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Evidence Locker True Crime

138: The ABC Killer, Moses Sithole | South Africa

Evidence Locker True Crime

Evidence Locker True Crime

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, History

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🗓️ 2 May 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

With the fall of Apartheid in South Africa, many rural women streamed to cities, looking for work. When police uncovered body after body in the veld outside Johannesburg and Pretoria, they informed the public they were dealing with a serial killer. All the victims had arranged to meet a man for job interviews and were never seen alive again. He struck in the areas of Atteridgeville, Boksburg and Cleveland, and was named the ABC Killer.
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source and archive materials. It deals with true crimes in real people. Some parts of

0:48.2

graphic in nature and listener discretion is advised. Each episode is produced with the utmost

0:53.7

respect to the victims, their families, and loved ones. The 16th of September 1995

1:03.3

was a mild spring day in Johannesburg, South Africa. The city is the largest man-made urban forest

1:09.4

in the world, boasting more than 10 million trees. In springtime, Jacaranda trees begin to bud,

1:16.2

adoring the city in shades of purple. Spring is also a time of hope and renewal, and in 1995,

1:22.8

these themes were prevalent in the New South Africa. So when a man decided to spend his day off,

1:29.4

hunting rabbits in the felt at Fondike Mine, he did not expect to be the one to make one of the

1:34.7

most haunting discoveries in the city's history. As he walked along a footpath, he was suddenly

1:40.9

overcome by the smell of decomposing flesh. At first, he thought it was a deceased animal,

1:47.8

but as he tried to get away, he saw the body of a dead woman bound and gagged. In shock,

1:54.8

the man tried to come to terms with what was on the ground in front of him. He looked around,

2:00.4

hoping to see someone who could help him. As his eyes scanned the landscape, he noticed another body,

2:07.2

then another, and then another. He was standing in the middle of one of the most

2:13.6

prolific serial killers dumping grounds. In the 48 hours following the discovery,

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