8. The fall of Apartheid and South Africa's satanic panic
Teenagers, rock music, pentagrams... and a country on the brink of collapse. In this episode, we dig into one of the strangest moral panics in South African history — when fears of Satanism swept through churches, schools, and headlines during the final days of apartheid.
But this wasn’t just abo…
5 Satanic crimes that gripped South Africa
Amy Maciver is joined by Professor Nicky Falkof, Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand and author of The Devil Made Me Do It. She’ll guide us through how these stories of occult crime shape society, and why the myth of the supernatural can sometimes be more dangerous than the crimes them…
Book explores South Africa's obsession with blaming crime on the occult
In her book “The Devil made me do it – Understanding Occult Crime in South Africa”, Professor Nicky Falkof addresses why so many are quick to blame the influence of witchcraft and Satanism for some of South Africa’s most notorious crimes. Using examples such as the murder of a child mistaken for a …
The Devil Made Me Do It: Understanding Occult Crime in South Africa – Nicky Falkof
South Africa can sometimes appear to be awash with occult crime. From satanist conspiracies and witchcraft accusations to muti murders and demonic possession, a trawl through our national news suggests a society at war with the forces of evil.
A Perfectly Normal Conversation
Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (it/any) revisit Gideon the Ninth, Act IV, Chapter 26. Harrow falls back on her old patterns. Gideon seeks comfort. Silas makes an offer.
Content Warning: child death, murder, verbal abuse, cannibalism, lyctor sex, experimental abuse, genocide, torture, eugeni…
The Devil Made Me Do It with Dr Nicky Falkof
As South Africans, it's not uncommon for us to hear an accused person claim that the devil made them do it. In her new book, accomplished academic and all-round cool human, Dr Nicky Falkof explores this segment of crime in our country, its origins and all the ways it influences justice. In this epi…
The Devil Made Me Do It with Dr Nicky Falkof
As South Africans, it's not uncommon for us to hear an accused person claim that the devil made them do it. In her new book, accomplished academic and all-round cool human, Dr Nicky Falkof explores this segment of crime in our country, its origins and all the ways it influences justice. In this epi…
"The Devil Made Me Do It" at the Kingsmead Book Fair
A new South African book is examining why we’re so drawn to stories about the so-called occult.
In her book “The Devil made me do it” , author and Wits professor Nicky Falkof explains why she believes these stories often distract us from the real causes of violence in society.
It’s one of the tit…
Therapy Speak, with Xochitl Marsilli-Vargas
In Buenos Aires, psychoanalysis has “left the clinic”. Far from being for the elite alone, its core concepts and ideas abound in TV shows, the analyses offered by taxi drivers schooled in Lacan, and in intimate conversations among peers. Here Xochitl Marsilli-Vargas tells us about her brilliant stu…
[S2: E1 Re-release] Murder in Melville (Nicky Falkof) with Surviving Society Productions
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On New Year’s Eve 2019, a drive-by shooting took place in the popular Johannesburg suburb of Melville. Two people were killed and six injured in this shocking and as-yet-unsolved case. Almost unheard-of in this crime-ridden city, the drive-by horrified local communities, provoking surging anxiety i…
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