Jessica Bawden and Lizanne De Lange

Eish, That's Dark

True Crime EN ↓ 27 episodes

South Africa has stories. Strange ones. Dark ones. The kind where the facts are stranger than anything you'd make up. Every episode, one of us researches and narrates a tale of true crime, conspiracy, or mystery, while the other hears it for the very first time. Then next episode, we switch. No sugar-coating. No victim-blaming. Just the full story, told honestly, with the occasional South African "eish."

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Jessica Bawden and Lizanne De Lange

Episodes

Specters of the Cape Part 1 - The Castle 27.04.2026 1:01:35

The Castle of Good Hope has stood in the centre of Cape Town since 1679, but it has never been quiet. A governor cursed on the gallows and found dead of terror the same day. A woman's skeleton sealed into the walls for centuries. A bell tower bricked shut after a suicide that still rings on its own. Guards who didn't just transfer... they resigned. What was built as a beacon of hope, turned into a...

Black December - When the Natal Coast Ran Red 20.04.2026 1:09:08

In December 1957, the South Coast of Natal was full of families on holiday. Hotels packed. Beaches busy. The Indian Ocean warm and green. Then nine people were attacked by sharks. Six of them died. Jess takes Liz through Black December, the most catastrophic shark event in South African history. We cover the victims, the science of how sharks actually hunt (yes, they can feel your heartbeat), why...