded area, where he was…
PROFILER Episode 10 - The Norwood Serial KillerKobus Geldenhuys, the Norwood Serial Killer, committed house robberies, rapes and murders in the early 1990s in Johannesburg. A policeman, he raped 2 victims and murdered 5. Gerard…
PROFILER Episode 9 - The Nocturnal ProwlerIn this episode we discuss a current case. A murderer, dubbed the Nocturnal Prowler, is believed to be killing homeless people in Pretoria. We unpack the case, profile the killer,…
PROFILER Episode 8 - Fetal AbductionIn this episode we explore Fetal Abduction, otherwise known as Cesarean Kidnapping. These crimes involve the forced removal, by means of a crude caesarean-section, of an unborn chi…
PROFILER Episode 7 - Muti MurderIn this episode we discuss the phenomenon of Muti Murder. Muti murder is defined as a murder in which body parts are removed from a live victim for the sole purpose of using the vi…
PROFILER Episode 6 - The Hillbrow Birthday RapistIn this episode we discuss the Hillbrow Birthday Rapist who was convicted on 112 of 122 counts against him which included 39 counts of rape, 11 compelled rapes, 1 sexual assault, 1…
PROFILER Episode 5 - The Griekwestad Family MurdersIn this episode we discuss the Griekwestad family murders. Don Steenkamp murdered his father Deon Steenkamp (44) his mother Christel (43) and his sister Marthella (14) on April 6,…
PROFILER Episode 4 - The Port Elizabeth Prostitute KillerIn this episode we discuss the Port Elizabeth Prostitute Killer, Riaan Stander, who murder sex workers Lee-Ann Rondganger and Noxolo Ngqoyiya in 2007.
PROFILER Episode 3 - Serial Crime in SA and how to train a Profiler.In this episode we discuss the history and status of serial crime in SA and learn how the cops are trained to catch serial criminals.
PROFILER Episode 2 - Creating A Profile & The Johannesburg Mine Dump MurdererIn this episode we discuss the history and evolution of profiling, and we profile the Johannesburg Mine Dump Murderer.
PROFILER Episode 1 - The Quarry KillerProfiler is a weekly discussion between journalist Paul Llewellyn & former Head of Forensic Investigation at the South African Police Service, Gerard Labuschagne, who worked on ove…
