A Crime Most Queer
A Crime Most Queer is a true-crime podcast about crimes committed by or against members of the LGBTQ community, with a focus on South Africa. Host Nj Hourquebie examines murders, assaults, victimisation and hate crimes, exploring the backgrounds of the people involved and how their lives intersected. Each episode asks what makes a case “queer”, both in its LGBTQ connections and in the strange twists that make it unusual. The show is produced by VAmazing Productions and supported through Patreon and Buy Me a Coffee.
Episodes
The Baby-Faced Killer: The Murder of Morgan Huxley
In the early hours of Sunday, 8 September 2013, Jean Redmond makes a gruesome discovery. Her housemate, 31-year-old Morgan Huxley, is found half-naked and bloody in his bedroom, with multiple stab wounds to his upper body, neck and head. Despite paramedics doing all they can, he succumbs to his injuries en route to the hospital.
Who could have hated him so much that they would end his life this w
The South African Parole System: Is it Brilliant or Broken?
In a break from ACMQ’s usual storytelling format, Nj sits down with Nicole Englebrecht, author, and podcaster (True Crime South Africa), to discuss the South African parole system and what could be done to improve the system and minimise the risk of revictimization.
They dive into topics, ranging from Nicole's experience writing her book, Sizzlers: The Hate Crime that Tore Sea Point Apart and the
Storytime: A Podcaster's Experience with the Criminal Justice System
In May 2023, host Nj Hourquebie was assaulted by someone who had claimed to be his friend. For the next six months, he had to navigate the criminal justice system, while simultaneously dealing with the trauma he had experienced.
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The Kansas City Butcher | The Life & Crimes of Bob Berdella
For 17 years, Bob Berdella convinced his neighbours that he was a bit of an oddball, but mostly harmless. Others, however, mostly the rejects and reprobates of society, knew better. When a naked man, wearing only a dog collar, flees from his house in April 1988, he reveals a story beyond imagining, a story of kidnapping, sexual sadism, and murder.
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Motive: Unknown | The Murder of Bruno Bronn
On February 7th, 2012, nightclub owner, Bruno Bronn was discovered strangled to death in his Cape Town home. All of Bruno's friends knew exactly who did it and the police quickly arrested him and three of his associates but the story he spun told a very different story. Was he himself a victim of vicious, violent thugs or was he a cold-blooded killer?
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Meth, Mayhem, and Murder | The Bludgeoning of Prof Carl Mischke
On April 15th, 2013, Prof Carl Mischke was found beaten to death and face down in his blood-soaked bed. He was the ninth in a spate of murders of gay men in and around Johannesburg, South Africa but was his killing really the work of a serial killer or was his murderer actually someone closer to home?
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Upstairs Horror in Downtown New Orleans: Part III | The Arson of the UpStairs Lounge
When gay New Orleanians headed out to the UpStairs Lounge in the French Quarter on Sunday, June 24th, 1973, they had no idea that many of them would never be returning home. A fire started in the main stairwell leading up to the bar quickly spread, as patrons desperately tried to escape the burning building. Until the Pulse Nightclub Massacre in 2016, this was the worst loss of Queer life in Ameri
Upstairs Horror in Downtown New Orleans: Part II | The Arson of the UpStairs Lounge
When gay New Orleanians headed out to the UpStairs Lounge in the French Quarter on Sunday, June 24th, 1973, they had no idea that many of them would never be returning home. A fire started in the main stairwell leading up to the bar quickly spread, as patrons desperately tried to escape the burning building. Until the Pulse Nightclub Massacre in 2016, this was the worst loss of Queer life in Ameri
Upstairs Horror in Downtown New Orleans: Part I | The Arson of the UpStairs Lounge
When gay New Orleanians headed out to the UpStairs Lounge in the French Quarter on Sunday, June 24th, 1973, they had no idea that many of them would never be returning home. A fire started in the main stairwell leading up to the bar quickly spread, as patrons desperately tried to escape the burning building. Until the Pulse Nightclub Massacre in 2016, this was the worst loss of Queer life in Ameri
Murder in Mooinooi | The Violation of Joey & Anisha van Niekerk
When Joey and Anisha van Niekerk didn’t arrive in Pretoria for Joey’s father’s funeral on December 11th, 2017, their families knew something was wrong and drove to the women’s farm in Mooinooi, in North West Province. They found the farm untouched but, when they encountered Koos Strydom, who rented a workshop from the couple, his story didn’t quite add up. This is the story of how greed brought ab
Bloody Valentine: Part II | The Shooting of Larry King
On February 12th, 2008, Larry King was shot twice in the back of the head by Brandon McInerney, a fellow student in his English class, all because Larry had made the fatal error of asking Brandon to be his Valentine and many blamed the school for failing to protect the perpetrator from his victim (no, you read that correctly).
In Part 2, we explore the aftermath and the trial, and Nj also discuss
Bloody Valentine: Part I | The Shooting of Larry King
On February 12th, 2008, Larry King was shot twice in the back of the head by Brandon McInerney, a fellow student in his English class, all because Larry had made the fatal error of asking Brandon to be his Valentine and many blamed the school for failing to protect the perpetrator from his victim (no, you read that correctly).
In Part 1, we meet Larry and Brandon and look at how a 15-year-old end
Making a Man | The Torture of Raymond Buys
When 15-year-old Raymond Buys was enrolled in the Echo Wild Game Rangers camp, nobody would have guessed that, less than 4 months later, he would be dead. The owner of the camp, Alex de Koker, and his assistant, Michael Erasmus, were arrested and charged with murder, child abuse, and assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, but what came out in court shocked the world.
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Deadly Friends | The Murder of Annicke Thofte and Danie Robbertze
On 27th May 2008, Annicke Thofte and Danie Robbertze were found murdered in their flat in Durban, South Africa. Both had been shot in the head. What made matters worse was that their killer was known to them. That fateful Monday night, they had invited Gordon van Niekerk into their home, as they had done many times before, but what they didn’t know was that this time he was coming for more than ju
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