The ancient Persian Zoroastrian Fire of Victory may once again ignite the furnace in the collective soul of anonymous people of Iran.
#Iran #history #Fire
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The ancient Persian Zoroastrian Fire of Victory may once again ignite the furnace in the collective soul of anonymous people of Iran.
#Iran #history #Fire
Specialist Forensic Pathologist Dr Reggie Perumal discusses what happens when a body burns, sati or widow burning, identification of burnt bodies, self-immolation and the myth self-combustion.
Pyrophiliacs, who derive sexual gratification of setting people on fire are extremely rare, but have a specific criminal profile. In the 1990’s two were operating in close proximity in South Africa and it took a supercop to catch both.
2026 is the Year of the Fire Horse, as we focus on modern and ancient crimes related to fire including arson, pyromania, bride-burning, self-immolation and sati, and barbaric punishments such as burning people at the stake and boiling them alive.
Peter Pan and the Lost Boys give a romanticized rendition of young men recruited into #gangs. #Psychology and neurocriminology provide more answers to why and how these youngsters are so easily recruited.
Like Achilles in Hades, South African prison Number gang generals and members eventually face eternal nothingness in the Netherworld, unless they stop the senseless war.
#SouthAfrica #Crime #History
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Dr Sabah Carrim, expert in Genocide Studies deep dives neurological changes in individuals who engaged in genocide and if this could influence the Superior Orders Defence in the International Criminal Court.
#truecrime #crime
I’m delighted to share a new podcast episode that holds a special place in my heart. Actor Ivan Zimmermann joined me to talk about Catch Me a Killer and to reflect on Charlotte Hope’s remarkable portrayal of me in the series.
I invite you to listen to our conversation and share your thoughts.
Netflix series Aileen Wuornos Queen of Serial Killers opens a dialogue of theodicy – Can God allow evil? Was Aileen good or evil?
#truecrime #aileenwuornos #theodicy
The Monster of Florence displayed a signature of piquerism on his crime scenes, and was probably a shy reserved man who worked in a mortuary in the region of the countryside of Florence.
#FBI #Truecrime #Florence
The Netflix series Monster of Florence depicts the chaotic investigation scourging the countryside around Florence for 17 years. Perhaps with a proper criminal profile the real killer could have been identified.
#serialkiller #truecrime
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In Monster, the Ed Gein Story, Ed copies Ilse Koch, Nazi Buchenwald commandant-wife by using the flayed skin of women to make furniture covers. He was not the first.
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Ed Gein flayed human’s to use their skin as lampshades, as he had read Nazi Ilse Koch had done in Buchenwald concentration camp. In 2011 South African Chane van Heerden and her lover flayed an innocent man to relieve her boredom.
Mr Ian Rothman, principal at Northfields Primary school and Dr Micki Pistorius at her Neurodevelopment of Children workshop on 22 October 2025.
Netflix series #Monster The Ed Gein Story provides material for a psychoanalytic explanation of real-life serial killer Ed Gein’s fixation on his mother, overlooked in the series.
#truecrime #edgain
In the late 1920’s American Albert Fish was a paedophile who abducted, tortured and ate children and often tortured himself. On what grounds did the jury find him legally sane to send him to the electric chair?
#serialkiller #truecrime #albertfish
The Cape Flats, located 30 kilometers outside Cape Town has been turned into the Wild West where a scourge of gangster-related killings has erupted in a full-scale war, with children caught in the crossfire and mowed down in their beds.
#southafrica #truecrime #crime
Throughout mankind’s #history, feet and shoes have always played a significant role in human attraction. Jerry Brudos’ obsession with feet led to four women’s #murders.
The door is open, yet they stay. Lisa Vetten an author who has worked in the field of gendered violence for 30 years, provides insights into #CoerciveControl and why the people caught up in the spiral of entrapment do not escape at the first opportunity that may present itself.
August 2025 Women’s Month is nothing to celebrate in South Africa with a spate of women being killed in a tragic trio of muti-murder, a serial rapist and possible serial killer. Are they linked or not?
#WomensMonth #southafrica #truecrime
Chilling crimes in South Africa: children harmed by those meant to protect them. Dark as Grimm’s tales, yet all too real.
#StopChildAbuse #MickiPistorius
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Beheadings, drownings, slavery, abuse — nursery rhyme horrors made real. August 2025 saw a grim rollcall of crimes against children in South Africa. #JusticeForChildren #EndChildAbuse
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Dr. Ernst Strydom, the man who brought hostage negotiations to the South African Police, shares what it really takes to talk someone back from the edge — and the mindset that can save lives.
#truecrime #hostage
25 years ago, Monique Strydom was kidnapped by a terrorist group and held hostage for 127 days on the remote island of Jolo. In this episode, she shares her extraordinary story of survival, resilience, and hope.
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Nataraj Muneesamy, Assistant DPP, and I at the launch of the ‘End Human Trafficking in Mauritius’ initiative.
#truecrime #mickipistorius #southafrica
Gen. Bushie Engelbrecht breaks his silence on the 1995 Shobashobane massacre and a young Mkhwanazi — now the SAPS chief exposing political assassinations.
#TrueCrime #SouthAfricaNews #PoliceCorruption
I helped profile Moses Sithole—the ABC Killer. His trail of terror ran through Atteridgeville, Boksburg, and Cleveland. #TheABCKiller, a 3-part documentary, now streaming on Showmax.
Former Lt-Col Dave Pieterse of The Forensic Hub breaks down forensic ballistics—gunshot residue, trajectory, self-defense vs. staged wounds—drawing on 21 years of experience. Forensic science as the silent witness in court.
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Debunking some myths about polygraphs - they are not “lie detector tests”, psychopaths can also fail them, and they can deliver false positives. Yet, they can be useful tools in the sphere of criminal investigations.
In this episode, Amelia Griesel, a registered and experienced #polygraph examiner, explains how polygraphs function, what they can and cannot reveal, and why expertise is essential in interpreting the data correctly.