Daisy de Melker
Ted Botha
Mother. Nurse. Gold-digger. Cause célèbre. When Daisy de Melker stood trial in 1932, accused of poisoning her son and two husbands, the public couldn’t get enough of her. Crowds gathered outside court baying for blood, and she waved to them like a celebrity.
Against the backdrop of Johannesburg in its golden age, a booming metropolis of opulence and chaos nicknamed the ‘City of Gold’ and the ‘University of Crime’, she had quietly gone about her sinister business while around her sensational crimes grabbed the headlines. There was the marauding Foster Gang, which left at least ten people dead; a dashing German hustler; a local Bonnie and Clyde; an innocent student walking in Zoo Lake park at the wrong time and a man who
escaped death row to become one of South Africa’s most revered authors. These interlinking stories are told in the style of a thriller and with riveting, kaleidoscopic detail.
In Daisy de Melker, Ted Botha weaves together a fantastic cast of killers and con men, detectives and lawmen, journalists and authors – even Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Herman Charles Bosman – to depict a grand and desperate city. For almost twenty years Daisy hid in the shadows but when someone finally spoke up about the suspicious deaths around her, it led to a trial like nothing the City of Gold had ever seen and spread her name across the world.
Duration - 8h 4m.
Author - Ted Botha.
Narrator - Colin Moss.
Published Date - Saturday, 07 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2023 Ted Botha ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Mother. Nurse. Gold-digger. Cause célèbre. When Daisy de Melker stood trial in 1932, accused of poisoning her son and two husbands, the public couldn’t get enough of her. Crowds gathered outside court baying for blood, and she waved to them like a celebrity. Against the backdrop of Johannesburg in its golden age, a booming metropolis of opulence and chaos nicknamed the ‘City of Gold’ and the ‘University of Crime’, she had quietly gone about her sinister business while around her sensational crimes grabbed the headlines. There was the marauding Foster Gang, which left at least ten people dead; a dashing German hustler; a local Bonnie and Clyde; an innocent student walking in Zoo Lake park at the wrong time and a man who escaped death row to become one of South Africa’s most revered authors. These interlinking stories are told in the style of a thriller and with riveting, kaleidoscopic detail. In Daisy de Melker, Ted Botha weaves together a fantastic cast of killers and con men, detectives and lawmen, journalists and authors – even Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Herman Charles Bosman – to depict a grand and desperate city. For almost twenty years Daisy hid in the shadows but when someone finally spoke up about the suspicious deaths around her, it led to a trial like nothing the City of Gold had ever seen and spread her name across the world. Duration - 8h 4m. Author - Ted Botha. Narrator - Colin Moss. Published Date - Saturday, 07 January 2023. Copyright - © 2023 Ted Botha ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
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Introduction_Daisy de Melker
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PART 1_Chapter 1_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 2_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 3_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 4_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 5_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 6_Daisy de Melker
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PART 2_Chapter 7_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 8_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 9_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 10_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 11_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 12_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 13_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 14_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 15_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 16_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 17_Daisy de Melker
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PART 3_Chapter 18_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 19_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 20_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 21_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 22_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 23_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 24_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 25_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 26_Daisy de Melker
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PART 4_Chapter 27_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 28_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 29_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 30_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 31_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 32_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 33_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 34_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 35_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 36_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 37_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 38_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 39_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 40_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 41_Daisy de Melker
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PART 5_Chapter 42_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 43_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 44_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 45_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 46_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 47_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 48_Daisy de Melker
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PART 6_Chapter 49_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 50_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 51_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 52_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 53_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 54_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 55_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 56_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 57_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 58_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 59_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 60_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 61_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 62_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 63_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 64_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 65_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 66_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 67_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 68_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 69_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 70_Daisy de Melker
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Chapter 71_Daisy de Melker
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Afterword_Daisy de Melker
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Acknowledgements_Daisy de Melker
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About the author_Daisy de Melker
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Ending Credits
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