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A Crime Most QueerThe Baby-Faced Killer: The Murder of Morgan HuxleyIn the early hours of Sunday, 8 September 2013, Jean Redmond makes a gruesome discovery. Her housemate, 31-year-old Morgan Huxley, is found half-naked and bloody in his bedroom, with multiple stab wounds to his upper body, neck and head. Despite paramedics doing all they can, he succumbs to his injuries en route to the hospital.
Who could have hated him so much that they would end his life this way? As it turns out, a chance encounter with a stranger in a convenience store was all it took to set events in motion that would lead to his death.
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2025-01-071h 07
A Crime Most QueerThe South African Parole System: Is it Brilliant or Broken?In a break from ACMQ’s usual storytelling format, Nj sits down with Nicole Englebrecht, author, and podcaster (True Crime South Africa), to discuss the South African parole system and what could be done to improve the system and minimise the risk of revictimization.
They dive into topics, ranging from Nicole's experience writing her book, Sizzlers: The Hate Crime that Tore Sea Point Apart and the cases she has covered on her podcast that touch on the parole process, to how the parole system can be improved and what alternatives South Africa could consider.
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2024-11-142h 05
A Crime Most QueerStorytime: A Podcaster's Experience with the Criminal Justice SystemIn May 2023, host Nj Hourquebie was assaulted by someone who had claimed to be his friend. For the next six months, he had to navigate the criminal justice system, while simultaneously dealing with the trauma he had experienced.
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Director: Jade Hourquebie
Executive Producer: Anna Seitz
Script Writer: Nj Ho...
2024-09-2432 min
A Crime Most QueerThe Kansas City Butcher | The Life & Crimes of Bob BerdellaFor 17 years, Bob Berdella convinced his neighbours that he was a bit of an oddball, but mostly harmless. Others, however, mostly the rejects and reprobates of society, knew better. When a naked man, wearing only a dog collar, flees from his house in April 1988, he reveals a story beyond imagining, a story of kidnapping, sexual sadism, and murder.
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2023-03-071h 21
A Crime Most QueerMotive: Unknown | The Murder of Bruno BronnOn February 7th, 2012, nightclub owner, Bruno Bronn was discovered strangled to death in his Cape Town home. All of Bruno's friends knew exactly who did it and the police quickly arrested him and three of his associates but the story he spun told a very different story. Was he himself a victim of vicious, violent thugs or was he a cold-blooded killer?
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2023-02-0759 min
A Crime Most QueerA Crime Most Queer: TrailerA Crime Most Queer is a victim-focused, LGBTQ true-crime podcast, based in Johannesburg, South Africa.CRISIS HELPLINESAIDS Helpline: 0800 012 322Lifeline South Africa: 0861 322 322National GBV Helpline: 0800 150 150National Suicide Crisis Line: 0800 567 567OUT LGBT Well-Being: 012 430 3272Same Love Toti: 082 654 8635Substance Abuse Helpline: 0800 12 13 14 or SMS/Text 32312The Triangle Project: 021 712 6699CREDITSProductionExecutive Producer: Anna SeitzWriter: Nj HourquebieEditor: Richard ThompsonAudio Engineer: Nj HourquebieMusicTheme Music: Bluemount_Score - MultiplicationLINKSEmail: acmqpodcast@gmail.comFacebook: https://www...
2022-04-1802 min
A Crime Most QueerMeth, Mayhem, and Murder | The Bludgeoning of Prof Carl MischkeOn April 15th, 2013, Prof Carl Mischke was found beaten to death and face down in his blood-soaked bed. He was the ninth in a spate of murders of gay men in and around Johannesburg, South Africa but was his killing really the work of a serial killer or was his murderer actually someone closer to home?
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2022-03-111h 24
A Crime Most QueerUpstairs Horror in Downtown New Orleans: Part III | The Arson of the UpStairs LoungeWhen gay New Orleanians headed out to the UpStairs Lounge in the French Quarter on Sunday, June 24th, 1973, they had no idea that many of them would never be returning home. A fire started in the main stairwell leading up to the bar quickly spread, as patrons desperately tried to escape the burning building. Until the Pulse Nightclub Massacre in 2016, this was the worst loss of Queer life in American history.
In Part 3, we look at the aftermath of the fire, including the total disregard and lack of compassion for the victims displayed by politicians, law enforcement...
2022-01-1055 min
A Crime Most QueerUpstairs Horror in Downtown New Orleans: Part II | The Arson of the UpStairs LoungeWhen gay New Orleanians headed out to the UpStairs Lounge in the French Quarter on Sunday, June 24th, 1973, they had no idea that many of them would never be returning home. A fire started in the main stairwell leading up to the bar quickly spread, as patrons desperately tried to escape the burning building. Until the Pulse Nightclub Massacre in 2016, this was the worst loss of Queer life in American history.
In Part 2, we look at the night of the fire and explore the horror that befell the UpStairs Lounge and its patrons.
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2021-12-0144 min
A Crime Most QueerUpstairs Horror in Downtown New Orleans: Part I | The Arson of the UpStairs LoungeWhen gay New Orleanians headed out to the UpStairs Lounge in the French Quarter on Sunday, June 24th, 1973, they had no idea that many of them would never be returning home. A fire started in the main stairwell leading up to the bar quickly spread, as patrons desperately tried to escape the burning building. Until the Pulse Nightclub Massacre in 2016, this was the worst loss of Queer life in American history.
In Part 1, we meet some of the people involved and try to make sense of why one man would do this to 32 of his own people.
2021-11-1543 min
A Crime Most QueerMurder in Mooinooi | The Violation of Joey & Anisha van NiekerkWhen Joey and Anisha van Niekerk didn’t arrive in Pretoria for Joey’s father’s funeral on December 11th, 2017, their families knew something was wrong and drove to the women’s farm in Mooinooi, in North West Province. They found the farm untouched but, when they encountered Koos Strydom, who rented a workshop from the couple, his story didn’t quite add up. This is the story of how greed brought about the senseless murder of two women all because of a farm.
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2021-06-301h 45
A Crime Most QueerBloody Valentine: Part II | The Shooting of Larry KingOn February 12th, 2008, Larry King was shot twice in the back of the head by Brandon McInerney, a fellow student in his English class, all because Larry had made the fatal error of asking Brandon to be his Valentine and many blamed the school for failing to protect the perpetrator from his victim (no, you read that correctly).
In Part 2, we explore the aftermath and the trial, and Nj also discusses the scourge of American school shootings from an outsider’s perspective.
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2021-05-271h 18
A Crime Most QueerBloody Valentine: Part I | The Shooting of Larry KingOn February 12th, 2008, Larry King was shot twice in the back of the head by Brandon McInerney, a fellow student in his English class, all because Larry had made the fatal error of asking Brandon to be his Valentine and many blamed the school for failing to protect the perpetrator from his victim (no, you read that correctly).
In Part 1, we meet Larry and Brandon and look at how a 15-year-old ended up bleeding out on a classroom floor.
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2021-05-1156 min
A Crime Most QueerMaking a Man | The Torture of Raymond BuysWhen 15-year-old Raymond Buys was enrolled in the Echo Wild Game Rangers camp, nobody would have guessed that, less than 4 months later, he would be dead. The owner of the camp, Alex de Koker, and his assistant, Michael Erasmus, were arrested and charged with murder, child abuse, and assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, but what came out in court shocked the world.
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2021-04-201h 14
A Crime Most QueerS01E12 | Gay Panic in South Africa (Part III) | The Assault of Sduduzo Buthelezi (feat. Roché Kester - OUT)In 2017, Sduduzo Buthelezi was killed by Nkosinathi Madlala, a graphic designer he had hired to create car stickers for his business. When the case went to court, the sentence he received sent shockwaves around the country and the world.
In a new segment, Nj speaks to Roché Kester, the Hate Crimes Manager at Out LGBT Well-Being in Pretoria on the prevalence of the Gay Panic Defence in the South African justice system and how concerned the South African queer community should be about the precedent set in the Madlala judgement.
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2021-04-0144 min
A Crime Most QueerJustice Undermined | The Early Parole of Adam Woest (Sizzlers Follow-up)On April 11th, 2004, Adam Woest and Trevor Theys were sentenced to life imprisonment nine times over for murder for the killing of nine men in a house in Sea Point, Cape Town and 20 years for the attempted murder of the sole survivor. Trevor Theys died in 2009 but now, Adam Woest is being considered for early parole.
Leigh Visser, the sister of Warren Robert Visser, one of the men killed, is determined to see Adam Woest serve out his sentence in its entirety. She spoke to Nj about her brother, what her family went through, and the campaign...
2021-03-251h 05
A Crime Most QueerS01E10 | Gay Panic in South Africa (Part II) | The Bashing of Dr Louis Heyns (feat. Nicole Engelbrecht - TCSA)On May 22nd, 2013, Dr Louis Heyns disappeared while driving the 50km route between his and his brother's home. According to his family, he had to have been hijacked because it made no sense from him to have been where his body was discovered: A notorious gay cruising spot in Strand, 5km out of his way. His killers insisted that he had approached them, seeking sex, but his family insist that he was straight and would have never engaged the services of a rentboy.
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2021-03-151h 11
A Crime Most QueerGay Panic in South Africa: Part I | The Death of Nhlanhla GasaOn March 26th, 2013, the body of Nhlanhla Gasa, a politically-connected millionaire businessman, was spotted floating in the Tugela River on KwaZulu Natal's north coast, and, not far away, his burnt-out Jaguar was discovered. Why had he been stabbed 12 times and his body dumped in a river? He had lived a colourful life. Had his past finally caught up with him or was there any truth to the rumours that he led a secret gay lifestyle and that his toy boy had killed him?
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2021-02-1353 min
A Crime Most QueerS01E08 | The Portsmouth Defence | The Killing of Le Roux Theunissen (Part II)Just days after an emotional reconciliation between father and son on national television, 21-year-old Le Roux Theunissen was found strangled to death in his home. The prime suspect is his landlord's (straight) sex buddy, but why?
In Part 2, we dive into the investigation, trial and conviction of Le Roux's killer, as we sort the lies from the truth and try to uncover the real reason that Le Roux's life was snuffed out so callously.
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2021-01-2551 min
A Crime Most QueerS01E07 | The Portsmouth Defence | The Killing of Le Roux Theunissen (Part I)Just days after an emotional reconciliation between father and son on national television, 21-year-old Le Roux Theunissen was found strangled to death in his home. The prime suspect is his landlord's (straight) sex buddy, but why?
In Part 1, we look at how the people involved in the tragedy came to know each other and what actually happened on that fateful day.
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2021-01-1434 min
A Crime Most QueerSlaughter on the Seaboard Part V | The Sizzlers MassacreOn January 20th, 2003, two men entered Sizzlers, a gay massage parlour in Sea Point, Cape Town and tortured 10 men before slitting their throats, shooting them in the head and leaving them for dead.
In Part 5 of this five-part serial, we look into the conspiracy of the Third Man and look into the likelihood of it being a man who has cropped up regularly throughout the story. We also find out where those left behind are now and what they have been up to over the past decade and a half.
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2020-12-1744 min
A Crime Most QueerSlaughter on the Seaboard Part IV | The Sizzlers MassacreOn January 20th, 2003, two men entered Sizzlers, a gay massage parlour in Sea Point, Cape Town and tortured 10 men before slitting their throats, shooting them in the head and leaving them for dead.
In Part 4 of this five-part serial, we follow Adam and Trevor's trial as they face the charges brought against them and the families of their victims. We look at the witness testimonies and, finally, Adam and Trevor learn their fates.
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2020-12-1042 min
A Crime Most QueerSlaughter on the Seaboard Part III | The Sizzlers MassacreOn January 20th, 2003, two men entered Sizzlers, a gay massage parlour in Sea Point, Cape Town and tortured 10 men before slitting their throats, shooting them in the head and leaving them for dead.
In Part 3 of this five-part serial, we follow Adam and Trevor as they make their getaway, and we get an eyewitness perspective of what transpired in the minutes following the shootings. We also look at the police investigation and how police closed in on the suspects.
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2020-12-0339 min
A Crime Most QueerSlaughter on the Seaboard Part II | The Sizzlers MassacreOn January 20th, 2003, two men entered Sizzlers, a gay massage parlour in Sea Point, Cape Town and tortured 10 men before slitting their throats, shooting them in the head and leaving them for dead.In Part 2 of this five-part serial, we run through the days and weeks leading up to that fateful night and we explore what actually went down at 7 Graham Road during the three-hour ordeal.CRISIS HELPLINESOUT LGBT Well-Being: 012 430 3272Same Love Toti: 082 654 8635Substance Abuse Helpline: 0800 12 13 14 or SMS/Text 32312CREDITSProductionExecutive Producer: Janine MacLeanWriter: Nj Hourquebie...
2020-11-2638 min
A Crime Most QueerSlaughter on the Seaboard Part I | The Sizzlers MassacreOn January 20th, 2003, two men entered Sizzlers, a gay massage parlour in Sea Point, Cape Town and tortured 10 men before slitting their throats, shooting them in the head and leaving them for dead.In Part 1 of this five-part serial, we look at the immediate aftermath, the rumours and red herrings that police had to follow up on in their investigation and the men involved in the tragedy.CRISIS HELPLINESOUT LGBT Well-Being: 012 430 3272Same Love Toti: 082 654 8635Substance Abuse Helpline: 0800 12 13 14 or SMS/Text 32312CREDITSProductionExecutive Producer: Janine MacLeanWriter: Nj Hourquebie
2020-11-1929 min
A Crime Most QueerDeadly Friends | The Murder of Annicke Thofte and Danie RobbertzeOn 27th May 2008, Annicke Thofte and Danie Robbertze were found murdered in their flat in Durban, South Africa. Both had been shot in the head. What made matters worse was that their killer was known to them. That fateful Monday night, they had invited Gordon van Niekerk into their home, as they had done many times before, but what they didn’t know was that this time he was coming for more than just the wine.CRISIS HELPLINESOUT LGBT Well-Being: 012 430 3272Same Love Toti: 082 654 8635Substance Abuse Helpline: 0800 12 13 14 or SMS/Text 32312RECOMMENDATIONSTrue Crime So...
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