244: Episode 244 - The Van Breda Family Axe Murders

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True Crime

4.5 • 18.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

When police rushed to respond to a triple murder in one of South Africa’s most exclusive gated communities, it seemed as though Henri van Breda had had a lucky escape. They found him standing on his family lawn, dead-eyed and covered in blood and urine. According to the neighbours, he had been eerily waving to them while he waited for the police. All understandable, when three of your loved ones have been hacked to death by an axe-wielding maniac.

But as police dug further into the burglary-turned-homicide, things just weren't adding up...

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0:00.0	There you are on the train and you see someone harassing a woman.
0:05.0	What do you do?
0:07.0	I'll check if she's okay and ask if she wants to report it.
0:10.0	I'll ask the directions to distract him.
0:12.0	I'll tell someone who works at the station.
0:14.0	His mind mate, I'll tell him to stop.
0:17.0	There are many ways you can safely tackle violence against women and girls.
0:21.0	If you think it's wrong, act on it.
0:23.0	Find out how at gov.uk slash enough.
0:27.0	If someone is in danger call 999.
0:38.0	I'm Sruti.
0:39.0	I'm Hannah.
0:40.0	And welcome to Red Handed.
0:42.0	Yeah, here we are again.
0:43.0	In our bunker.
0:44.0	In our brick bunker in East London.
0:47.0	I've done something horrible to my shoulders.
0:49.0	If you hear me weeping in pain.
0:51.0	Oh no.
0:52.0	It's because I'm desperately unhappy.
0:54.0	Yeah, and not just because of life, because her shoulder hurts.
0:58.0	But are you dear listener feeling desperately unhappy?
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