Blood on Her Hands
Tanya Farber
Meet Daisy De Melker, who ‘lovingly’ prepared a flask of strychnine-laced coffee for her son. She is very different from Najwa Petersen, who carefully planned a ‘house robbery’ to eliminate her musician husband. Chané van Heerden placed her victim’s facial skin in the freezer for preservation, yet Phoenix Racing Cloud Theron wished to dispose of her mother’s body before it was even cold. And Dina Rodrigues? She ‘wouldn’t harm a fly’ – but went and organised a hit on a baby.
Women are not paragons of virtue who cannot commit murder. Nor are they always insane when they do deliberately cause death. And the women with ‘blood on their hands’ are not homogeneous.
In Blood on Her Hands, award-winning journalist Tanya Farber investigates the lives, minds and motivations of some of South Africa’s most notorious female murderers, from the poisonous nurse Daisy de Melker, to the privileged but deeply disturbed Najwa Petersen, to the mysterious Joey Haarhoff, who died before revealing the fate of her victims. Written in a style lighter than the subject matter might suggest, Blood on Her Hands will keep you reading until late at night.
Duration - 8h 3m.
Author - Tanya Farber.
Narrator - Deidre Wolhuter.
Published Date - Thursday, 12 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2019 Tanya Farber ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Meet Daisy De Melker, who ‘lovingly’ prepared a flask of strychnine-laced coffee for her son. She is very different from Najwa Petersen, who carefully planned a ‘house robbery’ to eliminate her musician husband. Chané van Heerden placed her victim’s facial skin in the freezer for preservation, yet Phoenix Racing Cloud Theron wished to dispose of her mother’s body before it was even cold. And Dina Rodrigues? She ‘wouldn’t harm a fly’ – but went and organised a hit on a baby. Women are not paragons of virtue who cannot commit murder. Nor are they always insane when they do deliberately cause death. And the women with ‘blood on their hands’ are not homogeneous. In Blood on Her Hands, award-winning journalist Tanya Farber investigates the lives, minds and motivations of some of South Africa’s most notorious female murderers, from the poisonous nurse Daisy de Melker, to the privileged but deeply disturbed Najwa Petersen, to the mysterious Joey Haarhoff, who died before revealing the fate of her victims. Written in a style lighter than the subject matter might suggest, Blood on Her Hands will keep you reading until late at night. Duration - 8h 3m. Author - Tanya Farber. Narrator - Deidre Wolhuter. Published Date - Thursday, 12 January 2023. Copyright - © 2019 Tanya Farber ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:26
Blood on Her Hands_Introduction
Duration:00:04:18
Blood on Her Hands_Chapter 01_Daisy de Melker
Duration:00:51:37
Blood on Her Hands_Chapter 02_Marlene Lehnberg
Duration:00:46:09
Blood on Her Hands_Chapter 03_Charmaine Phillips
Duration:00:46:52
Blood on Her Hands_Chapter 04_Joey haarhoof
Duration:01:02:00
Blood on Her Hands_Chapter 05_Dina Rodrigues
Duration:00:50:06
Blood on Her Hands_Chapter 06_Najwa Petersen
Duration:00:46:53
Blood on Her Hands_Chapter 07_Celiwe Mbokazi
Duration:00:47:02
Blood on Her Hands_Chapter 08_Chane van Heerden
Duration:00:36:43
Blood on Her Hands_Chapter 09_Phoenix Racing Cloud Theron
Duration:00:42:45
Blood on Her Hands_Chapter 10_Insights
Duration:00:48:49
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:13