Krafting a Murder: The Story of Dorethea Kraft/van der Merwe
Murder & Mystery Mzansi | South African True CrimePlay episode
Show notes
In 1914, Dorethea Kraft was struggling to run her drought-stricken farm, Treurfontein. She entered a business deal with entrepreneur Louis Tumpowsky, which she believed would save her and her daughter. But when the fine print threatened to take everything she owned, she tried everything - from legal appeals to love potions.
Her desperate alliance with a witchdoctor named Jim Bird set in motion a chain of events that would spiral into violence and spark a years-long manhunt that ends in a historic courtroom drama
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