Profiler: True Crime Africa
Episodes
PROFILER Episode 13 - Stewart 'Boetie Boer' Wilken
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I 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 woul...
PROFILER Episode 12 - The Knysna Murders
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 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 Murd...
PROFILER Episode 11 - Violent Fantasy
27 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In 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...
PROFILER Episode 10 - The Norwood Serial Killer
20 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kobus Geldenhuys, the Norwood Serial Killer, committed house robberies, rapes and murders in the early 1990s in Johannesburg. A policeman, he raped 2...
PROFILER Episode 9 - The Nocturnal Prowler
15 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we discuss a current case. A murderer, dubbed the Nocturnal Prowler, is believed to be killing homeless people in Pretoria. We unpac...
PROFILER Episode 8 - Fetal Abduction
23 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we explore Fetal Abduction, otherwise known as Cesarean Kidnapping. These crimes involve the forced removal, by means of a crude caes...
PROFILER Episode 7 - Muti Murder
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In 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 t...
PROFILER Episode 6 - The Hillbrow Birthday Rapist
18 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In 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 compel...
PROFILER Episode 5 - The Griekwestad Family Murders
11 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we discuss the Griekwestad family murders. Don Steenkamp murdered his father Deon Steenkamp (44) his mother Christel (43) and his sist...
PROFILER Episode 4 - The Port Elizabeth Prostitute Killer
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In 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.
28 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 Murderer
20 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we discuss the history and evolution of profiling, and we profile the Johannesburg Mine Dump Murderer.
PROFILER Episode 1 - The Quarry Killer
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Profiler is a weekly discussion between journalist Paul Llewellyn & former Head of Forensic Investigation at the South African Police Service, Gerard ...