Podcast
Profiler: True Crime Africa
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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…
Profiler Africa: Serial Arsonist Justin Caruso – Fires, Fatalities & the Hero SyndromeGérard Labuschagne and Paul Vivare joined by world-renowned arson investigator Ed Nordskog to dissect the chilling case of Justin Caruso, a serial arsonist whose crimes spanned thr…
Mother City Massacre: The Sizzlers Story. An Interview with survivor Quinton TaylorIn January 2003, Cape Town was rocked by one of the most brutal mass murders in South African history. Inside a massage parlour called Sizzlers, ten men were bound, tortured, and e…
SA's Queen of True Crime: Nicole Engelbrecht & Gerard Labuschagne on Justice and ParoleThis week on Profiler Africa, Paul Viv and Dr. Gerard Labuschagne sit down with Nicole Engelbrecht – South Africa’s leading true crime voice, creator of the chart-topping True Crim…
- Insights of an Operational Forensic Psychiatrist with Dr Peter Collins
This week on Profiler Africa, forensic psychologist Gerard Labuschagne sits down with Peter Collins, a globally recognized operational forensic psychiatrist who’s spent over 30 yea…
The Westonaria Strangler: Justice in the ShadowsThis week, forensic psychologist Gerard Labuschagne takes us inside one of South Africa’s most disturbing — yet largely ignored — serial murder cases. Between 2007 and 2009, 16 wo…
SAPS in Crisis: A System Collapsing from WithinFor years, Profiler Africa has warned that cracks were forming inside South Africa’s law enforcement system. This week, those cracks turned into a full-blown fracture. Explosive al…
🚨 SYSTEM FAILURE: The Rosebank Police Station ShootingThis week on Profiler Africa, South Africa's leading forensic psychologist Gerard Labuschagne takes us inside a shocking event that rocked an affluent Johannesburg suburb: the 2011…
