Dr. Micki Pistorius, Author at DR. MICKI PISTORIUS

Killer-Cops, When Heroes Become Villains: Uyselen Nel killed his family in cold-blood

Nov 7 2024

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Killer-Cops, When Heroes Become Villains: Uyselen Nel killed his family in cold-blood

In 1996 South African police sergeant Uyselen Nel killed his wife and two toddler sons in cold-blood, much like the Greek hero committed familicide when in a fit of rage and madness he killed his wife and sons with arrows. Apollo demanded Hercules to master several tribulations before his spirit could be cleansed of the […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

Serial Killer Brydone Brandt, is he Hercules or Cerberus?

Oct 16 2024

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Serial Killer Brydone Brandt, is he Hercules or Cerberus?

Some time after Stewart Wilken, the cannibal serial killer of South Africa was imprisoned, I received a call from St Albans Correctional Facility summoning me since Stewart was out of control in his cell and he called for me. While I was at St Albans, my colleague, detective Derick Norsworthy, who had secured the confession […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

The Science of Decay at Body Farms – Forensic Taphonomy in the Flesh

Oct 9 2024

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The Science of Decay at Body Farms – Forensic Taphonomy in the Flesh

In the early 19th century, two serial killers, William Burke and William Hare, set up an illustrious business by killing 16 people in Edinburgh, selling the bodies to anatomists since there was a shortage of cadavers. With Edinburgh being a leading European centre of anatomical study, Scottish law prescribed that corpses used for medical research […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

Sep 18 2024

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True Crime: The Gorgoneion of Medusa

According to Greek mythology, Medusa, a Gorgon, was a beautiful maiden who was raped by the Greek god Poseidon, in a temple of the goddess Athena. Athena punished Medusa by turning her hair into snakes and anyone looking at her was petrified and turned into stone. Theseus, a Greek hero, managed to trick Medusa by […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

Unmasking Aficionados Posing as Experts on Serial Killers

Aug 29 2024

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Unmasking Aficionados Posing as Experts on Serial Killers

The sensational reporting of Jack the Ripper terrorising Whitechapel London in the late 19th century, can serve as an archetypical portrayal of the dichotomous troubling relationship between the press and serial killers. The public craved all the details of the murders of the prostitutes and the press complied with gory descriptions, accompanied by a sketch […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

Condoned Cruelty: Prolonged capital punishments over the ages

Aug 21 2024

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Condoned Cruelty: Prolonged capital punishments over the ages

Capital punishment was abolished on 6 June 1995 in South Africa. Norman Simons, the Station Strangler was sentenced on 14 June 1995 to 25 years for the murder of Elroy van Rooi. It was converted to a life sentence by an Appeal court in 1998. In December 2008, Magistrate Marelize Rolle found prima facie evidence […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

The Darker side of the Dark Tetrad: Sadism versus Violence

Aug 17 2024

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The Darker side of the Dark Tetrad: Sadism versus Violence

In 1886, the sexologist Kraft-Ebbing treated the Marquis de Sade’s work as a compendium of sexual pathologies and gave the term ‘sadism’ its clinical definition. The Marquis de Sade Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (1740 – 1814) was an 18th century French nobleman and author, who wrote several books when he was imprisoned for […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

Alleged Nairobi Serial Killer Confesses to killing more than 40 women – Questions Asked

Aug 9 2024

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Alleged Nairobi Serial Killer Confesses to killing more than 40 women – Questions Asked

On 26 June 2024, 26-year-old Josephine Owino, a hairdresser from Mukuru Kwa Njenga, in Nairobi the capital of Kenya, went missing after receiving an unexpected phone call and leaving her home at short notice to meet someone. She was never seen again. In the weeks that followed, Josephine’s younger sister, Peris Keya, visited three different […]

by Dr. Micki Pistorius

Author: Dr. Micki Pistorius

Killer-Cops, When Heroes Become Villains: Uyselen Nel killed his family in cold-blood

Serial Killer Brydone Brandt, is he Hercules or Cerberus?

The Science of Decay at Body Farms – Forensic Taphonomy in the Flesh

True Crime: The Gorgoneion of Medusa

Unmasking Aficionados Posing as Experts on Serial Killers

Condoned Cruelty: Prolonged capital punishments over the ages

The Darker side of the Dark Tetrad: Sadism versus Violence

Alleged Nairobi Serial Killer Confesses to killing more than 40 women – Questions Asked

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