Devil in the ‘dorp: The Krugersdorp cult killers
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07/31/21 • 27 min
This is the story of eleven murders and six accused murderers. There are multiple methods of killing, multiple disposal MOs, a period of almost a decade from the first slayings to the sentencing, and many locations. You will meet some of the strangest characters, and hear bizarre, meandering stories of events and reasoning built on a flimsy pretext of belief, but this is also the story of a small group of friends, in a small town, a teacher, a school girl, her brother. On paper, at least at a surface level, they sound like no one you’ve ever encountered before and like 500 people I knew growing up– the extraordinary in the mundane. When this group and their crimes were finally exposed, the whole town of Krugersdorp was left grappling with a new and uncomfortable insight into itself.
This is episode 8 - Devil in the ‘dorp: The Krugersdorp cult killers
SOURCES:
· 'Over-protected' Zak Valentine earned R70,000 a month when he began killing
· 'Pray, I am going to kill you now,' Krugersdorp murderer tells victim
· 'Remember I love you' - murdered Krugersdorp victim's last words to fiancée
· #KrugersdorpMurders — The State's keywitness tells her story | Krugersdorp News
· Flats to Rent in Krugersdorp Central - 28 Apartments | RentUncle
· Inside the mind of a teen drawn into the Krugersdorp killing spree
· Key witness in Krugersdorp murder trial tells court of Wimpy werewolves | The Citizen
· Krugersdorp killers strangled most victims to death
· Krugersdorp Killers trial: Everything that’s happened so far | You
· Krugersdorp Killers: Marcel Steyn has the mindset of a 10-year-old - defence | News24
· Krugersdorp killers: Psychologist believes Marcel Steyn can be rehabilitated | All4Women
This is the story of eleven murders and six accused murderers. There are multiple methods of killing, multiple disposal MOs, a period of almost a decade from the first slayings to the sentencing, and many locations. You will meet some of the strangest characters, and hear bizarre, meandering stories of events and reasoning built on a flimsy pretext of belief, but this is also the story of a small group of friends, in a small town, a teacher, a school girl, her brother. On paper, at least at a surface level, they sound like no one you’ve ever encountered before and like 500 people I knew growing up– the extraordinary in the mundane. When this group and their crimes were finally exposed, the whole town of Krugersdorp was left grappling with a new and uncomfortable insight into itself.
This is episode 8 - Devil in the ‘dorp: The Krugersdorp cult killers
SOURCES:
· 'Over-protected' Zak Valentine earned R70,000 a month when he began killing
· 'Pray, I am going to kill you now,' Krugersdorp murderer tells victim
· 'Remember I love you' - murdered Krugersdorp victim's last words to fiancée
· #KrugersdorpMurders — The State's keywitness tells her story | Krugersdorp News
· Flats to Rent in Krugersdorp Central - 28 Apartments | RentUncle
· Inside the mind of a teen drawn into the Krugersdorp killing spree
· Key witness in Krugersdorp murder trial tells court of Wimpy werewolves | The Citizen
· Krugersdorp killers strangled most victims to death
· Krugersdorp Killers trial: Everything that’s happened so far | You
· Krugersdorp Killers: Marcel Steyn has the mindset of a 10-year-old - defence | News24
· Krugersdorp killers: Psychologist believes Marcel Steyn can be rehabilitated | All4Women
Previous Episode
Devil in the ‘dorp: “Samurai killer” Morne Harmse
It’s Monday morning August 18th, 2008 at a school in Krugersdorp. The bell has just rung for morning assembly so all the students are making their way towards the hall in groups, chatting among themselves.
Two 16-yo boys Jacques Pretorius and his friend JC are walking in together when the unthinkable happens. They didn’t have any real warning. Some kids in the vicinity said they heard someone say “Want to see something cool?” just before that someone swung a sword at Jacques, catching him at the neck. He fell to the ground, while all around them kids began to scream and run.
This is a story of a horrific school attack, but also sensationalist media and South Africa’s satanic panic.
Sources:
· Nic Diederichs Technical High School slashing - Wikipedia
· Harmse 'liked to sharpen sword': South Africa: News: News24
· 'Want to see something cool?': South Africa: News: News24
· The Times - The devil didn’t make him do it
· ‘Satanist’ kills boy at school | Witness
· Sword attack was 'carefully planned'
· Satanic link to school murder
· ‘Satanist’ kills boy at school | Witness
· 22 August 2008. South Africa. Jacques Pretorius, who was killed by a... News Photo - Getty Images
· Today, 10 years ago, a boy walked into his school with a samurai sword ... | Krugersdorp News
· Harmse 'wanted to be noticed'
· What now, sir? https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/now-what-sir-412851#.UYUQNaJTCz4
· https://mg.co.za/article/2009-09-10-sword-killer-harmse-sentenced-to-20-years-in-jail/
· https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/the-mercury-south-africa/20090911/282415575321533
· https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2009-04-15-i-swung-sword/
· https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/sword-boy-tells-of-ghost-414082
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Next Episode
The Devil in the ‘dorp: What Cecilia's Krugersdorp cult did next
This is part two of the Krugersdorp cult killings. At the centre of this is a woman called Cecilia Steyn who has created this epic backstory for herself, in which she is a former Satanist, a ritualistic abuse survivor, who wants to transform her life and walk with christ. So far she’s convinced Ria Grunewald and Ria’s prayer group turned sect Overcomers through Christ that for the church of satan, she’s the one who got away. And then she's turned a small breakaway group against Ria, and together perpetrated four murders in 2012. The next definitive point on our timeline - where this episode picks up the story again - is November 2015, when the group shifts from murder for revenge and belief, to murder for profit.
SOURCES:
· The Krugersdorp killings explained: Who was murdered, how, and why | News24
· Grandson is 'saviour' for victims of 'Krugersdorp killers'
· Seven life terms in jail for Krugersdorp teen roped into murder by mom
· Krugersdorp Killers: Six chilling details from Marinda Steyn's testimony
· #KrugersdorpMurders – remaining three to learn their fate this week | Krugersdorp News
· #KrugersdorpMurders – God has forgiven me, says convicted murderer Marinda Steyn | Krugersdorp News
· Krugersdorp killers strangled most victims to death
· Main suspect in Krugersdorp murders suing police for over R3m
· ‘Devilsdorp’ killers: Six bizarre details that didn’t make it into the doccie
· Outrageous omission gives 'The Trials of Oscar Pistorius' a bitter taste
· #KrugersdorpMurders – 'She was sent to open the gates of Hell' | Krugersdorp News
· Cecilia Steyn – Candice Rijavec
· 'Remember I love you' - murdered Krugersdorp victim's last words to fiancée
· First photo of all the accused in #TripleMurder case | Krugersdorp News
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