Hello, my Freaky Darlings!I hope you’ve had a great week. It’s interesting how certain aspects of your life seem to filter through into unexpected places. In my day job, I’m an activist. I work for an amazing organisation that fights government corruption and today in my gaming life I took part in a small protest … Continue reading Serial Killers, Protests, and Spooky Reads
Horrific Crimes
Cedric Maake
Hello, my Freaky Darlings! This week’s serial killer is Cedric Maake who was born in 1965 and is also known as the Wemmer Pan Killer. He committed at least 27 murders throughout 1996 and 1997. Unlike most serial killers, Cedric did not stick to one modus operandi. He had five different ways which he used … Continue reading Cedric Maake
Elifasi Msomi
Hello, my Freaky Darlings! This week’s serial killer is Elifasi Msomi a.k.a. The Axe Killer who was convicted on the 28th of September 1955 of 15 murders and sentenced to death by hanging in the Pietermaritzburg Supreme Court by the Honourable Justice J Kennedy. His victims all came from the Umkomaas and Umzimkulu valleys of … Continue reading Elifasi Msomi
Cornelius Burger
Hello, my Freaky Darlings! Today’s serial killer is a blast from the past. During 1936 and 1937 Cornelius Burger, a man in his mid-thirties, killed five prostitutes and dumped their bodies on the road between Johannesburg and Potchefstroom. He took their handbags as souvenirs and kept them in a cupboard at his home so he … Continue reading Cornelius Burger