Wairi

Murder Ciru

A Kenyan 🇰🇪 true crime podcast. Sometimes features amateur history. Explores cases of murder in Kenya, with a focus on femicide.

Author

Wairi

Category

True Crime

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Latest episode

Jan 3, 2025

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Episodes

episode 25: why "not all men" is always the wrong answer 03.01.2025

rest in peace to all the women who found love in the wrong places to Josephine, whose new job cost her her life to Ivy, the doctor who will never heal countless women, living their pretty lives, willfully and brutally murdered by men who claimed to love them and when you tell them they say, not all men_ nkt! (video collab with and edited by my special guest, BWV)

episode 24: I can't do this anymore.. 25.11.2024

the finale finally take care of yourselves as promised, the links to the podcasts I talked about (I called the podcast npr, but it's radiolab, which at the time, maybe still, can' tell, was an npr podcast) Mau Mau - https://radiolab.org/podcast/mau-mau Cut and Run - https://radiolab.org/podcast/runners Outside Westgate - https://radiolab.org/podcast/outside-westgate

episode 23: Lessons Too (Lessons 2) 16.11.2024

3 more things to keep in mind stay safe #endfemicide

episode 22: Anne vs mar gaut 16.11.2024

mar /mɑːr/ verb impair the appearance of; disfigure gaut /gɒt/ noun represents a mythical ancestor or national god in the origin myth of the Geats; Proto-Germanic Welcome to the first episode of season four This episode is based on real events The trial is ongoing Main source - KTN Investigates - https://youtu.be/AmwLILORvMI?si=_UIlEpq31K-8V85F Despite Anne’s lawyers claiming that she was seventee...

minisode - Lessons 18.01.2024

(Listener discretion is always recommended) Five (5 things I have learned from making and consuming true crime content Stay safe out there

minisode - Starlet Wahu 07.01.2024

(This is a true crime podcast. Listener discertion is advised.) The death of a beautiful young woman raises a pertinent discussion. Everything at this point is allegations, speculations, some informed and others seemingly mean-spirited. She did not deserve such a brutal death, no matter what her occupation was. And we can't be sure what her occupation actually was. Women being unaware of how d...

episode 21 - Exports 02.01.2024

What a strange concept, to export crime. And yet, it happens.. (The original audio was low volume and poor quality. This was a recording issue, due to limited recording equipment, that will not persist in future episodes. The audio has been replaced with a higher volume file. The quality is not the best but please bear with us. We will do better. Thank you for your feedback concerning this issue.)...

episode 20 - Agnes Wanjiru 09.10.2023

Synopsis Agnes Wanjiru, 21, and mother of a then 5 month old baby, was murdered in 2012 after spending the night with a soldier (or soldiers) stationed and training at The British Army Training Unit (BATUK) in Nanyuki, Kenya at the time. This episode explores the events surrounding her disappearance and murder, and the facts available in the public domain up until now. The murder is still unresolv...

episode 19 - Stella Kurgat 22.08.2023

(This podcast discusses homicide, and related matters of a sensitive nature. Listener discretion is advised.) This is a short one It is kind of a listener request. I think you will know yourself, but just in case.. Thank you E. Stella Kurgat - Where is she? Sources - nation.africa Nation YouTube

episode 18 - Mary Lilian 18.07.2023

(This podcast discusses homicide, and related matters of a sensitive nature. Listener discretion is advised.) On a nondescript Monday in February this year (2023), a woman was shot on a nondescript street in Nairobi. Her name is Mary Lilian Waithira, and she later succumbed to her injuries and died. The circumstances surrounding her death are still a mystery. Who shot her? Why? Listen in to hear t...

episode 17 - Josephine Karimi 09.07.2023

(This podcast discusses homicide, and related matters of a sensitive nature. Listener discretion is advised.) 24 year old Josephine Kawira was supposed to the safe at the Catholic Women's Association in Kiaragana, Embu County, where she worked as a secretary. But when she suddenly went missing, her family feared the worst. Their fears were to be realised and then some when, about a week after...

episode 16 - Brenda Kawira 05.07.2023

(This podcast discusses homicide, and related matters of a sensitive nature. Listener discretion is advised.) In this one, we talk about the tragic and untimely demise of Brenda Kawira , a young woman with a future full of promise. Kawira is alleged to have died by suicide at an apartment complex in Kasarani, Nairobi, Kenya. The only witness to this alleged suicide is the boyfriend of Brenda, who...

episode 15 - Chrizo (Christine Ambani) 22.03.2023

(This podcast discusses homicide, and related matters of a sensitive nature. Listener discretion is advised.) In this episode - the events surrounding the murder of Christine Ambani, in July of 2021, in Nairobi, Kenya. Did things a bit different in this ep, can you tell? My sources for this episode were the following reputed Kenyan news networks: KTN News Kenya (Facebook) standardmedia.co.ke k24tv...

episode 14: Gachie 06.01.2023

Gachie two good things, and a lot of history "118, chief waruhiu, we merked him" - YouTube comment on a news piece about Gachie sources: NTV Kenya (YouTube) nation.africa www.standardmedia.co.ke

episode 13: Careen Chepchumba 06.01.2023

Rest In Peace Careen Chepchumba Sources: nation.africa www.standardmedia.co.ke KTN Casefiles (YouTube) Paradise Lost: The story of Louis Otieno (podcast) NTV Kenya (YouTube) Citizen TV Kenya (YouTube) KTN News (YouTube)

episode 12: Irene Wairimu Gakwa 12.09.2022

Irene Wairimu Gakwa is a young Kenyan woman and nursing student living in the USA, who went missing in late February 2022.  She was last seen on a WhatsApp video call with her parents. She appeared thinner, and visibly tired. She was 32 when she went missing. Her 33rd birthday has come and gone, and her whereabouts are still unknown.  Where is Irene? correction: 90 pounds is actually 40.8233133 ki...

episode 11: Catherine Nyokabi 15.08.2022

(This podcast discusses crime of a violent nature, listener discretion and parental guidance are recommended.) In April of 2021, the life of Catherine Nyokabi was snuffed out, allegedly by her reportedly secret boyfriend Evans Karani, a married man several years her senior. The case is ongoing. Rest in peace Nyokabi.  Please say a prayer for the child who survived Nyokabi, who will have to grow up...

episode 10: Velvine Nungari Kinyanjui 14.08.2022

(This podcast discusses crime of a violent nature, listener discretion and parental guidance are recommended.) #justiceforvesh  Velvine Nungari, a 24 year old Kenyan woman, was brutally raped and murdered in Nairobi. The main suspect is Joseph Kinyua, whose murder trial is ongoing. Rest in peace Vesh.  Sources: Citizen TV Kenya, Citizen Digital, NTV Kenya, KTN News Kenya, Kenyans.co.ke,...

episode 9: Ivy Wangechi 24.03.2022

(This podcast discusses crime of a violent nature, listener discretion and parental guidance are recommended.) One of the most horrific, public slayings, modern Kenya has ever witnessed took place in 2019 in Eldoret, a major town in the beautiful Rift Valley.  The life of a 24 year old woman, a daughter, a friend to many, and then a 6th year medical school student at Moi University School of...

episode 8: Mercy Chepkosgei Keino 12.09.2021

(This podcast discusses crime of a violent nature, listener discretion and parental guidance are recommended.) In the middle of June, 2011, on one of Nairobi’s busiest highways, early one Saturday morning, the unalive body of a young woman was found. She would later be identified as Mercy Keino and though her death is unresolved to date, the subsequent investigations would reveal that her last nig...

episode 7 - The Dark Side of Matatu Culture 02.06.2021

(This podcast discusses crime of a violent nature, listener discretion and parental guidance are recommended.) Matatu , a ubiquitous and necessary part of urban Kenyan life, past and present, but some women really do pay too dear a price for a little public transportation. From sexual assault, to physical violence and even death, these incidents and stories of brutality against women have dogged m...

episode 6 - Julie A Ward (Part 2 of 2, FINAL) 12.04.2021

(This podcast discusses crime of a violent nature, listener discretion and parental guidance are recommended.) This is the final installment of story of the 1988 murder of Julie A Ward, a 28 year old British woman which occurred inside Kenya's iconic Maasai Mara National Game Reserve. It's a little long.. Music: Zeeky Beats - Embrace (thank you always Zeeky!) References: Dr Grace A Musila Thesis:...

episode 5 - Julie A Ward (Part 1) 08.03.2021

(This podcast discusses crime of a violent nature, listener discretion and parental guidance are recommended.) In this one, we explore the 1988 murder of Julie A Ward, a 28 year old British woman which occurred inside Kenya's iconic Maasai Mara National Game Reserve. Music: Zeeky Beats - Smoke in snow (thank you Zeeky!) sources: Grace A Musila PhD Thesis - KENYAN AND BRITISH SOCIAL IMAGINARIES ON...

episode 4 - The 1980s murders of Monica Njeri and Lucy Kabura 27.01.2021

This podcast discusses crime of a violent nature, listener discretion and parental guidance are recommended. sources for this episode: https://nation.africa/kenya/life-and-style/dn2/when-us-marine-was-fined-sh500-for-brutal-murder-880570 https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/10/21/manslaughter-trial-of-us-sailor-stirs-racial-controversy-in-kenya/c4e6991a-ca2e-48ab-8c26-04fdc341dc84/...

episode 3 - Captain Judy Angaine (Part 3/3) 04.01.2021

(This podcast discusses crime of a violent nature, listener discretion and parental guidance are recommended.) This is the final installment in the series of episodes about Captain Judy Angaine and her tragic murder in 1978. In this episode, we discuss briefly the events of March 30, 1978 - the unfortunate day of the murder - as well as the subsequent trial. We conclude the story of Capt. Judy Ang...

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