PROFILER Podcast
1) Brighton Beach Axe Murders | Profiling Joseph Ntshongwana
Durban, March 2011.Four men murdered in eight days — two decapitated. All strangers. All ambushed and hacked to death with an axe.The killer: Joseph Phindile Ntshongwana, former Blue Bulls flanker who...Show More
2) POISON IN ELDOS | The Teacher, The Rattex & 46? Days of Lies | Profiler Africa
This week, we break down the case of Annerize LeoniceSmith, who poisoned her partner Russell Kriel, a respected teacherand rugby mentor, and hid his death for 46 days.We explore the domestic violence ...Show More
POISON IN ELDOS | The Teacher, The Rattex & 46? Days of Lies | Profiler Africa
1:26:29 | Nov 12th, 2025
3) PREDATOR | Inside South Africa’s Most Disturbing Child-Exploitation Case
For over a decade, Gerhard Ackerman operated in plain sight — grooming, abusing, and trafficking young boys under the guise of mentorship and massage therapy.In this unflinching episode of Profiler Af...Show More
PREDATOR | Inside South Africa’s Most Disturbing Child-Exploitation Case
1:08:01 | Nov 12th, 2025
4) Inside Forensic Pathology with Dr Candice Hansmeyer | Life, Death & the Truth Behind the Table
Dr Candice Hansmeyer has spent her career speaking for the dead — first in South Africa’s chaotic mortuaries, now in Canada’s pristine labs.In this deeply human episode of Profiler Africa, she joins P...Show More
5) Kidnap for Ransom in Africa: Inside the World of Real Hostage Negotiators | Profiler Africa
People disappear every day — but what happens when someone is kidnapped for ransom?This week on Profiler Africa, forensic psychologist Gerard Labuschagne and host Paul Llewellyn go deep into the world...Show More
Kidnap for Ransom in Africa: Inside the World of Real Hostage Negotiators | Profiler Africa
1:14:46 | Oct 28th, 2025
6) The Masoyi Serial Killer: Buried on His Own Property | Profiler Africa
Between 2017 and 2019, five women vanished in Masoyi, Mpumalanga. Their bodies were later found buried on the killer’s own property — a chilling signature of control and dominance.In this episode, Ger...Show More
7) Brian Harvey: South Africa’s Serial Stalker | Profiler Africa
This week on Profiler Africa, Paul and Gerard Labuschagne unpack one of the strangest and most misunderstood areas in forensic psychology: autoerotic fatality.These are accidental deaths that occur du...Show More
8) Autoerotic Fatality Explained | Profiler Africa with Gerard Labuschagne
This week on Profiler Africa, Paul and Gerard Labuschagne unpack one of the strangest and most misunderstood areas in forensic psychology: autoerotic fatality.These are accidental deaths that occur du...Show More
9) Inside the Mind of the Lone Actor: with New Zealand's Top Profiler
This week on Profiler Africa, Paul and Gerard Labuschagne are joined by Dr Nathan Brooks, a forensic psychologist and senior lecturer recognised internationally for his research on psychopathy and beh...Show More
10) The Pretoria Railway Killer: Satan, DNA & Serial Murder
This week on Profiler Africa, South Africa's leading forensic psychologist Gerard Labuschagne unpacks one of Pretoria’s most disturbing serial murder cases — the case of Themba Vilakazi, known as the ...Show More