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Introducing: Queen Havoc and Her Murder Cult

May 23, 20232 min
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Episode description

Cecilia Steyn has been called “the Charles Manson of South Africa.” The criminal mastermind helmed a quasi-Christian cult and convinced her followers to kill 11 innocent people, without spilling a drop of blood herself. Join host and filmmaker Kurt Kubicek as he travels to the mining town of Krugersdorp, SA to unravel this twisted history through exclusive interviews with the lead detectives, journalists who covered the case, and even the incarcerated murderers themselves.

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The citizens of Kruger's Dog are being terrorized by a slew of brutal murders.

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Why stab someone sixty five times in the chast This feels like everybody had arn't yous giving murder. She was born and bred with the thought that she has the power to kill.

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I'm Kurt Kupachak, filmmaker, storyteller and host of the new podcast Queen Havoc and her Murder Cult. It follows the true story of South African ex Satanist and self proclaimed which Cecilia Stein.

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She conditioned him to be monsters.

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This master manipulator used mind bending lies to deceive a group of devout Christians. If you want to get out of this, we will kill you.

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There was a car bombings, of burglary, hijacking, theft. There was even a church that they said on fire.

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Motivated by greed, power and revenge, Queen Havoc's subjects eagerly obeyed her commands to carry out a four year killing spree.

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She actually copied the American Syraculls, a little bit of Charles Manson. You can see a bit of Sons of Sam.

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The group evaded law enforcement for years.

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When she said she's going to the police. She ended up date with fifty two stab wounds in her body. She was constantly telling them, don't worry, we know the cops.

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The cult murdered eleven people in cold blood until detectives finally hunted them down. The bating of the head board, the wall, and the roof was full of blood.

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We are all so horrified by the idea that her mother would sully her daughter in this way.

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In the world of murderous colts, if Charles Manson is king, Cecilia Stein is queen, she.

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Was telling people the Bible since she was go and killed, but actually she was taking revenge.

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From eyewitness accounts to ride alongs with lead detectives to interviews in prison with the killers themselves. We follow this story on the ground in South Africa. This is way that committed to killings.

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We can call off the search.

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Body could have rive.

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Every time you think you understand what's happening, you realize that you're wrong.

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