Prash's Murder Map: True Crime Podcast

Board a plane with me and fly to one of the most beautiful countries in the world, forever bloodstained by the murders of at least 38 women by the South African Strangler, or, as I call him, the Black Ted Bundy. How did the injustice and brutality of apartheid contribute to a child growing up to shed the skin of his humanity and becoming a monster?
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Credits:
Research, writing, narration and audio arrangement by Prash
“This is For Black Men & Women Of South Africa” poem written by Prash
Character Voices: Nicholas Mannie, Prash and Ian
Special Thanks to Nicole from True Crime South Africa. You can check out her amazing podcast here:
https://truecrimesouthafrica.com/
Music:
https://www.dl-sounds.com/
Sources:
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/moses-sithole
https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/sithole-moses.htm
https://truecrimesouthafrica.com/blog-episode-9-the-abc-killer/
True Crime Magazine By Detective Monthly (hard copy)

It was inevitable that George Joseph Smith would end up in jail one day. The only question was, how long would it take for his cunning crimes to be uncovered? George was a master of deception who swindled a string of lovers out of their life savings and ensured he was named as the beneficiary in the wills of his many wives. He had a curious obsession with the sea, and it was only fitting that his method of murder would also feature water...
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Music:
Coma Visions, Martin Klem Eye For Detail, Miles Avida Even If I Go, Jay Varton
Sources:
British Newspaper Archive
‘Caroline Beatrice (Thornhill) Davies (abt. 1880 - 1969)’, Wikitree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Thornhill-700
Dorset History Centre, ‘Child criminals: young offenders in Victorian Dorset’, https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/documents/35024/285067/Learning+pack+-+Child+criminals+in+Dorset.pdf/5f965df6-c030-bf49-d506-2e7541c4c023#:~:text=At%20this%20time%2C%20children%20from,12%20years%20old%20being%20hanged
Goodman, Jonathan, ‘Seaside Murders: Thirteen Classic True Crime Stories’, 1985, Allison & Busby Honeycombe, Garden, ‘Murders of the Black Museum 1870 - 1970’, 1982, Hutchinson

It should have been obvious that for school cleaner Vincent Stanford, spying on girls in the bathroom was just the beginning. When he began stalking a 12-year-old pupil and amassed hundreds of photos of her, it was only a matter of time before he escalated to rape and murder. His victim was dedicated teacher Stephanie Scott, whose life he cut short just days before her wedding, in a case that shocked a small New South Wales community.
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***** I’m an independent podcaster and produce these episodes from a spare bedroom in my home, so I would be extremely grateful for any one-off donations, however small. This will go towards maintaining and upgrading my audio equipment, podcast hosting fees and licencing costs for any music and voices I use in my episodes. If you would like to contribute on an ongoing basis, you can do that through Patreon, so please feel free to check out the link below and see what rewards are on offer in return for your support. Thank you!!
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Credits: Research, writing, narration and audio editing by Prash "Long Note By Two" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Sources
Hanrahan, Josh, “Identical twin of man who killed teacher and bride-to-be Stephanie Scott finally reveals why he tried to destroy evidence by selling her jewellery – and says he never wants to see his brother again”, Daily Mail, Jul 2019, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7255227/Brother-Stephanie-Scotts-killer-Vincent-Stanford-haunted-crime.html ·
Hayter, Melinda, “Stephanie Scott: police say burned body found in Cocoparra National Park believed to be that of missing teacher”, ABC News, Apr 2015, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-11/stephanie-scott-police-searchers-find-burned-body-near-griffith/6385584 ·
Levy, Megan and Partridge, Emma, “Vincent Stanford charged with murdering Leeton teacher Stephanie Scott, underwent criminal checks, cleaning company says”, The Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 2015,