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The Criminal Makeup

37: Husband To Blame or Hijacking Gone Wrong? The Honeymoon Murder of Аnnі Dеwаnі

The Criminal Makeup

Danielle Kirsty

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Hey guys! Today we're going to be covering the murder of Anni Dewani, also known as the Honeymoon Murders. Just to warn you guys this story is pretty complex and I tried to tell it in the most straightforward way but sorry if at times it gets a little confusing! Hope you enjoy listening! xoxo

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi everyone, I hope you're all doing so well and welcome back to the criminal makeup

0:13.9

podcast.

0:14.9

Each episode we dive into the minds of some of the worst criminals in history and today

0:18.6

we're going to be talking about the case of Shriandewani, also known as the Honimune

0:23.4

Murder.

0:24.4

So a while ago I watched a full part documentary on this case, it was called The Honimune

0:29.2

Murder and first of all I highly recommend it.

0:32.1

The documentary covered the events surrounding the murder of a woman named Annie Dewani,

0:36.9

who was allegedly murdered at the hands of her newlywed husband Shriandewani and after

0:42.0

watching the documentary I knew I had to cover this case.

0:45.6

This case took place back in 2010 and made headlines all around the world, especially here

0:51.8

in the UK.

0:52.8

At the time Annie and Shriand were on their Honimune in South Africa and being on your Honimune

0:57.9

that should be one of the happiest moments of your life.

1:01.2

But tragically it was on her Honimune when Annie was murdered and this news sent shockwaves

1:07.6

around the world.

1:08.9

Annie's husband was a man named Shriandewani who was a millionaire businessman from the

1:13.7

UK and him and Annie had literally just got married in this huge, very big lavish wedding

1:19.9

ceremony right before her tragic death.

1:23.4

However, there are a lot of question marks surrounding Shriandewani in this case which

1:28.8

we of course will unpack today.

1:31.3

Because the main question in this case is did Shriand murder his wife or was it somebody

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