DR. MICKI PISTORIUS

Dr Lauren Dickason: Angel of Mercy or Angel of Death?

There is a common misconception that Angels of Death and Angels of Mercy refer to the same typology of serial killers and the terms are used interalia, since they have similar victim profiles, and are often in the medical profession, yet they differ in their motivation. Angels of Death generally operate in a hospital, clinic […]

Filling the Empty Emotional Piggybank, South Africa’s Black Widow Killers – Daisy de Melker and Rosemary Ndlovu

General research on Black Widow killers concur they commence their criminal careers at the age of 25 years, and target spouses, partners, family members, their children and anyone they might have formed a personal relationship with. They may kill someone threatening to expose them. They are quiet killers and go undetected for long periods because […]

Differences between Male and Female Serial killers

I am often asked: How do male and female serial killers differ? Without getting lost down the rabbit hole, leading into the Pandora’s box of the current discourse on gender and the sexes, I noted that since the 20th century criminologists and forensic profilers have identified distinct differences between male and female serial killers. In […]

Historical Female Criminality – Feeble-mind or Mastermind?

Why are people so shocked when women commit violent crimes? Before and during the Victorian era women were regarded as paragons of virtue who would never stoop to commit crime, or they were considered too ‘feeble-minded’ to execute a crime. Those who did were regarded as exceptions to the rule and punished – or not […]

Profiling Lizzie Borden- A Case Study of Patricide

In 1892, American socialite and debutante Lizzie Borden was tried and acquitted for killing her father and stepmother with a hatchet. If I had been a criminal profiler in 1892 and had been requested to profile Lizzie Borden, perhaps there would have been a different outcome in the trial – you decide. The defendant is […]

Dr Lauren Dickason: Angel of Mercy or Angel of Death?

Feb 20 2025

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Dr Lauren Dickason: Angel of Mercy or Angel of Death?

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Filling the Empty Emotional Piggybank, South Africa’s Black Widow Killers – Daisy de Melker and Rosemary Ndlovu

Feb 14 2025

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Filling the Empty Emotional Piggybank, South Africa’s Black Widow Killers – Daisy de Melker and Rosemary Ndlovu

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

Differences between Male and Female Serial killers

Feb 7 2025

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Differences between Male and Female Serial killers

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Historical Female Criminality – Feeble-mind or Mastermind?

Jan 31 2025

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Historical Female Criminality – Feeble-mind or Mastermind?

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

Profiling Lizzie Borden- A Case Study of Patricide

Jan 24 2025

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Profiling Lizzie Borden- A Case Study of Patricide

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

Women who commit Patricide – The Infantas

Jan 17 2025

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Women who commit Patricide – The Infantas

The banner painting is that of Margaret Theresa of Spain, born on 12 July 1651 who at the age of 15, by her marriage to Leopold I, became the Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia. She was the daughter of King Philip IV of Spain and the […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

Gisele Pelicot, Triumphant in the Landmark Rape Case of Ex-Husband Dominique

Jan 10 2025

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Gisele Pelicot, Triumphant in the Landmark Rape Case of Ex-Husband Dominique

“I wanted to open the doors of this trial last September so that society can see what was happening. I have confidence in our capacity, collectively, to find a better future, in which men and women alike can live harmlessly together with mutual respect.” This statement of 72-year-old Madame Gisèle Pelicot, delivered at the end […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

Familicide: Bloodlines stained red with blood-feuds

Jan 2 2025

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Familicide: Bloodlines stained red with blood-feuds

Throughout history, familicide is a crime considered most heinous in any society and it draws media fascination almost to the scale that a serial killer trial does. Many cannot decide which is worst – a stranger killing innocent strangers, or a parent killing their child, or children killing their parents. During the last quarter of […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius