Monthly Archives: August 2015

My afternoons with Aubrey-the monster, the madness that was Dr Levin

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Shaun Smillie

Someone gasped. The fat doctor sitting in the big office in the mental institution had just said something disturbing. Dr Aubrey Levin, who one day would be caught on spy cam sexually assaulting a patient, had just finished telling us … Continue reading →

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Crime scene belly laughs

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Shaun Smillie

Originally posted on Smillie's People:
A shoot out on Alexandra’s East Bank. A couple of bad guys hit a business in nearby Kew then high tailed to a flat on South Africa Boulevard. The problem, the flying squad were…

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Posted on August 19, 2015 by Shaun Smillie

I spent last week embedded with the South African army. Nine SAI, a mechanised division, with whom we ate rat packs, slept in cramped armoured troop carriers and experienced censorship that an African despot would have been proud to claim. … Continue reading →

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Hunting Johannesburg’s first serial killer.

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Shaun Smillie

Mavis Davids struck a deal with the stranger in the big black car. Then she opened the passenger door, got in, and disappeared into the night. It was 1937 and in Europe Hitler’s land grab continued, South Africa still struggled … Continue reading →

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