Devil in the ‘dorp: The Krugersdorp cult killers

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:

· 'My mother put the hammer down and started stabbing her': chilling evidence in Krugersdorp murder trial

· '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

· ‘Ria Grunewald is dead. I lost everything’: Witness in Krugersdorp killings case tells how her life fell apart

· #KrugersdorpMurders — State says Cecilia was the 'CEO' of this murderous 'company' | Krugersdorp News

· #KrugersdorpMurders — The State's keywitness tells her story | Krugersdorp News

· Devilsdorp - Showmax

· Flats to Rent in Krugersdorp Central - 28 Apartments | RentUncle

· Inside the mind of a teen drawn into the Krugersdorp killing spree