Crime Unleashed

Crime Unleashed

Welcome to Crime Unleashed — where the darkest corners of human behavior are dragged into the light. Host Rachel, armed with a background in psychology and a disturbing amount of curiosity, dives deep into real cases that are shocking, haunting, and 100% true. She unpacks the motives, methods, and madness behind the crimes that make you double-check your locks at night. Rachel tells the twisted crime stories — occasionally roping in her husband for a mix of dry humor and reluctant commentary. Subscribe for new episodes that blend empathy, insight, and a healthy dose of “what-the-actual-hell.”

Episodes

August 7, 2025 58 mins

SOURCES

📚 Written Articles & Case Information:

• All That’s Interesting – How Alison Botha Survived A Brutal Attack

• News24 – Alison Botha’s Attackers Defined As High-Risk Serial Rapists

• Daily Maverick – The Woman Who Refused to Be a Victim

• Mail & Guardian – Parole Controversy

🎧 Podcasts, Interviews & Audio/Video Sources:

• Morbid Podcast – The Attempted Murder of Alison Botha (YouTube)

• Afternoon Express Intervi...

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He beat her.

He stabbed her.

He bound her with duct tape…

And then he buried her alive.

After a bitter divorce, she spent 12 hours underground—bleeding, suffocating, and fighting to stay alive.

You think you’ve heard it all…

But this?

This is the kind of horror most wouldn’t survive.

A woman—attacked, silenced, left for dead.

Her attacker?

Not some random predator.

But a man she once loved.

Her estranged husband.

A man who was supposed to prote...

Mark as Played

She was 15.


Hitchhiking toward someone who felt like home.


She climbed into a van with a man who looked harmless enough.

He was quiet. Older. Forgettable.


Exactly the kind of man who doesn’t set off alarms—until it’s too late.


What happened next would shatter her world…

and leave her broken, bleeding, and alone at the bottom of a canyon.


Her arms were severed.

She was thrown off a cliff.


Did she survive?


And if she did… what happens when the...

Mark as Played

Imagine being locked in a coffin-sized box… undersomeone’s bed.

 

Not for a night.

Not for a week.

Not even for months…

 

But for seven years.

 

No light.

No voice.

No escape.

 

Sometimes—23 hours a day.

 

She was taken by a seemingly normal couple.

A family.

 

But what they did to her inside that house…

Was anything but normal.

 

Torture.

Control.

A fake cult.

A slave contract.

 

And here's something just as horrifying—

She wasn’t their first.

 

This isn...

Mark as Played

He was anold, unassuming man—but beneath that innocent grandpa exterior, he was pureevil.

 

A kind oldman on the outside, but underneath? Pure, unfiltered nightmare fuel. This guymade even the most seasoned detectives want to bleach their eyeballs.

 

We’re talkingletters to victims and the victims’ families so disturbing they read likehorror movie scripts, self-inflicted torture that makes you physically cringe,and crimes so vile they...

Mark as Played

She called herself a doctor. She promised healing, renewal, and transformation.

Now, imagine checking into a health spa to recharge your spirit… only to find yourself slowly starving to death—while your “doctor” helps herself to your jewelry, your estate, and your last breath.

She sold suffering disguised as salvation—building her empire on desperation, fraud, and fatal fasting.

People trusted her. People died. And somehow… she kept g...

Mark as Played
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This guy wasn’t just your run-of-the-mill killer—he literally believed he needed to drink blood to keep himself alive.

 

His crimes were straight-up horrifying, fueled by extreme delusions and paranoia.

In fact, this case was analyzed by criminologists, psychologists, and criminal justicestudents to gain a deeper understanding of the mind of a serial killer, the role mental health plays in criminal behavior, and how society can impr...

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