Duik in een wereld van geheimen – belangrijke wereldwijde onderzoeken van de BBC en meeslepende verhalen die ze liever niet vertellen. Het ter verantwoording roepen van de machtigen en het blootleggen van schandalen over de hele wereld.Seizoen 1: De Abercrombie Guys Een onderzoek naar beschuldigingen van seksuele uitbuiting tegen de voormalige CEO van modegigant Abercrombie & Fitch. Hij en zijn Britse partner werden beschuldigd door verschillende mannen die gerekruteerd waren voor seksevenementen die ze over de hele wereld organiseerden.
Seizoen 2: De Discipelen De sekte van de Nigeriaanse profeet TB Joshua. Een verhaal over wonderen, geloof en manipulatie, verteld door mensen van over de hele wereld, die alles opgaven voor een van de machtigste religieuze figuren van de eeuw. Gelokt door de beweerde genezingskrachten van TB Joshua en de belofte dat ze ooit zoals hem zouden kunnen zijn, leven ze als discipelen in een bewaakte compound in Lagos, afgesneden van familie en vrienden.
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NEW Season 3: The Apartheid Killer. All the victims were black and the youngest was just 12 years old. Some relatives are still searching for the graves. During a three-year bloodbath in the 1980s, at least 39 people were killed in the South African city of East London – by one person. After years of investigation, we’ve tracked him down. He killed so many, he lost count. It has been 30 years since the white supremacist apartheid regime crumbled. The unresolved trauma of this time has cast a long shadow across a nation. In piecing together this story, the new season of World of Secrets exposes the disturbed past and racial injustices of South Africa itself. This is a BBC World Service investigation.
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Season 2: The Disciples. The cult of Nigerian prophet TB Joshua. A story of miracles, faith and manipulation, told by people from around the world, who gave up everything for one of the most powerful religious figures of the century. Lured by TB Joshua’s claimed healing powers, and the promise that one day they could be like him, they live as disciples in a guarded Lagos compound, cut off from family and friends.
Season 1: The Abercrombie Guys. An investigation into claims of sexual exploitation made against the former CEO of fashion giant Abercrombie & Fitch. He and his British partner were accused by several men, recruited for sex events they hosted around the world.
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How many people did Louis van Schoor really kill? We reveal he carried out many more shootings than he was tried for. He said the police knew about them and supported him – that he had been made a scapegoat. Did he feel any remorse? What of the family of Edward Soenies, murdered by van Schoor? After 35 years, how have they tried to re-build their lives?
The van Schoor case represents one of many apartheid crimes. It was part of a much wider, systematic terror – the legacy of which has left a trail of trauma still being felt across South Africa today.
Since this episode was recorded, it has been announced that Louis van Schoor died, on 25 July 2024. This was a four-year investigation and the interviews with Louis van Schoor were recorded in 2022 and 2023.
Please note, this episode of World of Secrets includes descriptions of death and violence, which some listeners may find distressing.
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