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Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén

“The Sorcerer” - Ahmad Suradji

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén

Spotify Studios

True Crime, Education, History

4.730.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In 1986, Ahmad Suradji had dreamed of becoming a mystic healer in his community. But this dream also led him to believe he could become invincible… by murdering young women and slurping their saliva. We dive deep into the life of Ahmad Suradji, and examine how he pursued his gruesome dreams to become the Sorcerer from Hell.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Due to the graphic nature of this killer's crimes, listener discretion is advised.

0:04.5

This episode includes dramatizations and discussions of murder and assault that some people may find offensive.

0:10.5

We advise extreme caution for children under 13.

0:14.0

It's April 24th, 1997.

0:19.0

A small rural village outside of Maiden, the capital of North Sumatra, Indonesia.

0:25.0

Sugar cane fields sprinkled the tropical landscape.

0:28.2

Cricket sound, locals prey, all seemed to be calm. 21-year-old Sri Kamala Daewe, a peaceful and kind girl, feels lost and a need of spiritual guidance.

0:40.0

Who better to talk to than the local sorcerer?

0:44.0

The spiritual leader offered Jungle Town and Maiden.

0:47.1

Surely the sorcerer could give her advice, saying a few healing prayers, and finally cure

0:51.7

her insecurities. So Sri Kamala asks her 15-year-old friend

0:56.3

Andreas to drive her the far distance to the sorcerer's remote location, deeper into the jungle.

1:03.5

Sri Kamala feels embarrassed for needing spiritual guidance.

1:07.0

So she asks Andreas to keep this journey a secret.

1:10.7

After her sorcery session, she would figure out a way back home herself.

1:14.0

Unfortunately, Andreas would be the last person to see her live, or rather the last sane person to see her live.

1:22.0

Within hours... sane person to see her live.

1:23.0

Within hours, she would be brutally strangled to death and buried in a sugar cane field.

1:30.0

Three days later, all of the stars aligned just right.

1:34.0

After several nights of heavy rain, a young farmer wandered into that same sugarcane field

1:40.0

in search of food for his livestock.

1:42.0

With the topsoil washed away, a peculiar... in search of food for his livestock.

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