Dr. Micki Pistorius Profiler Podcast

Lieutenant-colonel Mike van Aardt, investigator in the 1997 Pyromaniac serial killer case discusses the first arrest of a suspect who admitted to one murder but denied the other two. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mickipistorius.substack.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mickipistorius.substack.comDr Sabah Carrim, expert in Genocide Studies deep dives neurological changes in individuals who engaged in genocide and if this could influence the Superior Orders Defence in the International Criminal Court.

Congratulations Charlotte Hope on your role as Micki Pistorius in Catch me a Killer. Actor Ivan Zimmermann praises Charlotte Hope for her performance and talks to Micki about the series based upon her book.Consider subscribing to access more interviews, podcasts, and exclusive investigative articles. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mickipistorius.substack.com/subscribe

In the tv series Baby Reindeer depicting the real-life drama of Richard Gadd, a comedian who was stalked over years, he says: “I just gave her a cup of tea.”Stalking is not reserved only for celebrities, company directors or politicians. Before Baby Reindeer became a hit, it was difficult to comprehend how a normal person’s life could be turned into a living hell by a stalker, unless you have been the victim of a stalker as well. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mickipistorius.substack.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mickipistorius.substack.comIn July 2025, fiction met reality in an unsettling way. The TV series Dexter: Resurrection referenced “The Pig Farmer” — a nod to one of Canada’s most infamous serial killers, Robert Pickton. Just two months later, Pickton himself was murdered in prison by a fellow inmate who claimed to have acted “for the victims.”In this week’s episode, I examine the …

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mickipistorius.substack.comThe psychology of fetishism can explain what motivated Jerry Brudos ‘ murderous podophilia and retifism.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mickipistorius.substack.comInstead of a synthetic sensational clickbait moniker such as the Vampire of Sacramento, a professional criminal profiling approach based upon academic insight into the mental illness of Richard Trenton Chase, may be more productive in the understanding of the motivation of disorganized serial killers, focussing on the MacDonald Triad, Schizophrenia and …

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mickipistorius.substack.comWathint' abafazi, wathint' imbokodo, means: Strike a woman, Strike a Rock and the slogan is embedded in the grindstone, or ‘imbokodo’, featuring in the Monument for the Women of South Africa, referring to the nurturing role of women.August is Women’s Month in South Africa, yet gruesome murders of young women leave nothing to celebrate. Public outcry highlights the deaths of women at the hands of a social-media serial rapist turned killer; witchdoctors who harvest body organs for muti or ‘medicine’; and the burnt bodies, victims of a possible serial killer, found along a railway line.In June to July 2025 the burnt bodies of three women were found along the railway line from Eersterust to Pretoria. On 4 August a suspect from Eersterust, was arrested in connection with the body of a woman found buried in a shallow grave next to his house. She was not burnt. On the same day of his arrest, the burnt body of another victim was found in the vicinity of the railway line. Two days later, on 6 August 2025, three men were arrested in connection with a 2023-case of a young woman from Brits who was kidnapped, mutilated and burnt for muti purposes. Muti is the term for ‘medicine’ concocted by witchdoctors in Africa. One of the accused, a witchdoctor was found in possession of human organs.Radio talk shows and social media commentaries abound with experts’ speculations, and equally amateurish advice to the police laced with criticism, are intermingled with questions raised by a justifiable traumatised community.Valid questions raised by the communities and activists are: Are these cases linked since they all fit the same victim profile and all victims, bar one, are burnt; are the suspects arrested linked to all the cases, does the modus operandi overlap and is there still a serial killer on the loose? And why does it take the police so long to identify a serial killer?Read more for my professional in-depth analysis…

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mickipistorius.substack.com25 years ago, Monique Strydom was kidnapped by a terrorist group and held hostage for 127 days on Jolo island. She shares her supernatural experiences in the jungle and her survival tools as well as how she turned this ordeal around into a positive.Please support the United Nationals Trust Fund for Human Trafficking.

Ex sergeant Derrik Norsworthy discusses the case study of 17-year old South African Amanda du Toit who killed her 13-year-old sister Cisca in a fit of rage illustrating how sibling rivalry can turn into sororicide within minutes.Listen to the full version on my Patreon. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mickipistorius.substack.com/subscribe