439: From Blade Runner to Blade Gunner: The Rise and Fall of Oscar Pistorius

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🗓️ 6 August 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

This week we’re discussing Oscar Pistorius’s meteoric rise to fame in the sporting world and his ultimate downfall after the brutal murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Was this a tragic accident? Or a cold-blooded murder?

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Pistorius

https://people.com/where-is-oscar-pistorius-now-former-olympic-runner-8638022

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/12/sport/oscar-pistorius-cnn-documentary-spt-intl/index.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/13/oscar-pistorius-case-south-africa-athlete-prison-murder-girlfriend-reeva-steenkamp

https://nypost.com/2013/02/21/pistorious-shooting-details-back-murder-theory/

https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/06/oscar-pistorius-murder

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/21/oscar-pistorius-trial-full-story-reeva-steenkamp

https://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/19/world/africa/south-africa-pistorius-affadavit/index.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-67518501

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-36537518

https://www.latimes.com/world/africa/la-fg-pistorius-guilty-of-murder-20151203-story.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/04/oscar-pistorius-prosecutors-appeal-against-verdict

https://web.archive.org/web/20140309182636/http://www.saflii.org/za/other/ZAGPPHCRolls/2014/40.pdf

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-safrica-pistorius-idUSBRE91D0AE20130214/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/feb/21/oscar-pistorius-hilton-botha-attempted-murder

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2:16.9	colt leader the number one source backup ESPN today's story centers around Oscar Pistorius, otherwise known as the Blade Runner, a South African national hero and a beacon of pride for a nation grappling with the shameful history of apartheid and racial tension,
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